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The Rockets Are For Sale

If you have a few billion dollars lying around and want to own a good NBA team, now’s your shot....

Bills DT Adolphus Washington Arrested On Weapons Charges At Water Park

Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Adolphus Washington was arrested on weapons charges this weekend at a water park near Cincinnati....

Report: Marlins Attempting To Seize Property From Former Season-Ticket Holder

Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria is reportedly suing a Marlins fan for possession of the fan’s commercial building to recoup funds the Marlins say they lost when the fan decided not to continue paying for his season tickets to see his trainwreck of a favorite team. ...

David Griffin Rejects The Knicks, Who Are Completely Doomed

Here is a not-all-that-shocking bit of news, in the grand scheme of an NBA offseason:...

Jeff Fisher's Futile War Against Pockets Now Has Dialogue

The highlight of the 2016-17 Rams’ season was former head coach Jeff Fisher struggling to find his challenge flag in the pockets of his big coat. Now, thanks to Amazon’s All Or Nothing, we can relive the moment with full, on-field audio:...

WBO Will Re-Score Manny Pacquiao's Dubious Loss, But Won't Overturn It

In a gesture where magnanimity is solidly outpointed by hollowness—unless the purpose is to drum up drama for a rematch—the WBO has announced it will re-score last weekend’s controversial fight, which saw Jeff Horn upset Manny Pacquiao, but that it cannot and will not reverse the decision....

Report: Just Some More Evidence That Dan Gilbert Is Truly, Grossly Cheap

Cleveland Cavaliers owner and predatory lending magnate Dan Gilbert has shown repeatedly that he is nothing if not miserly. It’s been widely rumored and loosely reported for weeks now that his stinginess was to blame for letting the team’s former general manager, David Griffin, walk last month; a ne...

Large Tub Of Potato Salad Beats Manny Pacquiao, Is New WBO Welterweight Champion [UPDATE]

Australian Jeff Horn overcame four-to-one underdog odds and, uh, functioning eyeballs in defeating Manny Pacquiao by unanimous decision to seize the longtime champion’s WBO welterweight title....

Blake Griffin Don't Need No Stinking Chris Paul, Will Return To The Clippers

Chris Paul’s departure to Houston probably spells the end of the era of the Los Angeles Clippers being a semi-serious championship contender in the loaded Western Conference. You will be forgiven, then, if you thought the next domino to fall would be Blake Griffin’s inevitable departure for greener ...

Jeff Hornacek: Now We're Going To Do Things That Actually Make Sense

It wasn’t so long ago that Knicks head coach Jeff Hornacek, then presiding over the latest lost season in New York, stood in front of reporters and told them that it was a mistake to try to combine his own offensive concepts with Phil Jackson’s favored Triangle system, and implied that the team woul...

<i>The Untouchables </i>Is Too Neat To Be A Truly Great Gangster Movie

Thirty years ago The Untouchables, Brian De Palma’s most commercial movie to that point, was released and helped launch Kevin Costner as an All-American star. This review by Pauline Kael originally appeared in The New Yorker and appears here with permission from the author’s estate....

Vince Young Takes A Big Dump On Jeff Fisher

Vince Young has tried a few comebacks in recent years, his latest ending on June 17 after being cut by the CFL’s Saskatchewan Roughriders following a torn hamstring. Near the end of that project, the quarterback had time to talk shit about former Titans head coach Jeff Fisher to Sports Illustrated....

At 3 p.m. Eastern the Hockey Hall of Fame will announce its class of 2017. Teemu Selanne is the only lock, but other possible inductees include Daniel Alfredsson, Jeremy Roenick, Mark Recchi, Dave Andreychuk, Alexander Mogilny, Paul Kariya, Chris Osgood, and Curtis Joseph. [NHL.com]...

Dan Gilbert's Going To Fuck This Up Again, Isn't He?

Barring catastrophic injury or disaster, the Cleveland Cavaliers have a very good chance of returning to the finals next season, because the East is a bunch of cupcakes and having LeBron James is an excellent head start. Beyond that is unclear, as James has a player option for the 2018-19 season, an...

Report: Lane Kiffin Was Famously Chewed Out By Nick Saban For Calling His Players "Dumb"

Phil Savage may have been a lousy NFL general manager—the former Browns GM traded up for Brady Quinn and replied to a fan email with “Go root for Buffalo-f#@* you,”—but he does have some pretty good Lane Kiffin goss. ...

Cleveland Cavaliers To Part Ways With General Manager David Griffin [UPDATED]

With the team at the center of trade rumors—not to mention three days before the draft—the Cavaliers have decided to part ways with general manager David Griffin....

Who Is Running The Cleveland Cavaliers?

Paul George has reportedly told the Indiana Pacers that he plans to leave the team next summer and sign with the Lakers. The Pacers should obviously try to trade George before the end of the season, but any non-Lakers team that acquires him would do so knowing that they are likely getting a one-year...

Mighty Pitcher Jeff Samardzija Crushed A Record Homer Last Night

Intense and humongous Giants pitcher Jeff Samardzija loaded all of his 6-foot-5 heft into a mighty hack at this meatball from Rockies rookie Antonio Senzatela, blasting it 446 feet to right center for the longest homer smacked by a pitcher in the Statcast era. Behold:...

Draymond Green Finally Gets T-Shirt Revenge On LeBron, Gets Owned Anyway [Update]

The last time the Warriors won a title (the year before they blew a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals), Draymond Green got tipsy at the team’s victory parade in Oakland. He mocked the Cleveland Cavaliers by rapping “Cavaliers? Nope. We won? Yupp. They suck? Yupp. We here? Yupp. They not? Nooope.”...

If You've Ever Wanted To Hear Stephen A. Smith Talk About Fucking, Here You Go

The Big Lead’s Stephen Douglas has done the world a service today by discovering some old clips of Stephen A. Smith talking about sex, relationships, and what an accomplished sex-doer he is....