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Stay Out Of Chris Froome's Way If You Don't Want To Get Punched
Heading into the first rest day of the Tour de France, Chris Froome holds the yellow jersey by a slim margin. Nairo Quintana, Adam Yates, and a few other plucky challengers are right there with him, but Froome and Team Sky have done what they do every year: wring the life out of every vaguely hilly ...
Did Brock Lesnar Really Suplex An NFL Player To Avenge Daunte Culpepper?
Brock Lesnar returned to the UFC to fight Mark Hunt this weekend, which was as good of a reason as any to dredge up an old, apparently apocryphal story from Lesnar’s brief NFL days. Vikings.com used the fight as a peg to recall a Nate Burleson story about how, when Lesnar was trying out for the Viki...
Max Kellerman Replaces Skip Bayless On <i>First Take</i>
ESPN has officially announced that Max Kellerman will be Skip Bayless’s replacement on First Take, confirming weeks of reports that he was the leading contender for the job of sitting stone-faced while Stephen A. Smith yells. Kellerman will give up his radio show and duties on SportsNation to take t...
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Idiot On The Field Invades Euro 2016 Final, Performs Gymnastics Routine
This Euro 2016 has been somewhat of a security nightmare, and so it’s no surprise an Idiot made it onto the pitch of today’s final and turned it into the venue for a floor exercise....
Sprinter's Reaction To Learning He Won Euro Championship Gold Is Priceless
Spanish sprinter Bruno Hortelano placed second in the 200m at this week’s European Championships in Amsterdam, setting a new national record for Spain in the process—but a post-race inquiry revealed the runner who placed first in the final, Dutchman Churandy Martina, would be disqualified for leavin...
Carmelo Anthony Urges Athletes To Fight For Political Causes
Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony just posted a message to his Instagram page in which he asks his fellow professional athletes to become more politically active, instructing them to demand action from politicians and not to worry about losing endorsement deals....
Tips For Getting Your First Credit Card As An Adult
If you’re an adult without a credit card, the barrier to entry can seem to loom a lot larger than it actually is. Somehow, during the inescapable progression of getting older, you missed a step in the far more deliberate process of growing up and now, not only do you not have a credit card, you don’...
U.S. Olympic Committee Tells Oiselle To Delete Social Media Posts, Ignores Others
The trouble started for Kate Grace, winner of the U.S. Olympic Trials 800 meters, and her sponsor, apparel company Oiselle, when Oiselle posted these photos on their Instagram account. ...
Mark Cavendish Is Back To Kicking Everyone's Ass At The Tour De France
Sprinters don’t tend to have long peaks in cycling. For every Erik Zabel or Robbie McEwen who dominates the Tour de France for half a decade, you have bushels of Thor Hushovds and Alessandro Petacchis—who win one points competition and a decent amount of stages, but never hold onto the crown of “Wor...
Now We Find Out Whether Oklahoma City Is A Good Basketball Market
Kevin Durant is a Golden State Warrior now, which triggers dozens of fascinating basketball subplots. But off the court, it will help answer a question I’ve had for a long time: is Oklahoma City actually a viable long-term basketball market?...
Get A Load Of These Motherfuckers
Kevin Durant was officially introduced as a member of the Golden State Warriors today, which means he also got to meet with members of the coaching staff and front office....
This Is Definitely The Best Goal You'll See From An Amateur Keeper In America This Year
The league: the U.S.’s National Premier Soccer League. The team: FC Wichita. The opponent: the Shreveport Rafters. The player: goalkeeper Mark Weir. The announcer’s perfectly apt call: “Mark Weir just scored a freakin’ goal!”...
Why Title IX Has Failed Everyone On Campus Rape<em></em>
It registers less as news and more as routine when another Title IX lawsuit arises against a college or university for failing to meet its obligations to address sexual violence. The same is true when the claims made in these suits bear out. Earlier this year, Florida State announced it would pay $9...
In TrackTown, USA For The Olympic Trials, The Drama Of The Human Spirit, And Other Stuff
Eugene, Oregon is a picturesque college town, sparkly with streams and framed by dark pine-forested hills, with a population equal parts public radio, Dick-and-Perry-with-a-snort-of-Eminem, and hippie. The U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials are happening there right now—bands of backward cap-wearin...
Calvin Johnson Details How Easy It Is For NFL Players To Rely On Painkillers
Former Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson, who abruptly retired after the 2015-16 NFL season, opened up in an interview with ESPN’s Michael Smith about the physical toll that football had on his body. The full conversation runs on E:60 tomorrow, but ESPN published a few choice excerpts in ad...
Check Out This Insane Bike Trick
It’s Tour de France time, and bike trick guy supreme Peter Sagan just ended his first career spell in the yellow jersey. I didn’t see him do any wheelies in it, but he’s guaranteed to try some shit eventually. Check out this wheelie he did on Alp d’Huez (the most famous climb in the Tour de France) ...
Small Talk Is Good, Don't Ya Think?
Plenty of small talk sucks. It may be bad if, as novelist Karan Mahajan wrote recently for The New Yorker, you come from a culture with no norm of small talk and you have to learn the art of idle banter. Small talk is also bad when both parties have other places to be and are just going through the ...
Two Favorites Tangle, Two Fresh Faces Step Up, And A Strong 800 Meter Olympic Team Emerges
What the heck is that, above? It’s years of 24/7 grind going down the tubes in a hundredth of a second. It’s dreams dying and being made. It’s bad luck and dumb luck. And according to USA Track & Field, it’s incidental contact. It’s the sport of track and field....
The White Sox's Disco Demolition Riot Was Even More Insane Than You Thought<em></em><em></em>
This month marks the 37th anniversary of the Disco Demolition riots, which took place at Chicago’s Comiskey Park in 1979. The White Sox and a local radio station put together one of the most ill-conceived, successful promotions in sports history, wherein they sold tickets to a doubleheader against t...