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Can USATF Coach Jon Drummond Carry Your Drugs?
David Epstein, writing for Sports Illustrated and ProPublica, reports that a USA Track & Field representative and coach "encouraged [the] use of the banned products and transported them" for doper Tyson Gay....
Down With NBA Playoff Color-Outs
Whoa, hey, the paperback edition of Someone Could Get Hurt drops today, so if you were too cheap to spring for a hardcover last spring (and you were; I've seen the royalty statements), now you can buy it on the cheap. Everyone wins when you give me your money....
Lolo Jones Is Not A Track Virgin
Fifteen hundred fans crowd the bleachers on a Friday night in Bloomington, Indiana. They're here for the American Track League's debut meet, sure. But really, they're here to see Lolo Jones. ...
Kings Win In OT; Jonas Hiller Looks Crushed
Oh man, poor Jonas Hiller. The way he whips his body around and looks back after that goal trickles in, you can feel his anguish and disbelief, even though he's wearing a mask. He is staring daggers through that puck. At 12:07 in overtime, Marian Gaborik redirected Anze Kopitar's pass and it sort o...
In 10 Minutes, ESPN's Bomani Jones Lays Waste To The Sterling Issue
I could delve deeper into some of the points Bomani Jones made yesterday on the Dan Le Batard Show, about how fundamentally silly this whole Donald Sterling affair sounds when you really listen to what's being said, about how exasperating it is for those of us who see the everyday effects of race to...
Jon Jones Defends Light Heavyweight Title With A Perfect Fight
Going into last night's title defense, the question for UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones wasn't whether he'd win, but how. His opponent was Glover Teixeira, a tough but limited fighter whose main attributes are heavy hands and a hard chin, and whose principal skill is working inside with a s...
How Jon Jones Makes An Ugly Sport A Beautiful Thing
April 11 was the kind of day that makes you wonder if the problem with fighting is that it can't be justified....
Blues Fan Has Facepalm For The Ages After Toews Goal
A hearty thank you to reader Justin for pointing this out because it is wonderful. Look at this man who probably smacked himself in the face with such force that his whole section heard the thwack! Go ahead and expand this one to get the full experience, but don't stop there. There's a lot more goin...
Jonathan Toews's Overtime Winner Was As Close As It Gets
There's not much space at all between Ryan Miller's skate and the post, but Jonathan Toews used all of it on his backhand winner in overtime against the Blues. Toews gave the Blackhawks a 3-2 overtime win in Game 5 after he found himself at center ice all alone with the puck thanks to a Duncan Keith...
Brad Marchand Misses Two Wide-Open Nets
Brad Marchand has to be feeling very lucky about the fact that his Bruins came away with a 3-2 victory in last night's Game 4 against the Red Wings, otherwise he would be having a very, very bad day today....
UFC Champ Jon Jones (Apparently) Calls Some Guy A "Fag," Blames Hacker
The other day, a Swedish guy posted some images purporting to show that after he trolled UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones—he is, roughly, the Kevin Durant or Mike Trout of his sport—on Twitter, Jones went through his photos on Instagram and tagged them with homophobic comments....
Revising A Miracle: What if the Mets Had Drafted Reggie?
Dig the 3-part series by Chris and Jon DeRosa. ...
Inside Major League Baseball's Dominican Sweatshop System
Ian Gordon's compelling 2013 feature for Mother Jones:...
<em>The Daily Show</em> Takes Down The NCAA
With the NCAA tournament at a close, and the recent decision allowing Northwestern football players to vote on forming a union, Jon Stewart and The Daily Show decided to tackle an issue near and dear to our hearts. Never has the exploitation of teenagers been funnier. ...
The Meanest Things Said To Lolo Jones Tonight
Earlier tonight, track/bobsled athlete Lolo Jones posted a tweet with Drake and Rihanna being the butts of her joke. That did not go over well with Rihanna's enormous fanbase, along with others....
Damnit, Rondo
Is there a word for when a player tries to take a charge, only the ballhandler never actually makes contact, yet the defender hits the floor anyway? It's Rondoing, now....
Adam Jones Is Sick And Tired Of Fans Running Onto The Field
In the eighth inning of yesterday's Orioles' blowout of the Yankees, a pair of fans rushed the field. They were quickly swarmed by more security guys then I've ever seen on a ballfield:...
Havana's Son
Slide on over to Victory Journal and dig into Brin-Jonathan Butler's story on our man El Duque (lavishly illustrated by Mickey Duzjj)....