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Wolfsburg Make John Brooks The Most Expensive American Player In History
This summer’s transfer window isn’t even officially open yet and we’re already seeing some crazy, record-breaking fees being thrown about. Like Paul Pogba a year ago, the source of the (arguably) biggest, most (relatively) eye-popping fee that (not quite) everyone is talking about is the record-smas...
Preds Fan Who Threw Catfish in Pittsburgh Calls Himself A “Dumb Redneck,” Vows To Fight Criminal Charges
Update (11:50 a.m.): Charges dropped!...
Hafþór Björnsson Says He Was Robbed Of World's Strongest Man Title<em></em>
Hafþór Björnsson—the strongman who has a tiny dog, eats a lot of food, and plays The Mountain on Game of Thrones—came in second at the 2017 World’s Strongest Man competition over the weekend. Coming in second is nothing to be ashamed of, but there is controversy afoot, because The Mountain believes ...
Proposed Trump Budget Would Cripple The Overworked Office Enforcing Title IX
The federal office that investigates universities accused of discriminating against female students—including reports that schools are intentionally ignoring or downplaying allegations of sexual violence—is poised to lose 46 full-time employees under the proposed Trump administration budget, or 8 pe...
Jeff Samardzija Concussed His Own Teammate In Giants-Nationals Brawl
The NHL has a “third man in” rule, which penalizes a player who jumps into a fight with a game misconduct. MLB has no such formal rule, but it sort of worked out that way anyway. Michael Morse, the third man in on the Bryce Harper-Hunter Strickland fight that cleared both benches on Monday, was leve...
Keep The Olympics The Fuck Out Of Los Angeles
Last summer, Rio de Janeiro put on an Olympic Games that should serve as a blaring warning siren to any potential host city stupid enough to want to pay billions for the rights to the Games. Before the Games had been out of town four months, Rio de Janeiro had to declare bankruptcy because they were...
Boxer Leaves Ring Ass First After Wild Knockout
Rick Ogden, seen exiting stage right straight through the ropes in the following video, hasn’t had much a professional career. The poor dude has lost all eight of his professional fights by knockout and seems to have been fed to a number of debutantes around the Midwest. One of those dudes is Mikey ...
MLB Suspends Bryce Harper And Hunter Strickland For Entertaining Brawl
After a fight like the one that Bryce Harper and Hunter Strickland kicked off this weekend, a raft of suspensions was inevitable. MLB announced this evening that Harper would be suspended for four games and Hunter Strickland will have to sit out six. Both players will appeal the decisions and both r...
Here Are The Full Police Reports From Tiger Woods's DUI Arrest<em></em>
Jupiter police have released a bunch of police reports from the morning its officers arrested Tiger Woods and charged him with driving under the influence. The reports line up with what was in the documents published this morning by the Palm Beach Post, but do give more details from officers about t...
Should NBA Games Play To A Score Instead Of A Clock?<em></em>
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French Open Bans Maxime Hamou For Repeatedly Trying To Kiss Reporter On Live TV
French tennis player Maxime Hamou has had his accreditation to Roland Garros revoked for the remainder of the French Open for being a creepy, entitled jerk to a female reporter while she tried to interview him on live TV yesterday....
Have You Talked Yourself Into The Cavs Yet?
I think we can all agree that last year’s NBA Finals was one of the best sports things to ever happen, and that it would be maximally good if the same thing—by “same thing” I mean LeBron and the Cavs banishing the Warriors to hell—happened again this year. If you disagree with this, then you are pro...
Illinois Reaches $250,000 Settlement With Victim Of Tim Beckman's Abusive Coaching
The University of Illinois has agreed to pay Simon Cvijanovic, a former left tackle for the Illini football team, a one-time payment of $250,000 for injuries and medicals expenses Cvijanovic incurred while playing for head coach Tim Beckman, who was fired after an investigation substantiated claims ...
Rafael Nadal Notched His First Kill
Shortly before his first-round match against Rafael Nadal at the French Open, Benoit Paire took a photo of his supper. It was the post of a man totally at peace with what was about to happen to him....
Preds Fan Who Threw Catfish On The Ice Charged With Possessing An Instrument Of A Crime, Disrupting A Meeting
The Penguins took a weird Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final last night, winning 5-3 despite going 37 consecutive minutes without recording a shot on goal. Also weird? A Predators fan threw a catfish on the ice, a strange tradition in Nashville that dates to 2003 but has gotten a ton of attention this ...
Laurent Lokoli Refuses To Shake Opponent's Hand After French Open Match
Sometimes professional tennis is an awesome display of athleticism and mental toughness. Less frequently, but just as enjoyably, it’s a petty squabble with some tennis sprinkled in. So went the end of a first-round French Open match between Slovakia’s Martin Klizan and France’s Laurent Lokoli. ...
Arrest Records Describe Tiger Woods As "Confused," Not Under Influence Of Alcohol
Tiger Woods was asleep at the wheel with his car running and his right blinker flashing when stopped by police, according to Palm Beach County court records first obtained by the Palm Beach Post. ...