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The Indiana Pacers Are Extremely Fun
Quietly, the Indiana Pacers are one of the real powerhouse offensive teams in the NBA this season. It’s weird, right? Look at the NBA’s top eight in offensive rating, and you see some usual suspects: the Warriors, the Rockets, the Cavs, the Raptors, the Timberwolves, the Nuggets—all teams with star-...
The Jaguars Are A Joy To Watch
Faced with one of their toughest opponents of the year, a Jacksonville Jaguars team with a brand-new identity proved that they’re not only the NFL’s best defensive team, but also one of its most fun. Their 30-24 win over Seattle today was highlighted by big plays and mostly lopsided excitement....
Quinton Jefferson Restrained From Fighting Bad Jags Fan
Seahawks tempers were running hot when their loss to the Jaguars was all but over, and a dust-up with the Jags in victory formation led to an unsportsmanlike conduct ejection for Seattle’s Quinton Jefferson. As Jefferson left the field, however, the situation deteriorated further, and some idiot in ...
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Carson Wentz Out For Day With Knee Injury [UPDATE]
The Rams and Eagles, two of the best teams in the NFC, have been trading leads all afternoon, but if Philadelphia is going to pull out a win in L.A., they’re going to have to do it without stud QB Carson Wentz. Wentz is officially out for the rest of the day with a left knee injury, which was appare...
Teamwork, Wind Sends Colts-Bills To Snowvertime
A convoluted, hilarious series of events in the Colts-Bills snowglobe game allowed Indianapolis kicker Adam Vinatieri to hit the game-tying extra point late in the fourth quarter, despite near-impossible kicking conditions....
Kobe Bryant, Eagles Super Fan, Is Locked In
The Eagles play a very important game this afternoon against the Rams, and Kobe Bryant, Eagles fan, is here to awkwardly lead a solemn “Fly, Eagles, Fly!” chant, in an ill-fitting No. 8 Eagles jersey:...
It's Very Snowy In Buffalo
“There’s snow up north in December” may not be shocking, breaking news, but dang, the field at Ralph Wilson Stadium ahead of Colts-Bills is getting the full wrath of early winter, and it’s going to make for some beautifully chaotic football....
Lomachenko Vs. Rigondeaux Was Never Even Close To Competitive
Last night’s ESPN super fight was a strange one, even before the opening bell. A fighter moving up two weight classes for a fight isn’t especially uncommon; a 37-year-old fighter, whose style is mostly to not punch, moving up two weight classes to fight a man eight years his junior who has massive s...
Evil Duke Defeated By Underdog Boston College
The Duke men’s basketball team, ranked number one overall and undefeated entering Saturday, was toppled this afternoon by Boston College in their first conference game of the season. Eat it, Blue Devils!...
Markelle Fultz Is Trapped In An Endless Reevaluation Loop
Even when it at first looks like good news, no Markelle Fultz news is ever good news. For example:...
Rick Pitino: I Was Publicly Humiliated By Papa John
Former Louisville head coach Rick Pitino is a busy man and, almost assuredly, a messy gentleman. While he may find himself jobless and ostracized for the time being, his schedule is booked full thanks to two separate lawsuits, both filed for spectacular reasons, and, now, a very public spat with Lou...
Vasyl Lomachenko Vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux Is Boxing Fuckery At Its Finest
Vasyl Lomachenko is a gizmo. “Hi-Tech” is a fitting sobriquet for the fighter whose ring style is a dizzying arsenal of bells, whistles, buzzers, beepers, and blinking lights....
Jahlil Okafor Can Finally Be A Basketball Player
Probably it is true that Jahlil Okafor won’t ever reclaim the promise that made him the third overall pick in the—holy shit, in the 2015 draft, it feels like it was a thousand years ago. Everyone’s been saying and writing it since then, and it’s truer now than ever: The sport as it is played in the ...
Furkan Korkmaz Enjoys Seven-Hour Assignment To Development League
Furkan Korkmaz continued his close personal relationship with the road between Philadephia and Newark today, demoted from the 76ers to the developmental league Delaware 87ers yet again. And then, seven hours later, promoted from the 87ers to the 76ers yet again. (Background information on this situa...
Report: Oregon Coach Dana Altman Might Have Known More Than He Disclosed<em></em> About Player's Rape Case
This June, the Daily Emerald reported that Oregon guard Kavell Bigby-Williams played the entire 2016-17 season while under a criminal investigation for rape, a crime he was accused of in 2016 in Wyoming. At the time of the report, Oregon claimed that Bigby-Williams, who has since transferred to LSU,...
Report: Jahlil Okafor Headed To Brooklyn Nets
ESPN’s Zach Lowe reports that the Sixers will send Jahlil Okafor, Nik Stauskas, and a second-round pick to the Nets in exchange for Trevor Booker....
Ball Brothers Sign With Agent And Will Apparently Try To Play Overseas
Less than a week after LaVar Ball pulled his middle son LiAngelo from UCLA after a vague disagreement with the school regarding discipline for the freshman’s shoplifting arrest in China, Ball told ESPN that both LiAngelo and 16-year-old LaMelo had signed with agent Harrison Gaines and would soon sig...
Philly Fans Are The New Worst<em></em>
Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Email Drew here. Buy his book here. ...
Steelers' Mike Mitchell Rails At The NFL's Inconsistency On Suspensions For Hits
Steelers safety Mike Mitchell watched how the NFL has responded to three different plays in this past week of football, and he’s not happy about the different punishments that the league has handed down in response or the arcane reasoning behind those punishments....