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<i>Trainwreck </i>Isn't A Revolutionary Romcom, But It Is A Great One
For a movie written by and starring a comedian whose standup upends sexual taboos and whose hit Comedy Central show often skewers different genres and pop-culture detritus, the most remarkable thing about Amy Schumer’s Trainwreck is how traditional it is. That’s not a criticism: Rather than trying t...

NBA Likely To Adjust Playoff Seeding, Won't Prevent Hack-A-Shaq
With everybody in the basketball world in Las Vegas for the Summer League, the NBA held meetings of both its competition committee and Board of Governors, and afterwards commissioner Adam Silver answered questions from the media. There were no bombshells, just a number of small but interesting chang...

This Hard Cider Is The Best Summertime Bourbon Mixer
On Monday, one of my favorite beer writers, Jason Notte of Marketwatch, told us to drink more fruit beer. He is a wise man, and that is generally sound advice. However! What if you’ve been drinking too much fruit beer lately? What if you’ve had the good sense to overdose on, say, 21st Amendment’s He...


Report: NFLPA Is Ready To Charge Cowboys And Broncos With Collusion
The Dallas Cowboys and Denver Broncos have yet to sign their respective star receivers—Dez Bryant and Demaryius Thomas—to longterm deals, and the deadline to do so is this Wednesday. According to an ESPN report, if Thomas and Bryant don’t get new deals by the deadline, the players’ union will bring ...

Berman Told The Barber To Leave It Long In The Back Back Back Back
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How Did Drake Get That Bod?
Big news: Drake is swole now. He’s also dating Serena Williams, who bench-presses him after she makes him run sprints until he pukes. But if you think Serena is the only reason his guns have grown, you’re dead wrong. For Aubrey Graham, fitness is simply a lifestyle....

It Won't Matter Who Starts At Quarterback For Ohio State
With Braxton Miller announcing his to return to Ohio State, the Buckeyes now have three of college football’s best-available quarterbacks—Miller, J.T. Barrett, and Cardale Jones—all with big-game experience and all finally healthy. Now, the question that has been looming since their national champio...

Mets Create Instagram Account Exclusively Dedicated To Lucas Duda
Good news for all those Dudanators (that’s what Lucas Duda fans call themselves, probably): Mets players Curtis Granderson, John Mayberry Jr., and Danny Muno have made @wefollowlucasduda, an Instagram account focused on, well, Lucas Duda....

Adam Schefter Explains Why He Posted Jason Pierre-Paul's Medical Records
In Richard Deitsch’s weekly media column at SI.com, ESPN’s Adam Schefter fields questions about why he decided to publish photos Jason Pierre-Paul’s medical charts, rather than simply report that the Giants DE had his right index finger amputated after a fireworks accident. His answer, roughly: if y...

The Moment Where It All Ended
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Report: Bars Now Off Limits For Florida State Football Players
After a meeting with head coach Jimbo Fisher on Saturday morning, Florida State football players have been told bars are off limits, according to Jim Henry of The Tallahassee Democrat. The school will also bring in “professionals” to meet with players, per Henry....

Mark Cuban Will Not Accept DeAndre Jordan's Twitter Apology
Dallas Mavericks owner and world’s last Cyber Dust user Mark Cuban is still fed up with Clippers center DeAndre Jordan. ...

It Ain't A Tour De France Unless Some Dude's Ass Is Hanging Out
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How Should You Feel About A Bear Using A Boulder To Break A Window?
As you’ve surely heard by now, a bear in a Minnesota zoo shattered a pane of glass with a boulder. That a wild animal would want to destroy a barrier keeping it within a confined habitat isn’t all that remarkable, but what is noteworthy is precisely how this bear went about breaking the glass....
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FSU's Dalvin Cook Will Be Charged With Battery [UPDATE]
A second Florida State player has been accused of hitting a woman at a Tallahassee bar. This time, it’s running back Dalvin Cook, who just a few days ago was named to the watch list for the Maxwell Award for the nation’s top player. According to police records, this incident happened on June 23, one...

Greg Hardy's 10-Game Suspension Reduced To Four
Defensive end Greg Hardy signed with the Cowboys in March after his domestic violence charges were dropped when the victim didn’t show up to court; the NFL gave him a 10-game suspension without pay in April. Hardy appealed the punishment, and today, arbitrator Harold Henderson reduced the suspension...

Cuban: I Went To DeAndre Jordan's House, But He Said He Was On A Date
Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has more to say about losing DeAndre Jordan to the Clippers, specifically ESPN dingus Chris Broussard’s reports that he was driving around Houston like a madman trying to find Jordan’s house on Wednesday night. ...

DeAndre Jordan Hurt Chandler Parsons's Feelings. Hurt 'Em Real Bad, Bro.
Nobody was more instrumental to the Mavericks’ courtship of DeAndre Jordan than Chandler Parsons. Dallas’ small forward was attached to Jordan’s hip throughout the free-agency period, reportedly taking the big man out to dinner five nights in a row and wooing him with talk of MVP awards and All-Star...