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Boston Finally Renamed The Street Honoring The Red Sox's Racist Former Owner
The two-block-long street just outside of Fenway Park will henceforth be known as Jersey Street after the Boston Public Improvement Commission voted unanimously to approve a proposal by Red Sox ownership to change the street’s name from Yawkey Way. Red Sox owner John Henry announced his plan to chan...
Russell Westbrook Played Basketball And Stayed Alive
Once the Thunder were down 3-1, the Russell Westbrook obituaries had already begun to roll in; down 25, the eulogizers had probably started dipping their quills back in purple. What we’d already heard many times over was going to be repeated once again, at blaring, self-satisfied volume: You can’t w...
Ronald Acuña, Who Should Have Been Here Weeks Ago, Flashed What He's Capable Of
On Wednesday night, baseball’s top positional prospect, Ronald Acuña Jr., finally made his long-awaited major league debut, after he’d struggled through weeks of service time with the Braves’ Triple-A affiliate. The sole, obvious purpose of this delay was so that the Braves could add an extra year o...
Ball Brothers' Short, Bizarre Lithuanian Experiment Comes To Predictably Silly End
With BC Vytautas needing to win their last two games to avoid relegation from the Lithuanian first division, LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball are headed back to the United States, thus ending LaVar Ball’s misguided attempt to keep his family in the news. Ball told Donatas Urbonas, who first reported the new...
Old LeBron Is Young LeBron
By now the thought has surely ocurred to you. After watching enough replays of LeBron James’s stunning, game-winning shot to wrap up Game 5 of the Cavaliers’ series agains the Pacers, it’s impossible not to recall one of James’s earliest buzzer-beaters. ...
What's The Point Of Mock Drafts?
If it seems like every NFL reporter or analyst does a mock draft or four, that’s because just about NFL reporter or analyst does a mock draft or four. If you’re wondering why so much pre-draft coverage is saturated with glorified guesswork, consider this: People really, really want to read mock dra...
Russell Westbrook Brought The Thunder Back
The Thunder weren’t supposed to get this one. Down 3-1 in their first-round series against the Jazz, and down by as many as 25 points as late as the middle of the third quarter tonight, this elimination game felt pretty damn close to a foregone conclusion. Until it felt like something else—a ridicul...
Reuben Foster's Ex-Girlfriend's Lawyer Says Her Client Lied To Police About Domestic Violence
A new statement released Wednesday by the lawyer of the former girlfriend of San Francisco 49ers linebacker Reuben Foster claims that Foster’s ex-girlfriend has admitted to lying to police about injuries that she previously said were caused by Foster. Foster was arrested in February and charged with...
Once Again, Here Was LeBron
With a little more than seven minutes to play in the fourth quarter of tonight’s Game 5 between the Pacers and Cavaliers, Kyle Korver made a three. That was the last field goal that Cleveland would score until the buzzer sounded. ...
Kid Catches Foul Ball In Glove Stuffed With Popcorn
The rule for catching a foul ball in your beer is simple: chug. The rule for catching a foul ball in your glove that is, for some reason, crammed full of popcorn is... not so simple, though there’s certainly a decent case to be made for don’t fill your glove with popcorn in the first place....
NFL Says It Couldn't Confirm Whether Team Asked Prospect Derrius Guice If He Liked Men
After he attended the NFL combine, former LSU running back and draft prospect Derrius Guice said in a radio interview that a couple of teams had asked him some pretty invasive questions involving his sexuality and his mother. Today, the league said its investigation couldn’t determine that any team...
After Six Years And Three Surgeries, Jonny Venters Is Back In The Big Leagues
For a couple of years now, Jonny Venters’s Baseball-Reference page has read as a confusingly short story. You see the reliever receiving a handful of Rookie of the Year votes after his debut in 2010, and then being named an All-Star in 2011. But following that initial burst of success, his 2012 sea...
Relief Pitcher Matt Harvey Seems A Little Cranky
The story of Mets pitcher Matt Harvey is kind of a bummer, one of a former ace whose pile-up of injuries now have him barely hanging on to a major league roster. Despite his insistences that “I’m a starting pitcher,” Harvey has been demoted to the Mets’ bullpen, and he was angry (though entirely at ...
Leonys Martín Hits Dong, Then Hits Dong
Leonys Martín led off today’s Tigers-Pirates game with a big home run, but it came at a price. On the fourth pitch of the game, Martín ricocheted a pitch off the plate into his dick and balls. He rolled around for two minutes afterward and had a hard time standing back up....
LaMarcus Aldridge Enjoys Playoffs' Shortest Press Conference
The Spurs were quietly bounced from the playoffs last night, thus ending a strange season that was marred by rare internal drama. LaMarcus Aldridge was San Antonio’s lone postseason bright spot, as he averaged 23.6 points, 9.2 rebounds, and 60 percent shooting from three for the series. In last nigh...
The Pelicans Actually Have A Chance To Give The Warriors Problems
Klay Thompson doesn’t have too many ugly nights these days. It’s easy enough to isolate the one so far this postseason: On Sunday, he shot 4-of-16 from the field and logged a -18 plus-minus in the Warriors’ sole loss to the Spurs. It was a reminder that the league’s best offense can still sputter ou...
NFL Owners Sure Came Off Like Dumbasses When They Met With Players About Protests
On Monday, The New York Times teased us with a maddeningly coy report about Eagles owner Jeff Lurie calling Donald Trump’s presidency “disastrous” during last October’s players-owners meeting about national anthem protests. The Times, which acquired an audio recording of the three-hour meeting, has ...
“Bullshit” Blown Call At The End Of Game 5 Has The Bucks Frustrated<em></em><em></em>
The Boston Celtics fended off a tough Bucks squad last night at home to take a commanding 3-2 lead, thanks to a big night from Al Horford, solid defense from their bench, and a critical missed call late in the fourth quarter. With 1:14 left, Al Horford hoisted a three-pointer that clearly left his h...
Padres Rookie Pitcher Can Only Gaze Admiringly At The Grand Slam He Just Gave Up
Every baseball rookie has his “Welcome to the bigs” moment. Padres pitcher Eric Lauer’s would be better characterized as a “You’re playing real baseball now, motherfucker” experience....