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Report: Clint Session Is A Deadbeat Dad To His Special-Needs Daughter
In the months leading up to the birth of his special-needs daughter, ex-NFL linebacker Clint Session lost interest in his relationship with the mother. He also, according to court documents obtained by the New Times Broward-Palm Beach, started stashing his money. ...
Alcides Escobar Really Threw The Dick Off The Ball Yesterday
During yesterday’s rain delay at the scheduled Angels-Red Sox game, ESPN threw to a live version of SportsCenter, which is always fun for the chaos a live, highly produced news show always produces. But instead of bad jokes and dead air, the show was basically just a bunch of Alcides Escobar highlig...
Nuggets Trade Point Guard Ty Lawson To Houston Rockets
The Denver Nuggets will trade point guard Ty Lawson to the Houston Rockets, according to ESPN’s Marc Stein and Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski. ...
Ty Lawson Will Enter Alcohol Treatment Program
Denver Nuggets point guard Ty Lawson, who was arrested Tuesday for suspicion of driving under the influence in Los Angeles, will enter a 30-day residential treatment program Saturday for his alcohol issues, his lawyers said Friday. ...
Ty Lawson Arrested For DUI For Second Time In Six Months
According to TMZ, Nuggets point guard Ty Lawson was arrested in Los Angeles early this morning on suspicion of DUI. ...
Hey, You Don't Have To Read Harper Lee's New Book
So Go Set a Watchman, the second book about the main characters from the 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird, comes out today. That’s the safest way to write that sentence: It permits, I think, all the abundant uncertainty and controversy. This is a book, written by someone, about those characters, and...
George Karl Met DeMarcus Cousins And It Was Suuuuuuper Awkward
Sometimes the universe is good to us, like when it brings us video of George Karl and DeMarcus Cousins meeting at a Summer League game—for what is likely the first time since Karl began doing everything in his power to alienate his team’s only star player—and allowing us to bask in the incredible aw...
Marshawn Lynch May Be The Best Kickball Player Ever
Here we have some video of Marshawn Lynch playing kickball at a charity barbecue event in Oakland. And holy hell, I have absolutely no clue where Lynch’s first kick ends up! He kicks the ball so hard it appears to vanish into thin air. On his second kick, Lynch opted for a more traditional home run,...
Lawler Retains Belt After Bloody Slugfest
Robbie Lawler will keep his UFC welterweight title after a brutal bout against Rory MacDonald that made it to the fifth round before the challenger finally conceded due to extreme face rearrangement—punctuated by the above-seen punch....
Serena Williams Wins Sixth Wimbledon Title, Fourth Straight Grand Slam
Serena Williams won her sixth Wimbledon title Saturday, cruising past 21-year-old Garbine Muguruza in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4. The win gives Williams her 21st Grand Slam title, second all-time only to Steffi Graf’s 22 in the Open era. ...
Is Refusing A Breathalyzer Test Ever Smart?
Welcome 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. Keep in mind that this is general information, and not formal legal advice or legal representation; if you need any of that, you should get it from a lawye...
Managers' Fistfight Causes Benches To Clear In Alaska League
You really have no excuses for not sticking with Wednesday’s Alaska Baseball League extra-inning barn-burner, but if you left before the 14th inning, you missed a doozy—two managers trading punches in foul territory....
Fat Guy Touchdown Alert!
It’s always big news in these parts when a Fat Guy scores a touchdown, and it happened tonight in the CFL as Ottawa defensive lineman Zack Evans came away with a ball out of Edmonton’s QB Matt Nichols’s hand and took it 65 yards to the maison. It’s not much consolation for the Redblacks, who are get...
This Blackhawks Flipbook Is Neat
Via Puck Daddy, a flipbook of the Blackhawks’ Cup-clinching Game 6....
Report: Marshawn Lynch's Biopic Won't Be Released Because It's So Bad
The internet was treated in February to roughly four minutes of sloppily edited footage featuring Marshawn Lynch for what appeared to be a biopic based on the Seahawks running back. (Watch it here.) Those four minutes are apparently all the public will get, because Family First is reportedly never s...
In Praise of Robert Frank
Ah, now this looks like it’s worth your time. Nicholas Dawidoff’s New York Times Magazine profile of the great Robert Frank:...
Serena Williams To Wimbledon Crowd: Don't Try Me
No. 1 seed Serena Williams squeaked by unranked Heather Watson 6-2. 4-6, 7-5 in the third round of Wimbledon on Friday. Williams survived after falling behind 3-0 in the third and decisive set, rallying to win and set up a battle with her sister Venus in the next round. ...
AFL Teams Perform Moving Postgame Tribute To Murdered Coach
Collingwood and Hawthorn came together in a circle following last night’s match at Melbourne Cricket Ground to remember Adelaide coach Phil Walsh, who was murdered in his home this week....