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Nick Kyrgios To Stan Wawrinka: "Kokkinakis Banged Your Girlfriend"
There’s trash talk and then there’s TRASH TALK, and Nick Kyrgios engaged in the latter tonight. Taking on Stan Wawrinka in the second round of Rogers Cup action in Montreal, Kyrgios muttered under his breath* “Kokkinakis banged your girlfriend” to Wawrinka, referring to 76th-ranked Thanasi Kokkinaki...
Andrew Brandt Is Still Blessing Us With Repetitive Jokes
Former ESPN and current MMQB contributor Andrew Brandt is known around these parts for one thing: mercilessly pounding unfunny Twitter jokes into the ground. After delivering classics such as “Served with a defibrillator” and “Ham sandwich trade,” Brandt has unveiled his latest stroke of comedic gen...
You All Caught The Big Debate On TV Last Night, Right?
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Police Searched Patrick Kane's House In Rape Investigation
Cops and prosecutors remain tight-lipped, but more details have emerged concerning the sexual assault allegations lodged against Blackhawks star Patrick Kane following an alleged incident over the weekend....
This Is The Most Lit Political Ad Of All Time
Why is that large child getting carried around by his dad? He’s way too big for that. What a weird family....
Dem's Fightin' Words
Thanks to Peteski for hipping me to these dope pictures of base brawls by the most talented Harrison Freeman over at Juxtapoz Magazine. ...
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Report: Patrick Kane Is The Subject Of A Rape Investigation [Updates]
The Buffalo News reports that Hamburg, N.Y., police are investigating some sort of incident, and two sources tell the paper that incident involved Blackhawks star Patrick Kane. And that’s literally all we know right now. (See updates below.)...
These Poor Crab Fishermen Had The Worst Super Bowl Experience
That damn slant route that cost the Seahawks the Super Bowl was hard for anyone to comprehend, but I can’t imagine any Seattle fans had a worse time watching it unfold than these crab fishermen:...
22 Years Ago Today, Nolan Ryan Beat The Shit Out Of Robin Ventura
You charge the mound because you’re furious. Because you want to hurt someone. You know you’ll be ejected, fined, suspended, but it’s all worth it for brief taste of revenge. You never do it thinking that it all might go horribly wrong, and you might wind up on the receiving end of one of the most i...
The Royals And Blue Jays Hate Each Other And We're All Winners
So, here we go. The postseason series we’d get if there’s any justice in this world. Royals and Blue Jays, two newly resurgent franchises with big designs on October, and a sharp and abiding acrimony for each other that wasn’t satisfied by yesterday’s bench-clearing or name-calling....
Russell Wilson Finally Got Himself Paid
Russell Wilson has been an NFL oddity the last few seasons: a franchise quarterback making peanuts. This is because he was drafted in the third round, and the CBA makes it impossible for any player drafted that late—no matter how quickly they may rise to stardom—to earn more than a couple million do...
Tom Brady's Lawsuit Will Be Heard In New York, Like The NFL Wanted
Yesterday, the NFLPA filed its suit on behalf of Tom Brady, claiming the NFL contravened and exceeded its own CBA-granted disciplinary powers in suspending him four games for Ballghazi. The suit was, as expected, filed in Minnesota, where the union has won a series of favorable judgments. It was so ...
Can I Get Fired For Dating My Boss's Daughter?
Welcome back to Ask a Lawyer, where I, a lawyer, respond to your questions. Got a vexing legal issue? Send it over, or drop it in the comments below. Today’s query:...
Did Dana White Confirm That He Pays <i>USA Today</i> For UFC Coverage?
Within mixed martial arts circles, it has long been taken as a given that the UFC pays USA Today for coverage. As the rumor goes, the UFC buys advertising from USA Today with the tacit understanding that USA Today will cover the sport, and do so favorably....
<i>Go Set A Watchman </i>Isn't A Good Book, But It Is An Important One
If it weren’t for the circumstances surrounding Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman, the novel’s deep flaws might pass by unnoticed. It began life as a private manuscript that, after much editing, became 1960’s critically acclaimed and universally beloved To Kill a Mockingbird, and the two share the same...
Boxer Cam Awesome Delivers Nutso Postfight Interview After Losing
Cam Awesome, né Lenroy Thompson, lost his semifinal bout tonight to Cuban heavyweight Lenier Pero but “won” the wacky postfight interview with ESPN, making references to himself being the “Taylor Swift of boxing” and insisting, as the way a man who changes his name to Awesome only can, that he was t...
The Super-Macho <i>Southpaw </i>Is Trying Way Way Way Too Hard
If you know one thing about Southpaw, which tells the story of a champion boxer who loses everything and fights to get most of it back, it’s that its star, Jake Gyllenhaal, went through a crazy training regimen to prepare for the role. It comes up in every interview, and winds up being the focal poi...
Nuggets Prez On Ty Lawson's Drinking: "You Could Smell It" At Practice
Now that Ty Lawson is no longer a Denver Nugget, team president Josh Kroenke is free to say whatever he wants about his team’s former point guard, and he is not holding back....