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Is Donald Trump Really "The Michael Jordan Of Political Nicknames?"

Chris Cillizza’s job isn’t as easy as it seems, although it also isn’t nearly difficult enough to justify the salary he receives for doing it. What that job is even supposed to be is kind of a moving target, to be honest, but much of what Cillizza does in his current position as a political reporter...

I Blame Chris Brown

Here are just a few, tiny things that happened in a dark, bizarre, depressing Year of our Lord 2018:...

Chris Mack Leaves Top-Five Team To Coach At Mid-Tier ACC Program

Chris Sale Leaves Game After Getting Drilled By Comebacker

Chris Sale left today’s spring training game against the Astros two outs into the first inning after a J.D. Davis line drive up the middle struck the Red Sox ace in the leg....

"Oh God, It's About Grunting Again": An Official Stenographer Dishes On Transcribing Tennis Players<em></em>

Tennis players do press constantly; it’s part of their job. They field questions about all the unforced errors on their forehand, why their first serve was so effective, or what does it feel like to pull off an upset like this, and they generally give tame and compact answers. So the journalists can...

Christian McCaffrey And Friends Helped Save A Hiker's Life

Christian McCaffrey and some friends went for a hike this past weekend outside of Denver, and their pleasant afternoon out nearly turned tragic after they witnessed 72-year-old Dan Smoker Sr. fall roughly 20 feet onto a rock. “I had never seen anything quite like that in my life as far as the traum...

Jemele Hill Denies That Chris Berman Left Her A "Racially Disparaging" Voicemail [Update]

Ex-ESPN employee Adrienne Lawrence filed a discrimination lawsuit against the company this past weekend, and her suit included the claim that Chris Berman left SportsCenter host Jemele Hill a “threatening and racially disparaging voicemail.” Hill released a statement this evening, confirming that sh...

Lawsuit Claims Chris Berman Left "Racially Disparaging" Voicemail For Jemele Hill  [Update]<em></em>

Former ESPN employee Adrienne Lawrence filed a discrimination lawsuit against the company over the weekend, in which she accuses SportsCenter anchor John Buccigross of sexual harassment. The suit also contains an eye-popping claim about longtime ESPN host Chris Berman....

Team Sky Look Shadier Than Ever After UK Parliamentary Investigation

The UK Parliament’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee finally released their report about doping in British sports on Monday, capping a three-year investigation. In addition to the IAAF scandal and the questionable tactics of the Nike Oregon Project, the Select Committee also looked...

Report: FBI Wiretaps Caught Sean Miller Discussing $100,000 Payment To Recruit

ESPN reports tonight that FBI wiretaps of conversations between Sean Miller and sports agent runner Christian Dawkins caught the Arizona head coach discussing a $100,000 payment to lock up then-recruit Deandre Ayton, now a star freshman for the Wildcats....

Olympic Ski Racer Taken Away On Stretcher After Nasty Crash

Canadian ski cross racer Chris Del Bosco fought gravity and lost during a qualifying heat, losing control at the worst moment and catapulting some 30 feet down the course and landing hard on his right side....

Elise Christie's Olympics Were Another Nightmare<em></em>

Last week, British short track speed skater Elise Christie crashed out of the 500m race and finished fourth in an event she holds the world record, adding another disappointing finish to an Olympic career that’s been waylaid by an avalanche of bad luck. Christie was distraught after her fourth strai...

The Knierims Heard About The Florida School Shooting Moments Before Taking The Ice

At least 17 people were killed today by a man with an AR-15 at a Florida high school, with a still-unconfirmed number of people injured. It is the 18th school shooting of 2018....

WEEI Will Shut Down For A Day To Teach Its Hosts Not To Be Hateful Shitheads

Boston radio station WEEI has had a rough go of it lately: Alex Reimer called Tom Brady’s kid a “pissant” and hasn’t been heard from since; Christian Fauria giggled as he did a racist accent of Brady’s agent Don Yee, and was suspended five days; and Kirk Minihane’s still employed. In an effort to re...

Elise Christie's Suspicious Short Track Crash Is As Frustrating As It Gets

British speed skater Elise Christie is one of the fastest women in the world on the short track, and she’s probably the most likely athlete to win a gold medal for Team GB in Pyeongchang. She owns the world record in the 500-meter, has a pair of World Championship gold medals, and has won several Eu...

Chris Mazdzer's Silver Left The Luge World Speechless

Last summer, I asked three-time Olympic gold medalist Georg Hackl if anything less than victory in luge is acceptable to his native Germany, the sliding sport’s unequivocal ruler. He laughed before I could finish my question....

WEEI Suspends Christian Fauria Five Days For Racist Don Yee Impression

There is, apparently, a line that can be crossed at oft-offensive Boston sports radio shithole WEEI, as the station suspended host Christian Fauria five days for his racist impression of NFL agent Don Yee on Friday’s show....

Boston Radio Host Christian Fauria Does Insanely Racist Impression Of NFL Agent Don Yee [Update]

On today’s edition of WEEI’s Ordway, Merloni & Fauria, the fellas discussed how Boston Herald columnist Ron Borges was pranked by a guy pretending to be NFL agent Don Yee, who represents quarterbacks Tom Brady and Jimmy Garoppolo. The prankster fooled Borges into writing an inaccurate story through ...

Colts GM Chris Ballard Is Mad

Indianapolis Colts general manager Chris Ballard had to face the media today and talk about the fact that Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels decided to back out of his agreement to be the Colts’ next coach. Ballard’s press conference was delivered in the tone of a person talking themselve...

De'Aaron Fox's Game-Winning Put-Back Makes Doug Christie Say "NYAAAHH!"<em></em>

Sacramento rookie De’Aaron Fox had an absolutely wonderful put-back slam to win the game for the Kings tonight in Miami....