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JaVale McGee Provides Pick-Up Game Highlights And Statistics
During the summer, NBA players often post short, low-quality clips of themselves getting shots up or lifting weights in order to prove that there truly are no days off and that ball is indeed life. These dispatches are mostly self-serving, but you can’t help but appreciate the effort JaVale McGee ha...

Charles Oakley Can’t Visit MSG For A Year As Part Of His Dismissal Deal
Charles Oakley won’t be able to go see Phish this weekend....

Japanese Wrestling's Bomb-Loving Cult Hero Is Coming To New Jersey<em></em>
When you hear the phrase “indie wrestling,” what exactly does it make you think of? You may be picturing a show in a high school gym, rec center, Knights of Columbus Hall, or something like that. Some promotions might be lucky enough to make a deal with the local minor-league baseball park and pack ...

Girlfriend Of Former USC Kicker Says School "Railroaded" Him In Title IX Investigation
In February the USC Trojans suspended placekicker Matt Boermeester indefinitely for what was called a “code of conduct issue.” The player’s status with the program was vague as the year went on, until last week, when the school finally confirmed Boermeester was off the roster. The reason Boermeeste...

Michael Jordan Has Bad Kobe-Versus-LeBron Take
Meme face and one-time basketball man Michael Jordan addressed youngsters at his 2017 Flight School basketball camp, offering the obviously wrong and bad opinion that Kobe Bryant ranks ahead of LeBron James as an all-timer:...

Austin Jackson Flips Into The Bullpen For An All-Time Catch
The Indians and the Red Sox are in the middle of a thrilling shootout at Fenway, but Cleveland center fielder Austin Jackson was at least able to prevent one additional run from getting on the board. With Cleveland leading 7-5 in the bottom of the fifth, Jackson went over the bullpen wall to rob Han...

ESPN's <i>Sunday NFL Countdown</i> Acquires A Collinsworth<em></em>
The Collinsworth arms race has heated up. NBC’s Sunday Night Football has Cris, and as of this afternoon, ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown has Jac, son of Cris. That’s Jac up top (he’s the one on the right.) ESPN announced today that Jac would be joining the show to work as a features reporter, working o...

Why Your Team Sucks 2017: Jacksonville Jaguars<em></em>
Some people are fans of the Jacksonville Jaguars. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Jacksonville Jaguars. This 2017 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here....

Jets Fans Cheer Rookie Who Says He'd Prefer To Die On The Field
The Jets held a forum at training camp today in which a group of about 150 fans got to ask questions of players. Things got a little uneasy when the topic turned to head trauma, and safety Jamal Adams, the Jets’ first-round pick this year, said if he had to pick a place to die it would be on a footb...

Branden Albert Retires Before Ever Playing A Down With The Jaguars
In March, the Jaguars sent a 2018 seventh-round pick to the Dolphins for Pro-Bowl left tackle Branden Albert. The 32-year-old Albert played in the 2013 and 2015 Pro Bowls with Miami, and he mostly remained productive in 2016, starting 12 games and picking up just three penalties while dealing with a...

Chelsea Help Out An Old Friend, Send Nemanja Matić To Manchester United
One of the reasons why the Premier League has been so evenly matched in the past few years is that rarely will the biggest teams move their stars anywhere but out of England. If a club has a top-tier player who wants to split town or needs to make the next step up, they’ll try their hardest to ship ...

Three Days After Walkoff Grand Slam, Steve Pearce Hits Another One
Last Thursday, the Toronto Blue Jays completed a sweep of the Oakland A’s when Steve Pearce hit a grand slam in the bottom of the 10th for an 8-4 win. It was a great moment for Pearce!...

Kyrie Irving Spotted In Video Of Steph Curry Mocking LeBron James
Here is a short video of Steph Curry doing a funny-looking pantomime of what looks like someone working out:...

Desperate Man Works Feverishly To Keep His Name In The Kyrie Irving Story
Stephen A. Smith first got his name into the Kyrie Irving trade story with a “report” that LeBron James would be “tempted, quote, to beat [Irving’s] ass, end quote.” You hear these stories from Smith, bleated with the cadence and volume of a string of firecrackers, and reflexively roll your eyes—he ...

John Gibbons To Power-Mad Umpire: "Were You Out All Fucking Night?"
The Blue Jays ran into one hell of an Ump Show during their game against the Oakland A’s yesterday. Over the course of a few pitches, home plate umpire Will Little managed to eject manager John Gibbons, pitcher Marcus Stroman, and catcher Russell Martin....

Report: The Cavs Can't Get A Hold Of Kyrie Irving
Kyrie Irving wants out of Cleveland, for whatever reason, and he’s apparently doing everything in his power to hasten the exit process. According to The Athletic’s Jason Lloyd (subscribe here), the Cavs’ front office has been unable to get in touch with Irving since news of his trade demand broke....

Attentive Father LeBron James Makes Sure Score Is Correct In Son's AAU Game
LeBron James is in Las Vegas today, taking a break from the twisted soap opera of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ offseason and watching his son LeBron James, Jr. play in an AAU tournament. Just like any other dad watching his son play some ball! Right down to a slightly overbearing need to make sure that ...

USMNT Beats Terrible Team To Win Meaningless Trophy
The Gold Cup is a shitty tournament. It’s the championship of CONCACAF, a garbage confederation with two consistently pretty good teams mixed in with a bunch of flotsam of varying quality. It’s normally contested by the participating countries’ B or C teams, since no one cares all that much about wi...

