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NBA Players Are Coming To Get Their Money Back In 2017
The NBA's bonkers new TV deal means there is going to be more money flowing into the league than ever before, and everyone is already thinking about 2017, when the players or owners can opt out of the current CBA and re-negotiate how all that revenue is going to be divided up. Based on comments from...
The NFL Is Having Its Steroid Moment
Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Email Drew here....
Jamie Oliver: Comfort Food Is OK, Now That He Wrote A Book About It
TV host, cookbook author, and brilliant world-renowned chef Jamie Oliver went on The Colbert Report yesterday to sell some copies of his new book, Comfort Food, a guide to preparing the sorts of foods that professional nutrition-scold Jamie Oliver will crash through your kitchen wall to jump-kick...
Jon Lester Vs. James Shields Is An Argument For The Second Wild Card
There are plenty of reasons to dislike the presence of MLB's second wild card teams, but tonight's matchup is not one of them. That's because we will get to watch two great pitchers—James Shields of the Kansas City Royals and Jon Lester of the Oakland A's—start the precise game that they were acquir...
Can A Ref With No Red Card Send Someone Off? One Player Investigates
It’s an interesting question, one that Guingamp’s Benjamin Angoua tried valiantly to answer this weekend when, as the ref tried to show a red to a teammate, Angoua nipped and slapped at the card, hoping the ref would either listen to reason or get tired of trying to snatch the damn thing out of the ...
LeBron's Hair Is Gone Again. What The Hell?
Remember a week and a half ago when LeBron's hairline looked like it was migrating back south? Yeah, about that. ...
Jamie Donaldson, The Morning After Ryder Cup Win: "I'm Still Drunk"
Welshman Jamie Donaldson sealed a Ryder Cup victory for the European team with a brilliant wedge shot on the 15th hole this weekend. The next morning, news cameras caught up with Donaldson to see how he was enjoying his victory....
Champagne-Chugging Teammate Videobombs Rory McIlroy After Ryder Cup Win
The Ryder Cup went down this weekend, and when the dust cleared today in Scotland, Europe had emerged as victors for the third time in a row. Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy is the world's best player, so he had to take a break from celebrations for an interview, but Welshman Jamie Donaldson stole t...
Why Football Players Crave Contact
Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Email Drew here. Illustration by Sam Woolley....
Attorneys In The Jameis Winston Case Are Going After Each Other
Florida State University has finally gotten around to conducting its Title IX-mandated investigation of the Jameis Winston sexual assault case, which means it's time for attorneys from both sides to start taking shots at each other....
ESPN Showed Jameis Winston Onscreen 48 Times During FSU-Clemson
Viewers of last night's Clemson-Florida State overtime thriller couldn't help but notice how often ESPN's broadcast on ABC showed suspended FSU quarterback Jameis Winston. Indeed, after every big play it felt like the cameras went to Winston to see the Heisman Trophy-winner's reaction. But how much ...
Suspended Jameis Winston Tries To Dress For Clemson Game Anyway
Jameis Winston, who is suspended for tonight's game against Clemson due to a "continuing investigation," tried to dress anyway—engaging in warmups in full uniform. Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher had to send Winston back to the locker room to so the Heisman Trophy winner could remove his unifo...
<em>College GameDay</em>'s Sam Ponder Goes Off On Jameis Winston
Jameis Winston is suspended for today's game against Clemson, but that didn't stop him from being a major focus of College GameDay. Here contributor Sam Ponder—the only female member of GameDay—takes Winston to task and wonders "how can you think it would ever be appropriate to publicly speak in s...
James Rodríguez Opens La Liga Account With Beautifully Struck Goal
Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez may not have any understanding of soccer tactics, but he does know flash when he sees it, and Colombian World Cup standout James Rodríguez is certainly flashy. With Madrid up 1-0 in today's game against Deportivo La Coruña, Rodríguez took a pass from Karim Be...
Jameis Winston's Status Revised, Now Suspended For Entire Clemson Game
Florida State's administration suspended Jameis Winston for the first half of tomorrow's Clemson game earlier this week after engaging in the public execution of a meme. Now, after having time to think about it, interim FSU president Garnett Stokes and AD Stan Wilcox have decided to bench the Heisma...
James Dolan Is A Shitty Boss, Part 4,593
New York Knicks owner and crap-ass wannabe blues musician James Dolan tried to set some kind of world record for the most people playing kazoo in one room. He enlisted New York Knicks Amar'e Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony, who would have probably rather been anywhere else, to help him lead the crowd...
Real Madrid President: I'm Stupid, Not Crooked
It's maybe a little disconcerting when the president of the richest club in the world—the brains behind all significant player transfers coming in and out, a man so determined to fulfill his dream of a star-studded lineup that he'll jettison the one player that makes his team work in favor of a bigg...
What Should A Commissioner Be?
Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Email Drew here....
Did LeBron James Get Hair Plugs Or What?
Above is a picture of LeBron James that was taken on Sept. 16. Something looks a little different about him, no? That famously receding hairline of his is suddenly looking a little fuller, which leads us to ask the obvious question: Did LeBron get hair plugs? Let's investigate!...