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Vladimir Putin Says His Homeboy Sepp Blatter Deserves A Nobel Prize
Since FIFA president Sepp Blatter won his first election in 1998, he has (allegedly! [lol]) both bribed and received bribes in order to stay in power and award desperate countries international tournaments. Along the way, he has actually and truly ravaged local economies by siphoning public money fo...
Report: Troy Tulowitzki Had No Idea He Was Being Traded
If there’s one thing you can say about this era of Rockies baseball, one that has included five straight seasons with 73 or more losses, it’s that the team has shown a knack for executing big-ticket trades as ham-fistedly as possible....
Mark Teixeira Yelled At A Coach And Beat Up A Trash Can
It’s been a resurgent season for Mark Teixeira and the first-place Yankees, but that doesn’t mean he still can’t get frustrated. A combination of Leonys Martin’s defense and an underzealous third-base coach had Teixeira taking out his anger on objects both animate and inanimate....
Reports: NFL Talking Settlement On Tom Brady
Last week, the NFLPA approached the NFL to discuss a possible settlement that would reduce Tom Brady’s Ballghazi suspension —and keep the union from taking the league to court. At the time, the NFL didn’t want to hear it. That’s apparently changed....
Reports: Troy Tulowitzki Traded To Blue Jays For Jose Reyes
According to numerous reports, the Colorado Rockies have traded star shortstop Troy Tulowitzki to the Toronto Blue Jays. Ken Rosenthal reports LaTroy Hawkins is also going to the Blue Jays, while Jose Reyes and prospects will be heading back to the Rockies....
Wrestling's Fake, But John Cena's Broken Nose Is All Too Real
John Cena retained his U.S. title in tonight’s main event against Seth Rollins on WWE Raw, because of course he did. But it came at a cost: a real-life broken nose that required in-ring medical attention—even in the middle of the match....
What Happened With Mayweather's Crew At That NBA Game? Cops Won't Say
More than two months ago, TMZ reported that a member of Floyd Mayweather’s crew got into a fight with a woman at a Golden State Warriors playoff game. According to the website, the woman was heckling Mayweather and his entourage, then “allegedly struck” one of them with a Thunder Stick. Mayweather’s...
Heads-Up, Lil' Buddy!
This young Rangers fan got a good lesson in keeping his eyes on the game—and the value of reaction time—on this fouled-off pitch in tonight’s game against the Yankees....
Cardale Jones And Other Buckeyes Fooled By Living Mannequin Prank
The living mannequin prank is always a good one, especially when you can get Cardale Jones—no stranger to pranks himself—to execute an army cover-and-roll to get out of the way. I also like the dude that just keeps on walking like nothing happened. ...
Arizona Cardinals Hire First Female Coach In NFL History
The Arizona Cardinals have hired Jen Welter as a “training camp/preseason intern coaching inside linebackers,” making her the first female coach in NFL history. Welter, who played 14 seasons of professional football and was on the staff of the Texas Revolution in the Indoor Football League before Ca...
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Manute Bol's 6-Foot-11, 15-Year-Old Son Is Dominating His Competition
Bol Bol, the late Manute Bol’s large pre-adult son, is soundly embarrassing his opponents, but regardless of whether or not that impresses you, this block on poor No. 54 should. Bol Bol didn’t just steal the ball. He took that poor kid’s soul with it....
23 Things A Nicki Minaj Concert Taught Me About Taking Selfies
Nicki Minaj’s Pinkprint tour hit Brooklyn’s Barclays Center last night, and it was an excellent show! Her dancers are incredible, her vocal range is astounding, her costumes ruled, and holy shit, she brought out Lil Wayne! But aside from all that, the show was also prime selfie-taking ground. I lear...
Boston Doesn't Want The 2024 Olympics
Boston mayor Marty Walsh essentially torpedoed the city’s bid for hosting the 2024 Olympics today, believing that agreeing to the United States Olympic Committee’s terms could put the city under financial strain....
Mexican National Team Coach Allegedly Punched A Journalist In The Neck
Mexican national team coach Miguel Herrera is a crazy person in good times and in bad. You’d think that good times would bring out good-crazy, and that Mexico’s referee-delivered Gold Cup win would elicit those happy emotions. But according to Mexican journalist Christian Martinoli, Herrera was not ...
Report: Five Big 12 Teams Considered Jumping To The Big Ten
Realignment was the wildest time in college football, but with the exception of the Big East, the power conferences all came through OK. But according to a report from the Omaha World-Herald, the Big 12 was nearly eviscerated in 2010, with five of its stronger programs sniffing around the greener pa...
Remember All Those Other Times Colin Cowherd Said Racist Shit On ESPN?
A Dwight Schrute cosplayer named Colin Cowherd said some really dumb things about Dominicans on ESPN Radio Thursday. Besides being wrong in several particulars, Cowherd’s musings were insulting and racist. On Friday, Cowherd addressed the rant during his show. Rather than apologizing or satisfyingly...
Former Saint Will Smith Fires Back At Junior Galette
Former Saints defensive end Will Smith was one of the ex-teammates Junior Galette went after when he commandeered his girlfriend’s Twitter account to air his grievances with the Saints. Now, Smith is firing back at both Galette and his girlfriend....
Kevin Johnson's Cronies Trump Up Racism Scandal Against His Enemies
There’s a price for taking on Mayor Kevin Johnson in Sacramento, Calif., and the Sacramento News & Review is now paying it. The small weekly paper has consistently taken the lead in exposing Johnson’s abuses of the public trust—and now, for its troubles, finds itself in a bizarre racism controversy ...
<i>I Am Cait </i>Treats Everyone With Dignity, Including You
I Am Cait, the new E! series that follows Caitlyn Jenner in her new life post-gender transition, premiered last night. If you’ve been following the story on magazine covers and angry dudes’ Twitter feeds and so forth, nothing that happens in the first episode was much of a surprise: As promised, Cai...