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Jack Sock Bequeaths Sock
American Jack Sock tested out a new postmatch tradition today at the ASB Classic in New Zealand. After beating Kevin Anderson, Sock gave one of his used socks to a fan....
FIFA Hit Real Madrid And Atlético With Two-Window Transfer Sanctions
Sepp Blatter warned everyone that this was coming, but it’s still a shocker seeing it: Real Madrid and Atlético have both been found in violation of FIFA rules regarding the signing of players under the age of 18 and punished with a prohibition on registering any new players for two transfer windows...
Full-Court Inbounds Hits Rim And Bounces To Teammate, Who Makes Game-Tying Shot
Down two with just 1.7 seconds left against Oswego State and inbounding from under their opponent’s basket, the D3 Brockport Golden Eagles needed some Grant Hill to Christian Laettner shit to even make it to overtime. That’s not exactly what happened, but somehow the ball Rube Goldberg Machine’d its...
Dimitri Payet Wasn't Supposed To Be A Star, Yet Became One Anyway
It’s not often that a player comes into the big bad Premier League and from day one treats the World’s Best League like a playground pitch for him to dominate the way he would any other. But that’s how West Ham’s Dimitri Payet has attacked England. He’s a nearly sui generis phenomenon who, having co...
Mizzou Basketball Agrees To Pretend 2013-14 Season Didn't Happen
The University of Missouri men’s basketball program is the latest sacrifice to be offered at the NCAA’s altar. An internal investigation has revealed that the university violated multiple NCAA bylaws, and the men’s basketball team will have to forfeit an entire season’s worth of wins as a result....
Ex-Olympian Picabo Street Charged With Assaulting Her Father
Olympic gold medal skier Picabo Street has been charged with domestic violence assault in Utah after she got in a fight with her father, according to the Summit County Sheriff’s Office. The fight and subsequent arrest happened last month, on Dec. 23, at Street’s home outside of Park City, Utah, but ...
Poker Player Disqualified From Tournament For Peeing At The Table
Professional poker player Antonio Esfandiari was recently disqualified from a tournament and forced to forfeit his $110,000 stack because he tried to pee into a container while sitting at the table. ...
Antonio Cromartie's Penis Is Unstoppable
Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie has fathered 10 children, so it made plenty of sense when he decided to get a vasectomy, because 10 children is plenty of children. Today, we learned that not even a procedure that leaves most couples with a less than 1-percent chance of getting pregnant can stop th...
Mozgov Ride Bear
The Cleveland Cavaliers finally figured out that Timofey Mozgov is one of the finest commercial actors in Cleveland, and decided to use his immense talent for their own purposes. So here he is riding a bear....
Kris Dunn Step-Back Buzzer-Beater Leads Providence Over Creighton
The 12th-ranked Providence Friars—I know, that sounds weird to me too—found themselves tied up 48-48 with Creighton Tuesday night, with just 15 seconds left to play. Fortunately for them they have Kris Dunn, a future lottery pick, to win games....
Former Butler Basketball Player Andrew Smith Dies Of Cancer
Andrew Smith, who played basketball at Butler from 2009 to 2013, died today of cancer. He was 25. His wife, Samantha Smith, broke the news....
Gary Bettman Gets Huffy While Defending The Stadium Financing Scam
The Calgary Flames, like so many sports franchises, want Canadian taxpayers to foot the bill for a new stadium complex that would cost about $890 million to build. This morning, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman went on Calgary Eyeopener to discuss the Flames’ proposal, and he didn’t enjoy getting pushe...
Bernie Kosar Is Concerned About Johnny Manziel
Former Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar says he has repeatedly tried to talk to current Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel, but hasn’t gotten a response. This was inevitable, wasn’t it?...
Peter King Sounds New Depths Of Stoogery With Open Letter To NFL Players
For all the danger they purport to identify in the world, conspiracy theories, at bottom, are comforting. They’re orderly and symmetrical and closed, like a square dance, matching participants 1:1 to malign intents and thus to culpability. Either you are in the conspiracy by cynical choice and sinis...
The NBA's Plays Of The Night Were A Tribute To David Bowie
The guy who does the voiceover work for NBA.com’s daily highlight packages is a true gem. This morning, he filled his daily highlight package with references to the late, great David Bowie....
Ben Roethlisberger's Shoulder Is All Messed Up
Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was a guest on the Cook and Poni sports radio show this morning, and shed a bit more light on what exactly is wrong with his throwing shoulder, which he injured during Saturday’s Wild Card game against the Bengals. ...
Lane Kiffin Got Left Behind After The National Championship Game
Alabama offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin might have just won a title, but the team bus waits for no one. The coach found himself scrambling for a ride after Monday’s National Championship Game....
Neil Everett Is Struggling A Bit
Can’t a SportsCenter anchor get a bottle of water? Everett eventually came back after the above segment, still sounding like “Macho Man” Randy Savage....
Mikhail Prokhorov Still Doesn't Get It
This weekend Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov fired GM Billy King and coach Lionel Hollins, making them the fall guys for a strategy that involved setting a bonfire to the future for marginal improvements in the present. ...
Damian Lillard Went Nuclear On The Thunder
The Portland Trail Blazers were losing to the Oklahoma City Thunder by a score of 103-95 with just over three minutes left to play last night. The Blazers won the game 115-110, because Damian Lillard lost his mind....