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Patrice Evra Suspended, Cut From Team After Kicking Fan In The Face
Last week, Marseille defender Patrice Evra roundhoused one of his team’s fans in the face before a Europa League match and was suspended indefinitely by his club while they awaiting UEFA’s official punishment. That official punishment has now come down, and it will end Evra’s season and perhaps care...
What Roy Halladay Meant To Philadelphia<em></em>
My memory is vivid. Okay, it’s only been seven years. But if I close my eyes I can see us sitting there at the bar: Upstairs at Jose Pistola’s, the place that inspired the Dallas Sucks beer, cheering on the Phillies in the first game of the 2010 playoffs....
Federal Indictment Suggests Rick Pitino Knew Of And Participated In Bribery Of A Recruit
A federal indictment released yesterday against Adidas executives Jim Gatto and Merl Code and agent Christian Dawkins includes a key, previously undisclosed detail that may implicate fired Louisville coach Rick Pitino in the investigation into the bribery of NCAA basketball recruits....
Jalen Ramsey On Fight With A.J. Green: "I Told Him Almost Every Play That He Was Weak"
Jaguars cornerback Jalen Ramsey is only in his second season but is already one of the strongest shit-talkers in the league. So it wasn’t all that surprising when his chattering triggered a full-on meltdown by A.J. Green. Today, Ramsey told reporters what he said to make Green so angry....
Roy Halladay Was "Your Favorite Player's Favorite Player"
Watching Roy Halladay pitch made me feel like a child, even though I wasn’t. That is, watching him pitch gave me the sense of uncontextualized awe that I had otherwise left behind in sports. So many years did I watch him as a Blue Jay mow down my favorite team—he was unhittable, even though, logical...
Roy Halladay Killed in Plane Crash
Former major league pitcher Roy Halladay has died in a plane crash in the Gulf of Mexico today; the Pasco sheriff’s department confirmed the death. He was the only person on board. Halladay was 40....
Report: Jaguars Security Prevented Jalen Ramsey From Fighting A.J. Green In The Locker Room<em></em>
Jaguars cornerback Jalen Ramsey and Bengals receiver A.J. Green were ejected from Sunday’s game after Green choked and punched Ramsey. It was a moment of purposeful violence in a sport that is perpetually trying to control uncontrollable brutality....
The Texans' Best Remaining Option At Quarterback Is Colin Kaepernick<em></em>
The Texans, who will spend the rest of this season without Deshaun Watson after his ACL injury, lost 20-14 to the Colts Sunday. Houston QB Tom Savage was 19-for-44 in passing, with one TD and just 4.98 yards per attempt. He fully admitted that he “played like crap.”...
Reading's Fara Williams Scores A Winning Golazo Straight From Kick-Off
Reading midfielder Fara Williams scored both goals in her club’s 2-1 win over Arsenal on Sunday. Her first happened in the 52nd minute, and her second was immediately off the restart after Arsenal’s equalizer....
Chiefs End The First Half With A 57-Yard Mini Hail Mary Touchdown
Alex Smith isn’t the type to throw deep bombs, even in Hail Mary situations, but at the end of the first half today against the Cowboys, the Chiefs QB found a way around that limitation. On the final play before the clock hit zero, Smith was in his own territory and threw a relatively short pass acr...
A.J. Green Chokes, Punches Jalen Ramsey After His Late Shove; Both Players Ejected
Just before halftime in today’s Bengals-Jaguars game, Jacksonville cornerback Jalen Ramsey gave A.J. Green a little shove at the end of a play. The Bengals receiver absolutely lost it....
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Leonard Fournette Out Today Due To "Infraction Of A Team Rule" [Update]
Jaguars coach Doug Marrone announced this morning that rookie running back Leonard Fournette will not play in the team’s game today against Cincinnati, because he violated an undisclosed team rule....
Brian Bowen's Fate Is Now In The Very Capable Hands Of Louisville And The NCAA
An attorney for Louisville’s incoming five-star recruit Brian Bowen—the player at the center of the school’s involvement in the FBI investigation that resulted in the firings of Rick Pitino and athletic director Tom Jurich—announced Thursday that Bowen has been cleared by the FBI of any “investigati...
Damian Lillard Finishes Off Lakers With Last-Second Shot
Damian Lillard drained a three-pointer as the clock’s final seconds ticked down in a tie game to boost the Blazers over the Lakers....
Patrice Evra Ejected From Game Before It Even Starts After Kicking Fan In The Head
Former Manchester United defender and current Marseille player Patrice Evra will not play in his team’s Europa League match today after he channeled his inner Eric Cantona and karate kicked a fan of his own team in the face. Here’s a photo of the incident:...
Are The Bills Actually Good? They're Getting There<em></em>
The Buffalo Bills are 5-2. If the season were to end right at this moment (which it won’t, probably), the Bills would be in line for the No. 5 seed in the AFC. And with a win tonight at the Jets, they could pull even with the Patriots for first place in the AFC East. But are the Bills really any goo...
Howard Eskin Is Very Upset That New Phillies Manager Gabe Kapler Masturbates
The Phillies held a press conference today to introduce Gabe Kapler as the team’s new manager. It was Kapler’s first time speaking to the assembled Philadelphia media, and he got a good introduction into a major part of his new job....
<i>The Killing Of A Sacred Deer</i> Is As Scary As Anything You'll Ever See<em></em>
The scariest movie in theaters this Halloween season isn’t the one where a college kid relives the night she was brutally murdered over and over, nor is it the one in which a homicidal maniac with a god complex designs elaborate games in order to torture and kill his victims, nor is it the movie abo...
I Can't Stop Laughing At This Rich Hill At-Bat
Dodgers starter Rich Hill was clearly determined not to give away a third-inning plate appearance last night, though he employed some weird-ass strategies to try to battle off Justin Verlander, who was still dealing at that point in the game....
Rich Hill Took His Sweet Time To Let Dodger Stadium's Boos For Yuli Gurriel Sink In
It’s been four days since Yulieski Gurriel made a racist gesture after homering off Yu Darvish, and Dodgers fans have been very clear in expressing their dissatisfaction with him tonight. That’s meant sustained boos for Gurriel for the duration of each of his plate appearances so far—and L.A. starte...