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Drake Makes Terrible Little League Pun, Throws Loyalties Into Question

Noted Canadian Drake has come out in support of Team United States in the Little League World Series....

What's Going On With Blake Rutherford?

Saturday night, the Yankees’ rookie league affiliate, the Pulaski Yankees, tweeted rather cryptically about Blake Rutherford, the team’s first-round pick in this year’s MLB draft. Less than two hours later, they deleted the tweet, elevating the cryptic factor....

Gary Sanchez Is More Or Less Babe Ruth Right Now

Unless you’re into sweet sweet schadenfreude, there haven’t been many reasons to watch the Yankees this year. But the last few weeks have been a little different, courtesy of rookie catcher Gary Sanchez and the 2004 Barry Bonds-esque stat line he’s put up. ...

Bartolo Colon Gets Hits, Gives Massages Now

Bartolo Colon nearly doubled his season hit total last night. When you consider that such a feat only required going from three hits to five, this is not as impressive as it sounds. When you consider that it involved Bartolo Colon getting not just one hit, but two, it might actually be more impressi...

Dwyane Wade's Cousin Shot And Killed In Chicago

A cousin of Dwyane Wade was shot and killed Friday afternoon in Chicago while pushing her baby in a stroller....

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(Update: A Trump staffer has deleted the tweet, and replaced it with one where Wade’s name is spelled correctly—because, to the Trump campaign, that’s what was wrong with the tweet.)...

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Jason Pierre-Paul's Lawsuit Against ESPN Moves One Step Closer To Trial

A Florida judge today denied ESPN’s request to dismiss an invasion of privacy lawsuit that was brought against them by Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul last February. Today’s ruling brings the suit that much closer to trial, and according to Pro Football Talk, the trial is scheduled to begin n...

A Few Ghosts Are Still Haunting George Michael's Sports Machine

Six years ago, the New York Times appended a correction to its obituary of George Michael, the sportscaster who pushed those big buttons on The Sports Machine, saying the original piece had “omitted three survivors.” The paper blamed the error on “information provided by a family member.”...

What, Like You've Never Taken A Headfirst Dive Into The Yankees' Dugout?

Hey, what are you looking at, man?...

That's Not Actually Latrell Sprewell You're DMing With<em></em>

Twitter user and four-time All-Star Latrell Sprewell had a request for his 825 followers this evening: He wanted help getting verified. Problem is, this doesn’t seem to actually be Latrell Sprewell....

Riley Curry's Playhouse Is Nicer Than My Adult House

Riley Curry, who, as far as we know, has never blown a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals, is the proud owner of a new home complete with a horsey theme and a built-in ball pit. The Curry family was the first family to be featured on a new TLC program called Playhouse Masters. I was not aware there was a ma...

John Mara: Giants Were Aware Of Josh Brown Arrest And "Were Comfortable" Re-Signing Him

New York Giants owner John Mara made his first public comments today on the domestic violence allegations against kicker Josh Brown that led to his one-game suspension....

The Jets Have Too Many Quarterbacks

The New York Jets were relieved when they finally agreed to a contract with quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick at the end of July, reuniting with their starter last season and ending the Cold War of our times. Now, the team has to figure out what to do with the other three guys....

Little League Coach Makes Mound Visit To Tell His Son He Loves Him

The Little League World Series is good for three things: Feeling good for the happy children who win, feeling bad for the sad children who lose, and the occasional dose of good dadding....

Aw Man, The Yankees Are Going To Be Very Good Very Soon

Gary Sanchez has had a start to his MLB career right up there with those of Yankees, uh, legends, like Shane Spencer and Kevin Maas and Shelley Duncan. With two more dang dingers last night in New York’s 7-5 loss in Seattle, the 23-year-old catcher now has eight home runs in his first 19 games—a fra...

Andrew Benintendi May Have Just Made The Catch Of The Season

David Price pitched a gem for the Red Sox this evening, striking out eight men and only giving up two hits in eight innings of work. His night would have been a lot less spectacular, had Andrew Benintendi not flown across the outfield to leap up on top of the wall to rob Steven Souza of a dinger....

Who Bugged The New Zealand Rugby Team?

Perhaps inspired by the New England Patriots, someone hid a bug inside a chair in a New Zealand rugby team’s meeting room last week in order to spy on them, per the New Zealand Herald. The All Blacks were staying in a hotel in Sydney, and set to meet in the conference room where they found the bug. ...

The Case For Violent Imagery

Before I could read, I was mesmerized by the pictures. I would flip through pages of magazines and newspapers that were sprawled across the coffee table in my parents’ living room. They were crumpled, old editions of the Atlantic, the Boston Globe, the Daily News of Newburyport, and the like. In my ...