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LeBron James's Silly Baby Wouldn't Go To Sleep Last Night
LeBron James's daughter was born in October, and that means LeBron has to be on early morning baby duty when he's at home, just like every other poor schmuck in America who has a baby....
Despicable Us: <em>Foxcatcher</em>, Reviewed
Foxcatcher is a movie about America, but what makes it so compelling is that you don't realize it at first. Directed by Bennett Miller (Capote, Moneyball), the film is too subtle—and, frankly, too strange—to explicitly make some simple, overarching, grandiose statement. And yet, when you replay ...
Curt Schilling Has Disproved Evolution
I'm going to cut straight to the chase: Curt Schilling has no fucking clue what he's talking about. For the past 14 hours he has been sending out links to Geocities-looking websites and arguing with people about evolution on Twitter. Despite hundreds of people letting him know that he's wrong, Sch...
Report: Skal Labissiere's Shady Guardian Asked How To Profit From Him
Six-foot-ten forward Skal Labissiere, one of the top prospects in the nation, is expected to announce tomorrow which college he will attend—Kentucky and Memphis are among the favorites. No one should get too excited. CBS Sports has a story featuring this pronouncement from one coach who's been in on...
Luis Suárez, On Chronic Biting: At Least I Never Bit Anyone's Ear Off!
You have to give it to Luis Suárez for at least one thing: the guy is not afraid to be honest, even if it makes him sound like a crazy man defending his own sanity. Judging from some excerpts in Sport from his new autobiography, the book is nowhere near the typical athlete's mid-career hagiography....
Cleveland Paper Told Columnist To Write Apology Letter To Dan Gilbert
Cleveland Scene has a well-reported feature out today that attempts to dig into what role Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert's company, Quicken Loans, played in the subprime mortgage collapse of 2007. There's a lot of good stuff in the story, but one particular instance of Dan Gilbert being a thin-skinned ...
The Troll Who Owns Nets.com Is A 69-Year-Old Woman In Santa Fe
The identity of the person who owns Nets.com has long been sought after, as many people have wanted to know who exactly is using the domain name to troll Mikhail Prokhorov and the Brooklyn Nets. (Go to Nets.com right now and you'll be redirected to an eBay listing for the domain name that features a...
Regatta Devolves Into Utter Chaos
This weekend's Snowflake Regatta in Riverhead, New York, had to have the least competent group of rowers ever assembled in one place. Here's an attempted catalogue of all the damage:...
Lakers Guard Wayne Ellington Leaves Team After Father Shot And Killed
Lakers shooting guard Wayne Ellington Jr. has taken an indefinite leave of absence from the team after his father was shot and killed in Philadelphia on Sunday night, according to a statement from the team. NBC's Philadelphia affiliate reports that police responding to a car crash in Philadelphia's ...
Report: Kurt Busch Smashed Ex-Girlfriend's Head Into Wall Three Times
Kurt Busch's ex-girlfriend says the NASCAR driver lashed out at her after his poor performance in qualifying at Dover, accusing her of having spies and smashing her head against a wall three times, according to court records obtained by the Associated Press. ...
Germany To Make PED Use Punishable By Three Years In Jail
Depending on the sport, doping is viewed from negligible mistake (baseball) to mortal sin (any Olympic event). Germany, occasionally good at soccer, has thrown down the gauntlet to discourage performance-enhancing drug use by making it an imprisonable offense. ...
Marshawn Lynch Makes Seahawks Kicker Steven Hauschka Dance With Him
Steven Hauschka isn't really "dancing"; he's basically moving around so Marshawn Lynch doesn't inadvertently horse-collar him. If Beast Mode wants to dance, you dance....
The Foosball Champ Who Almost Won The World Series Of Poker
Billy Pappas, the last true amateur of the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event and one of the best foosball players in the world, was eliminated early this morning in fifth place, taking home $2,143,794. It's a damn shame, because Billy was living the dream. ...
Auburn's Fumbles Were As Costly As 204 Yards And Three TDs
Last week, Auburn forced a few turnovers late in the game to escape with a win over Ole Miss. This week Auburn had a few turnovers in critical situations in what resulted in two of the most detrimental plays of the week, according to data from fantasy sports app Pivit....
David Moyes Is Back ... For Now
Well, it looked touch and go there for a minute, but sure enough, Real Sociedad have announced David Moyes as their new manager. Hey, Moyes managed to not mess something up!...
<em>Breaking Bad</em>, <em>The Wire</em>, And Mike Tyson
Kindle Singles has a smart, provocative new interview with Iron Mike Tyson. It was conducted by the most-talented Brin-Jonathan Butler. For just a buck it's more than worth it. ...
If You Cheat In A Marathon, Try Not To Set A World Record
Tabatha Hamilton, a 31-year-old from Trenton, Ga., won the Chickamauga Battlefield Marathon near the Tennessee/Georgia line on Saturday. But when officials took a closer look at her race the next day, something was off....
Double Plane Crash Survivor Austin Hatch Scores First College Point
On June 15, 2011, Austin Hatch signed a commitment to play college basketball at Michigan. Just a nine days later he was involved in a plane crash that killed his pilot father and stepmother, and resulted in him being put into a medically induced coma. This was eight years after he and his father ...
NFL And NFLPA Locked In Dispute Over Adrian Peterson's Reinstatement
The dispute surrounding Adrian Peterson's reinstatement—or lack thereof—after pleading no contest to child injury charges is heating up. Late last week the NFL Players Association sent a letter to the NFL demanding Peterson be reinstated. That tactic apparently failed, as today the NFLPA announced t...
Which Guitar Solo Should You Fuck To?
Music makes sex even awesomer. But while there's a genre for every type of inter-personal physical expression, it's less clear how to match your accompaniment to specific sex durations. We're here to help....