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Soccer Fan Travels Halfway Around The World To Visit Tiny Club He Plays On <i>Football Manager</i>

You’d think that Runcorn Linnets, the name of an English soccer club currently competing in the North West Counties League a whopping eight divisions below the Premier League, wouldn’t hold much importance outside of the tiny pocket of ostensible fans tucked away in northern England. You’d be wrong....

Are The Celtics Still Good?

An item of conventional basketball wisdom is this: Generally speaking, if you can get a certain useful skillset in one player, that is better than getting it divided among, say, two or three players. That is why, when blockbuster trades go down, the default analysis favors the team that shipped out ...

At Least Jaylen Brown Is Up To The Task

The Celtics’ season was proceeding as planned for a total of six minute before Gordon Hayward obliterated his ankle Tuesday night, forcing the team to reorient itself without a player who figured to have an enormous role in the team’s offense. With Hayward’s ankle now shredded like carnitas, Boston’...

Report: Bobby Portis Suspended Eight Games For Breaking Nikola Mirotic's Face

Nikola Mirotic was hospitalized yesterday with a fractured jaw and a concussion after a confrontation with Bulls teammate Bobby Portis. Today the Bulls announced that Portis would be suspended for eight games....

The Cubs Just Can't Hit

The Chicago Cubs are down 3-0 in the NLCS, and there’s really no use in thinking too hard about why that is. Joe Maddon has made mistakes, and the bullpen has been pretty bad, but there is a simpler explanation for why the Cubs are one loss away from playoff elimination: They can’t hit the dang ball...

Golden State Warriors Fall To Last Place In Western Conference<em></em>

After officials waved off an apparent Kevin Durant buzzer beater upon further review, the Golden State Warriors fell to 0-1 on opening night at home. They lost to the Rockets 122-121 on the occasion of their championship ring ceremony. Awwww....

Nick Young Is Already In Paradise

The Golden State Warriors were, by a mile, the best possible team for a goofy open-three shooter like Nick Young. But probably not even in Young’s wildest dreams did he know that playing for the Dubs would be so easy and fun so quickly....

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Yu Darvish Mindfucks Carl Edwards Jr., Draws Bases-Loaded Walk

That gloriously frustrating scenario that can only occur in the National League smiled on the Cubs in the sixth inning of their losing battle against the Dodgers, when the pitcher came up with the bases loaded and two outs. Los Angeles was already leading 3-1, trying to bury Chicago, but manager Dav...

Gordon Hayward Breaks Ankle Six Minutes Into First Celtics Game [Update]

Gordon Hayward suffered one of the most gruesome injuries in NBA memory midway through the first quarter of tonight’s tip-off game against the Cavaliers when his ankle snapped just minutes into his tenure with the Celtics....

Federal Court Judge Re-Lifts Ezekiel Elliott's Suspension, Again

Okay so remember how Ezekiel Elliott initially got suspended by the NFL for six games, then appealed the suspension, then played during Week 1, then had his suspension blocked by a federal judge because of some wonkiness with the NFL investigation, then watched as the NFL appealed his injunction, an...

Roger Goodell Says NFL Didn't Ask Players To Commit To Standing For The Anthem

As the NFL continues to figure out the best way to turn peaceful yet powerful protests against police brutality and racism in this country into a way to promote the NFL brand, commissioner Roger Goodell gave a brief update after today’s meetings between the league and players. He was asked about the...

Report: Nikola Mirotić Went To Hospital After Teammate Bobby Portis Punched Him In Face

The NBA season hasn’t even started yet, and the Chicago Bulls are already falling apart. The Vertical’s Shams Charania reports that Bulls forward Bobby Portis put his teammate Nikola Mirotić in the hospital after a fight at practice....

Angry Idiot Sneaks Onto Field To Berate His Team's Players

Coventry City fans don’t take losing home matches against relegation candidates too lightly, apparently. Hence this Coventry supporter making his way onto the pitch during his team’s 1-0 loss to Forest Green in England’s fourth tier to really make his displeasure felt:...

100,000 Californians Have Been Evacuated From Wildfire Zones

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There's Reason To Hope For The Future Of The USMNT

While the senior members of the United States Men’s National Team are holding their heads in intense shame after getting owned in horrifying public fashion and failing to qualify for the World Cup, the U.S. under-17 national team is killing it. The U-17 group is stocked with some of the hottest pros...

John Lackey Should Be In Jail<em></em>

Before John Lackey gave up a walk-off three-run homer to Justin Turner in Game 2 of the NLCS, he treated viewers of the game to a special version of baseball hell....

The Bears Have More Trick Plays Up Their Sleeves

The best thing the Chicago Bears have done all year was last Monday’s intricate, confusing trick play for a game-tying two-point conversion.* Today, they added to their elaborate arsenal, bringing Tarik Cohen into the mix as the running back took a toss and threw a score to Zach Miller....

Golden Tate Scored And Dropped The People’s Elbow On The Football

Golden Tate caught a long pass from Matthew Stafford, broke a few weak tackles by the Saints, and flipped into the end zone. It was pretty cool....

Joe Maddon Works Soda Tax Criticism Into His Thoughts On Blocking The Plate

In the bottom of the seventh inning of last night’s NLCS Game 1, with the Dodgers leading 4-2, Justin Turner singled through the left side and Chris Woodward, the Dodgers’ third-base coach, waved Charlie Culberson around, setting up a play at the plate....