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Chris Sale Will Clown You
White Sox ace Chris Sale has gotten off to a great start this season, having allowed just nine runs in his first 43.1 innings. His strikeout rate has been a bit lower than usual—just 7.9 per nine innings compared to last year’s absurd 11.8 per nine—but he’s still my favorite punch-out artist in the ...

Louis van Gaal: Hair-Pulling Is Only Cool When You're Fucking
During yesterday’s Manchester United-Leicester City match, professional agitators Marouane Fellaini and Robert Huth got into the little tiff you see above. Huth grabbed a handful of Fellaini’s ‘fro and gave it a yank, which Fellaini responded to by throwing an elbow and a slap toward Huth’s head....

Here's What Needs To Happen For Leicester To Win The Premier League
No, it hasn’t happened yet. In their first crack at wrapping up their miracle season as Premier League champions, Leicester City couldn’t nab the win they needed and drew against Manchester United, 1-1. Which was no surprise. And now the nervy times begin....

The Streaky-Ass Miami Heat Just Barely Won A Series They Dominated
The Heat are likely going to be favored over whoever squeezes out the Indiana-Toronto series that wraps tonight the time you’re finishing your Game of Thrones-Silicon Valley doubleheader. Even if it’s Toronto (which hasn’t won a playoff series since 2001) and we get the No. 2 v. No. 3 seed matchup, ...

Dimitrov Meltdown Hands Opponent First ATP Tour Win
Diego Schwartzman took his first career ATP Tour title today in claiming the Istanbul Open after his opponent Grigor Dimitrov came to pieces over malfunctioning equipment—eventually destroying it, and handing championship point over as a penalty....

In An NFL First, The Vikings Just Drafted A Receiver Straight Out Of Germany
The Vikings are making dreams come true in the sixth round of the draft. This guy Moritz Boehringer, a wideout from Germany’s Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns, was 17 when he found video of Adrian Peterson ripping up YouTube. Instantly the Vikes were his favorite team, and football was his favorite sport. T...


Eagles Draft Pick Already Familiar With His New City, It Seems
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Johnny Manziel Has Some Thoughts To Get Off His Chest
Unemployed athlete and alleged domestic abuser Johnny Manziel took offense to a photo posted last night of the former Browns quarterback watching the NFL draft from a Columbus bar, and used Twitter tonight to voice his displeasure at the nature of Johnny Football-related discourse these days:...

One Way Or Another, Leicester’s Finish Is Going To Be Spectacular
The very thing that everyone at Leicester City has studiously avoided looking at is now inches away and is staring them right in the face....

Get Better Sleep By Getting A Lot Less Of It
Bill and Melinda Gates were recently asked by Kentucky schoolchildren what superpower they wanted most. Bill said more energy; Melinda said more time. Even to the richest couple in the world, time is money....

Bad Capitals Fan Yells "You Are Faggots" And "You Suck Cock" At Penguins Fan
In between periods of Thursday’s game, a bunch of mooks in Capitals jerseys outside of the arena heckled a Penguins fan doing an on-camera interview. At least one of them yelled “You are faggots,” and “You suck cock.”...

How To Avoid Getting Hacked Like Laremy Tunsil
Laremy Tunsil might have the distinction of being the only celebrity to claim “I was hacked” without lying, as our own website was quick to note. It’s the quickest, laziest, lamest excuse to toss out after, say, a direct message that wasn’t as direct as expected (see wretched Anthony’s Weiner) or a ...

Jay Beagle Got Hockey Sticks Stuck In His Helmet And Skate
Capitals center Jay Beagle found a way to get a hockey stick stuck in his equipment on two separate occasions in Thursday’s game against the Penguins. The first was a remarkable fluke; the second was a beneficial one....

Caps Beat Pens On Oshie Overtime Hat Trick-Capper That Holds Up Under Review
Washington took the first game of its series against Pittsburgh tonight on an overtime wrap-around goal by T.J. Oshie that capped a hat trick but needed video review in order to be verified....

Here's Laremy Tunsil Admitting He Took Money At Ole Miss Before Getting Abruptly Hustled Off Stage
After Laremy Tunsil fell to #13 in the draft, texts purporting to show conversation with Ole Miss staffers about them paying his rent popped up on his Instagram. The posts were deleted, along with Tunsil’s account, and given when they were posted, it’s highly unlikely that he posted them himself....

Here's The Moment Laremy Tunsil Learned His Instagram Had Been "Hacked"
First, a video of Laremy Tunsil smoking a substance out of a gas mask turned up on the NFL prospect’s Twitter account. Then, alleged conversations regarding improper benefits appeared on his Instagram. He learned about the latter while giving a live interview with ESPN Radio, and you can listen to i...

Now Laremy Tunsil's Instagram Has Posted Alleged Conversations With Ole Miss Football Staffers About Paying His Rent
Laremy Tunsil was a presumptive top-five pick before tonight’s NFL Draft, but he fell to the Miami Dolphins at #13 after a video of someone who appears to be him smoking out of a gas mask was posted to Tunsil’s Twitter account. Now, things have gotten worse....