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Braden Holtby Made The Save Of His Life
If you have not yet seen Braden Holtby’s game-saving save with two minutes left in Washington’s 3-2 Game 2 win, well, first see Alex Ovechkin’s reaction on the bench:...
The Capitals Refused To Blink In Game 2
The Golden Knights have trained people to believe that they’re always going to bounce back. All though this postseason, Vegas has shrugged off potentially game-changing goals from their opponents, like Tom Wilson’s tiebreaker in the third period of Game 1, and quickly reasserted control. But in a 3-...
Don Cherry Made Gary Bettman Extremely Awkward By Bringing Up A Quebec Expansion Team
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman was watching CBC analyst Don Cherry’s “Coach’s Corner” segment off-screen during the first intermission of the Stanley Cup Finals game tonight, but once Cherry brought up his desires for a Quebec expansion team, he and his partner Ron MacLean got Bettman on camera. It w...
Bryan Colangelo’s Wife Could Be The Person Behind Woodergate
When Sixers GM Bryan Colangelo defended himself against Tuesday’s report from The Ringer that linked him to some aggressive anonymous Twitter accounts, he told a reporter, “Someone’s out to get me.” But as Colangelo continues to deny any connection to the accounts, new findings in the Woodergate cas...
Bryan Colangelo On His Alleged Burner Accounts: “Someone’s Out To Get Me”
Here is a sentence of fascinating developing NBA gossip: Bryan Colangelo says he is not behind the Twitter accounts attributed to him in a bombshell article by The Ringer last night, and believes someone is “out to get him.” ...
Mets' Stadium Fire Works Too Well As A Metaphor
The Mets, who sit at .500 after an 11-1 start to the season, and with its roster suffering injuries at roughly the rate of the Crimean War, are currently in Atlanta for a series against the Braves, so they weren’t around to watch part of their stadium catch fire earlier today. (The flames were conta...
Multiple Women Say They Were Sexually Abused By Their Legendary Equestrian Coach
The New York Times published a story yesterday, part of which was first reported last month by the Chronicle of the Horse, in which multiple women allege they were sexually abused by a once-legendary equestrian coach. That coach was Jimmy A. Williams, a man so important to the sport that at one poin...
Yet Again, We've Reached Peak Mets
On Tuesday, Mets co-ace Noah Syndergaard underwent an MRI exam that revealed a strained ligament in his pitching index finger. A few hours later, Steven Matz left in the fourth inning of his start with finger discomfort. After taking a 6-2 lead into the seventh inning, the Mets’ bullpen completed it...
The Numbers Are In, And N.C. State Still Sucks
There are some things in life a person figures out by the time they’re grown: gravity, death, the calculated depletion of media and America at the hand of venture capitalists. And N.C. State’s mediocrity....
Cal Coach Lindsay Gottlieb Says Southwest Airlines Demanded Proof She Was Her Biracial Son's Mother
Cal women’s basketball coach Lindsay Gottlieb was about to board a plane in Denver with her year-old son Jordan on Monday when she was stopped by a Southwest Airlines employee, who demanded to see proof that she was Jordan’s mother. Even after Gottlieb showed Jordan’s passport, the employee was not ...
Mother Of D-League Player Who Died On Court Sues NBA For Failing To Save His Life
The mother of Zeke Upshaw, the NBA D-League player who died after collapsing on the court in March, has filed a lawsuit against the NBA alleging no one performed lifesaving measures after Upshaw collapsed on the court....
What Are The Last Two Numbers Of Bryan Colangelo’s Cell Phone?
When news of The Ringer’s investigation into burner Twitter accounts broke last night, it lit basketball corners of the internet aflame. Because the information tweeted by accounts like @Enoughunkownso1, @AlVic40117560 and @s_bonhams seemed to include things only a member of the Sixers’ front office...
The Sixers Will Investigate Bryan Colangelo's Twitter Use
Way more interesting than the finals is the Ringer story reporting that Bryan Colangelo, the Philadelphia 76ers’ president of basketball ops, may have been behind up to five anonymous Twitter accounts airing the team’s dirty laundry and defending Colangelo and his shirt collars....
Dereck Rodriguez, Son Of Pudge, Hits The Big Leagues
It is the year of the baseball sons. With Vlad Guerrero Jr. due up later this year (and set to ascend to Cooperstown shortly thereafter) and Bo Bichette and Cavan Biggio also making their ways up through the Blue Jays’ system, the scions of ‘90s–2000s MLB royalty are starting to hit the big leagues....
Kyle Gibson's Slider Is The Sneakiest Pitch In Baseball
Minnesota Twins starter Kyle Gibson didn’t get the win in his seven innings of shutout work Tuesday night against the Royals—the final score was 2-1, Kansas City, in 14 innings—but he did get another opportunity to show off his glorious slider, a strikeout pitch that’s been better at getting swings ...
The Yankees Got A Ridiculous Out Thanks To Their 10th Fielder Mr. Backstop
In the 10th inning of a thrilling Yankees win over the Astros, the New York battery of Aroldis Chapman and Gary Sanchez used a ricochet off the backstop to force a threatening runner off the bases. Chapman’s 100 mph fastball missed Sanchez’s glove at first, but bounced right back to the alert catche...
Report: These Anonymous Twitter Accounts Love To Defend 76ers GM Bryan Colangelo's Honor And Shirt Collars
In a report for The Ringer, Ben Detrick has presented compelling evidence that Philadelphia 76ers president of basketball operations Bryan Colangelo has a set of anonymous Twitter accounts, which he’s used to criticize his own players, slam former team GM Sam Hinkie, give out his players’ private me...
Nick Saban Doesn't Want You To Blame Him For Restricting His Players' Transfers
Alabama offensive lineman Brandon Kennedy, who graduated in December but still has three years of eligibility remaining, was hoping to go to Auburn or Tennessee as a grad transfer next season. But so far, he’s been blocked by his now-alma mater from transferring to any SEC schools or future Alabama ...
Report: Mark Cuban Warned Mavericks' "Pants DJ" To Stop Watching Porn At Work, But He Kept Doing It
The Dallas Mavericks have been conducting an internal investigation since Sports Illustrated reported in February on the club’s history of sexual harassment, and this week the Dallas Morning News has some new details on the behavior of former senior account executive Chris Hyde. SI and Deadspin each...
David Cronenberg Makes The Unfilmable His Own
This feature on David Cronenberg’s movie adaptation of William Burroughs’s beat classic, The Naked Lunch, was first published in the February 1992 issue of Premiere, and appears here with the author’s permission....