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Mariners Manager Says Sabermetrics Made Dustin Ackley Suck
The Seattle Mariners optioned once-promising second baseman Dustin Ackley to Triple A yesterday because Ackley has been having a miserable season at the plate. But what's to blame for Ackley's .205 average and .266 on-base percentage? Mariners coach Eric Wedge has a theory, and it has to do with all...
John Clayton Needs To Work On His Mechanics
ESPN's NFL reporter and ponytail folk hero threw out the ceremonial first pitch before Saturday's Mariners game and it went probably about as well as one imagines a ceremonial first pitch would go for John Clayton. ...
This Might Be The Worst Double Play Call You'll See
This is not a double play. It would've been, probably, if Texas Rangers first baseman Mitch Moreland caught the ball to end the play. But he didn't catch the ball. Someone else caught the ball....
Gather 'Round, Children, For The Legend Of Evan Gattis
Evan Gattis is maybe the best thing going in baseball. Now he's been given a fictional backstory to match....
A Brief Oral History Of The Best Jump Ball Of All Time
On Tuesday night, Matt Bonner and Zach Randolph combined to create the above piece of comedic gold. I caught up with Bonner, who claimed he still hasn't seen the replay of the play, although he plans to now. "I have a sense of humor," he said. "Someone told me that Jeff Van Gundy was joking about it...
Roy Hibbert Says Shane Battier Kneed Him In The Dick On Purpose
Roy Hibbert has had an eventful 24 hours on Twitter. He spent last night responding directly to fans' criticisms and questions about his team's Game 1 loss to the Heat, and now he's moved on to calling out Shane Battier for being a dirty player....
Kevin Durant's Tattoo Might Not Have A Misspelled Word In It After All
Yesterday, we drew your attention to what looked like a misspelled word in Kevin Durant's massive back tattoo. The photo we shared seemed to offer incontrovertible evidence that someone had tattooed the word "mautre" instead of "mature" on KD's back. But now we have another picture of the tattoo, an...
Bills Fan Appropriately Honors Hall Of Fame RB
This is a pretty good tattoo of not-convicted-in-court murderer O.J. Simpson. ...
Kevin Durant's Back Tattoo Has A Misspelled Word In It
Kevin Durant finally got around to finishing the massive back tattoo that he's been adding to over the years, and he posted a picture of a the finished product to his Instagram page. Impressive! But, um, that's not how you spell "mature."...
Matt Bonner And Zach Randolph Give Us The Best Jump Ball Of All Time
This was absolutely the highlight of last night's Grizzlies-Spurs game. There's just something refreshing about watching two NBA players flail around like a couple of hapless rec leaguers. I hope every remaining game in this series features multiple jump balls between Randolph and Bonner, each endin...
We Have No Idea Why Kobe Bryant's Wife Posted This To Instagram
Vanessa Bryant's Instagram sometimes can be a valuable source of actual news. Today, it featured an image of these four photos, which were taken yesterday at a barbecue....
Seattle Mariners Botch Final Out Of Game, Allow Tying Run To Score
It's right there! The ball's right there!...
Grizzlies Couldn't Stop Or Score On The Spurs, So They Got Blown Out
The Memphis Grizzlies, everyone's new favorite team to win the Western Conference finals and get to the NBA Championship and perhaps maybe beat the Miami Heat to a Three 6 Mafia soundtrack, just got lit up by the old-ass Spurs, 105-83. It didn't even feel that close, save for a cute third-quarter ru...
The Kings Are Staying In Sacramento
The Maloofs are out. According to the Sacramento Bee, the brothers came out of hiding long enough to to sell the Kings to a group for $535 million. The group, led by Silicon Valley billionaire and Golden State Warriors minority owner Vivek Ranadive, will be keeping the team in Sacramento. The deal i...
Munenori Kawasaki's Mind Is Just Totally Blown By Pablo Sandoval's Tats
Enjoy this photo. It's not often that you get to see someone over the age of seven have their world turned upside down by something the rest of us find mundane. ...
Again: Bryce Harper's Misplay Was A Blooper, Not An Act Of Heroism
On the wide spectrum of people running face first into walls, Bryce Harper's crash the other night probably fell somewhere between Gus Frerotte and Larry, Curly, and Moe Howard. Harper is an enormously entertaining player who will do many amazing, effortful things in what we hope will be a very long...
Two Campers Save Man From Vicious Bear Attack
Next time you start to feel sorry for a bear because it's being exploited by some weirdos for other weirdos' entertainment, just read this sentence: "I could feel his teeth against my skull."...
LeSean McCoy Spent The Day Calling Matt Barkley "Mark"
Rookie quarterback Matt Barkley was probably really excited to meet all of his new Eagles teammates at practice today. They have so much wisdom to impart on him, so much encouragement to give, so much complete disregard for whoever the hell all these new guys are....
The Maloofs Still Want Nothing To Do With Sacramento
The Maloofs recently announced they have a "Plan B" up their sleeves if the NBA does not approve the latest offer made by the Seattle-based ownership group with whom they have been negotiating the sale of the Sacramento Kings: they're going to make things ugly....