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Lawsuit: Baylor Took No Action To Investigate Rape Involving Football Player
A former Baylor student is suing the university, saying that it took no action on her report that a football player raped her. That former player, Tevin Elliott, is serving 20 years in prison for his 2014 conviction for sexually assaulting her. The lawsuit also asserts that the university already kn...
This Is The Worst Thing Ever Written About Millennials
Let me preempt you here: You’re right, I probably haven’t read everything written about millennials. Whatever fibers (tendons? nerves?) are strained by eye-rolling wouldn’t be able to handle all that, in my case. And, in fact, I invite you to propose other contenders for this title. But what I’ve go...
Nick Young Is Done With 2016, You Guys
Here’s a tweet that Lakers guard Nick Young, who has had some problems recently, just sent and then deleted almost immediately:...
Well-Meaning German Soccer Team Protests Racism ... With Digital Blackface
Meet Deinster SV, a close-knit soccer club competing in Germany’s eighth division. In a recent incident, two of the club’s black players (and despite what you see above, there are only two) were subject to insults and even physical violence at the hands of some locals. Shocked and horrified, the clu...
Her Orgasm Is Not About You
As a sex therapist, I know that we all struggle with our relationships with sex, and I like to operate from the perspective that empathy and education can cure most issues. But there’s been something bothering me for quite some time now, and there’s no light way to approach this particular topic—one...
ESPN Photoshopped Lionel Messi's Head Onto Sergio Agüero's Body, And It Looks Dumb As Hell
ESPN FC has a horrifying article up the site’s front page headlined “Why Messi could join Man City.” Now, the post isn’t horrifying for its content—I didn’t read it as I have no interest in Messi fanfiction—but rather because of this disturbing Photoshop job that accompanies it:...
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Gamecocks Claim They Were Invited To The NCAA Tournament By Accident [UPDATE]
There was a very hard-to-believe bit of gossip buried in a NOLA.com article this morning. Columnist Roy Higgins cited a source who told him that the University of South Carolina Gamecocks were initially invited to the NCAA tournament by the selection committee, only to have that invitation rescinded...
Jason Chimera Jabs Shayne Gostisbehere With His Stick
Jason Chimera waited for the right opportunity to deliver a cheap shot on Flyers defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere after the whistle in the second period of Wednesday night’s game. The Capitals winger made sure the nearby linesman wasn’t looking before he put the butt-end of his stick into Gostisbehere...
Matt Harvey Is Upset Everyone Made Fun Of His Bladder Infection
Publications across America, this one included, had a grand old time coming up with silly headlines to put above stories about Mets ace Matt Harvey’s bladder infection and blood clots, which briefly threatened to cost Harvey his Opening Day start. Harvey saw all of our jokes, and he’s not too happy ...
Just Roy Williams Saying "Doggone," "Daggum," And "Frickin'" A Bunch Of Times
I’ve gotten a good deal of enjoyment out of this video, created by the News & Observer, in which UNC head coach Roy Williams spends 68 seconds saying old-timey grandpa curses: ...
The Best Kicks for Stomping Alien Scum This Spring
Casual observers might take a look at your feet and assume you’re about to time-warp back to 1991 to hit the ski slopes, but real heads will recognize these for what they are: the Reebok high-tops Sigourney Weaver rocked in Aliens. The sneaker company tailor-made them for the 1986 film and will reta...
Please Be Careful When Reaching For A Steph Curry Autograph
Or else you might end up at the bottom of a big pile of rabid Jazz fans....
Pablo Sandoval Loses Starting Job To Some Guy
This is not to denigrate newly crowned Red Sox opening day third baseman Travis Shaw, because Travis Shaw has had a killer spring, and no one’s really quite sure what to make of him. But teams usually need more than a hint of promise to bench a guy owed $72.4 million over the next four years. Not th...
DeMarcus Cousins And Rajon Rondo Execute The Rare Double Technical
Rajon Rondo and DeMarcus Cousins, two of the surliest dudes in the NBA, teamed up to pull off a remarkable act of asshole behavior during the final seconds of last night’s game against the Wizards....
USWNT Stars File Federal Discrimination Complaint Against U.S. Soccer, Seek Equal Pay
Five prominent members of the U.S. Women’s National Team have filed a wage discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, alleging that governing body U.S. Soccer has illegally and unfairly paid women’s players less than their counterparts on the USMNT, despite the women’...
Marcelo Huertas Pulls Off The Sneakiest Play In The History Of Basketball
Lakers “rookie” (he’s almost 33) Marcelo Huertas is the craftiest man in the NBA, and I will brook no dissent. Look at this shit!...
D'Angelo Russell Apologized To Nick Young, Who May Or May Not Have Accepted It
D’Angelo Russell and Nick Young spoke to the media before tonight’s game against the Heat, and addressed a number of issues surrounding the video Russell shot of Young talking about hooking up with a girl at a club, that later leaked to a celebrity gossip website....
Chris Bosh Is A Beer Blogger Now
Chris Bosh is a worldly man of diverse interests, and since he hasn’t played since before the All-Star break because of blood clot complications, he has a lot more time to pursue those interests. One of them appears to be beer. ...
Report: Cops Called Butch Jones Before Searching Home Where Two Players Allegedly Raped A Woman
Phone records obtained today by the Tennessean show the flurry of calls made and received by Tennessee Volunteers head coach Butch Jones on the day in 2014 when a woman said she was raped by two members of his football team....