im Page 473 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Zach LaVine Got Some Early Dunk Contest Practice In Against The Bucks
Look, the Wolves lost last night, as they’ve done a lot of lately, but reigning dunk champion Zach LaVine showed why he won last year, and got some early practice for this year’s contest in by catching this alley with ease and finishing the oop end with aplomb....
Goodbye Jim Tomsula, Man Of Many Talents
Firing season is truly upon us. According to a report from PFT, the 49ers are going to fire Jim Tomsula after a fairly disastrous 4-11 season that saw the team regress all the way from championship contenders to one of the worst teams in the NFL. Not all of this is Tomsula’s fault, of course (everyo...
Report: This Is The Trevone Boykin Bar Fight Video
TMZ Sports claims that this is video of the bar fight that got TCU star quarterback Trevone Boykin arrested and suspended from tonight’s Alamo Bowl against Oregon. Boykin apologized for the incident via Twitter, and coach Gary Patterson had the scathing take that, “Everybody makes decisions.”...
Ben Watson Gets Manchester City To Help Him With His Olímpico
Just a few days after Watford’s Ben Watson missed out on an Olímpico against Tottenham, he got his goal today (sort of) after bouncing it into Joe Hart’s goal off Aleksander Kolarov’s head. Watford lead 1-0 after an hour....
Tim Frazier's Desperation Assist To Noah Vonleh Is Incredible
It happened on New Year’s Eve, so most people missed this tremendous play from Portland’s Tim Frazier, who leapt out of bounds to save an airball and ended up being the front end of a Noah Vonleh alley-oop slam. It’s a play so impressive, even the visiting announcers from Utah had to respect it:...
Troll King Joey Crawford Is Retiring
Nobody could make himself part of the game like Joey Crawford. Inevitably, he’ll ref a few games per year where tension builds between teams and rather than let it progress to a boiling point, Crawford will instead make himself the protagonist and overreact, usually with an extra technical or ejecti...
Report: James Rodríguez Leads Cops On 124 MPH Chase
Real Madrid striker James Rodríguez was pursued by police in a 124 MPH car chase on his way to the team’s Valdebebas training ground today, according to Madrid newspaper AS. AS reports that James refused to pull over and made it onto Real Madrid’s property, while the undercover unit chasing him was ...
This Has Been Your 2015
Have something you think we should know? Email us at [email protected], or contact our writers directly, or use our SecureDrop system. You can also follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook....
Cyrus Jones Takes Punt 57 Yards, Extends Alabama Lead To 24-0
Alabama’s Cyrus Jones increased an already big Crimson Tide lead to 24 with this 57-yard punt return. Above is the ESPN Deportes call; here’s how it sounded on Alabama’s Crimson Tide Sports Network:...
Trevone Boykin Arrested After Allegedly Striking A Police Officer
TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin was arrested in San Antonio, Tex. last night after police say he struck a bike cop who was attempting to break up a bar fight that Boykin and his teammates were involved in....
Bulls Beat Pacers On Fantastic Tipped Lob
Maybe this was the play design all along, or maybe Pau Gasol just saw an opening and lofted the ball up. Either way this play should’ve been dead in the water, with Jimmy Butler blanketed by Paul George and unable to grab the ball and dunk it home. Instead, Butler deftly tapped the ball into the hoo...
Jimbo And Candi Fisher Are Divorced
Jimbo Fisher and his wife of 22 years, Candi, are officially divorced, GossipExtra.com’s Jose Lambiet reported today. The process didn’t take long; Lambiet reported that the Florida State football coach filed for the split less than five months ago and the couple has been separated since May. ...
Sports Overtime Rules, Ranked
Every sport has a different way of dealing with a game that ends in a tie. Some overtimes are wonderful and compelling, while others are boring and lame. Here’s Deadspin’s non-exhaustive ranking of sports overtime rules....
Donut-Stealing Raccoon Has Curious Donut Choices
Man, what are you doing? I understand that in a heist situation, speed is paramount, but the ‘ICY CHOCOLATE’ basket is right there. Why the shit would you choose an ‘ORANGE BAR’?...
The New Case Against Bill Cosby Is Mostly Based On Evidence Authorities Had All Along
Bill Cosby was charged yesterday with three counts of aggravated indecent assault by authorities in Montgomery County, Pa., for what happened back in 2004, when Andrea Constand said Cosby invited her over to his home, drugged, and assaulted her. At the time, Constand was the director of operations f...
Wow, It's The Most Difficult "Can You Find The Panda?" Puzzle Yet
Over the course of the last week or so, you may have noticed some version of this puzzle popping up in one of your social media feeds:...
Bill Cosby Charged In 2004 Sexual-Assault Case Involving Temple Basketball Employee
Earlier today, prosecutors in Montgomery County, Pa. announced that they had filed felony charges against disgraced comedian Bill Cosby in relation to an accusation that in 2004, he drugged and sexually assaulted a woman in his home....
Knicks Guard Cleanthony Early Shot During Roadside Robbery
Knicks guard Cleanthony Early was shot in the right leg when a group of at least six men held up the Uber car he and his girlfriend were riding in early Wednesday morning. Early was robbed of jewelry, cash, and his cell phone, and his injuries are not life threatening....
Ben Simmons Did So Many Cool Dunks Tonight
The LSU Tigers lost tonight to Wake Forest in basketball while their football team was scoring a bunch on Texas Tech. The hoopin’ Tigers are 7-5, and don’t look like much of a threat to Kentucky for the SEC title, but for our purposes, that doesn’t really matter. What matters is that Ben Simmons, al...