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Your Unfortunate Hashtag Of The Day
OK, this technically happened last night, but it still counts. A switch of two letters, and Central Missouri president Chuck Ambrose's supportive hashtag turns into something NSFW. ...

Tiger Woods Is Playing Horribly At His Own Tournament
Tiger Woods made his return to PGA play today at his own Hero World Challenge charity tournament, and the above video suggests maybe he needs a few more months off. Here he is on the par-5 13th at Isleworth, struggling mightily. He's currently +4, in last place....

A Holiday Gift Guide For Dads, Who Just Want You To Shut Up
As a dad, I can tell you that what your dad really wants is just a little goddamn peace and quiet so he can read a goddamn book/watch the game/just, like, sit for five minutes without you and your sister doing whatever the hell it is you're doing that's probably going to kill at least one and maybe ...

Laptop Man Unfazed By Kobe-Rondo Meeting
Kobe Bryant and Rajon Rondo got breakfast together in Boston this morning, which is fine and good and probably means that Kobe is trying to convince Rondo to come play with him in L.A. so that the two can form some kind of super team of surly-assness and eventually kill each other. But that's not wh...

Portland State Player Fakes Handshake, Steals Ball, Dunks
Portland was up by 14 against Portland State as the game wound down Wednesday. As Portland's Alec Wintering dribbled out the clock, Portland State's Bryce White came up for a handshake. Just kidding! White stole the ball and made a meaningless dunk. Suck it, Portland! Now you only beat Portland Stat...

Richard Pryor Knew All About Police Brutality
As with many other subjects, it turns out Richard Pryor was willing to talk openly about police brutality long before most other Americans. Here's a clip from his 1977 standup movie Richard Pryor Live in Concert (the whole thing is a masterpiece, by the way), wherein he almost perfectly describes f...

Your Worst Jockstrap Horror Stories
Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Email Drew here....

Just Go Ahead And Re-Use That Ray Rice Graphic For Everybody
Send stories, photos, and anything else you might have to [email protected]....

Columbia Footballers: Coach Forced Us To Play Through Concussions
According to the Columbia Spectator, 25 members of the Columbia football team have sent a letter to the university president calling for the dismissal of their head coach, Pete Mangurian. Among other things, the letter accuses Mangurian of forcing concussed players to continue practicing and playing...

<em>Battle Royale</em>'s Wincing Nastiness Can Never Be Duplicated
Once upon a time, seeking out a way to see Battle Royale, the 2000 Japanese movie about little kids killing each other on an island, felt like finding a copy of The Anarchist Cookbook or something. This movie was never banned in the U.S. the way it was (and still is) in Germany. But even though it q...

John Wall Destroyed The Lakers Last Night
Kobe Bryant and Nick Young hit a bunch of fluky long jumpers in a row during the second quarter of the Lakers' game in DC last night; with around six minutes left in the half they led by 11 points, and if you saw the score (47-36) crawl across the bottom of your screen just then, you might've though...

The Coolest Heater, $1 Spotify, Kitchen Gear, and More Deals
This thing is a fan, and also a space heater, and possibly a portal to another dimension. Whatever it is, it's about half off its usual price today, assuming you don't mind getting a refurb. [refurb Dyson AM04 Hot+Cool, $155]...

Report: Bowl-Eligible UAB Won't Receive A Bid
This is small beans in the grand scheme of things, but it still hurts. When UAB announced it would shutter its football team at the end of the season, the 6-6 Blazers still had hopes that the season—the program—could go out with one more game. Time to give up on hope, according to this ESPN report....

Oilers GM Craig MacTavish Embraces The Cold Void
That's the face of a man watching the team he built lose its 11th straight game. The Oilers have broken Craig MacTavish's spirit....

Argentine Soccer Player Killed By Hooligans In Front Of Wife And Child
Franco Nieto, captain of Argentine third division club Tiro Federal, died from after injuries sustained in a beating at the hands of three hooligans. The attack took place immediately after a match against a rival team as Nieto, his wife, and their baby were headed to their car to leave....

Golden Tate's Girlfriend Will Find You If You Bring Up That Rumor
We're probably all familiar with the rumor involving Golden Tate and Russell Wilson. The gist of it is that Tate slept with Wilson's then-wife, Ashton Meem, causing a rift with the Seahawks that came to a head the week before Super Bowl XLVIII, when Percy Harvin punched Tate in the face. Everyone in...

Which NBA Team Screws Up Its Timeouts The Most?
How much do you trust your team's coach to set up a play during a timeout? Probably more than you should....

Rap's Love Guru: Why Plies Is Smarter Than You Think
Plies's decade in the rap game—in which he navigated through his native Florida's underground, ascended briefly to mainstream fame via two Gold-selling albums, and has since returned to the Southern rap mixtape circuit—immediately calls to mind one word: "realness." There are the titles of his first...

Kemba Walker Crosses Over, Nikola Mirotic Falls The Fuck Down
Poor Nikola Mirotic. He has no business checking Kemba Walker. Probably he learned his lesson after sucker-ass Kirk Hinrich left him hanging because he could not get over a Marvin Williams screen and Kemba crossed him out of his socks, but this is immaterial, because Nikola Mirotic is now a cluster ...