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76ers Hire Jerry Colangelo; What's It Mean For The Process?
Philadelphia 76ers owner Josh Harris dropped a bit of a bombshell at a surprise press conference this afternoon, announcing that the Sixers have hired Hall of Famer and basketball sage Jerry Colangelo as the team’s new chairman of basketball operations. This sure seems like bad news for current GM S...
Bills Fans Roar, Grunt In Approval At Powerbomb Table Ceremony
The video’s pretty straightforward, but here’s some background on this “halftime show” from our tipster:...
Striker Trolls The Shit Out Of Opponent By Scoring In Coldest Way Possible
Oof. We normally like a well-timed taunt, or an effective showing-up of an opponent, but this, by Concarneau’s Herman Koré, is so raw, so blatantly disrespectful that ... well, we love it. The other team wasn’t so good-humored, as you can see in the full video:...
TV Reporter Gets Crushed, Saves Camera, Still Gets The Shot
Here’s some phenomenal work by reporter Kate Lee from WVEC (Hampton Roads, Va.) who proved the hero during this weekend’s Virginia state playoff game between Oscar Smith and Thomas Dale. She not only held onto the camera, but she got the shot and—as you can see with our side-by-side video from WAVY ...
We're All Just Mike Francesa And This Caller Torturing Each Other
We take some pride in keeping you, our readers, abreast of Mike Francesa’s shenanigans. So we deeply regret not bringing you this clip when it originally aired back in April. Please accept our sincerest apologies, and please laugh a lot at this video, if you haven’t seen it already....
A Divorced Dad’s Budget Guide To Mealplanning
I’m a child of a broken home. Before they split, my broke-ass parents had a couple nickels to rub together; afterward, a lonesome nickel did little to fill up the pantry in my dad’s house, and he had just enough ignorant confidence in the kitchen to get himself into trouble. The dishes he created we...
Player Forced To Officiate Girls' Soccer Match After Sexist Comments To Female Ref
Kerem Demirbay of German second division club Fortuna Düsseldorf was having a good game a couple weeks ago, notching two goals before accumulating his second yellow card. Upset about the card, he told female ref Bibi Steinhau that women had no place in soccer before leaving the field. For this, his ...
Danny Jacobs Wins The Middleweight Championship Of Brooklyn
There’s the hometown guy. And then there’s the hometown guy....
Steve Sarkisian Files Lawsuit Against USC
Former USC head coach Steve Sarkisian, who was fired by USC after his continued struggles with alcoholism led him to be placed on leave, is now suing the university for at least $12.6 million in damages....
Teddy Bears Everywhere
The WHL’s Calgary Hitmen might have the most impressive teddy bear tosses, and this year is no different. When Jordy Stallard scored the team’s first goal of the game Sunday, fans chucked their bears onto the ice. Look at all that plush....
Chelsea Are Just About Dead
So much of being a coach is managing expectations. The best ones consistently set goals that are a finger length or two higher than what can be realistically reached. That demands commitment to the cause. It reminds players that no matter what they’ve achieved so far, there’s always another level th...
National Anthem Standoff Decided By Incoming Foul Ball
It’s hot stove season up here, but thanks to the Coriolis Effect or something, in Australia the stove is ice-cold—it’s the baseball action that is hot....
Bills Fans Resort To Sticking Their Hands In Each Other's Pants, Possibly For Warmth
Video surfaced yesterday of Bills fans humping between cars, and that bar is hard to top. However, the trend of Buffalo fans sticking their hands in each others’ pants is still very much alive....
Track Athlete Makes News By Publishing His Salary
Canadian sprinter and USC student Andre De Grasse signed a pro contract with Puma recently. There are two reasons this is big screaming news in track and field: One is that the contract is for a stratospheric amount of money, compensation of the sort top NBA picks are accustomed to but track athlete...
The Correct Way To Catch (And Kill) Mice
Ah, hell, it’s winter again—the time of year where we partake in the seasonal ritual of hunkering down, getting fat, and birthing our blind young into piles of stolen stove insulation. Okay, that last thing might only be for the mice. They’re in your house now, too, by the way. And while I bear no i...
Vince Carter Celebrates Buzzer-Beater By Slapping The Hell Out Of Courtney Lee
You probably missed the Suns-Grizzlies game while watching football yesterday, and that’s totally fine, but you should check out the buzzer-beating alley-oop that won the game for the Grizzlies. It was a crazy play. It was so crazy, in fact, that it inspired Vince Carter to do some slappin’....
Hot Wiring A Car, And Other Tales Of The Worst Trouble You Ever Got Into
It may feel like it’s been a long time since you were an idiot teen, but the memory of being grounded for the stupid things you did has a way of sticking with you. Last week we asked you to tell us about the worst trouble you got into, and the biggest takeaway from your replies is that many of you h...
No One Can Stop Cam Newton From Giving His Touchdown Ball To A Panthers Fan
Cam Newton has a habit of giving touchdown balls to Carolina fans in the stands after he scores, but the Panthers quarterback had a slight hiccup in his plan in Sunday’s game against the Saints....