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Supercool MLB pitcher Jared Hughes plays amateur Bill Nye with 'liquid nucleation' in his car (We'll explain)
As a free agent, days before spring training, Jared Hughes has some time on his hands. So, the 35-year-old pitcher, who had a 4.84 ERA with 21 strikeouts in 18 relief appearances for the Mets last year, is doing a little home science....
If the AHL’s Silver Knights don’t have COVID issues, why was their game canceled before the third period?
The Henderson Silver Knights’ “we don’t have COVID” tweet raised a lot of questions already answered by the tweet....
It’s OK to not be Shaquille O’Neal, and he should realize that
Respectfully, what is it about Shaquille O’Neal — who is in the one percent of most accomplished living human beings on earth — that causes him to engage in rankism?...
The life of Hank Aaron in photos
Hank Aaron had a remarkable career and distinguished life. The kid from Mobile, Ala. lived a good life, despite the hardships of racism and the many death threats he received as he sought to break Babe Ruth’s hallowed home run record, a feat he achieved in April of 1974. ...
Chiefs survive Mahomes injury, Brady heads to another conference championship
The Divisional Round is over, and for the 14th time, Tom Brady is on his way to a conference championship game. Brady and Aaron Rodgers will meet in the NFC Championship Game, while Josh Allen will square off with reigning Super Bowl Patrick Mahomes, as long as he’s healthy....
Mahomes ruled out of game with apparent concussion
Patrick Mahomes has been ruled out of the game after suffering a head injury. The QB left the field in the third quarter after a hit left him struggling to stand up....
MLB continues dragging feet on universal DH, hurting the game for greedy reasons
It’s two months until pitchers and catchers are supposed to report to spring training, if all goes according to plan (yeah, right), and Major League Baseball still hasn’t determined whether or not the universal designated hitter will remain in effect for the 2021 season....
MLB knows what it wants to do with the DH, it just doesn’t want to pay for it
Now that the baseball Winter Meetings have begun, such as they are in this altered pandemic-form, some real moves are being made. Lance Lynn and Adam Eaton have joined the White Sox either via trade or signing, Carlos Santana has got on the Royals express to 72 wins, and rumors are flying after the ...
Sheila Ford Hamp finally takes out the trash in Detroit
The Detroit Lions’ savior has finally arrived....
The Weight Of The World: Balancing fight camp during Thanksgiving week … and a pandemic
Bas Rutten was once invited to a Japanese dojo to eat with friends, all of whom were sumo wrestlers. One, in particular, was a huge fan (literally) of the combat sports legend, who fought in Japan for each of his first 30 mixed martial arts bouts from 1993-1998....
Finally, The MLB Playoffs Will Look Like Baseball
It’s been a mangled, peeps-in-the-chili baseball season, and anyone who tries to tell you different is either selling something, thinks the sky is green (not when it’s actually been orange), or is just clinging to one of the pillars of their life so desperately in order to believe that something, an...
Contrasting Aroldis Chapman with Tom Seaver, Who Never Threw at Anyone’s Head
A hundred years ago, on Aug. 16, 1920, Ray Chapman was killed by a pitch....
It’s Not a Real Season, So Don’t Lose Your Mud About Rule Changes
MLB and its players finally came to an agreement this afternoon, ending one of the more tedious and frustrating processes in modern sports history....
FSU's Leonard Hamilton Is A Good Man Whose Possible Last Chance For a National Title Has Been Ripped Away
Tonight could have been life-changing for Leonard Hamilton, as his team had a real shot at being the last one shown during “One Shining Moment.”...
This Feels Like The End Of Tottenham's Golden Age
It was all so good just four months ago. Back then, Tottenham were in the midst of their best Champions League run ever, beating Manchester City and Ajax on consecutive last-second magic tricks and getting ready to face Liverpool in the final. What a difference four months can make. ...
Kent State Investigates Kent State For Title IX Violations, Finds None
Kent State’s Office of Compliance, Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action announced on Friday that it found no violation of Title IX, or evidence of any sort of gender bias, from the school when officials shut down a game of field hockey the school was hosting for the football team’s pregame firew...
Let's Remember Some Guys: "Is That Rick Honeycutt?"
First things first: hell yeah buddy, that is indeed Rick Honeycutt....
The Man Who Would Kill Horse Racing
In a garden-variety suburb outside Albany—a recent July morning, but it could have been any morning—Patrick Battuello woke up at five, brewed a cup of coffee, and then sat at his computer to review the previous day’s horse races. He’s done this every day for the last six years. This was a Monday, an...
Kent State Determines Football Team's Pregame Fireworks More Important Than Overtime Field Hockey Game
Saturday’s college field hockey game between Maine and Temple was called off in the middle of play after host school Kent State needed the field to set up pre-game fireworks for the football game next door, per the Bangor Daily News. While the teams were told of a potential scheduling conflict befor...
"Is Desmond Howard Gonna Have To Choke A Bitch?"
This is clearly a Wayne Brady reference, but someone should still try to get Rece Davis to safety just in case....