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Catching Up With the NBA Bubble Playoffs
Just in case you r haven’t been paying attention to what’s been going on in the NBA playoffs, we decided to update you on everything you need to know about every series thus far in the NBA bubble. Let’s face it — everyone can be forgiven for being a little late to the dance this year....
We Rank the Worst No. 1 Picks in NBA Lottery History
Since the NBA’s first draft lottery in 1985, there have been 11 first-overall picks who did not make an All-NBA team or appear in an All-Star Game. That number is a little inflated because Zion Williamson and DeAndre Ayton are just getting started, so when you’re trying to figure out which is the wo...
Gross, Stupid & Sexist: Latest Bile Proves Time to Ice Milbury From NHL Was Ages Ago (UPDATED)
The NHL Bubble continued, with two more teams biting the dust in the form of the Washington Capitals and Calgary Flames. But that’s not the main story emerging from it, because this is hockey with hockey people and if you keep hockey people on TV long enough, they’ll vomit up some kind of vile, fu...
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Fox Sports Fires Thom Brennaman Day After Homophobic Slur, He Wants Us to Believe He Didn't Know its History [UPDATED]
Wednesday night, after a hot mic caught him using a homophobic slur, Reds broadcaster Thom Brennaman didn’t know if he’d ever be putting on headphones for Fox Sports again....
Qatar's Blood Money Will Definitely Win the Champions League Final
Sunday’s Champions League Final will be the first that is between Europe’s “Old Money” and “New Money.” ...
It’s Been a Bad Day For Curt Schilling and It’s Not Even Noon
Maybe every day is a bad day for Curt Schilling. More accurately, every day where Curt Schilling is lurking somewhere is a bad day for the rest of us, or at least has a high chance of becoming one. Because that means there’s a threat that Schilling will dive headlong in front of a camera, or onto so...
Drilling Down on Thursday's NBA Draft Lottery
The moment seemed it would never come because of COVID-19, but the 2020 NBA Draft lottery is here. We’ll finally get this year’s draft order. ...
Other Great Moments In Middle Finger History (Figuratively)
(Although it will be very on-brand of me to do a literal middle finger history someday soon)...
The Padres Slam Rangers Again and It is Glorious
This might just become a daily Padres appreciation moment. It’s not our fault. Sometimes what will be will be and you can’t run from what has to be. The Padres decided it would be fun to hit a grand slam off the Rangers for a third straight game, but to turn it from just a pint of ice cream into a s...
White Fragility Alert: They Only Hate Fernando Tatis Jr. Because He’s So Good
Fernando Tatis Jr. is an MVP candidate at the age of 21, leading the National League in home runs nearly halfway through this abbreviated season while sparking the San Diego Padres into contention for what would be their first playoff appearance since 2006....
Another Cop Caught Lying - This Time About the Raptors' Masai Ujiri
Toronto Raptors President Masai Ujiri filed a countersuit on Tuesday against a Bay Area police officer in response to an altercation between the two men....
Fernando Tatis is Defecating on Baseball’s ‘Unwritten Rules’ and it’s Spectacular
The custom of baseball, after some manager bitches about unwritten rules that he very well may have made up, is that everyone wants the whole conflict to go away as quickly as possible. You’ll hear some pregame quotes about going overboard or respecting the opponent or some other boilerplate horsesh...
Manny Machado Covers Most of the Earth Now
When scrolling through Twitter on an idle afternoon, you might come across a headline like, “Manny Machado makes great running catch in right.” And you probably don’t think much of it. Machado is a great defensive player and athlete and stretching back into the outfield to make a play on a flare is ...
RIP Dale Hawerchuk, a Really Good Player on a Team That Didn't Do Anything
Dale Hawerchuk was a man in the right time, but the wrong place....
Hornets Radio Play-by-Play Guy Somehow Tweets N-Word by Mistake
How do you accidentally type the N-word?...
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School is Not Safe for Students - But of Course, It’s Safe for Athletes [UPDATED]
The pandemic continues to expose the glaring dysfunction in our society. This time in college sports....
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Notre Dame and Brian Kelly Perfectly Happy to Put Kids in Harm's Way [UPDATED]
UPDATE: Notre Dame announced it will switch to online classes for the next two weeks....
If You Can Hit a Grand Slam, Do It
Last week, The Associated Press ran a feature on Fernando Tatis Jr., the 21-year-old San Diego Padres shortstop who is living up to the hype as baseball’s best prospect....
Luka Dončić Learns About the Playoffs the Hard Way
The NBA finally got past the opening act, and now that everybody got a beer, went to the bathroom one last time, and the house-lights have gone down, the real show has begun. The actual playoffs started yesterday, and they were a small lesson in glorious defeat. That’s kind of what the playoffs are,...
Of Course Two White Guys Got the Job
What must it feel like to be a woman covering football at ESPN to see this latest news from Bristol....