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Kenyan Track Coach Learns The Hard Way That There's No Free Lunch In Rio
A Kenyan track coach was caught yesterday using a runner’s accreditation, apparently to get a free meal in the Olympic Village, and booted from the Olympics. He’s an idiot, yes, but he wasn’t the only idiot. This story resonates....
Kenyan Track Coach Reportedly Posed As Runner To Give A Fake Urine Sample To Doping Control
Earlier this week, Kenyan Athletics’ Michael Rotich was detained by Kenyan police on accusations that he was soliciting bribes from coaches in exchange for warning them about approaching doping tests. This afternoon, Kenya’s Citizen TV reported that track coach John Anzrah was caught posing as an at...
Hannah Storm Announces Live On <i>SportsCenter</i> That John Saunders Is Dead
Longtime ESPN personality John Saunders is dead, as reported live this morning on SportsCenter by anchor Hannah Storm....
Battle Of The Bulge: That Time A Possible John McEnroe Dong Shot Didn't Have The Ethics
Deadspin has dong-shot standards....
John McEnroe Brought The Heat
The best first pitch of 2016 does not belong to a 92-year-old World War II veteran, Snoop Dogg, or, uh, whoever these people are. No, the honor goes to John McEnroe, who smoked this fastball in to open this evening’s Mets-Yankees game....
Secret Emails Show Kevin Johnson Spying On, Attempting To Bankrupt Enemies
The city clerk of Sacramento has released a trove of correspondence between Kevin Johnson and his cronies, over which the scandal-magnet lame-duck mayor of the California capital fought a long, dirty campaign in hopes of keeping it from journalists and legal adversaries. This latest document dump ha...
High School Wrestler Delivers An Attitude Adjustment To His Opponent
Pro wrestling collided with freestyle wrestling when Tyler Curd of Oak Grove High School (Mo.) delivered an Attitude Adjustment to his opponent during a 220-pound match Wednesday at the USA Wrestling Cadet/Junior Nationals in Fargo. ...
Calvin Johnson Details How Easy It Is For NFL Players To Rely On Painkillers
Former Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson, who abruptly retired after the 2015-16 NFL season, opened up in an interview with ESPN’s Michael Smith about the physical toll that football had on his body. The full conversation runs on E:60 tomorrow, but ESPN published a few choice excerpts in ad...
Longtime ESPN Executive To Become New Syracuse Athletic Director
ESPN executive vice president John Wildhack, who has been with the network since its inception and was one of president John Skipper’s top lieutenants, has been named the new athletic director at Syracuse University....
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Beats John Isner After 36-Game Final Set
John Isner, whose 2010 match against Nicolas Mahut was the longest in history, faced another marathon today at Wimbledon against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga—and came out on the losing end, this time, 6-7, 3-6, 7-6, 6-2, 19-17 as the Frenchman overcame a double fault in the decisive game to beat the American....
It Takes Just A Second To Wreck A Dozen Cars At Daytona
If NASCAR is racing at Daytona, then one car can ruin a lot of people’s day—as happened on the 90th lap tonight when Jamie McMurray’s #1 got just a bit too much into Jimmie Johnson’s way, leading to The Big One. Kevin Harvick’s car didn’t look so great afterward:...
Johnny Cueto Remembers His Dead Horse With Photos Of His Dead Horse
Giants pitcher Johnny Cueto’s horse died, according to his Instagram. For proof, he shared photos of the horse, dead. Two photos, to be exact....
One Runner’s Quest To Escape From A Nike Contract<em></em>
“Nike ego takes over,” 1500-meter runner Will Leer told me. “They never let something happen on your terms. They want to solidify the power structure—they have all the power, the athlete has none.”...
Why Are So Many MMA Fighters Truthers, Conspiracists, And Just Plain Weird?
In late May, Tito Ortiz made a public appearance at a Donald Trump rally, holding up a bumper sticker that read, “Hillary Clinton killed my friends.” It wasn’t the first time he’d publicly backed the demagogue developer; earlier this year he went on a radio show and explained his support of Trump by...
Adam Wainwright Almost Murdered A Bird, Randy Johnson Style
Randy Johnson’s bird murder pitch remains maybe my favorite single pitch of all time. Baseball is a sport of massive data sets and averages, which makes strange wrinkles in the fabric of the game, like all 15 home teams winning, easier to appreciate. Johnson’s bird explosion job is the most videogen...
Johnny Manziel's Lawyer Withdraws From Case After Accidental Text To AP
Last week, Johnny Manziel’s defense attorney Bob Hinton unwittingly texted sensitive information about his client to the Associated Press, including the sentence, “Heaven help us if one of the conditions is to pee in a bottle.” Today, Manziel’s spokesperson Denise Michaels said that Hinton has withd...
NASCAR Drivers Brawl After Late Wreck
Tonight’s NASCAR truck race near St. Louis was already running late after a rain delay and several wrecks, but it was one with just seven laps remaining that brought Spencer Gallagher and John Wes Townley to fisticuffs. Rubbin’ (fists) is racin’!...
Johnny Manziel's Father On "Druggie" Son: "I Hope He Goes To Jail"
Johnny Manziel’s father Paul told ESPN tonight that the former Browns quarterback is a “druggie” who “needs help” and that he hoped his son would go to jail....
Johnny Manziel's Lawyer Accidentally Sends Unfortunate Text About His Client To AP
Johnny Manziel was in Dallas Thursday for his initial hearing regarding charges from his alleged assault of ex-girlfriend Colleen Crowley in January. In an unrelated incident, Manziel told police that he was the victim of a hit-and-run on Monday. When an Associated Press reporter contacted Manziel’s...