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David Ortiz Is Furious About His Failed PED Test Coming Up Again
For whatever reason, David Ortiz hates it when you bring up that he tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003 (a fact confirmed by the union). The latest target of his ire: MLB Network hosts who declared he has received a "free pass" for his transgression....
Canada Destroys Kuwait In Under-19 Football, 91-0
Look at this photo of the Kuwait team before their first game in the International Federation of American Football tournament. So full of hope. Canada wrecked them, 91-0. Masakeen....
The Cavs Needed The NBA's Help To Delete Dan Gilbert's Comic Sans Letter
Dan Gilbert's tantrum of an open letter remained on the Cavs' website for one day shy of four years, conveniently being deleted just as the Cavs stepped up their free agency pursuit of LeBron James. A team spokesman explained to SB Nation's Mike Prada just how that went down:...
Reminder: The LeBron Free Agency Circus Is The NBA's Fault
We're watching the rubber band snap on LeBron free agency coverage. We waited all year to see what would happen, and now that it's happening, there's... rather a lot of coverage, isn't there? But remember, whatever hysterics into which teams and Twitter and ESPN have been thrown were created by the ...
The Problem With Native American Slurs, According To Dan Snyder's Dad
Vinny Cerrato phoned a Boston sports-talk station recently and tried to explain why Dan Snyder won't change his football team's now officially derogatory name. "It's not a money thing for Dan," Snyder's former sidekick claimed. Instead, Cerrato dropped some Freud on us. ...
The Cavaliers Finally Took Down Dan Gilbert's Insane Comic Sans Letter
As of last night, the Cavs' official website still hosted owner Dan Gilbert's hysteric, petulant open letter to Cavs fans, hastily composed in the aftermath of LeBron James announcing he was leaving for Miami. It would have been exactly four years old tomorrow. It has now, finally, been deleted. Com...
God Save Dairy Queen: Scenes From The Fast-Food Franchise Wars
Manhattan's first Dairy Queen opened last month, its arrival heralded by months of agonizingly sincere public debate. Critics bemoaned the suburbanization of their precious city and exhorted responsible New Yorkers to patronize their nearest Mister Softee truck instead, rather than feed the soul...
LeBron's Free Agency Circus Is Officially Underway
LeBron James's 2010 free agency remains the most entertaining thing to happen in the NBA in years, with fans, suitors, and speculators running around like headless chickens for a week, all while James maintained complete control of the timing and tenor of his decision. (Sorry, his Decision.) As an...
Embrace Your Fate
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Cubs Trade Jeff Samardzija And Jason Hammel To Best Team In Baseball
Good news, Jeff Samardzija! You are now a starting pitcher for the Athletics, owners of the best record in baseball. It may smell like old, decaying, actual shit in Oakland, but that's just a modern plumbing problem, not an ancient, metaphorical one like your old home. ...
Ich Bin Ein Melonenkopf
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David Luiz Puts Brazil Up 2-0 With Phenomenal Free-Kick Goal
David Luiz hammered a free-kick into the top corner to put Brazil up 2-0. Hear the excellent call from Univision above; hear how it sounded on Brazil's Globo TV below....
Here Is Your Independence Day Menu
Hey, it's Fourth of July weekend! Why it seems like only yesterday Paul Revere rowed his boat across the Independence River and discovered America or whatever—but it's been 700 years! Crazy. Spare a moment today to doff your mirrored wraparound gun-range goggles in respect for ol' Paul. Paul a...
Donte Whitner Trolls Bills Fans, Pisses Off Darryl Talley
Browns safety Donte Whitner cracked a joke about the Bills leaving Buffalo last night and ended up chirping back and forth on Twitter with former Bills linebacker Darryl Talley and his wife....
Blue Jays Challenge Play To Get Their Own Runner Out
Blue Jays manager John Gibbons used MLB's instant replay in an unusual but clever decision in the top of the second of Thursday's game against the Athletics....
The NFL Is Dumping Bad News On Us While Nobody Is Paying Attention
The Friday afternoon news dump is a tried and true tactic for any organization looking to get some negative press in and out of the news cycle as quickly as possible. With tomorrow being a holiday and most of America already checked out for the long weekend, the NFL decided to unleash a classic news...
David Ortiz Thinks The Cubs Stink Because Of Day Games. Do They?
David Ortiz recently blamed the Cubs' consistent inability to win games on the team's penchant for scheduling day games. "When you come down to the Cubs' schedule it's a game-changer, believe it or not," Ortiz said. "They play so many day games at home and then they have to travel to another city an...
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Is Fasting For Ramadan Dangerous At The World Cup?
It's bad enough that these guys have to play in the Amazon. The weather in Brazil is so preposterously hot and humid that FIFA instituted cooling breaks so players wouldn't keel over and die during games. But what are the World Cup's Muslim players supposed to do now that Ramadan is here? The month-...
Claude Giroux Reportedly Arrested After Ass-Grabbing A Cop
The Ottawa Sun reports that Flyers star Claude Giroux spent last night in jail after an incident with a police officer:...