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I Surrender To My Paunch
There’s the dime-sized scar from the chicken pox that I scratched at until it bled, the thickets of hair that shot out of my skin when I was ten, stretch marks raking down at the sides from cutting, bulking, cutting and bulking. I am always aware of the way this finger-deep layer of fat and water hi...
David Ortiz Wants A Standing Ovation From Yankees Fans
It’s David Ortiz’s final season, and barring a Red Sox playoff appearance, his final road games will be at Yankee Stadium the last week of September. Given how much of Ortiz’s career and reputation is caught up in the Yankees/Red Sox rivalry, and how his heroics in the 2004 ALCS turned around the fr...
Bud The Great
Terence Crawford doesn’t look very intimidating, given the right setting....
Giants Broadcaster Says Pablo Sandoval Has An Eating Disorder
Pablo Sandoval’s big spring training belly remains the topic of conversation outside Red Sox camp, even if no one actually in camp admits they care all that much. But while there are lots of angles you could take on Sandoval’s fitness and commitment, here’s at least one you probably shouldn’t....
Stupid Little Piece Of Metal Bounces Valencia Youth Team From Tournament
Valencia and Chelsea met today in the UEFA Youth League, which is basically the Kiddie Champions League. The Round of 16 match came down to penalties, and Chelsea were declared winners after scoring all five of their spot kicks. Problem is, Valencia never actually missed any of their penalties, eith...
Carlos Tévez Breaks Goalkeeper's Jaw With A Flying Knee To The Face
Now this isn’t as bad as the last time we saw Carlos Tévez breaking bones on a soccer pitch, seeing as that shin-snapper was on account of a horrible and late tackle while this jaw-smasher looks like a complete accident, but this is a streak Tévez probably doesn’t want to extend. Here’s the video:...
Kyrie Irving Says He Got Bed Bugs At A Supposedly Haunted Oklahoma City Hotel
In the course of beating the Oklahoma City Thunder last night, the Cleveland Cavaliers stayed at the Skirvin Hilton, a hotel supposedly haunted by a maid who committed suicide decades ago. But the slamming doors and bathtubs mysteriously filled with water that have plagued other NBA teams were the l...
Boxer Blasted For Pummeling Sparring Partner
Chris Eubank Jr. takes on Nick Blackwell at Wembley next month for Blackwell’s middleweight title, and part of Eubank’s prefight hype cycle has been to release this video of him beating the shit out of, even knocking out, an amateur sparring partner....
Jonathan Papelbon Is Back With The Nationals, And Not Choking Anyone (Yet)
After Nationals closer Jonathan Papelbon choked out his teammate Bryce Harper in the team’s dugout during a game last September, it seemed certain that he wouldn’t be on the team in 2016. And yet, despite putting his hands around the Nationals’ best player, Papelbon’s still on the roster and part of...
You Wanna See Pablo Sandoval's Big Spring Training Belly?
Yeah you do....
Report: Former Cowboys Running Back Joseph Randle Arrested And Charged With Battery
According to a report from TMZ Sports, which was later corroborated by the Dallas Morning News, former Cowboys running back Joseph Randle was arrested this morning in Sedgwick County, Kansas and charged with three counts of battery, one count of criminal damage to property, and one count of drug pos...
Report: Dada 5000 Was In Critical Condition And His Heart Stopped After Kimbo Slice Knocked Him Out
Dhafir Harris, aka Dada 5000, was stretchered out of the ring yesterday after Kimbo Slice knocked him out in the third round (or more accurately, after he just sort of woozily collapsed and fell down). It was a strange ending to a strange fight, the line on which moved all the way to a pick ‘em afte...
Cycling Guy Calls Out Other Cycling Guy For Getting Pushed Up A Climb By His Teammates
Cycling is just about wrapping up its preseason; the peloton is scattered across the Middle East, Southern Europe, and anywhere else with vaguely hospitable weather. The Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol has both too many names for one race, and also a decent crop of riders. Teejay Van Garder...
Kimbo Slice Vs. Dada 5000 Match Ends In Predictably Hilarious, Stupid Fashion
Tonight’s much-hyped Bellator match between Kimbo Slice and Dada 5000 ended the way you probably expected: with one of the fighters being knocked out by his own girth and being stretchered out of the ring....
Markieff Morris Doesn't Look Back, Even After He Slips Off His Hoverboard
The Suns traded Markieff Morris to the Wizards today, in what was the most significant trade during a dull NBA trade deadline. The forward, who openly said in August that he wanted to be traded, went through the parking lot on a hoverboard....
Hell Yeah, Boban Marjanovic Got Himself In A Local TV Commercial
If Timofey Mozgov has taught us one thing, it’s that big, oafish centers are a perfect fit for low-budget local commercials. So we’re very pleased to see that Spurs center Boban “Not Some Sort Of Odd Thing” Marjanovic has gotten himself into the game....
Is A New Mexico Basketball Player Getting Death Threats, Or Not?
University of New Mexico men’s basketball coach Craig Neal asserted last week that his son, redshirt sophomore point guard Cullen Neal, was receiving death threats from Lobos fans. Via the Daily Lobo:...