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Jon Lester Miraculously Picks Off Runner

Before we begin, a quick refresher on what it normally looks like when Jon Lester tries to throw to first base....

Barstool Sports Asked Potential Employee To Sign Away Her Right To Be Offended<em></em><em></em>

This afternoon, former Fox Sports college football host Elika Sadeghi told a story about how she recently walked away from a job offer from a sports media company because it asked her to sign an agreement acknowledging that she would willingly work in an environment where she might be exposed to “nu...

Woman Who Released Video Of Dolphins Coach Snorting Lines: "A Point Had To Be Proven"

Kijuana Nige, the Las Vegas model who released the video of Miami Dolphins offensive line coach Chris Foerster snorting lines in his office, appeared on The Dan Le Batard Show today to detail the backstory between her and Foerster—including a description of how she became Foerster’s “cocaine platter...

How UNH Turned A Quiet Benefactor Into A Football-Marketing Prop

The internet abounds in cheerful content, and last fall one of its most cheerful stories started like this: In a press release, the University of New Hampshire announced that an elderly librarian had died—and left the school a shocking donation of $4 million....

After All That, Stephen Strasburg Might Start Game 4

What the hell is wrong with the Washington Nationals? Jon Morosi reports that Stephen Strasburg, whose inability to start today’s Game 4 against the Cubs has been the subject of a brewing shitstorm, is now in fact likely to be taking the mound....

Report: Joel Embiid's Huge Deal Lets The Sixers Dump Him If He Has A Bum Foot Or Bad Back<em></em>

When frequently injured Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid signed a five-year, $146.5 million maximum contract extension the day before yesterday, ESPN’s Zach Lowe quoted a source calling it “perhaps the most complex” contract in NBA history. Now some of that complexity is coming to light, and th...

Red Sox Get Off John Farrell’s Rollercoaster Ride<em></em><em></em>

It was very evident that if the Red Sox bombed out of the ALDS—which they did, in wild fashion—that John Farrell was going to get the boot from Dave Dombrowski. The team confirmed this, announcing this morning that it had fired Farrell....

Oh God, There's A Stephen Strasburg Controversy Brewing

A rainout pushed yesterday’s scheduled NLDS Game 4 to today, and as we now know, that game won’t be started by Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg, despite the fact that he would be pitching on regular rest. Why exactly this is the case keeps getting more and more confusing....

Trinidad And Tobago's Golazo Adds To American Frustration

All the USMNT needed tonight was some sort of result in order to get peace of mind and guarantee World Cup qualification, but an own goal from Omar Gonzalez, and then, a stunning long-distance golazo from Trinidad & Tobago’s Alvin Jones has put the Americans down 2-0 at half....

Nationals Are Gifted Rainout, Will Still Start Tanner Roark Over Stephen Strasburg, Have Mold Problem

It can be very, very easy to see the decisions surrounding a rainout as far simpler than they are. If it looks like it’s going to rain all evening, but a team refuses to either move up first pitch or call the game—you fucking morons. If it is maybe going to rain later but definitely is not raining n...

How Did Jason Whitlock Do This?

Earlier today, All Takes Matter co-host Jason Whitlock sent a tweet that was genuinely mystifying:...

Phil, No!

The Penguins visited the White House today, and Donald Trump made a bunch of the players, including Phil Kessel, shake his hand. Dammit....

Mike Ditka Slams NFL Protests: "There Has Been No Oppression In The Last 100 Years" [Update]

Pro Football Hall of Famer and former ESPN analyst Mike Ditka dove again into the NFL protest controversy last night in an interview with Jim Gray on Westwood One Radio, saying that players kneeling during the national anthem need to “go to another country and play football” because he “doesn’t know...

What The Hell Is Going On With Markelle Fultz's Free Throws?

Have you ever found a caterpillar, fed and nurtured it in a jar, seen it through its cocoon phase, watched it emerge as a nice butterfly, and then released it into the wild with a happy little hop? Maybe Markelle Fultz did a lot of that back in the day because that’s how he shoots a damn free throw ...

Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week: What Is Jay Cutler Even Doing Here?

Welcome to Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week, a recurring feature in which we celebrate the worst quarterback play the NFL has to offer....

ESPN Supports Diverse Voices If It Can Control What They Say

Yesterday, Jemele Hill, co-host of the flagship 6 p.m. edition of SportsCenter, tweeted a very obvious and uncontroversial observation about forms of protest. As part of a broader discussion about Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones’s threats to punish any player who takes part in racial injustice prot...

Tim Cahill Eliminates Syria From World Cup Qualification With Extra-Time Header

Syria’s run through World Cup qualification ended in heartbreak today. Tim Cahill headed in a goal, his second, in extra time to put Australia past Syria, 2-1, in the second leg of their fifth-place AFC playoff. Australia won, 3-2, on aggregate and advanced to the inter-confederation playoffs....

The Bears Had Been Holding Onto That Sweet Trick Play For A While

Let me list all the things I’m aware of from the football game: It was 3-2 at halftime. Sam Bradford broke down again. Mitchell Trubisky apparently looked decent in his NFL debut, even if basically all the other Bears are bad. This fake punt TD pass was pretty cool, though. Drew says his Vike boys w...

Joel Embiid's Contract Will Be All About The Details

This isn’t a thing that you can often say about an NBA contract extension, given that they do not usually contain labyrinthian incentive structures or non-guaranteed money, but it’s hard to make any kind of value judgment on the five-year, $148 million extension the Sixers just gave Joel Embiid....

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