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MLB Suspends Steven Wright 15 Games For Violating Domestic Violence Policy
Red Sox pitcher Steven Wright has been suspended 15 games without pay for violating the league’s domestic violence policy, according to a report from NBC Sports Boston and later announced by MLB. The suspension stems from an incident in December, when Wright was arrested in Williamson County, Tenn. ...
For His Birthday, Kyrie Irving Gets A Knee Surgery
Happy birthday to Kyrie Irving, who turns 26 today and hasn’t played since March 11. Let’s open up that leg....
Michael Bennett Indicted On Felony Charge After Allegedly Pushing Past Stadium Worker At Super Bowl LI
As announced by the Harris County (Texas) District Attorney’s office, Eagles defensive end Michael Bennett was indicted by a grand jury today on the felony charge of injury of the elderly. The incident in question took place on Feb. 5, 2017, at Super Bowl 51 in Houston....
Yankees Broadcasters Share Heartwarming Anecdote About People Who Died At The Grand Canyon
Opening Day is just six days away. People are getting pretty bored of spring training. During today’s Red Sox-Yankees tilt in Tampa, YES announcers Ken Singleton and John Flaherty held an impromptu book club, discussing that classic tome chronicling people who have died at the Grand Canyon....
It Sure Sounds Like Isaac Haas Is Done At Purdue—No, For Real This Time
Last weekend, it was reported that Purdue center Isaac Haas had a broken elbow and would miss the remainder of the tournament. Then, just two days later, reports started trickling out that Haas was trying to play. Then, video appeared of Haas clearly in pain as he failed to lift the ball above his h...
Gordon Hayward's Daughter Crashed His Big <i>Fortnite</i> Stream And Almost Made Him Lose
Gordon Hayward has long been a prolific gamer, and it seems he’s spent his recovery from that horrific leg injury playing Overwatch, Destiny 2, and, most recently, Fortnite. The free-to-play battle royale game has crossed over into the mainstream in a way that no video game has since Pokemon Go, wit...
If You're Down By Three With A Few Seconds Left To Play And You Get Fouled, Just Do This
Paulinho Boracini, who plays for Basquete Cearense in Brazil’s professional basketball league, has provided us with an answer to an age-old question. What do you do when you are down by three points late in the game and the opposing team intentionally fouls you, forcing you to shoot two free throws?...
Olympic Stud Ryan Donato Is Staying Hot In The NHL
21-year-old center Ryan Donato was one of the few bright spots in an otherwise mediocre U.S. Olympic men’s hockey team last month, scoring five goals in his five games in Korea. And now that he’s earned an NHL call-up with Boston, he’s keeping the hot streak alive. In approximately 1.17 NHL games, D...
Deadspin Idiots Present The Bobby Knight Memorial Chair Throwing Competition
As college basketball takes center stage in the sports world during March Madness, we here at Deadspin got to reminiscing about one of college basketball’s most legendary, infamously psychopathic incidents which involved one of the game’s most legendary, infamously psychopathic figures. We are speak...
Marcus Morris Hits Game-Winning Three To Boost Celtics Over Thunder
A pair of Russell Westbrook free throws put the Thunder up six over the Celtics tonight with 24.7 seconds to play. Boston quickly shrunk that deficit with one bucket from Jayson Tatum and another from Terry Rozier, plus some strategic fouling (and some bad free-throw shooting from Carmelo Anthony)—a...
Hockey Skate Mangles Ear
Another hockey guy upended, another close call for a fellow player’s major arteries. Kings defenseman Derek Forbort had his ear butterflied in Monday’s 4-3 win after Wild forward Zach Parise’s skate caught him on the side of the head. Forbort’s lucky it wasn’t his neck....
Bob Uecker’s Latest Malady Was A Venomous<em></em> Spider Bite
Bob Uecker is 84 years old and still going strong, but the longtime Brewers broadcaster has had some health issues in recent years. His latest scare was when a venomous brown recluse spider bit him in October after last season. From the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel’s Tom Haudricourt:...
Bob Huggins Met Dan D'Antoni In A Battle For The Future Of Men's Fashion
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice appeared at Sunday night’s NCAA Tournament game between West Virginia and Marshall wearing a suit that was both deeply and intentionally unfortunate. Justice is a Marshall University graduate—his wife and daughter are, as well—and, if you’re just joining us, a West...
Isaac Haas's Baackup Maatt Haarms Is The Good Haair Maan
The Boilermakers overcame the absence of Isaac Haas due to an elbow fracture to hang on against 10th-seed Butler Sunday afternoon, utilizing 7-foot-3 backup big man Matt Haarms as a fill-in starter. And Haarms, you may have noticed, has quite the ‘do, and it requires quite a lot of attention, even d...
This Quinnipiac Possession Is Beautiful Chaos
The 86-72 final score in Quinnipiac’s first-round victory over Miami (FL) belies what was actually a tense, back-and-forth game that didn’t get out-of-hand until a huge fourth quarter Quinnipac run. If you could distill all of its fun unpredictability into one possession, it would be this lead-takin...
Report: Isaac Haas Still Alive, Thanks To Modern Science?
On Friday, Purdue issued a statement saying senior center Isaac Haas would miss the rest of the tournament with a fractured elbow. Less than 24 hours later, a report is out claiming Haas still might play for the Boilermakers....
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Glen "Big Baby" Davis Arrested With A Quarter-Pound Of Weed And $92,000 In Cash [Update]
Glen “Big Baby” Davis, arguably the most entertaining player on the Celtics 2010 Finals roster, was arrested in February on seven counts of marijuana possession and distribution....
Purdue Loses Isaac Haas For The Rest Of The NCAA Tournament
Purdue center Isaac Haas will miss the remainder of the NCAA tournament with a fractured right elbow....
Rugby League Game Ends On Heroic Tackle By The Goalpost
It looked like the North Queensland Cowboys were about to pull off a come-from-behind win over the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League today. Scott Bolton was about to cross the goal line for the winning try, but he was brutally tackled... by the goalpost....
UNC Greensboro's Zone Defense Nearly Suffocated Gonzaga
In its first-round loss to No. 4 seed Gonzaga, 13-seed UNC Greensboro did what they do best for 39.5 minutes, nearly knocking off the reigning national runner-ups in the process....