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Rick Reilly Didn't Always Suck
Rick Reilly published the last column of his career on ESPN.com today. It's not very good, as is the case with most of the stuff he's written since becoming a self-plagiarizing boob. But instead of dwelling on the present, let's send Reilly off by remembering the stuff he used to write before he sta...

Jonathan Quick Saved Everything And Salvaged Some Respect
The odd thing about this series, where L.A. finds itself up 3-0, is that it's never felt particularly dominant. The Kings have clearly been the better team, but Games 1 and 2 could have gone either way, and everything save the scoreboard says last night's 3-0 win was fortuitous. ...

Derek Fisher Is The Next Ex-Knicks Coach
Bleacher Report's Howard Beck is reporting that human bicep curl Derek Fisher will be the next coach to be fired by the New York Knicks. Fisher, who was part of a group of former Lakers to be considered for the job and at best second-choice, will reportedly bring on Kurt Rambis, and possibly his oth...

Landry Fields Turns Into 6-Foot-7 Nicki Minaj For Singing Competition
Landry Fields took part in Sing Your Face Off, a celebrity singing competition on ABC in which the contestants dress up like the artists of the songs they're covering. (He filmed the episodes right after the regular season ended.) Last week, Fields's song was "Starships" by Nicki Minaj. And so, Land...

Weezer's Drummer Catches Frisbee During Song, Keeps Playing
Patrick Wilson, drummer for Weezer, is a pretty smooth operator. Not only can he play drums, but he can play drums, track an incoming frisbee, catch the frisbee with one hand, transfer it to his mouth, and then put it down, all without missing a beat. ...

This Dude's Soccer Trick Shots Will Blow Your Mind
Trick shot artist Rémi Gaillard has a new World Cup-themed video out, and oh man is this dude good at soccer trick shots. I would wager that he is better at this than any of us will ever be at anything....

BBQ Chicken Pizza Smackdown: Pizza Hut Vs. Domino's
Several years ago, I came across a ranking of careers based on overall desirability. "President of the United States" was somewhere in the lower-middle of the pack, because it offers the most power and prestige, but also has the highest workplace fatality rate, terrible job security, brutal hours, a...

Colin Kaepernick's "$126 Million Contract" Is Remarkably Team-Friendly
We've learned long ago that the reported figures for big NFL deals should be ignored until the actual details emerge. So when Colin Kaepernick signed a contract that "could be worth $126 million through 2020," I hope you didn't believe either of those numbers. This is a below-market deal that ends w...

The Stanley Cup Will Come Down To The Best Team Vs. The Best Player
The Rangers and Kings are in the Stanley Cup Final because of depth, since this is not basketball, where a small number of very good or great individual players can drag a team to postseason success. You need top-flight players to win championships in hockey, obviously, but just as necessary are low...

Laser Tag Is Fucking War
My plan was to fart. I ate a shitload of Chinese for lunch and five slices of pizza for dinner (CRUSHED those slices), and so I figured that if I farted long and hard enough, I would inflict damage upon my co-workers, regardless of my actual marksmanship. SHUT UP AND FART SMOG SOMEONE. That was my...

This Sure Looks Like Brandon Jennings Offering Some Molly To Nick Young
Reasons to believe Brandon Jennings is indeed offering some molly to Nick Young:...

Phil Mickelson Investigated For Insider Trading
Update, June 11: The New York Times rows it back a little:...

Nori Aoki Hit In Dick With Foul Pop
Oh, Nori. Poor, sweet, black-and-blue balled Nori. Days after swinging at a ball aimed at his chest, he took a ball to the dick while trying to track down a pop-up in foul territory. That look of anguish at the very end, oof. Poor guy's had a rough week....

A Letter To Derek Jeter's Possibly Born Children
Fox Sports 1's Katie Nolan, who has previously busted on Rick Reilly, has set her sights on the ol' Rickster once again. ...

Iman Shumpert's New Rap Video Sure Is Weird And Sort Of Great
As we have discussed before, Knicks swingman Iman Shumpert is actually a pretty damn good rapper If this latest music video is any indication, he really does take his music seriously....

Tim Duncan Gets Kicked In The Nuts, Wants Everyone To Know About It
Whoa, Tim Duncan, did Russell Westbrook really just kick you in the nuts?...

Which Sports Network Wastes The Most Space With Its Scores Ticker?
When ESPN introduced the "BottomLine" as an experiment on its new ESPN2 channel nearly 20 years ago, few expected the feature to become as ubiquitous in sports broadcasting as it has. Today, nearly every cable sports net has its own version of the scores ticker, and in an industry that clings to con...

Rick Reilly Writes A Love Letter To Derek Jeter's Unborn Children
This is how Rick Reilly's latest column, which is about Derek Jeter, begins:...

Congratulations To Dan Patrick, GOP Nominee For Lieutenant Governor
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