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Let Us Look At Photos Of The Giants And Nationals Punching Each Other

Basebrawls are great when no one gets hurt. Yesterday’s Giants-Nationals throwdown—thanks to Hunter Strickland having a redder ass than a baboon—was a good one, with actual punches landed and enough flying hair to make you wonder if this wasn’t viral shampoo advertising. Let’s relive....

What's Hunter Strickland's Deal?

It’s not a hard and fast rule, but you can usually tell just how selfish and stupid a pitcher’s decision to throw at a batter is by looking at his catcher. Go back to yesterday’s boxing match between Bryce Harper and Hunter Strickland, and notice how Buster Posey had no desire to step out from behin...

What On Earth Was That?

Let’s stipulate that that’s not going to happen again. The Penguins aren’t going to shoot 41.6 percent, as they did in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, because hockey teams don’t just shoot 41.6 percent. At the other end, the Predators aren’t going to again allow four goals on 11 shots (before an em...

Blue Jays Idiot On The Field Runs Out In Middle Of Live Play

An Idiot On The Field during the eighth inning of tonight’s Reds-Blue Jays blowout executed his invasion in the middle of a play, leading Toronto fielders to simultaneously negotiate fielding a pop fly and avoiding the hoser scrambling to avoid security forces....

Penguins Take Game 1, But Frédérick Gaudreau's First Career Goal Is The Better Story<em></em>

Jake Guentzel’s goal with three minutes left handed Pittsburgh a Game 1 win tonight in the Stanley Cup Final, and that goal wiped out what had been a hard-fought Nashville comeback after the Predators found themselves down 3-0 at the end of the first period. (The Penguins added an empty-netter to ma...

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NBC Suddenly Reminded Why Seven-Second Delays Exist

It’s times like this you wonder if the Blue Jackets were in the Final how many f-bombs John Tortorella could sneak onto live television. At least four more than Peter Laviolette did, we think....

Multiple Ejections After Massive Brawl Between Giants And Nationals

Hunter Strickland drilled Bryce Harper with an eighth-inning pitch that sparked a brouhaha between the Giants and Nationals today in San Francisco....

Tonight's Stanley Cup Final Game 1, Simulated In NHL '94 For Sega Genesis

Our simulation of tonight’s Stanley Cup Final matchup between Nashville and Pittsburgh is LIVE. NHL ‘94 on Sega Genesis, CPU vs CPU, with some help from NHL ‘94 expert Naples39....

Iconic Sports Writer Frank Deford Dead At 78

Frank Deford, the legendary sports writer who worked for Sports Illustrated and NPR for decades, died yesterday in his home in Key West. Deford wrote some of Sports Illustrated’s most celebrated profiles, and he began to work as a correspondent for NPR’s Morning Edition in 1980. He retired from the ...

<i>Denver Post</i> Columnist Fired After Racist Tweet About Indy 500 Winner

A hail-mary apology couldn’t save former ESPN and, now, former Denver Post columnist Terry Frei after the seven-time state sportswriter of the year tweeted his disapproval of Japanese driver Takuma Sato winning yesterday’s Indy 500....

Tiger Woods Busted For DUI [Updates]

Tiger Woods, who either missed the cut or withdrew from every PGA tour appearance this year and had back surgery last month, spent nearly four hours in custody this morning after being charged with DUI in Jupiter, Fla. according to WPTV. ...

Petra Kvitova Wins First Match After Knife Attack: "It Really Wasn't About The Game Today"

Five months after a home invader attacked her and slashed her hand with a knife, Petra Kvitova won in her return to the court. The No. 15 seed beat the unseeded Julia Boserup 6-3, 6-2 in the first round of the French Open today....

The "Yard Of Bricks" At The Indy 500 Start/Finish Line Has A Message For Mike Pence

The fabled, original “Yard of Bricks” marks the start/finish line at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and plays host to one of the most recognizable traditions in motorsports. One of the bricks, though, has been thoughtfully graffitied today with “FUCK MIKE PENCE.”...

Devastating Punch Leaves Fighter Stumbling Around "Like A Freshly Born Horse"

Serbian Bojan Velickovic took a third-round win by TKO when his counterpunch left Sweden’s Nico Musoke so brain-scrambled that he stumbled around the ring for several moments at today’s UFC event in Stockholm. (Velickovic later landed a punch straight to Musoke’s forehead before referee Kevin Sataki...

World No. 1 Angelique Kerber Upset In First Round Of French Open By Ekaterina Makarova

Angelique Kerber became the first women’s No. 1 ever to lose on the first day of the French Open, falling to unseeded Ekaterina Makarova 6-2, 6-2....

Sounds Like His Inspirational Speech Didn't Work

Arena Football Play So Bad, You'll Forget How Many Teams Are Left In Arena Football

You may have missed this news. There are only five teams remaining in the Arena Football League, and two of them didn’t exist until this season. With that kind of success, we’re shocked that a play full of such failure could be executed—if you can use that word—on the field, but here you are. One of...

Let's Make Barbecue Beans, And Earn A Memorial Day Invitation

Memorial Day weekend is upon us! Which means two things: Public swimming pools are opening throughout the four-seasons parts of our great nation; and, if you haven’t been invited to a Memorial Day cookout, it turns out no one likes you very much. Hey, join the club, pal. Long summer weekends are for...

Weird Minor-League Strikeout Likely The Most Bizarre You Have Ever Seen

This is a weird strikeout!...