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Hockey Fans Using Rich Peverley To Shit On LeBron James Are The Worst
From the second it was reported that Rich Peverley regained consciousness and asked to get back into the game, you knew where this was going. Peverley was going to be exploited by hockey's worst fans as an assault on LeBron James, on basketball, on any sport that isn't hockey. It was as predictable ...

Russell Westbrook And Patrick Beverley Still Don't Like Each Other
Russell Westbrook still despises Patrick Beverley, as was made clear early in tonight's Rockets-Thunder game....

Down The Drain With Roger Angell
Over at the Nieman Storyboard Elon Green talks to Roger Angell about Angell's 1975 profile of Steve Blass:...

How The Decision To Postpone Blue Jackets-Stars Was Made
When Rich Peverley collapsed, everyone—from the players who immediately summoned help, to the medical staff who treated him, to the officials who decided to postpone the game, to the league and in-arena personnel who kept fans informed—did their jobs perfectly and kept a scare from becoming a traged...

Rich Peverley Wanted To Get Back In Game After Regaining Consciousness
A brutally honest Lindy Ruff addressed the media following Rich Peverley's mid-game cardiac event and said the first thing Peverley asked him when he came to was how much time was left in the first period. Ruff was still visibly shaken and told reporters he had no interest in coaching a game right ...
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CBJ-Stars Game Postponed After Rich Peverley Collapses [UPDATE]
Dallas Stars forward Rich Peverley collapsed during tonight's Blue Jackets-Stars game in Dallas, leading the game to be suspended pending news of his condition....

How Davone Bess's Career Collapsed In 12 Months
The Browns announced this morning they have cut ties with receiver Davone Bess. It's not a surprise; Bess missed the final two games of the season for "personal reasons," and in January was arrested for assaulting an officer during a breakdown at a Florida airport. If the man needed help before, he'...

Browns President On New Uniforms: Wait 'Til Next Year
The Browns are getting new uniforms and team president Alec Scheiner is really jazzed about them. Good news for the fans: it doesn't sound like they are going to be the uniform equivalent of a telephone for old people, like Tampa Bay's new look. Bad news: they're going to have to wait until an unspe...

Who Was The Best Oscars Host Of The Past 25 Years?
11. James Franco and Anne Hathaway (2011). Always beware of courting the "young," particularly two young people who are basically 50-year-olds in grownup clothing. Franco, stripped of all self-referential schtick, turned into an empty suit with nowhere to hide, and Hathaway's desperate attempts to p...

Painted Outfield Wall Makes For A Great Optical Illusion
No, Indians outfielder Carlos Moncrief is not about to go crashing through some poor sap's kitchen while chasing down a fly ball. ...

The Browns Are Asking Prospects About Bricks And Paper Clips
Some franchises want to identify the best football players in the draft. The Cleveland Browns want to identify the best MacGyvers....

Steve Elkington Is Your Dumb Uncle On Twitter
Steve Elkington hasn't been a great golfer in 15 years, but he's moved on to his second career as a guy who says dumb shit on Twitter. And he is elite. ...

Old Asshole Golfer Has Thought About Michael Sam
Good one, Steve. You're really good at being an old asshole on Twitter....

Who Cares About Jadeveon Clowney's "Motor"? (Assholes, That's Who.)
Guys, I'm concerned about Jadeveon Clowney. Oh sure, he ran a sub-4.5 40 today at the combine and is perhaps the best athlete to enter the draft in recent memory. But fuck all that. What I really want to know is ... HOW IS HIS MOTOR?! Twitter, can you be of service?...

Has Jim Harbaugh Worn Out His Welcome In San Francisco?
As more non-denials come out, it appears the Browns did make some attempt to trade for 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh. There's enough smoke to assume that something was at least smoldering. But much more interesting than the "what" is the "why," and the growing sense that all is not well in Ninerland....

Jadeveon Clowney's 40-Yard Dash Run Was Ridiculous
Jadeveon Clowney is doing things at the NFL combine today, and he just ran the 40-yard dash in an unofficial 4.47 seconds. Jadeveon Clowney is 6-foot-5 and weights 266 lbs. Jadeveon Clowney is not of this world....

Dee Ford: Jadeveon Clowney Plays Like A "Blind Dog In A Meat Market"
Folks, we have some hot NFL draft prospect beef. THIS BEEF IS HOT....

San Francisco 49ers CEO Sons Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio
Earlier today, Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio ran a sort of weird story about the Cleveland Browns having nearly traded for San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh....

How To Prevent Your Spine From Turning To Mush
Hey, you! Mr. Spry Twenty-Five-Year-Old! Feeling pretty limber these days, eh? Going out and CRUSHING beers and playing campus golf and bending over to pick up entire crates of taco meat. Life's pretty swell for you! Well, I have fun news for you, sport. PAIN IS COMING. So much pain. One day...

Bill Simmons Had Lena Dunham On His Podcast; Here Are Things They Said
Multiplatform presence Bill Simmons had thought leader Lena Dunham on his podcast today. Since you are probably at work and unable to listen, we pulled out some of the things they said so that you can read them....