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Mikhail Prokhorov Hijacks Nets Practice, Demonstrates Insane Dribbling Workouts

Nets owner and crazy Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov stopped by his team’s practice session today. Was he there to check in on how the guys are feeling? To offer some encouragement ahead of the new season? Hell no, man, he was there to teach those young bucks some important hoop skills....

The Washington Nationals Certainly Seem To Hate Matt Williams

The Washington Post’s Barry Svrluga has a deep, perfectly-timed dive into the Washington National’s disaster of a season. Not only is it a complete tick-tock of how the team fell apart, it features a number of quotes and anecdotes from inside the clubhouse, each one revealing that Matt Williams’s pe...

Rangers Mascot Uses Fake Spider To Scare The Shit Out Of A Fan

Should you ever dangle a fake spider in an unsuspecting person’s face, so as to scare them half to death? No way, man. That would be a dick move. You are, however, allowed to laugh when someone else does it:...

Bad Baseball Player Has Bad Thoughts About Foreign Players

San Diego Padres pitcher Bud Norris makes a cameo in this rather odd USA Today story about how racial tensions may or may not be a driving force behind bench-clearing brawls. Let’s just get right to Bud’s take:...

Man Accused Of Stealing Mascot Costume And Partying: "I Was Ragin' Dude"

Police arrested a North Carolina man last Sunday after he allegedly stole a minor league baseball team’s mascot costume and partied around Charlotte while wearing it. The mugshot and mullet of Joe Gillespie, who was charged with possession of stolen property and possession of marijuana, contained so...

Tom Brady And The NFL May Have One Last Courtroom Showdown Days Before The Super Bowl

Ballghazi isn’t over, but both the NFL and Tom Brady would like it to be as soon as possible—or, more specifically, to be resolved before the start of the 2016 season. A federal appeals court has granted a request by both sides to expedite the appeal hearing, and the timing could turn out to be fun,...

Yankees Fan Muffs Not One, Not Two, But Three Chances To Catch A Foul Ball

I want to know everything about this guy. Does he ever bring his glove to the game? How’d he get such expensive tickets? What is his relationship with the woman next to him? After bungling his first chance, did he say to himself “I’m definitely going to catch the next one that comes my way?” How ner...

Nationals Blow Comeback In Most Nationals Way Possible

If you proposed the ending to tonight’s Washington Nationals game in a work of fiction, the audience would complain that it was too on the nose to be realistic. But truth is indeed stranger than fiction, and all that jazz. ...

Derrick Rose Has Fractured Orbital Bone, Will Need Surgery

So says the Bulls’ official website. There is no timetable for his return. ...

Southern University Receiver Stabilized After Surgery On Fractured Neck

Southern University receiver Devon Gales suffered a spinal injury while trying to make a block during Saturday’s game against Georgia. Gales has undergone surgery to repair several fractures in his neck, and he has movement in his upper body, according to a statement released by Southern University....

D-III Wide Receiver Uses Foot To Make Insane Catch

Junior wide receiver Ilir Emini from D-III Knox College in Illinois made the catch of his life in Saturday’s game against Lawrence University, and it’s totally okay that you don’t recognize any of those proper nouns (besides Illinois)....

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Aaron Rodgers Moving Around Is Its Own Kind Of Highlight

Watching Aaron Rodgers play quarterback is the most satisfying experience that the NFL currently has to offer, so we’re gonna go ahead and keep throwing confetti on him on a regular basis. We’ve been over his arm strength and ridiculous accuracy, but last night’s performance was all about that other...

SMU Basketball Banned From Postseason, Head Coach Larry Brown Suspended Nine Games

The NCAA just hit the Southern Methodist University men’s basketball program with some heavy sanctions, including a one-year postseason ban, scholarship reductions, vacation of wins, and a nine-game suspension for head coach Larry Brown. This is all happening because an NCAA investigation revealed t...

Kevin Johnson’s Shitbaggery, Explained

Over the past year, our Dave McKenna has reported on a number of sordid scandals surrounding former NBA All-Star and current Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson, culminating in this painful account from a woman who has accused Johnson of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager. Even by the standards...

The Chiefs Finally Put An End To Football's Silliest Streak

I can appreciate a good sports streak as much as anyone, but the dumb ones are always more fun than the actually impressive ones. Which is why last night’s Chiefs-Packers game was, despite Aaron Rodgers’s continued brilliance, kind of a bummer. The Chiefs, for the first time in 18 regular-season gam...

Female Ex-Coaches Accuse UMD Of Discrimination, Harassment, Anti-Canadian Sentiment In Lawsuit

Three former women’s coaches at the University of Minnesota Duluth sued the state’s university system in federal court today, all saying they were victims of discrimination while working for the university. In the lawsuit, each woman outlines her own story and the various ways in which she was haras...

Appreciate Texas Tech's Near-Miracle Game Winner In Slow Motion

We’re not likely to ever match Central Michigan’s 75-yard Bahamas Bowl miracle, but Texas Tech gave it its best shot in an attempt to upset TCU just after the Horned Frogs found their own miraculous reception in the end zone. ...

FanDuel Ads Use Georgia Tech Football Players' Images Without Permission Or Compensation [UPDATE]

As if daily fantasy sites weren’t loathsome and exploitative enough, we learned last week that FanDuel has, for weeks, been using an image of former Georgia Tech football stars Roddy Jones and Jason Peters without their knowledge, their compensation, or permission from Georgia Tech’s athletic depart...

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