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Kenny Smith ruined Sabrina Ionescu's moment

Let’s take a look at a few of the comments after Steph Curry and Sabrina Ionescu squared off in a 3-point shooting contest on Saturday night, Curry topping the Liberty star by just 3 points, 29-26, both shooting from the NBA arc....

Just in time for the holiday: Athletes you didn't know had their own alcohol brands

There are so many celebrity alcohol brands these days that it’s hard to keep track of. There’s a shocking amount of athletes with their own line of booze. While there’s a handful you probably know, you’d be surprised just how many athletes are behind some of the labels at your local liquor store. Th...

What Travis Kelce and Aaron Rodgers can debate instead of the vaccine

After Aaron Rodgers referred to Travis Kelce as Mr. Pfizer, Kelce fired a return grenade at Rodgers, whose team is owned by a pharmaceutical magnate. Rodgers’ idea to resolve this once and for all was inviting Kelce onto his Pat McAfee Show home turf to debate the vaccine along with Robert Kennedy J...

Lexi Thompson’s PGA Tour debut comes with a chance at history and to pierce through golf’s sexism

In the modern history of golf, no female has made a cut on a PGA Tour event. Only Babe Didrikson Zaharias has done it ever, playing all four rounds at the 1945 Phoenix Open, and Tucson Open. And as Lexi Thompson becomes the seventh woman to play in a PGA Tour event next week, on a sponsor’s invitati...

Let’s take a moment to appreciate American women in sports of the 21st century

I will say it loudly and frequently – celebrate women in sports. They belong in sports. They belong wherever the hell they want to belong. Gender has zero bearing on knowledge about a topic. It has always been a battle for equality, and it should not have to be. And it’s not just athletes. Before an...

Report: Comerica Park Employee In Police Custody After Spitting On Pizza

A food services employee at Comerica Park, where the Detroit Tigers attempt to play professional baseball, is reportedly in police custody after another employee posted a video on Instagram of him spitting on the beginnings of a pizza while working at a concession stand....

Aric Almirola Removed From Car On Stretcher After Devastating Wreck [Updates]

Emergency personnel worked for 15 minutes to extract Aric Almirola from his car after the driver was caught up in a wreck initially involving Joey Logano and Danica Patrick during tonight’s race at Kansas Speedway....

Jimmie Johnson's Car Bashed On All Sides In Another Big Daytona Wreck

Today’s racing at Daytona can’t make it very far without a caution, and the most recent saw a half dozen cars batter Jimmie Johnson’s from every angle. Denny Hamlin, Trevor Bayne, Chris Buescher, and Kevin Harvick all teamed up to levy the punishment on Johnson, who had been running third. Another ...

Spanish Coach Once Showed His Players A Porno To Pump Them Up Before A Game

Apparently Louis van Gaal isn’t the only manager who wants his players to be horny for victory. One coach who shared the Dutchman’s preference for literal hard men, Joaquín Caparrós, even went as far as incorporating porn in a pregame talk to ram his point home....

The Players' Tribune Says Nothing—And That's The Point

“Derek” is thinking about his next step. “Russell” wants to make a difference. “Danica” updates her relationship status. “Blake” is really glad his creepy boss is gone....

Northwestern Goes Union-Busting

Tomorrow, Northwestern football players will vote on whether or not to form a union, a right given to them by a National Labor Relations Board ruling last month. NLRB rules stipulate that no meetings can be held today, the day before the vote, to decrease the risk of outside influence—which doesn't ...

NFLPA Comes Out In Support Of College Players' Union

In recent days, high-ranking NCAA and university executives have had op-eds placed in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal arguing against the right of college players to unionize. One of those papers then turned down the NFLPA's attempt to get a response published. ...

Northwestern Players Win First Step Toward Union Recognition

The director of the National Labor Relations Board's Chicago district ruled today that Northwestern football players do qualify as employees, and as such are entitled to form a union. This is as big as it sounds, but there is a ways to go before amateurism as we know it is ended....

Danica Patrick's <em>SI</em> Nipple: A Lesson In Internet Boob Etiquette [NSFW]

On January 28, Sports Illustrated's Swim Daily website posted a "Throwback Thursday" gallery featuring pictures of Danica Patrick from 2008. Buried within the gallery was an old selfie of Patrick, one that featured an unremarkable amount of nipple. The picture went unremarked upon until TMZ spotted ...

Northwestern Football Players Are Trying To Unionize

In the opening shots of a major new assault on the NCAA's amateurism model, an "overwhelming majority" of Northwestern football players have filed to be recognized as members of a union. Their endgame, if successful, would be college football players officially being classified as employees....

Danica Patrick's Boyfriend Causes Her To Crash At Coca-Cola 600

With 82 laps to go in Sunday's Coca-Cola 600, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. bumped Danica Patrick, causing her to crash, along with Brad Keselowski. Worth noting: Stenhouse Jr. and Patrick are dating. Drama!...

Jimmie Johnson Wins Daytona 500; Danica Patrick First Woman To Place In Top 10

NASCAR elected to go on with the Dayton 500 today after Kyle Larson's wreck at the same track yesterday, when his car's engine flew through the protective fence and into the crowd before debris injured 28 spectators. Jimmie Johnson won the race for his second career victory at the Daytona 500, but ...

Danica Patrick Becomes First Woman In History To Win The Pole Position At The Daytona 500

One year ago, Danica Patrick won the pole at Daytona for the lesser circuit Nationwide Series. Today she won the pole at NASCAR's most prestigious race—scheduled next Sunday, February 24 at 1:00 p.m.—with a lap of 196.434 mph....

Interviewer Solicits Questions For Danica Patrick On Facebook; It Goes About How You'd Expect

Before interviewing Danica Patrick yesterday, SBNation's Amy K. Nelson asked her Facebook fans to help her come up with questions for the famous driver. She got over 80 submissions, and right off the bat, they were about as awful as you'd probably expect. Toward the end, Nelson jumped in to express...

Danica Patrick announces her divorce from physical therapist Paul Hospenthal, her husband of seven years....