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This Fight Went A Bit Better for Aaron Pico
Aaron Pico was one of the most heavily hyped MMA fighters outside of UFC when the former freestyle wrestler made a disastrous debut in June, losing less than half a minute into the fight. He made up for that tonight at Bellator 183, and poor Justin Linn was the beneficiary of his left fist. MAMA MIA...
Bruce Maxwell Becomes First MLBer To Protest During National Anthem
A’s catcher Bruce Maxwell became the first major league ballplayer to join the dozens of NFL pros protesting racial injustice by kneeling during the national anthem tonight before Oakland’s game against Texas....
The Brewers Hit Two Clutch Dingers To Stay In The Thick Of The Wild Card Chase
The Milwaukee Brewers are the losingest National League team to still be mathematically alive for the postseason, clinging to the very bottom rung of the Wild Card chase with just seven games to go. ESPN gives them just a 16 percent chance of edging into that final spot. It’s all do-or-die from here...
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Now UNC's Basketball Team Is Declining Their Invitation To Meet With Basketball-Colored President
The Trump White House is being denied visits from basketball teams left and right, these days. First the great doofus had to hastily pretend to disinvite the NBA champion Golden State Warriors, and now the 2017 NCAA champion North Carolina men’s basketball team will be declining their own invitatio...
Teresa Kaepernick On Trump Calling Injustice Protesters Sons Of Bitches: “It’s What Most Of Us Have Come To Expect From Him”<em></em><em></em>
President Donald Trump has made something of a hobby out of attacking private citizens, Colin Kaepernick among them. During a rally held in Alabama last night, he referred to Kaepernick (among others), though not by name, saying that NFL owners should, when faced with a player kneeling during the na...
Reports: The Knicks Have Agreed To Trade Carmelo Anthony To The Oklahoma City Thunder
Reports came in this week that Carmelo Anthony had added the Cleveland Cavaliers and Oklahoma City Thunder to his list of teams for which he’d waive his no-trade clause. That was apparently as much freedom as Knicks general manager Scott Perry needed: Carmelo Anthony has now reportedly been traded t...
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The Sports World Is Dragging Donald Trump [Updates]
Consecutive temper tantrums had President Donald Trump calling for “son of a bitch” NFL players to be fired for protesting during the national anthem, and then trying to rescind a non-existent invitation to the White House from Golden State Warriors players who’d already said they’d decline any suc...
Yankees Comprehensively Owned By Blue Jays Infielder
Blue Jays infielder Ryan Goins is almost certainly never going to have a better day as a professional baseball player than the one he had Friday night, at the expense of the Yankees....
Derek Jeter Is Sacking All The Other Big Names In Miami's Front Office
Derek Jeter, who does not yet officially own any part of the Miami Marlins, is moving quickly to put his fingerprints all over the organization. First he unsuccessfully made a move on that crazy outfield home run structure; now he’s reportedly directing the firing of Andre Dawson, Tony Perez, Jack M...
Donald Trump Continues To Go After Outspoken Black Athletes
This morning, we can be fairly sure, Donald Trump was watching the teevee and saw a Fox & Friends report about how star Golden State Warriors point guard Steph Curry wants to not go to the White House if the team is invited there to celebrate their recent championship. He punched a message into Twit...
Roger Goodell Slams Trump's "Divisive" Comments About Players Protesting Racism
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says the President of the United States demonstrated a “lack of respect” and “failure to understand” when Donald Trump attacked players who protest racial injustice and called for those “sons of bitches” to lose their jobs....
Jack Sock Blasts Two Forehands
The Laver Cup, which began today in Prague, is like a men’s tennis All-Star game—except good, because the players try. Over three days, some of Europe’s best are pitted against some of the best from everywhere else, on a greyscale court that makes every match look like an expensive cologne ad....
Bayern Munich's Awful Backup Keeper Is Demonstrating How Great Manuel Neuer Is
If walking the Bundesliga, winning the World Cup, and consolidating his place as the world’s very best goalkeeper weren’t enough to win Manuel Neuer the Ballon d’Or in 2014, when he finished third in the voting, then maybe atrocious blunders like this one today by Sven Ulreich, Bayern’s No. 2 keeper...
Draymond Green On Kevin Durant's Twitter Behavior: "I Laughed In His Face"
Last summer, Draymond Green accidentally posted a photo of his penis to his Snapchat story. This summer, Kevin Durant was busted while seemingly attempting to use a burner account to argue with a Twitter troll, trashing his former coach and teammates in the process. ...
Stephen Hauschka Wants White Players To Get Involved In Discussing Racial Inequality
Buffalo Bills kicker Stephen Hauschka says he thinks “it’s important for white players to stay involved in the conversation” about racial inequality, per a story by Buffalo News columnist Kimberley Martin....
Fuck Sports Bottles<em></em>
I thought I was done. My kids were no longer babies, which meant no more formula, which meant no more time laboring at the sink, hand-washing 90 separate Dr. Brown’s bottle parts and leaving them soaking on a dishtowel to dry. That part of my life, as far as I was concerned, was over....
Sam Bradford's Knee Injury Is Starting To Seem Serious
After Sam Bradford had to miss last Sunday’s game, Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer was coy on just how severe Bradford’s knee injury may be. Now, it’s not looking so good....
This Fucking Heiress Kicked Her Horse!
Jazz Johnson-Merton, a 36-year-old heiress to the Johnson & Johnson fortune, competed in a show jumping event earlier this month. At one point, the dreaded heiress fell off her horse and got so mad that she kicked the poor animal....