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Former Assistant Says Rich Rodriguez Grabbed His Penis In Front Of Her, Was Nicknamed "The Predator"
Former Arizona football coach Rich Rodriguez serially harassed his assistant, including grabbing his penis in front of her, trying to kiss her, telling her “I love you” in a text message, and making her cover for his extramarital affair, according to a notice of claim she filed last month with the s...

Marquese Chriss Had A Heroic Game-Saving Block
The Phoenix Suns are basically toast in the Western Conference playoff race, and they were going up against the lowly Hawks at home last night. But that lack of high stakes doesn’t mean there can’t be any thrilling late-game drama....

Arizona Fires Rich Rodriguez; Former Employee Claims Sexual Harassment, Files Intent To Sue
Arizona fired Rich Rodriguez as head football coach tonight after a former athletics department employee accused him of sexual harassment; a university investigation into those accusations found “information” that led the department to be “concerned,” according to a statement from the university. ...

If The UFC Wants Conor McGregor To Defend His Belt, They Should Pay Up<em></em>
What’s your favorite Conor McGregor title defense? Since catching Eddie Alvarez reaching a few days after the 2016 election to nab the lightweight championship, the Irishman hasn’t fought in the UFC. He earned the featherweight belt in 2015 by unhooking Jose Aldo’s jaw in 13 seconds, but the UFC re-...

Polish Skier Finishes Downhill Race On A Single Ski
Pawel Babicki finished 67th out of 67 competitors at a downhill race last week in Bormio, Italy. He trailed eventual winner Dominik Paris by 36 seconds, which is all the more impressive considering that Babicki lost his left ski before the halfway point of the famous Stelvio downhill run....

Falcons Earn Another Chance To Spectacularly Choke In The Playoffs<em></em>
Most of you likely recall last year’s Super Bowl between Atlanta and New England, in which the Falcons somehow blew a 28-3 lead and let Tom Brady claim yet another championship. But many of you may also be shocked to hear that the Falcons weren’t immediately banned from all future postseasons after ...

There Are No Remaining Undefeateds In Men's College Basketball
Villanova, Arizona State, and TCU entered their Saturday games as the sole undefeated teams in men’s college basketball, and one after another, they all lost that honor. Tenth-ranked TCU went down in a 90-89 thriller against Trae Young and Oklahoma, the number-one ’Nova Wildcats got beat up in India...

Shinji Kagawa Savagely Nutmegs Little Boy So Many Times That The Kid Starts Crying
Add this video to the growing pile of evidence that the baby-faced, fun-loving Shinji Kagawa takes no prisoners on the soccer pitch, not even when facing children:...

Get The Hell Out Of Here, Cowboys
The Cowboys had more rushing and passing yards than the Seahawks. It didn’t matter....

Florida State Will Play Bowl Game Even After Reddit Sleuths Discover They Shouldn't Be Eligible<em></em>
Florida State went 6-6 this season, a true stinker of a campaign that all went to shit the moment Deondre Francois went down clutching his knee. At least FSU’s measly six wins afforded them the consolation prize of a bowl appearance against Southern Mississippi....

Seahawks Become First-Ever Team Fined For Violating Concussion Protocol
The NFL and NFLPA announced today in a joint statement that the Seattle Seahawks will be fined $100,000 for failing to properly apply the league’s concussion protocol after a hit on QB Russell Wilson in a Seahawks-Cardinals game on Nov. 9. This fine marks the first time that an NFL team has been dis...

Former BBWAA President Writes Eulogy For Cardinal Who Covered Up Child Rape
Former Catholic cardinal Bernard Law died Tuesday in Rome, just over 15 years after resigning from his role as head of the Boston archdiocese after the Boston Globe’s investigative team revealed that dozens of priests in the Boston archdiocese had been serially sexually abusing hundreds of boys unde...

Dana White Is Boasting About Signing Floyd Mayweather To A UFC Contract
Floyd Mayweather, a boxer who lies about being retired, has taken all of four months to start speculating about his next fight. He recently said that he has an offer from the UFC, and Dana White talked to ESPN’s Brett Okamoto today to continue hyping up a mixed martial arts debut for the famously br...
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McKayla Maroney Accuses USA Gymnastics Of Buying Her Silence On Sexual Abuse [Update]
Olympic champion McKayla Maroney recently said that she’d been sexually abused by disgraced USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar for years, and on Wednesday she filed a lawsuit against USA Gymnastics for supposedly paying her to sign an unlawful confidentiality agreement about that abuse. Maroney late...

Woman Sues Rugby Player Jarryd Hayne, Claims Sexual Battery When He Was A 49er<em></em>
A lawsuit filed today says former San Francisco 49ers running back/punt returner and current Australian Rugby League player Jarryd Hayne sexually battered a Santa Clara, Calif., woman in December 2015. The woman claims sexual battery, battery, gender violence, negligence, and intentional infliction ...

Is Serena Williams Going To Play In The Australian Open Or What?
The Australian Open begins in less than a month and it’s still unclear whether defending champion Serena Williams will be playing in it. Despite eager assurances from the tournament director that the 23-time grand slam champion will indeed make her historic post-baby comeback at the tournament she w...

Atlanta Hawks Make Woman Puke
In an amazing bit of serendipity during tonight’s Heat-Hawks game, the camera caught a woman profusely puking behind the bench during a timeout late in the fourth quarter....

Bobby Wagner To Teammate Earl Thomas: "Keep My Name Out Yo Mouth"
The Seahawks were liquified by the Rams yesterday, surrendering 42 points and 352 total yards. They had a particularly tough time stopping Todd Gurley, who went for 144 yards and three touchdowns in the first half. The usually solid Seahawks defense was made porous by injuries, and wasn’t helped by ...

