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Warriors Top Grizz, 119 To—Wait, I'm Pretty Sure This Is A Video Game Score
There’s been a terrible mistake. The AP, ESPN, even the NBA itself—they’re all recording the final score of last night’s Warriors-Grizzlies game as a 119-69 win for the Warriors, but clearly that is the score of some kid’s video game. I mean, ha ha, 119-69, get the fuck outta here, who would even be...

Steph Curry Is Even Better This Season
Last night, basketball’s best teeny-tiny point guard Steph Curry went up against the sexy pick to usurp him as league MVP, Anthony Davis, and put in the most impressive performance of this young season. He dropped 53 points on just 27 shots in 36 minutes, which is a gaudy efficiency, but remarkably,...

Harrison Barnes Dunks On Dwight Howard, Everyone Freaks Out
Harrison Barnes has a habit of pummeling centers on big dunks like this one here. He laid down a real hammer over Nikola Pekovic of all people a few years ago, and is generally fearless about challenging big guys in the paint. Our latest victim is Dwight Howard, who got caught in that unenviable no-...

Important Steph Curry Update: He's Still Extremely Good
Hey, you, person who was up way too late watching the World Series and totally missed out on the Golden State Warriors’ season opener against the New Orleans Pelicans. You missed some good shit, buddy. Click play on the video above and look at all the good shit you missed....

Al Golden Has Been Fired By Miami
Twenty four hours after Al Golden’s Miami Hurricanes got the everliving shit kicked out of them by Clemson 58-0 for the worst loss in program history, the school has fired him. He went 32-25 in his four and a half seasons with the Canes. Golden recruited reasonably well, netting top-20 classes every...

NFL Continues To Not Have A Clear Idea Of What A Catch Is
The Detroit Lions are somehow leading the Chicago Bears 21-13 after this Golden Tate tip-play interception was ruled a touchdown. Looks like Tate never established possession in the end zone before coughing it up, but referees checked it out and overturned the original interception call....

Warriors Beat Reporter's Blog Posts Appear To Be Copy And Pasted From Press Releases
Earlier tonight, the Columbia Journalism Review reported that the San Francisco Chronicle’s reporter on the Golden State Warriors beat, Rusty Simmons, had been suspended by the paper after writing a news story on the Warriors’ purchase of land for their new arena that was copied almost entirely from...

Klay Thompson's Girlfriend Seems To Have Called Him Out For Cheating
Warriors shooting guard Klay Thompson has been dating internet-famous model Hannah Stocking. But that relationship might be over now, based on a few now-deleted tweets that Stocking sent....

Steph Curry And The Warriors Are Already Blessing Us With Gorgeous Highlights
I’m going to recommend that you watch this play a few times over, so as to fully absorb all of the awesome shit that is contained within it. Try not to yelp when you notice Steph Curry high-fiving his bench before the ball even goes in....

Cal Has Always Been Fun, But Now They're Good
As has been custom this season, the California Golden Bears gave up an easy touchdown to their opponents in the first quarter yesterday. This time, it was Washington scoring, but it was a familiar procession. The Huskies handed it to Dwayne Washington five straight times and he took it all the way t...

Goodbye Jason Richardson, Thanks For Making Me Fall In Love With The Warriors
The turn of the century was a bleak time to be a Warriors fan. Really, besides a few good Run TMC seasons in the early 1990s, any of the 30 years between 1977 and 2006 was a bleak time to be a Warriors fan. But in the opinion of this fan—who can first remember listening on the radio as the Warriors ...

This Punt Was Bad, But The Coverage Was Worse
Kent State has somehow managed to stay close with Minnesota today, but if the Golden Flashes don’t improve their punt team, they’re in for a world of hurt; this punt was a disaster....

What Is Jerome Randle Doing Leading The Ukrainian National Team?
Jerome Randle goes by many names these days. As Jerome, he’s won NCAA tournament games and knocked on the NBA’s door for half a decade. Jerome is from Chicago. Jerome was, briefly, responsible for setting up Dirk Nowitzki. But Джером Рендл or, phonetically, Dzherom Rendl, isn’t close to California, ...

Reminder: Paul Goldschmidt Is Very Good
There’s a good chance you haven’t seen much of Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt over the last few seasons, despite the fact that he’s one of the best hitters in baseball. If Goldschmidt’s in your blindspot, don’t feel too bad, that’s just what happens when a guy plays in Arizona for a tea...

Percy Harvin Explains Why He Beat Up Two Seahawks Teammates
The Buffalo News has a mini-profile of new Bills receiver Percy Harvin, the point of which is to show Harvin as a man at a crossroads. Will he go on being an alleged locker-room cancer, or will a fresh start in Buffalo be what he needs to finally reach his potential? That’s all worth considering, bu...

Women Harassed By Ex-Minnesota AD Come Forward, Call His Behavior "Frightening"
The two women who notified the University of Minnesota about Norwood Teague’s sexual harassment, including all those gross text messages he sent them, released a joint statement. Ann Aronson and Erin Dady say in the statement that they had intended to keep their names confidential and the university...

Anderson Silva Says The Steroids Found In His System Are From Penis Drugs
For a time, Brazilian mixed martial artist Anderson Silva was the greatest fighter on Earth. He might be the greatest fighter of all time. But all things, even or especially the best things, come to an end, and Silva got knocked out by Chris Weidman, and then broke his leg in the rematch, and now we...

Report: Former Minnesota AD Faced Sexism Complaints Going Back Years
First, Norwood Teague resigned as the University of Minnesota athletics director after two university employees filed sexual harassment complaints against him for sending them incredibly explicit, and incredibly disgusting, text messages. Then, a Minnesota basketball reporter detailed her own experi...

Minnesota Beat Writer Says She Was Sexually Harassed By Former AD
University of Minnesota athletic director Norwood Teague’s sexual harassment toward two female colleagues came to light in seedy detail last Friday. They were not isolated incidents. ...
