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United States Wins First-Ever Curling Gold On John Shuster's Fiver
A brilliant eighth-end hammer delivery by U.S.A. skip John Shuster turned a 5-5 nailbiter into a 10-5 lead that the Americans held onto through the final two ends en route to beating Sweden 10-7 and claiming their first-ever gold medal in curling, and only the second medal ever for the U.S. in the s...
USA Humiliates Vile Canadians On Ice Again
For the second time in just a few hours, the United States showed Canada who’s best on ice....
Sure, Fine, It's "Dunk On Bill Polian" Week
It’s February and there are no sports going on right now except for hockey and various Olympic events that Americans are eating shit in. If not for these circumstances, it’s likely nobody would care too much about what Bill Polian is saying on TV. But we don’t have anything better to do, so let’s ro...
<i>Raw</i> Opened With A Match That Lasted Two Hours And It Ruled
WWE Raw is repetitive. It’s three hours long and sometimes a slog to get through. And when Roman Reigns walked out to start the show last night, it seemed like we’d be getting another 20-minute opening promo segment....
Flames Pest Ryan Lomberg Takes On A Much Larger Opponent, Eats Many Fists
The reason why the tale of David and Goliath is notable is because most of the time, Goliath should win. Put a 5-foot-9, 175-pound AHL goon against a 6-foot-5, 235-pound counterpart, and who do you think will usually come out on top?...
Magic Johnson On Idea Of Being Able To Trade Luol Deng: "Hahaha, We Wish"
The trade deadline has come and gone, and to the surprise of no one, the Lakers did not manage to clear any additional cap space by finding someone to take on Luol Deng and the rest of the four-year, $72 million contract that he signed in 2016....
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Fox News VP Bemoans Diverse U.S. Olympic Team: "Darker, Gayer, Different" [UPDATE] <em></em>
The Olympics start tomorrow. Figure skating! Bobsleigh! International politics! Russian doping! A chance to tell everyone about how the Olympics is a global con that leaves host cities in crippling debt! Whatever your hobby horse, there’s plenty to get excited about right now. With that in mind, let...
St. John's Shocks Villanova Just Days After Stunning Duke
St. John’s went into Philly tonight wearing a dreadful 0-11 Big East record, yet riding high off a bizarre 81-77 takedown of Duke just four days ago. Still, going up against number-one Villanova, their conference drought seemed all but guaranteed to continue....
The Wizards Are Winning And Making John Wall Mad
Before dropping a game to the 76ers last night, the Washington Wizards were on a 5-0 run without star point guard John Wall in the lineup. Now let’s watch as the Wizards manage to turn winning a bunch of games in a row into a bad thing....
Burger Boy John Podhoretz Needs His Burger!
Being on Twitter for an extended period of time is guaranteed to make you a worse person. Most people, as they become bad, begin to exhibit the characteristics of few familiar archetypes: smarmy scold, aggressive moron, screaming sadist, wised-up industry knower, etc. It’s not good for you, but it i...
MSU Interim President John Engler To School Employees: Don't Destroy Documents Related To Investigations
Michigan State interim president John Engler has told school employees to preserve all documents that could be used in the investigations that the institution faces in the wake of decades of sexual abuse by former university employee Dr. Larry Nassar....
St. John's Breaks 11-Game Losing Streak By Beating No. 4 Duke
St. John’s opened its Big East schedule by dropping all eleven games so far this year—even losing to lowly DePaul—but today’s visit by Duke to Madison Square Garden turned things around for Chris Mullin’s squad as the Red Storm knocked off the fourth-ranked Blue Devils 81-77....
Under Armour Boss's Alma Mater Wins Shady Hoops Game, Has Folks Wondering If Money Buys Free Throws
The most moneyed Goliath in prep school athletics needed help from above, or from somewhere else, to vanquish a relative David in parochial hoops over the weekend....
John Wall Broken, Wizards Dead, Universe Empty
Washington Wizards guard John Wall will miss six to eight weeks for a “procedure to clean up” his sore left knee, the one that has now been interfering with his career on a dismally regular basis since at least as far back as 2012. In related news [long anguished scream, tapering away to silence]....
NFL Ref Carl Johnson's Domestic-Violence Accuser Has Now Been Charged
In September, TMZ reported that Carl Johnson, an NFL line judge and the league’s former top ref, was under investigation for domestic violence in Louisiana. Johnson had been the NFL’s VP of officiating from 2010 to 2012, and since then had returned to the field. The investigation was due to a reques...
Gymnast Lindsey Lemke Says That Former Coach John Geddert Threatened Her After She Accused Him Of Abuse In Court
Former Michigan State gymnast Lindsey Lemke says that John Geddert—the former Olympic coach who worked closely with Larry Nassar and suddenly announced his retirement this week, after USA Gymnastics suspended him—threatened her after she spoke in court about the abuse she experienced at his gym....
Gymnastics Coach John Geddert, Accused Of Abusing Gymnasts, Suddenly Announces His Retirement
John Geddert—the owner of Twistars USA Gymnastics Club in Lansing, Mich., who has been called out numerous times during the Larry Nassar sentencing hearing for his own abusive behavior toward gymnasts—sent an email signed by him and his wife saying he was retiring, the Lansing State Journal reported...
Does John Calipari Know What Socialism Is?
Duke managed to edge out Kentucky and land five-star recruit Zion Williamson on Saturday, meaning the Blue Devils now have the top three high school players in the country from the class of 2018. This left Wildcats coach John Calipari facing some questions about his recruiting strategy at a press co...
Former Olympic Coach John Geddert Once Admonished A Gymnast For Daring To Speak Out Against Her Coaches
If you’ve been following the sentencing of Larry Nassar, the former Michigan State and USA Gymnastics team physician who sexually abused more than a 100 women and girls under the guise of medical treatment, you’ve probably heard John Geddert’s name mentioned a lot. Many of the survivors have called ...
The NBA Is Cranky As Hell
We’re smack dab in the middle of post-holidays winter, when all there is to do is be pissed off about the fact that there’s nothing to look forward to in the immediate future other than some dark, cold days. This wears on everybody, but it seems to be wearing on NBA players in particular....