game Page 38 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Where should — or shouldn’t — some top rumored NBA Draft Day trade candidates go?
People pay more attention to these rumors than the games, it seems. You believe that shit?...
The 2021 NBA Draft could shift the power of the league
If you’re like most sports fans, the 2021 NBA Draft is probably the last thing on your mind right now....
Simone Biles just made the most impressive move of her career
The strength of Simone Biles should be celebrated. ...
Lydia Jacoby is what makes the Olympics special
Lydia Jacoby personified what makes the Olympic Games so special. ...
UPDATE: Simone Biles withdraws from all-around final in Tokyo
On Tuesday, the greatest gymnast of all time, Simone Biles, pulled out of the team competition at the Tokyo Games, according to officials....
Have you heard the one about the doctor who didn’t get vaxxed and ruined his country’s Olympics?
The Olympics are always full of surprises, and right at the beginning of the Tokyo Games, there’s already a stunner: the first vaccine-shunning idiot to ruin things for a bunch of other people isn’t an American....
Because Tokyo 2021 is weird and shouldn’t be happening, Deadspinners recall their favorite past Olympic moments
Conflicted about tuning in tonight for the Opening Ceremonies of an Olympics that most of the host nation don’t even want in the middle of a pandemic where athletes are essentially being greeted with positive COVID-19 tests at the airport and rumors abound of possible cancellation even as it kicks o...
Test your Olympics knowledge with this increasingly difficult quiz!
The Olympics are here, and for the next couple of weeks, we’re all going to be obsessed with the Summer Games. But then what? What will we actually remember? Well, let’s find out. As the Tokyo Games get underway, here’s a little quiz to find out what you remember about the last Olympics, way back in...
Spare me the clickbait: CP3's Finals fate is a reminder that winning a championship is <i>very</i> freaking hard
No, not every great wins a championship....
Sports books see surge in betting on Olympics cancellation
COVID-19 forced the 2020 Olympics to be pushed back into 2021, and, now, it could push the event back even further — or kill it....
The Olympics are going to make people sick
IOC President Thomas Bach is full of it....
Anti-boinking measures at Olympics officially surpass gold medal-level stupidity
Sex in the Olympic Village is a talking point at every Games, as if somehow it’s surprising that a bunch of young, hot, athletic people from all over the world have a habit of getting it on with members of the tiny subset of people who they can connect with over their very interesting and unique exp...
Really? The old 'fake news' gambit?
It would be nice if Liz Cambage didn’t try to refute reports that she broke COVID protocols with the term “fake news,” but the Australian star sure did defend herself after her withdrawal from the Olympic team during its Las Vegas training camp, for which she cited mental health....
Both of these things can be true
It was a little bit curious when Liz Cambage did not play in the WNBA All-Star Game on Wednesday night, even though she was in uniform and had made an agreement with Team Australia coach Sandy Brondello, to be able to leave the national team’s pre-Olympic camp and play in the exhibition....
U.S. Women's hoops drops All-Star Game to Team WNBA (but don't panic)
There’s a big difference between the U.S. men’s basketball team’s losses to Nigeria and Australia and what happened on Wednesday night, as the American women, who are even bigger favorites for Olympic gold than the men, dropped a 93-85 decision to the Team WNBA in the All-Star Game in Las Vegas....
Finally, a woman is on a cover of an NBA 2K edition, and who better than Candace Parker?
EA Sports made it a hot line; 2K’s making it a hot song...
Doug Pederson says Eagles ‘brought in Jalen Hurts not to undermine Carson Wentz’ — sure, Jan
Just because you think something is true, it doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s actually true. From the Mandela effect to the Philadelphia Experiment — and the Geto Boys — we have proof that our minds can play tricks on us....
All-Star Takeaway: MLB is alive, internationally supreme, and going to get better
DENVER — It would be nearly impossible for any fan to have left the MLB All-Star Game here at Coors Field on Tuesday night without feeling good about the game. ...
Uniform uniforms was a baaaaaaaaaad choice
Every sport’s All-Star Game features the best players. What’s made baseball’s Midsummer Classic unique, and many would say the best showcase around, is that you get to see things you wouldn’t see in an ordinary game, while the game still remains true to itself. Last night we saw the American League ...
MLB's Midsummer Classic is simply the best
It’s Trash Talking Tuesday, and today I’m trashing all the sports fans who still don’t think the MLB All-Star Game isn’t the best in pro sports....