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Farewell To Viral Internet Man Rick Santorum
Once upon a time, Rick Santorum was an ambitious young legislator whose considerable oratorical skills and policy fluency existed in unsteady balance with social views that make St. Paul look like Aleister Crowley. Now he is a slang term for the frothy mix of lube and shit that sometimes is a byprod...

Witness Young Dylan Larkin Shooting Pucks In A Basement And Getting Amped About His Sick Snipes
Before Dylan Larkin was a fresh-faced rookie for the Red Wings, he was “D-Boss,” an even more fresh-faced kid hanging out in an unfinished basement with his friend, Evan “EG Slayer” Gizinski. The two teens recorded a video of themselves sniping pucks and reacting to their own filthy shots....

USWNT Players Association Files Withering Response To U.S. Soccer Lawsuit
U.S. Soccer’s lawsuit against the U.S. Women’s National Team Players Association seeks to answer a seemingly simple question: Do the two organizations have a valid collective bargaining agreement, or not?...

Russell Westbrook Mocks Kevin Durant During Interview
Kevin Durant got to try his hand at being a professional sports photographer at Super Bowl 50, and he enthusiastically answered questions about the experience at today’s shoot around. Russell Westbrook was just as enthusiastic about clowning on Durant:...

Curt Schilling Contributed To Ben Carson Campaign, Joked About Being Fired From ESPN On Donation Form
ESPN baseball analyst Curt Schilling wasn’t sure if he was going to continue to be an ESPN baseball analyst when he donated $250 to Ben Carson’s campaign, according to a Federal Election Commission filing acquired by Tom Kludt of CNN....

Sources: Fox Sports Bosses Wanted Colleen Dominguez To Get Erin Andrews Makeover, Facelift
This past December, Colleen Dominguez filed an age and gender discrimination lawsuit against Fox Sports 1. In the complaint, Dominguez, who came to the network in 2014 as a sideline and features reporter after a long run at ESPN, alleged that all the choice assignments were given to younger reporter...

Nobody Much Likes Losing
Here are some opinions a reasonable person can hold, simultaneously and without friction:...

Gary Kubiak Was Actually The Third Person To Win The Super Bowl Coaching The Same Team He Played For
At least twice during the Super Bowl broadcast, Jim Nantz relayed an interesting fact to the audience: With Denver’s win, head coach Gary Kubiak—who backed up John Elway for nine seasons—became the first person to ever win the Super Bowl as a head coach for the same team he played for....

Why Is The NFL Giving More Super Bowl Ad Time To Its Favorite Sham Domestic-Violence Group?
I took the No More pledge last year. What do I have to show for it? I’m now very aware of when #NOMOREexcuses Law & Order: Special Victims Unit marathons are about to air, but that’s about it. I don’t know much more about domestic violence or sexual assault. I haven’t discovered new organizations wo...

World's Best Cycling Team Disinvited From Tour Of Qatar Because They Take Too Long To Change
Riders from Etixx-Quickstep have won eight of the past 10 Tours of Qatar. The race’s crosswinds and wide roads are perfect for the classics-focused squad, and they’ve cleaned up. But they won’t be going this year, because the race’s owners are unhappy with their costume changes....
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Chelsea's Kurt Zouma Stretchered Off After Nasty Knee Injury [Warning: Graphic]
Chelsea center back Kurt Zouma went down in a heap after going up for this header and coming down with knee bent the wrong way. He immediately (and audibly) began screaming, and was stretchered off the pitch. ...

Fastest Rugby Player In The World Gets Absolutely Lit Up By New Zealander
The Sydney Sevens Cup is going on down in Australia right now, and the United States went up against World Cup holders New Zealand yesterday. The U.S. has former Olympic-level sprinter Carlin Isles on their squad, and despite his pedigree as the “world’s fastest rugby player,” he got rocked by New Z...

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Radio Dummy Gets BOFA'd For His Dumb Tweets About The Dunk Contest
Get a load of Matt Steinmetz, a Bay Area radio guy, spewing some colossally dumb shit onto his Twitter feed about Andre Drummond, dunking, free throws, and Playing The Game The Right Way....

This Hassan Whiteside One-Handed Catch Is The Best Block Of The Year
Ole Blancoté went and had himself a perfect Hassan Whiteside game last night; 10 points, 10 boards, and 10 blocks, including this beauty. He came off the bench, but played crucial minutes down the stretch as Miami beat Charlotte. ...

Uh, Can Anyone Catch Leicester City?
For the entirety of this EPL season, it’s never been a question if a big club could catch Leicester City and retake the Premier League lead, but which big club would. Eventually, the thinking went, this plucky group of upstarts would turn back into a pumpkin and they’d be eclipsed by the inevitable ...

What Time Does 'What Time Does The Superbowl Start?' Start?
At some point tomorrow, the Carolina Panthers and the Denver Broncos will play against each other in the Super Bowl. However, a much more widely-contested game, between, oh, every publication, has already started. ...

Johnny Manziel Hit With Restraining Order; Dallas Cops Launch Criminal Investigation
Dallas police are now investigating Johnny Manziel after the Browns quarterback’s ex-girlfriend pressed charges on an alleged domestic violence incident that took place a week ago. That incident led a Tarrant County (Tex.) judge to sign a restraining order today requiring Manziel to avoid his ex for...

Chinese Runners Allegedly Revealed State-Sponsored Doping In 1995, IAAF Suspicious
In 1993, the Chinese women’s track team ran crazy; they set insane world records, times so fast, over such a range of distances with almost no recovery in between that, well, they were widely believed to be dirty. The women themselves admitted doping in 1995, but we’re just seeing the evidence now. ...

This Photo Of John Wall Will Probably Get More Viewers Than Colin Cowherd's TV Show
Last week, Sports Illustrated reported network Fox Sports 1 is ending Fox Sports Live as we know it, after the would-be SportsCenter competitor helmed by popular Canadian anchors Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole failed to live up to its lofty projections. Its viewership was never particularly commanding, ...