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Rajai Davis Homers To Tie Up Game 7; Here's How It Sounded On Russian and Korean TV
The Indians’ shocking eighth-inning comeback tied things up against the Cubs, thanks to Rajai Davis homering off Aroldis Chapman. Up top is how it sounded on Korean broadcaster MBC Sports; below is how it sounded on Russian TV. ...
J.R. Smith Rips Shirt Off To Try And Inspire An Indians Rally
J.R. Smith, a man with a tempestuous relationship with wearing a shirt, went and popped that bad boy off on the video board at the Indians’ stadium tonight in an attempt to inspire a late rally....
David Ross Celebrates Dinger By Slapping Dongers<em></em>
Old Man David Ross is playing in the final major-league game of his career tonight, and he smacked a big solo home run off Andrew Miller in the sixth inning to give the Cubs a three-run lead....
Anthony Rizzo Is A Self-Proclaimed Emotional Wreck
The Cubs were up 3-1 when Anthony Rizzo turned to grizzled elder David Ross for some emotional support. “I’m in a glass case of emotion,” he told Ross...
Dexter Fowler Starts Game 7 With A Leadoff Donger
Corey Kluber is starting for the third time in the past nine days, and he gave up a dinger to Dexter Fowler on his fourth pitch of the evening. Fowler wasn’t sure it’d clear the fence but he rounded second and yelled backwards at the Cubs dugout after the dinger fell....
Former Baylor AD Reportedly Asked For Immunity For Football Players Under Investigation
Since turning down a $1.5 million settlement from Baylor, Patty Crawford has been on quite the media tour. She rejected the money because it would have prevented her from speaking publicly about what happened at Baylor over the past two years, and since she left the school less than a month ago, she...
Terry Francona Eats Garbage Late At Night And I Get It
We all (and by “we all” I mean “I”) remember the tale of Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona eating 17 popsicles in one night. It was his second-greatest achievement after winning the 2004 World Series, and well ahead of winning the 2007 World Series. Over time, it’s clear that Tito has a prope...
What's Going On With Alex Smith?
The Kansas City Chiefs are making a change at quarterback: the team will start Nick Foles over Alex Smith for Sunday against the Jaguars. Tyler Bray will be the backup; Smith won’t even dress. Is Smith still suffering the effects of brain trauma from Sunday’s game against the Colts? The Chiefs aren’...
NFL Network Suspends Brian Baldinger Six Months For Promoting Bounties
The NFL Network has suspended analyst and former NFL player Brian Baldinger six months without pay, Sporting News reports. On Friday Baldinger went on the radio with Philadelphia’s 97.5 The Fanatic, and recommended that the Eagles put a bounty on and attempt to injure Cowboys running back Ezekiel El...
Minor League Baseball Team's New Logo Is A Musclebound, Horny Shrimp
If you woke up one day to discover that you were suddenly a millionaire named Ken Babby, what’s one of the first things you’d do? Would you use your wealth to humiliate a group of grown men by forcing them to wear uniforms featuring a cartoon shrimp humping the state of Florida? Why, yes—yes you wou...
Vikings Replace Norv Turner, Still Can’t Fucking Block
First they came for the teddy bears, and now the Vikings have sacrificed offensive coordinator and man-eating-alone-at-the-diner Norv Turner. ...
Joe Maddon, What Were You Thinking?
Fuck it, I’ll second-guess....
New Report Details How Baylor Suppressed Reports Of Sexual Assault<em></em>
A report tonight from Showtime’s 60 Minutes Sports revealed a series of new details about Baylor’s failures to handle reports of sexual assault, especially (although not exclusively) those involving football players. The package, reported by Armen Keteyian, details how Waco police kept details of re...
The Cubs Finally Remembered How To Hit
The Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians are heading to Game 7 tomorrow, after the Cubs walloped Indians pitching around for a 9-3 win. Bill Simmons may have predicted that the Indians’ pitching would help them to a Game 6 victory, but they were overmatched from the start. Before Jake Arrieta even too...
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Oklahoma RB Joe Mixon Suspended For Being A Dick To Parking Lot Attendant [Update]
Oklahoma’s star running back Joe Mixon was suspended for the team’s upcoming game against Iowa State for the always-nebulous crime of “violating team rules.” According to his lawyer, who spoke to The Oklahoman, Mixon received a parking ticket this morning, then “tore the ticket up in front of the pa...
Addison Russell Put Cleveland In The Trash Can With A Big Ole Grand Slam
Addison Russell, fresh off picking up two of the easiest RBIs of his career thanks to some outfield incompetence, welcomed Dan Otero to the game by spanking this pitch to center field for a grand salami....
Cleveland Gifted A Few Runs To Chicago With Some Dumbass Defense
It was a perfectly normal, albeit disappointing, first-inning development when Josh Tomlin followed up two quick outs by laying an easy curveball for Kris Bryant to jerk out of the ballpark. Much less normal, however, was the way the Indians gave up their next two runs to the Cubs....
On Eve Of 60 Minutes Sports Report, Baylor Starts Website Called "The Truth"
This afternoon, the URL www.baylor.edu/thetruth went live; no, the URL and website names are not the worst part....
Will You Remember Andre Johnson?
Yesterday afternoon, Andre Johnson walked away from the NFL. It’s the second such abrupt retirement by a one-time star of the Houston Texans who was living out the twilight of his career with a downtrodden franchise, and like Arian Foster, Johnson was, at best, a bit player on his new team in Tennes...