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The U.S. Open Sucks And Is Dumb

A fun thing about Tommy Fleetwood’s final round at the U.S. Open Sunday—apart from the fact that he looks distractingly like Kenny Loggins circa 1981—is that he made birdies. Lots of them! So many, in fact, that he finished with a 63 on Sunday, just one stroke away from a U.S. Open record. Fleetwood...

Mexico Upset Defending Champs In Germany's First World Cup Opener Loss Since 1982

Defending World Cup champs Germany were upset in their opener Sunday by a gutsy and tough-as-nails Mexico side, 1-0. There have been some surprising results in the tournament so far—Iceland drawing Argentina, Portugal drawing Spain—but this is the first holy shit upset....

The Kings Are Going To Screw This Up Somehow

Any and all pre-draft player prognostication must come with the caveat that no one actually knows anything, at this point. DeAndre Ayton might turn out to be Michael Olowokandi 2.0; Marvin Bagley III could wind up being another Justise Winslow; It’s not impossible that Luka Dončić is in fact Mario H...

A Regular Reminder That Being An Idiot On The Field Can Be Hazardous To Your Health [UPDATE]

BC Lions defensive back Marcell Young made quick work of an Idiot On The Field who interrupted his team’s CFL opener against Montreal tonight. Good night, buddy. Update (June 17, 1:19 a.m.): We have an alternate angle now!...

Javier Fortuna<em></em> Falls Out Of Ring, Is Removed On Stretcher By Paramedics; Opponent Says "He Was Looking For An Excuse"

Dominican super lightweight Javier Fortuna left his bout in Texas tonight against Adrian Granados on a stretcher after tumbling out of the ring and appearing to hit his neck or head on something ringside. Curiously, (skeptical?) Showtime commentators immediately started speculating about rematch pos...

Beer For Herbs Calls Itself "Lebron Tears"

An undeniable spoil of victory is the unassailable right to talk mad shit about your vanquished foes, forever, no matter their prominence nor how splendidly they performed. The Warriors are very good at this, as in the case of Draymond Green using t-shirts to mock LeBron James after each of the last...

USGA Says It "Deeply Regrets" Violent Sex Commentary On U.S. Open Broadcast

The USGA is apologizing for Fox Sports’s U.S. Open broadcast yesterday, which featured two men talking about violent sex:...

Germany Aren't Very German, But They Are Still Amazing Anyway

National identities in soccer are real. Mostly they emerge from the styles of play and the youth coaching methods that predominate in any given country’s soccer setup, and the values those styles and methods reflect. There is a reason why Brazil are almost always led by graceful and expressive attac...

Cheatin' Phil Mickelson Melting Down At The U.S. Open [UPDATE]

Phil Mickelson was already ten-over at the U.S. Open before putting up a ten-spot on the par-4 13th thanks to some putt-putt style cheatery....

Former Blue Jay Kelly Gruber Disinvited From Canadian Baseball Hall Of Fame Festivities After Unbearably Rude, Awkward Panel Appearance

Thursday night in Toronto former Blue Jays All-Star third baseman Kelly Gruber participated in a panel discussion for PitchTalks, which describes itself as “touring, interactive baseball event.” The event was coordinated around this weekend’s Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame festivities, an event at w...

Scottish Golf Course, To U.S. Open's Windy Conditions: "Hold My Beer"

This video is a couple days old, but it shows the, um, windy conditions at Gullane Golf Club, scheduled venue of next month’s Scottish Open. Lotta wind going on here. Big wind. Huge, huge wind....

That Wacky Astros Four-Man Outfield Shift Is Spreading

The defensive shift is having a moment. It’s of course being used more than ever, and now even by certain crotchety types who’d previously resisted it. Royals manager Ned Yost, for example, is skeptical of statistics that support use of the shift, and in fact is vocally in favor of the shift being b...

Prosecutor: Kellen Winslow Jr. Threatened To Murder Women After He Raped Them

Kellen Winslow Jr. was arraigned today in a San Diego court on a list of charges that included forcible rape, sodomy by use of force, and kidnapping. Court documents and a prosecutor also provided more details about what the former NFL tight end is accused of doing to multiple women. ...

Mike Hoffman and fiancée Monika Caryk deny having anything to do with the harassment of Senators teammate Erik Karlsson and his wife Melinda, and say they have no idea why they’ve been accused. [Ottawa Citizen]...

There's A Lot Of Smoke About A Martavis Bryant Suspension

Don’t bother making the joke. Everyone else is gonna make the joke. The headline already is the joke....

Fox U.S. Open Broadcast Features Two Dudes Talkin' About Fuckin'

“We were fucking so hard and I head-butted her in the head.”...

Kawhi Leonard Wants To Leave San Antonio And Play For The Lakers

This afternoon, more or less every basketball reporter simultaneously reported that Kawhi Leonard wanted out of San Antonio. The coordination of reports from Jabari Young, Chris Haynes, and Shams Charania suggests that the “league sources” behind this know what they’re talking about, and want everyo...

Birdsong Is The Best Color Commentary

Tennis itself produces good sounds, but it is not always surrounded by good sounds. That’s because tennis happens all over the world, and not always in some majestic tucked-away corner of it. In Paris and Rome, to take just two recent examples, the on-court action is occasionally soundtracked by the...

What I Found At The Bottom Of My Father's Huge Collection Of Baseball Stuff

“Did he still have The Brooks Room?” one of my dad’s old friends asked me at his wake last July. It wasn’t the first time I’d heard the question that day. The Brooks Room was what his friends called the small basement room in Queens where he kept his collection of baseball cards, programs, figures, ...

(Almost) Everything You Need To Know About World Cup Group F, In (Almost) One Minute

The 2018 World Cup has now commenced. Just because the USMNT blows and didn’t make the tournament, that’s no reason for you not to pay attention to the best sporting event on the planet. Here’s everything you absolutely must know about Group F, all in one neat little video....