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Nets Fans Made Wanted Posters For Deron Williams
Deron Williams’s tenure as the point guard of the Brooklyn Nets was one of the saddest disasters in recent NBA history. Williams, who signed a max deal with the Nets in 2012 and went on to stink up the joint on a nightly basis, recently told Yahoo Sports that those years in a Nets uniform made him w...

Police Want To Talk To These Women About The Theft Of $750K In Jewelry From Derrick Williams
NYPD released this surveillance video today, of two women wanted for questioning in the Dec. 19 theft of three-quarters of a million dollars in jewelry from the apartment of Knicks forward Derrick Williams....

The Spurs' Ball Movement Is Gorgeous
It is 2015 and the San Antonio Spurs, by the grace of God, look like a more polished version of the 2007 San Antonio Spurs. Sure, their 24-5 record is mostly the product of a defense that is 5.6 points per 100 possessions better than the next-best defense, but their offense is still humming along be...

Illinois Attorney General Declares Daily Fantasy Is Illegal Gambling
Illinois became the eighth state to prohibit daily fantasy behemoths DraftKings and FanDuel from operating in their state, as attorney general Lisa Madigan declared that daily fantasy constitutes gambling under state law. Madigan based her interpretation on the following sections of the Illinois Cri...

It's Time For The Mets' Garbage Owners To Go
The New York Mets went to the World Series last season and currently boast a young pitching staff that is not only one of the most talented in the game, but also one of the cheapest. And yet for the Mets, perhaps the game’s preeminent struggle-franchise, this is a big problem....

The Worst Man On Facebook Ruined <i>Star Wars</i>
Penn Holderness, professional, uh, person who makes his family help him ruin pop music tracks on YouTube, is bad. His videos are bad. His hair is bad. “All About That Baste” is the absolute worst thing I have ever seen in my life. Everything about him is bad. Bad bad bad. Also, he (allegedly) big-ti...

<i>Bone Crunchers</i>, <i>Crunch Course</i>, And How The NFL Hitched Its Brand To Brain Damage Snuff Films
On Christmas Day, Sony Pictures Entertainment will release Concussion, a film that will almost certainly be very bad. As we’ve already noted, the film—starring Will Smith as CTE researcher Dr. Bennet Omalu—suffers from significant issues, both in theory and practice. (When the film studio’s lawyers ...

Kawhi Leonard Is Doing It All
Given what Steph Curry is doing to the game of basketball, there’s no real point in debating who this year’s MVP will be. But there is some fun to be had in tracking who will finish second—let’s call it the Non-Curry MVP race—and right now the guy at the head of that pack is Kawhi Leonard....

Bengals Running Back Says He Was Racially Profiled At Toys R Us
Bengals rookie running back James Wilder Jr. claims that he was racially profiled today while shopping at a Toys R Us in Florence, Ky. ...

Great Gift Ideas For Children You Despise
I bet you know some bad kids. Not your kids. Your kids are lovely, imaginative, super-athletic, and smart as a whip. I’m talking about your step-sister’s kids and your boss’s kids and the kids on your son’s soccer team and those kids who always end up hurting someone at the neighborhood block partie...

Justin Blackmon Arrested For DUI
Jaguars wide receiver Justin Blackmon, who is currently serving an indefinite suspension for violating the league’s substance abuse policy multiple times, was arrested for DUI at 4:45 a.m. on Dec. 19 in Ardmore, Okla. ...

Peyton Manning Calls "Bullshit" On Report That He Doesn't Want To Be A Backup
Yesterday, NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport reported that Peyton Manning has made it known that he won’t be happy as the Broncos’ backup—that is, if Manning gets healthy and ready to play, he wants to reclaim the starting job. After Denver’s 34-27 loss to Pittsburgh, which will require them to beat the Bengal...

The Chargers Gave San Diego Football A Deserving Funeral
San Diego’s never had a reputation for being ravenous football town, but that doesn’t make the fact that the Chargers have played what is very likely their last game in San Diego any easier to swallow for the fans who do care. Those fans showed up to cheer their asses off yesterday, and they were re...

Gerald Henderson Dunks On Justise Winslow From Behind The Backboard
The Heat came back in the second half to beat the Blazers in today’s matchup between the two most geographically disparate teams in the NBA. Gerald Henderson threw down this slick dunk on rookie Justise Winslow in the second quarter....

LeSean McCoy Still Has Animosity For Washington, Dishes Out Some Pregame Burns
LeSean McCoy and the Bills are in Washington, where McCoy played a bunch when he was an Eagle. Even though McCoy is no longer in their division, he apparently still won’t pass up a chance to diss Skins fans....

Derrick Williams Blames $750K Jewelry Heist On Two Women He Took Home From A Club
After the Knicks beat the Sixers on Friday, Derrick Williams celebrated by heading to the Up & Down Club (which has only two stars on Yelp, but a lot of commenters saying they saw celebrities). According to the New York Post, after the party it’s the after party (at Williams’ house) and that’s where...

Jabari Parker And An Amazon River Turtle Are Best Friends
It’s been a rough adjustment for the Milwaukee Bucks’ Jabari Parker. Last year’s #2 pick tore his ACL early in his rookie season, and he’s still working on finding his stride. Every young player needs some time to get used to NBA life, and OnMilwaukee.com caught up with him and found out that a near...

How Not To Run A Fake Field Goal
The New Mexico Bowl, one of the more mediocre matchups out of approximately one million mediocre bowl matchups this year, is on and popping. Arizona has New Mexico and the winner presumably gets expanded water rights on a tributary of the Colorado River or something. Anyway, New Mexico tried to go f...

Sixers Mascot Gets Robin Lopez A Christmas Present, Catches His Hands In Return
Franklin the dog, much like the team he represents, got walloped on by Robin Lopez last night. I can’t feel bad for ole Franklin here, when he asked for the asskicking....