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<i>Boston Globe</i> Columnist Gets Three-Month Unpaid Suspension For Marathon Bombing Story Fabrications

The Boston Globe has concluded its reviews of columnist Kevin Cullen’s work and will suspend him for three months without pay, after WEEI radio host Kirk Minihane scrutinized Cullen’s column on the anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings and found several inconsistencies....

NBA Auctions Off What J.R. Smith Wore When He Lost What Was Left Of His Dignity

A token of J.R. Smith’s eternal shame is up for sale on the NBA’s auction site. “He played 38 minutes and registered 10 points with 2 assists and 6 rebounds,” reads the very charitable caption. In some sense, this is the greatest piece of LeBron James memorabilia that money could buy....

Barry Trotz Is Stepping Down As Capitals Coach

In news that comes as a pretty huge surprise, Washington Capitals head coach Barry Trotz is resigning—not re-signing, but resigning—just 11 days after winning the Stanley Cup. He’s apparently got two pretty good reasons....

Muay Thai Fighter Lands The Face-Kick Knockout Of A Lifetime

Hopefully you had Chalawan Por Onnut beating Rambong Leesorkanka in Thursday night’s Muay Thai matchup at the Rajadamnern Stadium, because poor Rambong suffered perhaps the most devastating knockout in combat sports this year. After landing a flurry of body shots and an elbow to the head, Chalawan u...

The Sacramento Kings are going to find a way to waste the second overall pick on Thursday. Perhaps to mark the occasion, the Sacramento Bee just published an extensive look at the disaster that unfolded the last time the Kings picked in the top two and chose “Out Of Service” Pervis Ellison with the ...

LeBronWatch: Kawhi To The Cavs, Keeping LeBron Put

From Cleveland.com’s Terry Pluto comes a report that the Cleveland Cavaliers “are one of several teams making calls to San Antonio about Kawhi Leonard.”...

Ronda Rousey Looked Great In Her First Singles Wrestling Match

Ronda Rousey the character has some problems. She smiles too much. She can’t act. Her second feud started at the NBC upfronts. But last night, in her first singles match, Ronda Rousey the wrestler looked like she’s going to be pretty damn good....

Brewers Pitcher Just Barfs Everywhere

Brewers hurler Adrian Houser got recalled from AAA for just his fifth career MLB appearance, was tapped to pitch the top of the eighth inning, finished his warm-up tosses, and then promptly barfed....

Yes, That Video Of Obama That Mike Leach Tweeted Is Very Fake [Update]

Mike Leach might’ve officially lost it....

The U.S. Open Sucks And Is Dumb

A fun thing about Tommy Fleetwood’s final round at the U.S. Open Sunday—apart from the fact that he looks distractingly like Kenny Loggins circa 1981—is that he made birdies. Lots of them! So many, in fact, that he finished with a 63 on Sunday, just one stroke away from a U.S. Open record. Fleetwood...

The Kings Are Going To Screw This Up Somehow

Any and all pre-draft player prognostication must come with the caveat that no one actually knows anything, at this point. DeAndre Ayton might turn out to be Michael Olowokandi 2.0; Marvin Bagley III could wind up being another Justise Winslow; It’s not impossible that Luka Dončić is in fact Mario H...

A Regular Reminder That Being An Idiot On The Field Can Be Hazardous To Your Health [UPDATE]

BC Lions defensive back Marcell Young made quick work of an Idiot On The Field who interrupted his team’s CFL opener against Montreal tonight. Good night, buddy. Update (June 17, 1:19 a.m.): We have an alternate angle now!...

Beer For Herbs Calls Itself "Lebron Tears"

An undeniable spoil of victory is the unassailable right to talk mad shit about your vanquished foes, forever, no matter their prominence nor how splendidly they performed. The Warriors are very good at this, as in the case of Draymond Green using t-shirts to mock LeBron James after each of the last...

Cheatin' Phil Mickelson Melting Down At The U.S. Open [UPDATE]

Phil Mickelson was already ten-over at the U.S. Open before putting up a ten-spot on the par-4 13th thanks to some putt-putt style cheatery....

Former Blue Jay Kelly Gruber Disinvited From Canadian Baseball Hall Of Fame Festivities After Unbearably Rude, Awkward Panel Appearance

Thursday night in Toronto former Blue Jays All-Star third baseman Kelly Gruber participated in a panel discussion for PitchTalks, which describes itself as “touring, interactive baseball event.” The event was coordinated around this weekend’s Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame festivities, an event at w...

That Wacky Astros Four-Man Outfield Shift Is Spreading

The defensive shift is having a moment. It’s of course being used more than ever, and now even by certain crotchety types who’d previously resisted it. Royals manager Ned Yost, for example, is skeptical of statistics that support use of the shift, and in fact is vocally in favor of the shift being b...

Prosecutor: Kellen Winslow Jr. Threatened To Murder Women After He Raped Them

Kellen Winslow Jr. was arraigned today in a San Diego court on a list of charges that included forcible rape, sodomy by use of force, and kidnapping. Court documents and a prosecutor also provided more details about what the former NFL tight end is accused of doing to multiple women. ...

BronnyWatch: NBA Suggests One-And-Done Could Be Out As Soon As 2021

Welcome to BronnyWatch, where we track the potential NBA destinations for LeBron James Jr. ...

Mike Hoffman and fiancée Monika Caryk deny having anything to do with the harassment of Senators teammate Erik Karlsson and his wife Melinda, and say they have no idea why they’ve been accused. [Ottawa Citizen]...

There's A Lot Of Smoke About A Martavis Bryant Suspension

Don’t bother making the joke. Everyone else is gonna make the joke. The headline already is the joke....