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Jack Del Rio Wants To Know What's Really Going On With Seth Rich's Murder
Oakland Raiders head coach Jack Del Rio seems to be a man willing to a hear out a broad variety of opinions on a topic. Maybe that’s a common attribute for football coaches, an occupation that demands approaching a problem with multiple possible solutions and can reward unconventional thinking. That...
Manchester City Defender Jason Denayer Regrets Kicking Man In Head During Street Fight
Manchester City back Jason Denayer, who played on loan at Sunderland this past season, was videotaped kicking a man in the head during a street fight outside a nightclub in Brussels over the weekend....
Four-Star Football Recruit Announces Decision With Paintball Battle Royale Video
Jalen Mayfield, a 4-star offensive tackle from Grand Rapids, was committed to the Minnesota Golden Gophers, and then he took them out on the field of (paintball) battle. Mayfield is ranked as the top offensive tackle in the state of Michigan and Scout has him as the 16th-best tackle in the nation. S...
LeBron, NOOOOO
In the third quarter of Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals, Kevin Love heaved an incredible outlet pass the length of the court to a waiting LeBron James, who reared back for dunk, ready to shatter the backboard, and then doinged it off the rim....
Josh Jackson Required To Attend Anger Management For Accosting Kansas Women's Basketball Player
The Kansas City Star has the details on former Kansas basketball player and future NBA lottery pick Josh Jackson’s court-mandated diversion agreement, which stipulates that Jackson has to, among other tasks, attend anger management, abstain from drugs and drinking for a year, and write letter of apo...
Homes Of Two PSG Stars And PSG's HQ Raided In Money Laundering Investigation
According to reports, tax authorities in France have raided the homes of Paris Saint-Germain players Ángel Di María and Javier Pastore as well as the club’s own offices today, as part of an investigation into possible money laundering on the part of all three parties....
12-Year-Old Fighter Chokes Out 24-Year-Old Opponent At Japanese MMA Event
Remember Momo, the 12-year-old who got booked for an MMA fight in Japan against an opponent twice her age? She choked out the 24-year-old in question in the first round....
Kevin Love Threw A Perfect Touchdown Pass
Hi, did you watch Game 3? We all definitely did. I’m sure you did too. So there’s no need for you to watch these replays of Kevin Love’s full-court outlet pass to LeBron James, which you are totally not seeing for the first time. (And don’t sleep on James’s box-out of Marcus Smart; Smart had no opti...
The Cavaliers Brought Total Ruination Upon The Celtics
The Cavaliers scored the first six points of last night’s Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Things only got much, much, much worse for the Celtics. By the end of the first quarter, the game had all the markings of a massacre; by the end of the second, it was historic. LeBron James was his bes...
J.R. Smith Finishes Off Cavs' Historic <em></em>First-Half Blowout With Incredible Buzzer-Beater
Isaiah Thomas insisted yesterday that the Cavs are “not the Monstars.” A 72-31 first half decapitation sure would seem to disagree with his assessment. LeBron James was transparently fucking around, playing center for long stretches and ripping through the Celtics like cheap toilet paper for 22 poin...
Ryan Fitzpatrick Is Everything Jameis Winston Needs
Ryan Fitzpatrick, age 34, a veteran of 12 NFL seasons, has signed a free-agent deal with the Bucs, his seventh team. Per Adam Schefter, the terms are for one year and $3 million. Fitzpatrick, who went to Harvard, will back up Jameis Winston....
WWE Wants to Replace John Cena With Japan's Shinsuke Nakamura, And It Might Actually Work<em></em><em></em>
This Sunday night’s Backlash show marks the beginning of a new era in WWE, one that would have been shocking even two years ago. For the first time in its history, the world’s largest professional wrestling promotion is attempting to turn a Japanese wrestler into one of its top stars—the top star, i...
Here Is Kenley Jansen’s Immaculate Inning In 16 Seconds
Again! Just four days ago, Max Scherzer threw an immaculate inning (nine pitches, nine strikes). Three days before that, Craig Kimbrel threw one. Then last night, Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen threw an immaculate ninth inning against the Marlins....
Tyler Flowers Pointed Directly At Jose Bautista With A Sign Before His Plunking
Last night the Atlanta Braves finally fired back at the Toronto Blue Jays for carrying out an immensely pathetic beef during the four-game series. ...
Kevin Pillar Suspended Two Games For Using Homophobic Slur
MLB announced yesterday that it was investigating whether Blue Jays outfielder Kevin Pillar called Braves pitcher Jason Motte a “fag” or “faggot” during Tuesday night’s game. The Blue Jays, perhaps in an attempt to get out ahead of any punishment from the league, have since suspended Pillar for two ...
Blue Jays Pitcher Marcus Stroman Hit His First Dong
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Marcus Stroman knocked his first career dinger tonight off Atlanta Braves pitcher Julio Teheran. In doing so, Stroman became the first pitcher in 14 years to homer for the Blue Jays....
MLB Is Investigating Kevin Pillar's Apparent Homophobic Slur Toward Opposing Pitcher<em></em>
Last night, Blue Jays center fielder Kevin Pillar appeared to have called Braves reliever Jason Motte a “fag” or “faggot” after Motte quick-pitched him to strike him out swinging and end the seventh inning....
I'm Still Laughing At That LeBron James Performance
It didn’t take long for LeBron James to demonstrate just how little of a chance the Boston Celtics have at advancing to the NBA Finals. After getting his first two buckets of the night by blowing right by Jae Crowder—exactly the kind of brawny forward people have spent years tricking themselves into...
The Blue Jays And Braves Cooked Up Some Beef
In the seventh inning of tonight’s Blue Jays-Braves game, Jason Motte struck Kevin Pillar out to end the inning on a quick pitch. Pillar took issue with Motte’s tactics and yelled something indiscernible at the mound, immediately drawing a warning from the umpire. Both benches cleared and milled aro...
LeBron And The Cavs Broke The Celtics
Somehow, Marcus Smart, Kelly Olynyk, and Avery Bradley were not enough to stop the Cleveland Cavaliers or even slow them down very much. The final score was not that imposing, as the Cavs won just 117-104, but Cleveland emotionally disemboweled the Celtics early and turned the entire second half int...