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Tell-All From Former Yankees Clubhouse Worker Is Finally Out; Alleges Jeter & Posada Had Sexy Time
Way, way, way back in 2007, we covered a Craigslist posting by a gentleman seeking a co-writer for a tell-all about his time as a Yankees clubhouse worker, the abuse he endured, and the many scandalous Bronx Bombers episodes he witnessed. It is now 2015, and Abused By The New York Yankees is finally...
An Idiot Invaded <i>WWE Raw</i> Tonight
It’s a miracle, given the proximity to and fanatical attitudes of fans at live wrestling events, that Idiots On The Field don’t turn up more often. But it happened tonight in Baltimore, as someone invaded the set and actually managed to hang around a bit during Seth Rollins’s ring entrance on WWE Ra...
New York Mets Outlast Washington Nationals In Crucial Fail-Off
The New York Mets woke up this morning with a four-game lead on the second-place Washington Nationals and three games coming up against them directly; these being the Mets, the question of the day was whether they were fucked as of right now, or about to set up some greater act of late-September fuc...
What Is Jerome Randle Doing Leading The Ukrainian National Team?
Jerome Randle goes by many names these days. As Jerome, he’s won NCAA tournament games and knocked on the NBA’s door for half a decade. Jerome is from Chicago. Jerome was, briefly, responsible for setting up Dirk Nowitzki. But Джером Рендл or, phonetically, Dzherom Rendl, isn’t close to California, ...
Matt Harvey: "I Will Pitch In The Playoffs"
Matt Harvey will pitch for the Mets in an expected playoff run, according to an essay published under the hurler’s name at Player’s Tribune....
Georgetown Player Breaks Five Vertebrae, Could Be Paralyzed
Georgetown linebacker Ty Williams underwent surgery Saturday to repair five broken vertebrae that left him with a bruised spinal cord suffered in the above pass play during this weekend’s game at Saint Francis....
Bartolo Colón Can Do It All
We’ve highlighted Bartolo Colón’s immaculate fielding skills before, but this is something special:...
That'll Earn You An Ejection
Southeast Missouri St. linebacker Kendall Donnerson earned an early exit from today’s game at Missouri when officials judged him guilty of targeting Tigers quarterback Maty Mauk. Donnerson made the most of his headhunting play by hitting Mauk (who stayed in the game) late....
Stanford Is The First Upset Victim Of The College Football Season
Stanford University, a Silicon Valley-sponsored industry suckup named after a racist robber baron, just lost to an unranked Northwestern team starting a freshman at QB. The Cardinal generated 240 whole yards of offense, turned the ball over twice (it could have been worse, as Northwestern dropped se...
Rutgers Dismisses Five Arrested Football Players
Earlier this week, five Rutgers football players were arrested for an April assault on a 19-year-old student. Andre Boggs, Ruhann Peele, Nadir Barnwell, Razohnn Gross, and Delon Stephenson were all kicked off the team this morning following their arrests. The five were charged with aggravated assaul...
Demetrious Johnson And John Dodson Face The Pain, Step To This
There is an Ultimate Fighting Championship card scheduled for this Saturday, like many—probably too many—other recent Saturdays. What makes this one special is that it will be capped off by a main event of the highest caliber, with a dominant champion facing a threatening, wildly athletic challenger...
<i>Kung Fu Hustle </i>Is Goofy, Referential, And Totally Insane
The whole point of the Jim Carrey movie The Mask is the idea of using CGI to combine a pretty standard and amiable zero-to-hero comedy with the antic, absurdist slapstick of Bugs Bunny cartoons. Stephen Chow’s 2004 movie Kung Fu Hustle came a decade after The Mask and from a different side of the wo...
The Mets Have A Matt Harvey Problem
It’s as if some higher power looked at the NL East standings, noticed the Mets’ six-game lead on the Nationals, said, “Things can’t possibly be going this perfectly for the goddamn Mets!” and then put CBS Sports’ Jon Heyman on the phone with Scott Boras and Mets GM Sandy Alderson....
Nuggets Mascot Excels At Taunting Children
Nuggets mascot Rocky took part in some nonsense tonight in Denver that involved him executing a late hit on a child and then taunting him. Mascots, everybody! Fun for the whole family. ...
Five Rutgers Football Players Arrested And Charged With Assault
The Middlesex County prosecutor’s office just announced that five Rutgers football players have been arrested for allegedly participating in an unprovoked assault that occurred on April 25, 2015 and left a 19-year-old student with a broken jaw ...
Wife Of Skins GM Apologizes For Accusing ESPN Reporter Of Trading Blow Jobs For Scoops
Yet again setting a new standard for franchise incompetence, the Washington football team has now been humiliated by Jessica McCloughan, wife of general manager Scot McCloughan, having to apologize for accusing an ESPN reporter of giving blow jobs for access....
Here's An Impossibly Stupid Scene That Was Cut From The Concussion Movie
The Hollywood Reporter went to the crates and found a version of the Concussion script from back in May, before cuts were made to scenes either too much in conflict with a massive business entity like the NFL or too inaccurate, libelous, and badly written to appear in a major motion picture release....
The NFL Didn't Have To Screw Will Smith's Concussion Movie, Hollywood Already Had
First there was Monday’s release of the first trailer for Concussion, the forthcoming Will Smith vehicle depicting the early days of the NFL’s ongoing defense of its game from the reality that it is very bad for the brains of the men who play it. Then there was an interview between writer/director P...