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Liga MX Cancels Weekend Games As Officials Strike To Protest Threats From Players
There are no Liga MX games this weekend, as officials for the Mexican soccer league have gone on strike to protest a series of recent threats from players. ...
Wizards Come Back From 21-Point Deficit, Win On Out-Of-Bounds Last-Second Shot
Up by 21 at halftime, the Trail Blazers had just about everything going for them against the Wizards last night. But they then collapsed in the second half and ultimately went down in overtime, falling victim to a game-winning shot from a seemingly out-of-bounds Markieff Morris with 0.4 seconds rema...
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Salvador Pérez Injured In WBC Home-Plate Collision
The Royals’ backup catcher crushed the Royals’ starting catcher in a play at the plate tonight. In the bottom of the ninth of the World Baseball Classic game in Mexico, Drew Butera, playing for Team Italy, collided with Salvador Pérez, guarding home for Team Venezuela, as he tried to score the winni...
Potential First-Round Pick Sidney Jones Carted Off With Leg Injury At Pro Day
Washington cornerback—and likely first-round draft pick—Sidney Jones was carted off the field with a lower leg injury at the school’s pro day this afternoon....
Jordan Cameron Retires After Four Concussions In Four Years: "I Can't Risk My Mental Health In The Future"<em></em>
Miami Dolphins tight end Jordan Cameron announced his retirement yesterday at the age of 28. After suffering four concussions in four years, he said that the possibility of long-term health risks was too much. As he told ESPN yesterday:...
Sports Agency ISE Fires, Sues Dan Fegan; Hires Kevin Johnson
Independent Sports & Entertainment had a busy Friday—firing NBA agent Dan Fegan, suing him for damages, and hiring disgraced former Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson as vice chairman. ...
Video Shows Police Tackling Oklahoma QB Baker Mayfield
Oklahoma star quarterback Baker Mayfield was arrested last month in Fayetteville, Ark., for public intoxication, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct. An officer wrote in the police report that he had been flagged down “to take an assault and battery report” and was trying to talk to a rowdy, in...
Chris Cooley Denies Being Dan Snyder's Mouthpiece, Apologizes To Scot McCloughan
The dust is still settling in Virginia the day after Skins general manager Scot McCloughan was fired by the team, then burned on his way out the door by anonymous officials who claimed he was having problems with alcohol. Former Washington tight end and current ESPN 980 radio host Chris Cooley was t...
God Help Them, The Cleveland Browns Are Trying To Outsmart The NFL
Reaction to the Cleveland Browns’ surprising trade with the Houston Texans for Brock Osweiler Thursday ran the gamut from fulsome praise to “Bill Polian Yells At Cloud.” Cleveland indeed waded into new territory (for the NFL) by using its extraordinary surplus of salary cap space to essentially trad...
Sleepy Bear Has Lots To Do
This video, charmingly narrated by a man who wisely decided to mount a camera outside of a bear den near his house, shows us exactly what is on a bear’s to-do list in the days after hibernation ends....
"Fuck Him Up," Spectators Cheer As Two High School Hockey Teams Brawl
Philadelphia-area high schools Central Bucks West and Ridley met last night in the Class 2A quarterfinal of the Flyers Cup, a high school tournament put on by the Flyers every year. Central Bucks West was up 7-1 in the third period when the game was called, on account of an out-of-control brawl invo...
Lawsuit: DEA Warnings Didn't Stop NFL Doctors From Repeatedly Breaking Federal Drug Law<em></em><em></em>
An exhibit attached to a lawsuit filed by former players against the 32 NFL teams in federal court in San Francisco contains a log appearing to show audited instances of NFL teams traveling with controlled substances in violation of federal regulations....
Lawsuit: Jets More Than Doubled Their Vicodin Usage In Just Two Years<em></em>
The New York Jets and the Indianapolis Colts distributed huge quantities of Vicodin and the powerful anti-inflammatory drug Toradol to their players, according to court documents unsealed today. The documents are part of an ongoing federal lawsuit filed by several former NFL players who say the team...
How The Daily Fantasy Wars Almost Destroyed DraftKings And FanDuel<em></em>
The following is an excerpt from Dueling with Kings: High Stakes, Killer Sharks, and the Get-Rich Promise of Daily Fantasy Sports, Daniel Barbarisi’s book about a year spent attempting to become an elite daily fantasy player. The book is out now. ...
Here's The Best Sports Highlight Of The Day
Nobody’s ready for the weekend more than this good-as-hell dog right here....
Carlos Tevez, Shanghai Resident For Two Months, Hasn't Tried Chinese Food Yet
The Chinese Super League season is underway! Let’s check in on Argentine soccer icon Carlos Tevez, who signed with Shanghai Shenhua for piles of money in December....
Baylor President Says The University Has Done Its Christian Duty
Baylor president David Garland spoke to the Chronicle of Higher Education about his school’s ongoing sexual assault scandal. It feels like every week there is a new development that makes Baylor look somehow worse than it already did, but Garland just can’t seem to understand why folks haven’t moved...
Clint Frazier's Beautiful Red Locks Fall Victim To Yankees' Fascist Hair Policy
Clint Frazier, the prized outfield prospect the Yankees acquired when they traded Andrew Miller to Cleveland last year, has amazing hair. It’s long and red and voluminous and I honestly get kind of jealous just looking at it. Unfortunately for Frazier and those of us who appreciate a good mop, the Y...
Jimmy Garoppolo Posts Goodbye To Patriots On Instagram, Although He Might Have Been Hacked
In the wee hours of the morning, on the second day of free agency, Patriots backup QB Jimmy Garoppolo’s Instagram announced that he’d be leaving New England. Could it be true? Did the Pats actually pull the trigger and trade their future for a buttload of picks? Maybe not, because someone deleted it...