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Notre Dame Blows Five-Point Lead With 15 Seconds Remaining, Allows UConn To Force OT, Wins Anyway
Both women’s Final Four games went to overtime tonight, with UConn keeping its undefeated season alive thanks to an incredible meltdown by Notre Dame in the last seconds of regulation....

Please Enjoy Vince Carter's Rude Blake Griffin Impression
In a game between two dead-end teams waiting for the draft, the Pistons stuck around for two-and-a-half quarters before the Kings gutted it out and pulled off the loss. Blake Griffin came up big for the Pistons, but the night belonged to Vince Carter, who moved up to 22nd on the NBA’s all-time scori...

Okay, Now Shaquem Griffin Is Running Like A Wide Receiver
Yesterday one-handed UCF linebacker Shaquem Griffin was conquering the bench press. Today he ran the 40-yard-dash in a blistering 4.38 seconds, the fastest time for a linebacker at the combine in 15 years:...

One-Handed Linebacker Shaquem Griffin Has No Problem With The Bench Press<em></em>
Here’s Central Florida linebacker Shaquem Griffin powering through 20 reps on the bench press at the NFL Scouting Combine, one-handed. Griffin was born with a congenital condition that prevented his left hand from fully developing, but which obviously has not kept him from being a goddamn beast:...

I Hope To Be Like This Surfer And Survive Life's Batterings
In the grand metaphor of life, where the ocean is the world and we are the surfer getting battered against some rocks, it’s comforting to know that there are people like Australian Ross Clarke-Jones. ...

Surfing's Most Iconic Event Is In Jeopardy Thanks To A Very Dumb Dispute
Oahu’s Pipeline is one of the most famous surf spots in the world, and the North Shore beach’s notoriously big and dangerous waves play host to the World Surf League’s biggest event of the year. Pipeline Masters, or Pipe Masters, has taken place at Pipeline since 1971, and it’s traditionally served ...

Palimony Lawsuit Claims Blake Griffin Beefed With Chris Paul, Dumped Mother Of His Children For Kendall Jenner
Pistons forward Blake Griffin is being sued for palimony by Brynn Cameron, his former fiancée and the mother of his two children, who claims that Griffin asked for an unreasonable prenup a month before their wedding, postponed the ceremony when she would not sign, and then quickly began dating Kenda...

Cobb County Proposes Cutting Libraries After Dumb Decision To Build The Braves A Stadium
The people of Cobb County, Ga., have a budget conundrum on their hands, thanks to craven former county chairman Tim Lee’s insistence on spending almost $400 million in public money for a stadium without giving the public a chance to vote on it. Despite a record-high tax digest, the county is $30 to ...

Blake Griffin Looked Extremely Worth It In His Pistons Debut
Despite barely knowing his new team’s offense, Blake Griffin’s Pistons debut went as well as he or Detroit could have hoped. Griffin had arrived in town only the day before, and after the game, he noted that coach Stan Van Gundy had implemented just five go-to plays in the unfamiliar team’s arsenal....

Quiksilver CEO Pierre Agnes Is Missing At Sea
Pierre Agnes, the 54-year-old CEO of surfing company Quiksilver, has been declared missing at sea by French authorities, after his fishing boat washed ashore Tuesday without him inside....

Oh Shit, The Clippers Traded Blake Griffin To Detroit
Blake Griffin will soon have a harder time getting guest appearances on Comedy Central shows, because according to Adrian Wojnarowski, the Clippers have traded Griffin to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for Tobias Harris, Avery Bradley, Boban Marjanovic, and a pair of picks....

White Girls Saying "Nigger" On Instagram Is The Black Mirrorest <i>Black Mirror</i> Shit
Imagine a world, one that very much resembles our own, set in some not-too-distant, semi-dystopian future. A sort of bizarro version of our modern Western society, where the increasing imposition upon society of otherwise benign technology and social media has warped the very fabric and structure of...

Dumb Column: Sacramento Shouldn't Pay For MLS Stadium, But Maybe Sacramento Could Pay For MLS Stadium<em></em>
There’s one MLS expansion slot left, and it’ll soon be awarded to Cincinnati, Sacramento, or Detroit. Sacramento once looked like a lock to get an expansion spot, but it’s now rather uncertain, likely because Sacramento’s ownership group isn’t as flamboyantly wealthy as their competitors....

Report: Rockets "Shocked And Disappointed" The Clippers Weren't Punished For Making Them Mad
The Rockets’ Trevor Ariza and Gerald Green each got two-game suspensions handed down on Wednesday for their roles in the now almost-mythic “secret passageway” confrontation in which they allegedly tried to storm the Clippers’ locker room after a loss. The team, however, is reportedly “shocked and di...

The FAU Offensive Coordinator Job Explains <em></em>College Football's Nepotism Problem
Florida Atlantic coach Lane Kiffin announced a surprising hire this morning: The Owls will be hiring 24-year-old Charlie Weis Jr. to serve as the team’s offensive coordinator. Weis Jr., a couple years older than his players, will be the youngest OC in college football. Here’s how Kiffin described th...

The Rockets Hilariously Tried To Storm The Clippers' Locker Room
Beef! We’ve got beef! Major NBA beef. Sound the beef siren!...

Mike D'Antoni To Blake Griffin: "Fuck You"
Things got chippy at the end of the Clippers’ win over the Rockets on Monday, and at the center of it all was Blake Griffin. The L.A. big man eventually got ejected for a little tie-up with Trevor Ariza, but before that, he got some hate from Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni....

Report: Panthers Could Put That New Stadium On Some Guy's Farm, Sure, Why Not
Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson, who was recently accused of sexual harassment and getting racist with team employees, will soon sell his stake in the team. It’s not clear who will buy the team yet, though the end of the Panthers’ season on Sunday means that the process is now underway. Did...

Man Arrested At Girls J.V. Basketball Game: "I Regret Punching The Ref In The Face"
A good apology does not waste time delicately circling around the point, a good apology shows remorse, a good apology does not redirect blame. An example of a good apology: “I regret punching the ref in the face. It was an emotional response. I shouldn’t have done it. I’m sorry.”...

Blake Griffin Suffers Alarming Head Injury Against The Warriors
Blake Griffin, recently back in the Clippers lineup after recovering from a knee injury suffered back in November, took a scary JaVale McGee elbow to the head in today’s tilt against the Warriors and crashed to the court with what looked very much like a brain injury:...