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How Much Did Paul George's Injury Affect The Pacers' Title Chances?
Even as Paul George laid on the parquet of the Thomas & Mack Center, being treated for the stomach-turning break to his right leg, degenerates were just waiting until enough time had passed 1. to talk about it coldly without being Twitter-shamed and 2. for the lines to open up again. Once they did, ...

Paul George's Injury Has Some In The NBA Rethinking International Play
Paul George's catastrophic leg injury was horrible for him, of course, but rough too for the Pacers and for the NBA, which will be without him for a year. So it's not a surprise that everyone's reconsidering the calculus of international basketball, in which a whole bunch is risked for very little r...

Mark Cuban Suggests An NBA World Cup
Dallas Mavericks owner and naked billionaire Mark Cuban has long been against the NBA's partnership with FIBA and the International Olympic committee, and Paul George's injury in Friday night's Team USA scrimmage gave him another opportunity to rip the current system of international play....

Non-Standard Stanchion Location Contributes To Paul George Injury
A major contributing factor to Paul George's leg injury was the location of the basket stanchion relative to a typical NBA game. While injuries are a freak occurrence and part of the game, it is clear that the stanchion was closer to the court than players are used to in the NBA. This particular l...

Photos: Teammates React To Paul George's Gruesome Leg Injury
Paul George suffered a horrifying leg injury during Team USA's Blue-White scrimmage last night that left the entire arena in silence and, his teammates specifically, in sympathetic anguish. Paul tweeted after the game and was in positive spirits, but it's impossible not feel for him, even more so ...
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Paul George Breaks His Leg Horrifically In Team USA Scrimmage [GRAPHIC]
In tonight's Blue-White scrimmage as Team USA preps for the FIBA World Cup, Paul George broke his lower right leg. Be warned, the image is gruesome. ...

The Rangers Brought Out George W. Bush During Jeter Farewell Ceremony
Since everyone knows this is Derek Jeter's last season, teams are putting on special ceremonies (like they did with Mariano Rivera) for Jeets, where they give him gifts and make donations to his charity. Tonight is the last time Derek Jeter will be playing a regular season game in Texas (hey, you ...

Down Goes Terror: How A Frightened George Foreman Shocked Joe Frazier
Excerpted from Bouts of Mania: Ali, Frazier, and Foreman—and an America on the Ropes. ...

Drake Blowing In Lance Stephenson's Ear
This is Drake blowing in Lance Stephenson's ear. Chances are, this is as good as the ESPYS are going to get. Nevertheless, it was still a funny little bit. Crazy-ass Lance is a pretty good sport about his crazy-assness. Look at the Rock, so tastefully amused. ...

World Cup Cuisine
George Zisiadis imagines the World Cup as a series of food mash-ups....

Marlins Deny Giancarlo Stanton Trade Talks
In today's leak of the Astros' internal trade chatter, the biggest bombshell was mention of Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton. Here's how it was worded in the Astros' system:...

Steve Martin: A Very Funny Fellow
There's a good excerpt from Mike Sacks' new book, Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations with Today's Top Comedy Writers, over at the New Yorker....

These Animated NBA Playoff Highlights Are Cool As Hell
Richard Swarbick is an artist who's been turning sports highlights into awesome animations for a long time now, and now he's working his magic on cool moments from this year's NBA playoffs. ...

Paul George Says He Blacked Out After Taking A Knee To The Head
NBA fans saw something they aren't really used to seeing during last night's game between the Heat and Pacers: a player lying motionless on the floor after taking a blow to the head....

The Lawyer Who Blocked Kevin Durant
Last week, Brice Plebani stopped by the Seat Pleasant Activity Center in Prince George's County, Md., to drop off a graduation invitation. ...

Everyone Loves Josh Reddick's Sexy Walk-Up Song
A's outfielder Josh Reddick has decided to start using George Michael's "Careless Whisper" as his walk-up song, and it's got everyone in Oakland feeling sexxxy....

A Fishing Trip Fixed Roy Hibbert
Roy Hibbert, who recently transformed from an all-pro center into the NBA's biggest and suckiest punching bag, somehow managed to stop sucking last night. In 33 minutes against the Wizards, Hibbert scored 28 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and once again started looking like a functional basketball p...

Lance Stephenson Hops His Way Down The Court
The Pacers have been pushed to a Game 7 by the eighth-seeded Atlanta Hawks and have looked pretty morose this postseason, but some of them are still trying to have fun. Take Lance Stephenson. Lance hops no less than three times while going behind-the-back and slicing a bounce pass from the three-poi...

Someone Robbed Paul George's House While He Was At The Game
I bet last night, after another demoralizing thrashing at the hands of the Hawks, Paul George couldn't wait to get home and away from it all. But before he returned, his parents informed him that his house had been burgled, the thief making off with over $15,000 worth of stuff. Talk about kicking a ...

Angry Pacers Heckler Just Says What We're All Thinking
The Pacers, they suck. They suck so bad that they are now one loss away from being bounced out of the first round by the eighth-seeded Atlanta Hawks. They suck so bad that during last night's loss in Indiana, they drove one Pacers fan to his breaking point....