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Sports! It's Tonight's <i>Mean Girls</i> Liveblog
Look, the White Sox already played today, so there are no sports worth paying attention to tonight. Mean Girls just started on ABC Family, so let’s follow along with that instead....
The U.S. Classic Is All About Who's Next<em></em>
The best female gymnasts in the United States faced off at the U.S. Classic, the final opportunity for gymnasts to qualify to the upcoming national championships. For those gymnasts hoping to secure their berths at nationals, Saturday’s Classic mattered a great deal. But for the rest—the best of th...
Get A Load Of The Insane Second Shot Of This Miraculous Par Save
You’re gonna have to trust me on the sequence here, because I can’t find video of the before or after: On the 531-yard par-5 17th hole today at the John Deere Classic, Kelly Kraft badly shanked his drive off the tee. Like, incredibly badly. Here he is lining up his second shot:...
Golf Fan Goes To Town On His Own Nipples
Some people require certain methods to get titillated. For this fan, it’s watching Billy Horschel at the Byron Nelson Classic....
The Sabres Will "Host" The Rangers In The NYC Winter Classic For A Specific Tax Purpose
The NHL announced Tuesday that the Sabres and Rangers will play the 2018 NHL Winter Classic at the Mets’ stadium in Queens. Despite the fact that the Sabres reside hundreds of miles away in Buffalo while the Rangers are only a borough away, the Sabres will be the “home team.” The NHL said that the d...
The WBC Is Over But The Trash Talk Isn't
Hey, we’ve got some WBC beef! Maybe this tournament is legit after all....
The WBC Was Baseball As It's Going To Be
“It’s the most fun I’ve ever had playing baseball,” said OF Christian Yelich, and sure, it’s easy to say you had a blast when you win. But after Team USA’s 8-0 win to become World Baseball Classic champs for the first time in the event’s fourth edition, these were also the first words out of the mou...
Team USA Clobbers Puerto Rico To Claim First World Baseball Classic Title<em></em>
Thanks to impressive pitching from Marcus Stroman and solid hitting from nearly every player in the lineup, Team USA glided past Puerto Rico 8-0 to win their first World Baseball Classic title in Los Angeles on Wednesday night....
Even Puerto Rico's Governor Dyed His Hair Blond For The WBC Final
The members of Puerto Rico’s baseball team dyed their hair blond for the World Baseball Classic, and as they’ve advanced through the tournament, the people of Puerto Rico have been catching on to the trend. In fact, “Team Rubio” has inspired so many Puerto Ricans to go platinum, the island is runnin...
Team USA Wants To Inspire Baseball Kids To Be Boring Fun-Haters
Ahead of Team USA’s World Baseball Classic final against Puerto Rico tonight, some American baseball men said some eye-rolling shit. Team USA’s second baseman Ian Kinsler told the New York Times he hoped the team could inspire the youth to Play The Right Way and grow up to be fun-hating baseball men...
Kodai Senga Looked Like The Real Deal
In the top of the eighth inning of the World Baseball Classic semi-final Tuesday night between Japan and the U.S., Japanese relief pitcher Kodai Senga gave up an RBI fielder’s choice to Adam Jones that plated Brandon Crawford and put the Americans up 2-1. Third baseman Nobuhiro Matsuda bobbled the b...
Team USA Makes WBC Final For The First Time Thanks To Mishandled Grounder
Tonight’s low-scoring World Baseball Classic semifinal between Japan and Team USA had none of the playful braggadocio seen in other World Baseball Classic games this year, but the Americans eked out a 2-1 win to advance to the WBC final for the first time....
Starting Extra Innings With Runners On Base Just Plain Sucks
Bunt, sacrifice fly, intentional walk. Those are three of the most boring plays in baseball, and if MLB actually implements its proposed rule to start the 11th inning and beyond with men on first and second, we’ll be seeing scores of games decided by some combination of those plays....
The WBC Knows Baseball Is Supposed To Be Fun
If nothing else, the swag level at the World Baseball Classic is off the charts:...
Netherlands Baseball Player, Busy Gloating Over A Single, Gets Thrown Out At First
In the World Baseball Classic semifinal between Puerto Rico and the Netherlands, Dutchman Jurickson Profar got ahead of himself while celebrating a first-inning single to right field. Puerto Rico’s right fielder threw a rocket to catcher Yadier Molina to hold up the runner at third, and then, as Pro...
Not Everyone Was Thrilled With Adam Jones's Catch
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Adam Jones Robs Manny Machado Homer
It was Oriole-on-Oriole crime as Adam Jones made a stunning play to rob Manny Machado of a sure home run, and holding onto the slim 4-2 U.S. lead over the Dominican Republic. ...
Giancarlo Stanton Cranks Huge Dinger, Gives U.S. The Lead
Giancarlo Stanton broke a 2-2 deadlock by ripping a massive two-run homer off the Dominican Republic’s Ervin Santana. How massive?...
Edwin Díaz's Slider Is So, So, So Ridiculous
Edwin Díaz’s ninth inning last night was the sort of performance that seems to stretch the reasonable connotation of striking out the side when correctly described with the technical definition of the term. All three outs came via strikeout, sure; in between those were two runs that nearly squander...
It's Manny Machado Highlight Time
Manny Machado helped his Dominican Republic team in a defensive battle against Venezuela tonight with a defensive play that showed the Orioles third baseman is in mid-season form....