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Things Anthony Scaramucci Said In The Interview Where He Talked About Steve Bannon Sucking His Own Cock, Ranked<em></em>
Anthony Scaramucci, a finance guy or something who doesn’t seem to understand anything about being a press flack, called the New Yorker’s Ryan Lizza last night and ethered every one of his White House enemies in one of the greatest and most surreal interviews in American political history. Here are ...

The Royals Are Suddenly Unstoppable
Eric Hosmer was an invincible monster on Wednesday night. In a 16-2 drubbing of the failing Detroit Tigers, Hosmer provided five runs, five hits, and six RBI, most of which came from a demoralizing seventh-inning grand slam that stretched the lead out to 13-1. He even stole a base for only the fifth...

John McCain Is A Man Of (A) Principle<em></em>
The Vietnam stuff really did happen; he really did the Vietnam stuff. Shattered and crumpled and beat to shit, starving, John McCain really did decline an arbitrary offer of early release from foreign torture prison; he really did choose what turned out to be four more years of torture and suffering...

White House Alters Transcript To Clarify That The President Is Actually Really Good At Golf
During new White House flack Anthony Scaramucci’s introductory press conference, he bragged that his famously exercise-averse and bulbous boss was in fact a sports genius, capable of throwing “a dead spiral through a tire,” “swishing foul shots” in a suit, and sinking, uh, three-foot putts....

Dan Gilbert Took An Unearned Shot At The Pacers
Cavs owner Dan Gilbert and freshly hired GM Koby Altman held a press conference yesterday, the purpose of which was to assure everyone that, actually, the Cavs’ disastrous summer has been good. It was mostly boring, except for one part when Gilbert couldn’t help but throw some shit at the Pacers....

Jordan Morris Is Your Unlikely Gold Cup Hero
“Idk why Jordan Morris is out there,” I typed to the Deadspin staff exactly two minutes before his game-winning goal. Morris was barely scoring in MLS with the Seattle Sounders this year, and even his two goals in this tournament came against the far inferior Martinique. He looked lost and mistake-p...

A Beautiful Jozy Altidore Free Kick Gave The USMNT A Short-Lived Lead
Jozy Altidore was in a bit of a slump, having not scored for the USMNT since September of 2016. But suddenly, he’s on fire, with two goals in fewer than 90 minutes across the past two games....

Justin Upton Defeated By His Own Helmet
There are many productive ways to deal with frustration. Here, for example, is a handy-dandy guide from our colleagues over at Lifehacker. And here is a decidedly unproductive way of dealing with frustration: slamming your batting helmet down after grounding into an inning-ending out, only to watch ...

Congress Calls Out NFL For Still Owing $18 Million To NIH For Concussion Research<em></em><em></em>
With little more than a month remaining in a five-year agreement to pay for concussion research, the NFL still owes the National Institutes of Health $18 million—more than half of the $30 million that the league agreed to provide for the study back in 2012. Today, a group of Democratic members of th...

This Is What Happens When A College Football Fixer Goes Rogue
If you had asked me when I was a student at the University of Florida who is Huntley Johnson, my answer would have been this: The guy who represents all the football players. Football players exist in the bizarre NCAA unreality where those in power refuse to pay their most necessary workers a living...

Gordie Howe Got Things Done
This feature originally appeared in Inside Sports and appears here with permission....

Daley Blind Is Okay Posting This Image On His Social Channels With The Following Copy
Manchester United player Daley Blind wants you to know that he’s ready for the next match, and also that he’s not very good at copying and pasting. ...

The Cowboys Might've Really Screwed Up This Lucky Whitehead Business
The NFLPA is gathering information on the truly bizarre Lucky Whitehead situation, with an eye on a potential grievance against the Cowboys for cutting the wide receiver following a shoplifting arrest and failure to appear in court—both of which, it quickly turned out, were bullshit. Whitehead wasn’...

Kansas City "Trades" New American Dom Dwyer To Orlando
A fairly blockbuster MLS “trade” happened Tuesday afternoon, as Kansas City sent longtime striker Dom Dwyer over to relative league newcomers Orlando, who had been trying to acquire Dwyer for years....

White Sox Make Transaction
The White Sox have sent reliever Anthony Swarzak to the Brewers in exchange for outfield prospect Ryan Cordell....

Carlos Rodon's Start Was An Amazing, Confusing Mess
White Sox pitcher Carlos Rodon, making just his fifth start of the season after a lengthy DL stint, took on his team’s cross-town rivals at Wrigley today. Sox fans, I have good news and bad news....

Man Suing Draymond Green: "I Still Feel His Hand On My Jaw"<em></em>
Last July, Golden State lightning rod Draymond Green was arrested for assault and battery for allegedly striking former Michigan State football player Jermaine Edmondson in East Lansing, Michigan. At the time, Green settled this affair by paying the city $560 for a noise violation. Today, however, E...

You Don't Have To Be A Fucking Stooge
Yesterday, word started getting around that Cowboys receiver Lucky Whitehead had skipped a court date after being arrested for shoplifting at a Woodbridge, Va., convenience store. Shortly after that, Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett used his Stern Voice to tell reporters that the team was “gathering...

Cops Admit That Wasn't Actually Lucky Whitehead They Arrested
The Dallas Cowboys cut third-year wide receiver Lucky Whitehead yesterday after news surfaced that he had missed a July court hearing after being arrested for shoplifting from a Virginia convenience store on June 22. One big problem with that: It wasn’t him that had been arrested....
