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How Egypt's Strongman Is Turning Sports Into Propaganda

Imagine, if you can, the USSF and new president Carlos Cordeiro, backed by a slew of MLS owners, calling a press conference and announcing their undying loyalty to Donald Trump, and urging all American soccer fans to vote Republican in the upcoming midterm elections. While the idea may seem fantasti...

Perennial Quitter Tubby Smith Says NCAA Transfers "Teach Players How To Quit"

Memphis men’s basketball coach Tubby Smith, who quit his job at Texas Tech to take his current position in 2016, went off on NCAA transfer regulations following the last game of his regular season on Sunday, saying that relaxed transfer rules “teach (players) how to quit.” ...

How To Enjoy Exercising Even If You're A Fat, Sensitive Nerd

As an overweight woman who performs in public, I’ve resented the ways in which women like me are reduced to our bodies and our thoughts about our bodies. I’ve mostly refused to develop opinions about mine. I’ve spent most of my life experiencing the world intellectually and emotionally rather than p...

Aldon Smith Accused Of Biting Woman In Domestic-Violence Incident [Update] <em></em>

Former 49ers and current (suspended) Raiders linebacker Aldon Smith is wanted in connection with a domestic violence incident on Saturday night in San Francisco, according to a report from the Mercury News....

Now This Is An Old-School Hockey Fight

The argument for fighting in hockey is twofold: that the threat of a beating serves as a deterrent, policing dirty hits against skill players, and that a good, rousing rumble can fire up an uninspired team. That hockey has neither gotten more dangerous nor less inspired as fighting had decreased dra...

Won't Someone Please Liquidate The Damn Detroit Pistons Already

It is with great indifference (because it is impossible to feel any particular way about these Detroit Pistons) that I must inform you, a person who will be vaguely surprised to be reminded that the Pistons are an NBA team—not so much because you forgot altogether that they are an NBA team but by th...

Counterpoint: Actually Everyone Thought J.R. Smith's Latest Stunt Was Pretty Funny

Here is a funny headline to put above a blog about J.R. Smith just hours after the entire internet spent a full day enjoying the thought of Smith hurling soup at Cavs assistant coach Damon Jones: “With Cavs struggling, J.R. Smith’s stunts aren’t so funny anymore.” I beg to differ!...

Arizona Loses Its Last 2018 Basketball Recruit

One day after Sean Miller defiantly denied ESPN’s report that he’d been caught on an FBI wiretap promising to pay a recruit $100,000, point guard Brandon Williams (24/7 Sports’s 31st-ranked national prospect) announced that he’s reopening his recruitment due to the “current climate surrounding U of ...

A Trip To The Big Ten In New York City, The Conference Basketball Tournament Everyone Hates

The Big Ten’s first trip to New York City has not been well received....

Report: J.R. Smith Was Suspended For Throwing Soup At Cavs Assistant Coach

The Cavaliers announced a surprise one-game suspension for J.R. Smith Thursday night before their 108-97 loss to the 76ers, and now that “detrimental conduct” has come to light. According to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst and Dave McMenamin, Smith threw a bowl of soup at Cavs assistant coach Damon Jones, an...

J.R. Smith Suspended For Tonight's Game For "Detrimental Conduct" After Morning Shootaround

Less than two hours before tip-off, the Cavaliers announced that J.R. Smith would be suspended for tonight’s game against the 76ers....

Manchester City Kick Arsenal's Ass With Three Gorgeous Goals

Manchester City ground Arsenal to bits this weekend in a League Cup final that was deeply embarrassing for the Gunners’ players, manager, and anyone who loves them. Today’s midweek Premier League clash at home against the same opponent offered the wounded Londoners a shot at redemption. Instead, Cit...

Nick Young's Irrational Confidence Almost, Kinda, Sorta Works

Nick Young did not come close to making this shot. Not remotely. But he played it off as if he did, and sometimes that’s all you need. Announcer Bob Fitzgerald fell for it, hard. ...

Ryan Shazier Won't Play In 2018, But He Still Wants To Play

Steelers GM Kevin Colbert said today that injured linebacker Ryan Shazier won’t play in 2018. “He knows that, and we know that, and we’re gonna continue to support him in his recovery,” Colbert said, adding that they will keep him on the roster next year. “We know that’s a challenge, ‘cause we’ll be...

Thank You, Colin

Peterborough United Desperately Sweeps To End Snow Delay

Snow days were great, and if you have the opportunity to get one as an adult, you should absolutely take it. But props to third-tier English soccer team Peterborough United for powering through and doing the absolute most they could do to avoid going home early on account of the late-February flurri...

MLBPA Files Grievance Against Four Teams For Being Cheap Bastards With Revenue-Sharing Money

Let us use the Rays as an example, because, hell, if the Rays didn’t want to be used as the poster team for hemorrhaging salary with no clear goal other than to shovel cash into its ownership’s maw, maybe they shouldn’t have so conspicuously nuked a roster that was five games out of a playoff spot....

The Most Controversial Part Of Obama's Off-The-Record Sloan Speech Was Just A Light Criticism Of The NCAA

The off-the-record talk that Barack Obama gave at MIT’s Sloan Sports Analytics Conference last Friday didn’t stay under wraps for long. The folks at Reason obtained a recording of the former president’s hour-long speech and published it today, and—surprise—it doesn’t have anything too different from...

Steven Adams On Autobiography He Wrote: "I Can Barely Read, Mate"

Steven Adams has an autobiography coming out this year with author Madeleine Chapman. The Oklahoma City Thunder center talked about it today when prompted, and it’s clear that he worked very hard on it....

Look At This Stupid Baby<em></em>

Here we have President Diaper, a fussy young infant who rarely sleeps through the night uninterrupted—and is known to be quite a handful during the daytime as well!—forced to listen for an agonizing 58 seconds as the governor of Washington state explains why arming teachers is a bad idea....