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Report: Lane Kiffin Was Famously Chewed Out By Nick Saban For Calling His Players "Dumb"
Phil Savage may have been a lousy NFL general manager—the former Browns GM traded up for Brady Quinn and replied to a fan email with “Go root for Buffalo-f#@* you,”—but he does have some pretty good Lane Kiffin goss. ...
Politics Watch: How About A Chuckle?
Everything about politics and the world in general is pretty bad right now. Walk up to me and say the word “politics” and I’ll say to you, “No sir! No ma’am! I’d rather not!”...
Krushing The Krusher's Nuts
The first thing I did when I got to Vegas was put a bet on Sergey Kovalev. It seemed like the right thing to do at the time. You might say, “How could you bet against Andre Ward? One of the most polished pound-for-pound fighters in the world? An Olympic gold medalist? A world champion at two differe...
Spanish Prosecutors Charge Jose Mourinho With €<em></em>3.3 Million Tax Fraud
According to Spanish prosecutors, Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho owes the state €3.3 million in taxes from his time coaching Real Madrid in 2011 and 2012, as El Mundo reported....
Danny Ainge Claims He Never Wanted Markelle Fultz In The First Place
After the pre-draft trade between the Celtics and Sixers was made official yesterday, Celtics GM Danny Ainge held a conference call with reporters to explain his reasoning....
Jerome Bettis: NFL Takes Advantage Of Players By Keeping Them In The Dark On Approach To Brain Injuries
The NFL has “taken advantage” of players by failing to be transparent about the risks of brain injury, Hall of Famer Jerome Bettis said today....
Behold Sicnarf Loopstok, Runner-Up Of The Carolina League Home Run Derby
Tonight’s Carolina League Home Run Derby was, as always, the year’s premier display of lower minor league power hitting on the East Coast. Glorious! But this year’s event brought us more than dingers. This year brought us Sicnarf Loopstok....
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Cleveland Cavaliers To Part Ways With General Manager David Griffin [UPDATED]
With the team at the center of trade rumors—not to mention three days before the draft—the Cavaliers have decided to part ways with general manager David Griffin....
Packers Fan Sues Bears For Preventing Him From Wearing Green Bay Gear On Field
The Packers and Bears have played 194 times. Chicago and Green Bay are less than four hours apart, and fans from either team frequently attend Bears-Packers game at the opposing team’s field. This is fine. This is how sports work. But one thing the Bears won’t stand for is letting a fan in Packers g...
Jon Gruden's Hulked-Out Son Deuce Is Now A Champion Powerlifter
Deuce Gruden (born Jon Gruden II) is an assistant strength and conditioning coach with his uncle Jay’s NFL team, and he’s also a tiny, powerful weightlifting genius. The 23-year-old is 5-foot-5 and he told TMZ earlier this afternoon that he can squat 622 pounds, which seems like a lot....
Cincinnati, Home Of Terrible Stadium Deals, Is Being Extorted For A New MLS Stadium
Just over 30,000 people filled Nippert Stadium last week to watch FC Cincinnati upset the Columbus Crew 1-0. It was a huge victory for the nascent USL squad as they eye an expansion bid to join Columbus in MLS. But a move to America’s top tier comes at a cost: A new stadium....
Sam Darnold Uses Wakeboarding Trip To Work On His Passing<em></em>
USC quarterback Sam Darnold is enjoying the California heat before his second season at the helm, and it appears that he’s working on his form. Sort of....
Why Did The Red Wings Expose Petr Mrazek?<em></em>
While I’m still unenthused about the idea of the new Vegas Golden Knights actually playing their games, I’ve been giddy as hell about the drama surrounding the expansion draft. Nothing is more entertaining than watching a highly paid GM make a dumb move, and with 30 teams involved in a fairly comple...
The Ways Kermit Washington Was Made And Unmade
This piece originally appeared in the December 1981 issue of Inside Sports. It also appeared in The Breaks Of The Game, and it reprinted here with permission....
N.J. Mayor Still Ranting Online About "Pathetic Group Of Loser Trolls" Who Crying Jordan'd Him
Last week we brought you the story of Cinnaminson (N.J.) mayor Anthony Minniti, who got Crying Jordan’d on a town Facebook page and went absolutely bonkers over it. Minniti told the Philadelphia Inquirer on Thursday that “I’m not angry at all now,” but his Facebook rants suggest he has yet to “actua...
Video Replay In Soccer Sucks
For most of the soccer world, this summer’s Confederations Cup is the first time fans will have seen the sport’s much ballyhooed instant replay system live and in action. And as anyone familiar with replay’s fundamental epistemological shortcomings could’ve predicted, the whole process blows....
Baker Mayfield Reaches Plea Deal After Being Tackled And Arrested By Police
Oklahoma quarterback and 2016 Heisman finalist Baker Mayfield pleaded guilty Monday morning to charges of public intoxication, disorderly conduct, and fleeing, according to ESPN. Prosecutors dropped his resisting arrest charge, the most serious one, after Mayfield agreed to a plea deal last week. ...
Ex-UFC Fighter Tim Hague Dead At 34 After Getting Knocked Out In Boxing Match
Canadian heavyweight fighter Tim Hague was knocked out in the second round of his boxing match with Adam Braidwood this weekend. It was just the fourth professional boxing bout for the MMA veteran, and he suffered a brain hemorrhage during the fight. His family announced yesterday that he died as a ...
Man Grabs Briefcase In First-Ever Women’s Money In The Bank Match
The Money in the Bank ladder match was, both in storyline and in real life, created by Chris Jericho. It’s a simple take on the ladder match. But instead of a championship dangling from the rafters, wrestlers instead fight to grab a contract in a Halliburton-style briefcase. That briefcase can then ...
Supreme Court Strikes Down Provision That Would Have Barred Redskins' Trademark Registration
The Washington Redskins won big today in a Supreme Court case that had nothing to do with them specifically....