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Former Tampa Bay Bucs Cheerleader Sues Team For Wage Theft
Former Buccaneers cheerleader Manouchcar Pierre-Val has just made Tampa Bay the fifth NFL team to get served with a lawsuit from its cheerleaders. ...
College Freshman Runs Wind-Aided 9.77-Second 100 Meters
Baylor freshman Trayvon Bromell crushed the competition this weekend at the Big 12 track & field championships, turning in a ridiculous 9.77 in the 100 meters—albeit with a wind reading that rendered the time ineligible for any records....
ESPN <em>First Take</em> Boss Is Finally Leaving For NBC
Looks like Jamie Horowitz, an influential ESPN VP once called "the midwife of Bristol's 'Embrace Debate' era" in these pages, will be leaving for NBC after all. New York Times media reporter Bill Carter tweeted this morning that Horowitz, who'd apparently sulked through his last few months at ESPN a...
Wil Myers Hit An Inside-The-Park Home Run
Wil Myers took his time going to first on his assumed homer, but when the ball didn't leave the park, he still reacted quickly enough to earn an inside-the-park home run against the Yankees....
Cristiano Ronaldo Goal Celebration Most Ronaldo Thing Ever
So Real Madrid is embarrassing Bayern Munich at Allianz Arena, and that was before... whatever this is....
Want To Talk To Elgin Baylor? Take A Number
Look for Elgin Baylor's Vindication Tour to start today. It might be a short one....
Why Soccer Tactics Matter: A Player Explains
Everyone in soccer is constantly talking about tactics. In recent years, we've gushed over the development of conservative 11-men-behind-the-ball approaches, the growth of tiki-taka and passenaccio, the rise of the mythical 4-2-3-1, and the spread of gegenpressing and counterattacking. I love this s...
Umpires Use Replay To Check Count, Get It Wrong Anyway
Yunel Escobar struck out on a 4-2 pitch, which is a good sign that something went horribly wrong....
Josh Lueke Is A Rapist, You Say? Keep Saying It.
Late Saturday night, during the Yankees-Rays game, I stumbled onto an online conversation among baseball writers and fans regarding the propriety of tweeting about Rays pitcher Josh Lueke's criminal history every time he's on the mound....
Lightning Fan Takes Selfie With Scrum
Those are damned expensive seats to be turning away from the ice, and the curmudgeon in me wants to yell at the guy to look at the damn scrum that's going on a few feet away with your own eyes. But then I realize that if that photo comes out well, it's going to be fantastic....
Canadiens Take First Game In OT, Spoil Steven Stamkos's Stellar Night
On the first night of playoff hockey, we had free playoff hockey, and it was good....
Brittney Griner Says Baylor Wasn't A Good Place To Be Gay
Brittney Griner came out early in high school, but while being recruited, was concerned that her sexuality would be an issue at Baylor, a Baptist school. "Big Girl, I don't care what you are," Griner said her future coach Kim Mulkey told her. "You can be black, white, blue, purple, whatever. As long...
Tampa Bay Lightning's Ryan Malone Charged With DUI, Cocaine Possession
Tampa Bay Lightning winger Ryan Malone was arrested and charged with driving under the influence and cocaine possession early Saturday morning....
Sad Man United Score Great Goal, Then Get Pounded In Champions League
So...the gig's up. Manchester United, who have played like absolute dog shit all season long, almost definitely won't play in the Champions League next season. After drawing defending CL champions FC Bayern last week in the first leg of their quarterfinal, they needed to avoid a loss in Germany to a...
Rays Groundskeeper Fond Of His Huge, Spurting Hose
Sun Sports had some fancy high-speed cameras on hand for their broadcasts from the Rangers-Rays series in St. Petersburg this weekend, and took every opportunity to use them—including during yesterday's pregame. We took their slow-mo coverage of this Tropicana Field groundskeeper and made it extra s...
Run The Jules: Your Guide To The USMNT's Newest (Maybe?) Star
During last night's USA-Mexico friendly, USMNT fans finally got a glimpse of Julian Green, the 18-year-old superstar-in-the-making(?) who spurned Germany to play for the US. The massive excitement at his arrival is matched only by the massive amount we don't know about him. Who is this guy? Is he re...
Wayne Rooney Dives, Draws A Red, Smirks
Here's Rooney's 90th minute dive that earned Bastian Schweinsteiger a second yellow, and a suspension for next week's Champions League second leg....
Angels Hitting Coach Don Baylor Breaks Leg On Ceremonial First Pitch
Vladimir Guerrero threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Angels game against the Mariners and while trying to catch it, Don Baylor seemed to hyperextend his leg and possibly suffer even further injury....