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Everyone Was Delighted By This Poster Dunk That Ended In A Piggy-Back Ride
Nobody likes getting dunked on, but sometimes a posterization is so good that even the poor sap on the receiving end can’t help but smile....
Blackhawks Commentator Eddie Olczyk Analyzes A Kid Eating Ice Cream
Admire the persistence of this young fan who was eating ice cream during Sunday’s Blackhawks game. This kid doesn’t waste a movement. We need better analysis of the cone attack, though. Thankfully, Blackhawks color commentator Eddie Olczyk was willing to oblige....
Kam Chancellor Tries To Buy A Gym, Gets Cops Called On Him
Seahawks safety Kam Chancellor had a friendly chat with police officers last night, after they were called by gym employees to investigate some men they believed were trying to gain entry to the closed building. But Kam just wanted to buy the place....
Jamari Traylor Destroys A Man's Constitution With Alley-Oop Dunk
Longhorns guard Eric Davis Jr. tried to stay with the Kansas Jayhawks in transition, even though Texas was losing by 29 in Monday’s game. That effort lined him up perfectly to be on the receiving end of a Jamari Traylor dunk....
Kicker Fast
The biggest news from this year’s NFL scouting combine is obviously Iowa kicker Marshall Koehn’s record-setting 40-yard dash time. ...
There Are At Least Four Classic References In This Image
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Let's Watch Unaired Footage Of Celebrities Buying Girl Scout Cookies
Chris Rock performed a bit during tonight’s Academy Awards about his daughters’ Girl Scout troop selling cookies at the ceremony. And they really did sell cookies—with celebrities handing over hundreds for boxes of Thin Mints....
Sunday Afternoon ESPN Programming Is Grim
There’s really something to be said for ESPN’s Sunday afternoon programming, when the Worldwide Leader cedes all sports coverage to the broadcast networks and airs bowling or weightlifting competitions. Here’s a clip from today’s PBA event, in which we see Shawn Stockman—you remember him as Boyz II ...
Washington Football Team Sues Former Player For Extra Severance Pay They Accidentally Gave Him
H.B. Blades was a sixth-round pick from Pittsburgh who played four seasons for Washington as a linebacker. The team cut him in 2011, and formally paid him $40,000 in severance pay in September 2012. However, they also paid out that same sum a few months later, and they’ve been fighting in court ever...
How SB Nation Published Their Daniel Holtzclaw Story
Last week, Vox Media’s SB Nation published “Who Is Daniel Holtzclaw?”, a 12,000-word profile of a 29-year-old former Oklahoma City police officer who this winter was tried for raping 13 black women while on duty; convicted on 18 of 36 charges of rape, sexual battery, forcible oral sodomy, and burgla...
Arizona Coach Sean Miller On Court Storming: Someone's Going To Punch A Fan
No. 9 Arizona fell 75-72 to Colorado last night, the buzzer coming just after Allonzo Trier’s potential tying three clanged harmlessly away, and then, for the 10th time in the Wildcats’ last 11 road losses, the home fans charged the court....
Jason Pierre-Paul Sues Adam Schefter And ESPN For Tweeting His Medical Records
New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul has sued Adam Schefter and ESPN for posting his medical records on Twitter, alleging a violation of his privacy and Florida’s medical records statute, and asking for in excess of $15,000 in damages. This is the tweet at the heart of the lawsuit:...
Who's Responsible When A Couch In The Road Causes An Accident?
Welcome back to Ask a Lawyer, wherein I, a lawyer, respond to your questions. Got a vexing legal issue? Send it over, or drop it in the comments below....
Bud The Great
Terence Crawford doesn’t look very intimidating, given the right setting....
Shut Up, We Can Do This
Last night was the draw for the Copa America Centenario, this summer’s tournament bringing together the best of North and South America, and as hosts, the U.S. had reason to hope for a favorable draw. It really could not have gone much worse. ...
Double Amputee Hasaan Hawthorne Wins Alabama State Wrestling Championship
Hasaan Hawthorne was born without tibias. He lost his first leg when he was three months old and the other one two years ago. Hawthorne uses prosthetics to walk around, but wrestles without anything on the ends of his legs....
Would-Be Nevada Game-Winner Thwarted By UNLV's Buzzer-Beating Three
Tonight’s MWC rivalry matchup between Nevada and UNLV went to overtime after a wild final five seconds of regulation that saw both teams hitting desperation three-pointers....
SB Nation Memo Announces Hiatus For Longform Program
Two days ago, SB Nation published “Who Is Daniel Holtzclaw?”, a long, sympathetic piece on the 29-year-old Oklahoma City police officer who was tried, convicted and ultimately sentenced in December to 263 years in jail for serially raping black women while on duty. The story was immediately and angr...
SB Nation Publishes, Deletes "Complete Failure" Of A Story About Convicted Rapist Cop Daniel Holtzclaw
This afternoon, SB Nation’s Longform vertical published 12,000 words on Daniel Holtzclaw, the former Oklahoma City police officer who was convicted of abusing his position of power to rape multiple women over a seven month period. It was, in many ways, a disaster of a story, and after a wide outcry ...
Why Your Children's Television Program Sucks: <i>PAW Patrol</i>
It’s time once again for our ongoing series surveying the awful shows you’re forced to endure before you can finally kick the kids out of the TV room to watch sports for eight hours....