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Jamaica Knock Mexico Out Of Gold Cup On 88th-Minute Free Kick Stunner
Kemar Lawrence’s free kick left Mexican keeper Jose Corona dumbfounded as the 88th-minute goal put the New York Red Bull and his Jamaica side past Mexico and into a Gold Cup final matchup with the United States....
New Warriors Arena Will Require PSLs For Season Tickets
When the Warriors’ new arena in San Francisco opens for the 2019-2020 season, it will be the first building in the NBA where fans will have to buy personal seat licenses just for the right to purchase season tickets....
USMNT Win 2-0 Despite El Salvador's Biting And Nipple-Tweaking
The USMNT cruised to a 2-0 victory in tonight’s CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinal despite the fact that El Salvador repeatedly treated players like you might have treated your little brother....
USMNT Takes Healthy Halftime Lead Thanks To Two Unlikely Heroes<em></em>
The USMNT leapt out to a 2-0 first-half lead over El Salvador thanks to goals from two unlikely players. Despite Jozy Altidore and Clint Dempsey lining up together as a striking partnership, the scoring came from defenders Omar Gonzalez and Eric Lichaj....
Costa Rica Grateful For Panama's Huge Boner
The opening game of tonight’s Gold Cup action between Costa Rica and Panama seemed to be on a slow ride toward extra time*, but a Costa Rica free kick into the box led to a 77th minute own goal when the ball glanced of the top of Anibal Godoy’s head....
The Warriors Said No To Paul George For Klay Thompson
The NBA is just as interesting for the trades that don’t get done as the ones that do, and this is an especially fascinating what-if: Before shipping Paul George to Oklahoma City (which was wild and surprising enough), the Pacers reached out to the Golden State Warriors and proposed a blockbuster on...
The USMNT's C Team Barely Got By Martinique
The USMNT’s Gold Cup match Wednesday night looked easy on paper, even with mostly fringe players getting starts. But the team’s group stage battle against Martinique quickly went from boring to absolutely ridiculous, and the US was relieved to escape with a 3-2 win....
French Guiana Says Fuck It, Starts Ineligible Player In Gold Cup
In last night’s Gold Cup match between French Guiana and Honduras, former Chelsea winger Florent Malouda played the whole 90 minutes for the national team of his native French Guiana, despite having been ruled ineligible before the tournament because he had already capped 80 times for the French nat...
Nick Young, On Passing: "That's The Point Guard's Job"
Recent Golden State signee Nick Young met with the press Friday night. Among other things, the issue of Golden State’s constant-movement, pass-first offense came up. Here’s Swaggy P:...
Nick Young Makes Perfect Sense On The Warriors
The most whimsical and doomed NBA teams in recent memory were those Washington Wizards squads between 2008 and 2012 that featured Gilbert Arenas pooping in teammates’s shoes, JaVale McGee fucking up all over the court, and Nick Young pulling up and laying bricks about 20 times a game. Thanks to the ...
Kevin Durant Takes Even More Of A Pay Cut To Stay With Golden State
Kevin Durant was already working on a below-market-value contract, but on Monday, the reigning Finals MVP and unrestricted free agent signed a new deal that will pay him nearly $9 million less per year than he could have received with a max contract. This was Durant’s best move to ensure the Warrior...
The Warriors Are Paying Through The Nose To Keep The Gang Together
When reports surfaced last week that Andre Iguodala was not planning to meet with Golden State officials to start free agency, it looked for a minute like he might actually wind up someplace else this summer. And then, when he took a meeting with the Rockets and then abruptly cancelled all other mee...
Steph Curry Will Become The Highest Paid Underpaid Player In NBA History
News broke shortly after midnight July 1 that Golden State would sign Steph Curry to the full 10-year Designated Player Veteran Extension, a five-year contract worth something like $201 million....
Point Guards Are Going Quickly In NBA Free Agency
Four of the first six player signings announced after midnight July 1 were point guards, a fitting ratio given the increasing prominence of the position in modern NBA basketball. Once the Jazz traded for Ricky Rubio, you knew there would be a game of point guard musical chairs to follow, and here we...
Steve Kerr: Warriors To Discuss Attending White House If Invited, Will Consider Going "Out Of Respect For The Office"
Warriors head coach Steve Kerr says that the team has not yet received an invitation to the White House, but they’ll have a group discussion about it if they do and will consider attending. ...
Let's Check Out Klay Thompson's Sweet, Sweet Dance Moves
Klay Thompson has enjoyed more on his trip to China than just rim-checking himself to hell. He also enjoyed at least one night of being extremely hype at a club of some sort, showing off some pretty creative moves and seemingly not caring at all about what anyone else might think: ...
Klay Thompson Rim-Checks Himself To Hell
Show them the skills that have made you a rich and famous basketball man, Klay:...
Wow The Golden Knights Are Going To Be Bad
There are two schools of thought when compiling an expansion team. One is to go get the very best players available, believing that the best way to build a foundation for a team and a fanbase is to be as competitive as you can and give fans a reason to get and stay invested. Another is to be as awfu...
Here Are Your 2017-18 Vegas Golden Knights
While the Vegas Golden Knights’ roster already leaked out earlier over the course of the afternoon, the NHL Awards gave the league a platform to (very, very gradually and awkwardly) announce the results of the team’s expansion draft....
