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Bruce Bochy Was Steamed About A Game-Ending Strike Call
The Giants-Cubs series in Chicago ended last night when Joe Panik struck out looking on a breaking ball on the outside corner. The Cubs were up 5-4 and the Giants were threatening with a man on second and two outs. Panik held on for a 3-2 count through six pitches, but Wade Davis finally got him wit...

Kyle Schwarber Sent This Johnny Cueto Pitch To Hell
Kyle Schwarber is a big dude who smacks big home runs, and tonight, he painted his masterpiece. Johnny Cueto sailed in a 90 MPH pitch and Schwarber got every bit of it, sending it 470 feet to right field. According to Statcast, it’s the longest cuadrangular of Schwarber’s career....

Nick Kyrgios Is In No Shape For The French Open
In each of his last two matches, Nick Kyrgios has clutched at his injured hip a whole lot, and, with time, effectively given up. One of those losses was understandable—even at full health, he had slim chances of stalling Rafael Nadal’s freight train through clay—but today’s 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 upset by w...

Cycling Race Leader Stops In Middle Of Stage To Take A Crap
Tom Dumoulin abruptly pulled over during stage 16 of the Giro d’Italia today. The reason wasn’t clear, until he took off his gear and squatted to take a roadside crap....

Manu Ginobili Never Slowed Down
The Spurs got wrecked tonight, as most everyone expected they would. Golden State is headed to the Finals, and Manu Ginobili looks like he is probably going to hang ‘em up. While the Argentinian legend has yet to make a formal announcement about his plans, he has hinted that he would probably retire...

An Attempt At Untangling The Legend Of Madison Bumgarner Dating A Girl Named Madison Bumgarner
Madison Bumgarner, the larger-than-life ace of the San Francisco Giants, carries the backstory of the hero in a tall tale. He began chewing tobacco in the fifth grade; he got married in blue jeans; he chopped up a rattlesnake with an axe and saved the two baby bunnies he found inside. But one story ...

Team Celebrates Euroleague Title By Chopping Off Player's Man Bun
Fenerbahçe defeated Olympiacos to capture their first Euroleague title today, and the team opted for a celebration a little more cutting-edge than simply taking down the net. Instead, they chopped off the hair of teammate Luigi Datome, conveniently gathered in a man bun to make the work easy. Former...

The ORB Is Your New King
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Marlins, Dodgers Benches Clear
A late, uninteresting Marlins-Dodgers game got fiery after Ross Stripling threw behind Giancarlo Stanton, got ejected, and sparked a fight that saw former L.A. and current Miami skipper Don Mattingly front and center....

Fernando Gaviria Is Cycling's Next Superstar Sprinter
The best Colombian cyclists have long hewed to a single archetype, specializing in climbing high mountains and winning on the harshest and steepest slopes. There have been Colombian rouleurs and sprinters before, but the most successful riders have almost all been pure climbers. Lucho “El Jardinerit...

Edna Kiplagat Is Incredible <em></em>
It was about 4 p.m. in Iten, Kenya when Edna Kiplagat got hold of me on Skype. The connection was poor, so she tried different locations—the front porch, outside her farmhouse, before settling in the living room, comfortable and pretty with tiles on the walls, and pictures. Two of her five children,...

Gisele Bundchen Says Tom Brady Has Suffered Multiple Unreported Brain Injuries<em></em>
Supermodel Gisele Bundchen, who is married to Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, sat down for an interview with Charlie Rose on CBS This Morning. At one point, Rose asked Bundchen if she wants Brady to retire from football, and she told Rose that she does worry about Brady because of all the concussion...

The Lakers Narrowly Avoided Total Catastrophe At The Lottery
The Los Angeles Lakers will get the second overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft, which is a fine return for a shit-filled season of tanking that very nearly went up in flames thanks to an inexplicable five-game winning streak at the end of the year. Not only is the team in the driver’s seat to pick Lo...

Report: Police Investigating Alleged Drug Theft In Georgia Tennis Program
Dawg Nation is reporting that Georgia police are investigating a case of alleged prescription drug theft involving people associated with the University of Georgia tennis program....

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Everything Terrible And Exhilarating About Cycling Was On Display At The Giro d'Italia Today
This afternoon, the Giro d’Italia truly started....

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Sergio Garcia Becomes Eighth Player Ever To Ace No. 17 At The Players Championship
Sergio Garcia became the eighth player ever to record a hole-in-one on the famed island green during today’s first round of the Players Championship: ...

FIFA Makes Completely Meaningless Ethical Stand
The U.S.-led North American bid for the 2026 World Cup earned 93 percent of the 209 votes in FIFA Congress today. In March, the North American soccer federations requested an exclusive window to begin submitting technical specifications, which would give them a head start in the planning process. Bu...

Here's A Useful App For Sending A Rabbi Photos Of Your Menstrual Blood
There really is an app for everything. I know that’s been said before but now it’s finally true. Meet “Tahor,” (Hebrew for “pure”) the app that allows you to send pictures of your menstrual blood to a rabbi for inspection....