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French Rugby Star Returned To Game Minutes After Bloody Head Injury
It turns out the NFL isn't the only sport suffering from questionable concussion protocol. Last night's French rugby bout between Racing Metro and Toulouse featured a player who suffered a head injury, then staggered and eventually collapsed coming off the pitch. A few minutes later, he was back on ...
Yu Darvish Loses Perfect Game On Error, Sparks Argument On MLB Network
Yu Darvish's perfect game bid tonight against the Red Sox was spoiled by a seventh-inning blunder by his fielders that, in any other ballpark, would have been ruled a hit. ...
Rugby Announcer Freaks Out, Calls Referee A Dickhead, Speaks In Tongues
This is a clip from the 1994 Regal Trophy final between Castleford and Wigan of the British rugby league. It's got all the batshit-crazy-speak we look for in clips like this, with the added bonus of an insult hurled at the referee. ...
Doha Puts Their Money Where Their Men Are
The IAAF Doha Diamond League track meet was held today at the Qatar Sports Club, and like most things Qatar buys does, it's the biggest and the best. Air-conditioned training tracks, AlterG treadmills, pools, physical therapy centers, coaches — Qatar has spared no expense in facilitating and promoti...
I Guess This Is Growing Up: <em>Neighbors</em>, Reviewed
1. Neighbors is your typical Seth Rogen/Apatowian coming-of-age comedy, in which an overgrown manboy learns that he has to curtail his childish pursuits of weed, video games, and general irresponsibility to become a functional member of society. (They've now cranked out a decade's worth of movies ab...
Holy Shit, Durant And Westbrook
KD and Russ are the best and we love them and they're very fun to watch, sure. But this is preposterous. This is obscene. From Elias Sports: ...
NBC Puts Olympic Ring On It
Channeling its best Beyonce, NBC locked up Olympic broadcasting rights through 2032 in a reported $7.5 billion deal....
Can USATF Coach Jon Drummond Carry Your Drugs?
David Epstein, writing for Sports Illustrated and ProPublica, reports that a USA Track & Field representative and coach "encouraged [the] use of the banned products and transported them" for doper Tyson Gay....
Now <em>That</em> Was A Russell Westbrook Game
If any player in the NBA can accurately be described as basketball cocaine, it's Russell Westbrook. When things go badly, like they did when he shot 9-of-26 in Game 3 against Memphis, he can make you regret that you ever even considered him a viable source of fun. But when things go right, like they...
Chris McDougall: I Never Meant To Start A Barefoot-Running Fad
In 2009, Chris McDougall published Born to Run, an account of his adventures in the remote canyons of Mexico. From his travelogue was birthed an industry-shifting movement that re-examined everything once accepted as gospel truth about running shoes....
White Sports Columnist Mad About Today's Vulgar Rap Music
Washington Post columnist Mike Wise was in the Indiana Pacers' locker room before tonight's game against the Wizards, and he could not believe the music they listened to these days....
This Great Yaya Touré Goal Is The Perfect Cap To The 2014 PL Season
Well, it's over. Manchester City played Aston Villa today in the Premier League, and whammed on them. Unless Manchester City lose to midtable West Ham next weekend, they'll be crowned Premier League champions. ...
Adorable Puppies Invade Soccer Pitch; Dickhead Player Intervenes
Everyone who isn't a giant dickhead knows that there are few things in this world that are more enjoyable than watching doggies run around on a soccer pitch. So when three adorable doggies decided to interrupt a Bolivian soccer match, it should have been a joyous occasion for all. Too bad one of the...
I Took TED's Stupid Grit Quiz!
If you're a sports fan like I am, you know that championships aren't won with talent or sound strategy or even proper personnel evaluation. They are won with HUSTLE and HEART and ECKSTEINIAN fortitude that cannot be measured, because measuring things is for nerds and pussies. ...
The Man Who Scored The NHL's Greatest Shootout Goal Hangs Up His Skates
Defenseman Marek Malik announced his retirement from hockey today, after five years in Europe following a 15-year NHL career that stretched all the way back to the Hartford Whalers. But few players, especially with that kind of service time, are so inextricably linked to one meaningless moment as Ma...
ESPN <em>First Take</em> Boss Is Finally Leaving For NBC
Looks like Jamie Horowitz, an influential ESPN VP once called "the midwife of Bristol's 'Embrace Debate' era" in these pages, will be leaving for NBC after all. New York Times media reporter Bill Carter tweeted this morning that Horowitz, who'd apparently sulked through his last few months at ESPN a...
Whites Are Way More Lenient On Sterling, Unless They Follow The NBA
In the past week, two polls have tried to dope out the public's thoughts on the NBA forcing Donald Sterling to sell the Clippers. Both tell you approximately what you'd expect, but the ways they differ are a little more interesting. ...
FiveFingers Maker Will Pay Millions To Suckers Who Bought Its Shoes
The favorite toe-shoe of vegan restaurant servers and 55-year-old men with ponytails has settled a class action lawsuit brought against it by what sounds like every person who ever wore its foot-condoms....
Kevin Durant Cries While Praising Each One Of His Teammates
Kevin Durant won the NBA MVP award yesterday, and his acceptance speech was very long and full of tears. The speech was actually pretty sweet, especially when Durant addressed each of his present teammates individually, praising them as he choked back tears....
The Pirates Win MLB's First Walk-Off Video Review
With two outs in the ninth in a tie ball game, Starling Marte tripled off the right field wall, and came home on a throwing error on the relay. He was called out at the plate. A year ago, this game would have gone to extra innings. But thanks to replay review, the Pirates got to enjoy some delayed g...