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Gael Monfils And Novak Djokovic Played Tennis In A New Circle Of Hell
One interesting new plot twist in tennis—I wish I’d been reminded of this before last night—is that every match between Gael Monfils and Novak Djokovic must be conducted in Hell. Like their last encounter in New York, the match must be as Lynchian and listless as possible, and the conditions must be...
Bucks Coach Jason Kidd: We're Not Very Good Because Our Players Aren't 25 Yet
To be honest, I don’t really know why the Milwaukee Bucks, who sit at seventh in the weak Eastern Conference with a mediocre 23-21 record after last night’s home loss to the Miami Heat, aren’t particularly good. I only know that, between Giannis Antetokounmpo, Eric Bledsoe, and a roster crammed with...
Dozens Of Russian Athletes Dodge Doping Tests By Calling Out Sick
Over the weekend, 36 Russian athletes withdrew from a track-and-field competition in Siberia at the last minute following the unexpected arrival of drug testers. Many of those who chose not to participate cited illness, but an investigation is already underway and even Dmitry Shlyakhtin, the Preside...
WNBA's Layshia Clarendon Sues Cal, Says She Was Sexually Assaulted By School Employee
Layshia Clarendon of the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream filed a lawsuit against the University of California yesterday, claiming that she was sexually assaulted by a school employee when she was a student at Berkeley. The suit was originally reported by ESPN. ...
Report: Rockets "Shocked And Disappointed" The Clippers Weren't Punished For Making Them Mad
The Rockets’ Trevor Ariza and Gerald Green each got two-game suspensions handed down on Wednesday for their roles in the now almost-mythic “secret passageway” confrontation in which they allegedly tried to storm the Clippers’ locker room after a loss. The team, however, is reportedly “shocked and di...
Kris Dunn Dunks, Smashes Face
Kris Dunn finished off a fourth-quarter dunk against the Warriors tonight by losing his grip on the rim and crashing to the floor, where he landed face-first on the court and ended up bloody:...
Dwight Howard Does The Big Balls Dance After Two Meaningless Free Throws
Dwight Howard, who’s averaging 52.8 percent on free throws this year, made two meaningless ones towards the end of Charlotte’s 133-109 blowout of the Wizards tonight. Afterwards, like Sam Cassell and so many others before him, he wanted us to know how big his balls were....
Steph Curry Seems Upset
The Bulls went into halftime with a three-point advantage over the Warriors, and besides Jordan Bell getting dunked off the court with a sprained ankle, a few other embarrassing things have gone wrong for Steph Curry’s team so far this evening....
Robin Lopez's Dunk Put Jordan Bell In A Wheelchair
Jordan Bell’s first start of the month started in the cruelest way possible. On the very first possession of the Bulls-Warriors game tonight, Robin Lopez got up a full head of steam, forcing Bell to help over from the corner a bit late. Not only did Bell not quite reach Lopez, he injured himself on ...
Trevor Ariza And Gerald Green Are The Fall Guys For The Rockets' Locker Room Raid<em></em>
Per Adrian Wojnarowski, Houston’s Trevor Ariza and Gerald Green will be the only players getting discipline from the NBA after the Rockets’ reported invasion-by-secret-passage of the Clippers’ locker room following their loss in L.A. on Monday night. Chris Paul and James Harden, despite reportedly b...
Adam Rippon Shreds Lead Olympic Delegate Mike Pence Over Homophobic Policies
Vice President Mike Pence, an anti-gay zealot and restaurant freak, will lead the United States’ Olympic delegation in Pyeongchang next month, which has irked figure skating star Adam Rippon. After winning the 2016 figure skating national championships and finishing fourth at last month’s nationals,...
WWE's New Facebook Show Was Full Of Bullshit And Totally Great
On Tuesday night, WWE’s new Facebook Watch series Mixed Match Challenge debuted to about 126,000 live viewers, with another million-plus later checking it out on demand. For all the rumblings about the WWE/Facebook deal’s possible larger significance, fans were authentically excited to see it. The m...
Okay, Here Is The Last Minneapolis Miracle Video You'll Need
It’s been nearly three whole days since Stefon Diggs caught the ball and turned around to find nothing but open field in front of him, and I’m not ashamed to say I’m still jazzed up about it! If you’re like me, then you will enjoy this latest video compilation of the play, courtesy of the Minnesota ...
How This Hockey Team Will Run Tonight’s Game In An Empty Arena<em></em>
The AHL’s Charlotte Checkers sold more than 7,000 hot dogs last night during their 3-0 win over the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. At today’s home game, they’ll sell zero....
The FAU Offensive Coordinator Job Explains <em></em>College Football's Nepotism Problem
Florida Atlantic coach Lane Kiffin announced a surprising hire this morning: The Owls will be hiring 24-year-old Charlie Weis Jr. to serve as the team’s offensive coordinator. Weis Jr., a couple years older than his players, will be the youngest OC in college football. Here’s how Kiffin described th...
How Much Sympathy Does Tonya Harding Deserve?
When Allison Janney won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Tonya Harding’s mother LaVona Golden in I, Tonya, she made sure to shout out Harding, who sat in the audience that night. This was not just a passing thought. Janney praised many things about Harding, whom sh...
Argentine Soccer Team Puts Keepers Through Batshit Insane Training Regimen
Sportivo Dock Sud, a team in Argentina’s fourth division, really want their goalkeepers to be prepared for anything. That must be why the team’s keeper coach runs his charges through the wildest training gauntlet imaginable:...
Hey, Look, It's Stan Wawrinka And Novak Djokovic
Tennis missed its lost injured boys. I missed seeing a dude look like he a sipped through a six-pack, dozed off on the couch, toppled out of it, peed golden-brown, shuffled off to his match and immediately began lashing 100 mph backhand winners. There are a lot of professional tennis players, but th...
North Korea And South Korea Agree To Form Joint Olympic Hockey Team
North Korea and South Korea have agreed to form a joint Olympic women’s hockey team and march together during the opening ceremonies next month in Pyeongchang, according to the Associated Press. ...
Police: Washington State QB Tyler Hilinski Dead Of Apparent Suicide At 21
Washington State quarterback Tyler Hilinski has been found dead in his apartment in Pullman, Wash. Police are investigating the 21-year-old’s death as a suicide....