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Markelle Fultz Leaves Game With Ankle Injury [Update]
The NBA’s #1 overall draft pick left tonight’s game with an ankle injury after the Sixers’ Markelle Fultz found his foot rolling while sliding past teammate Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot—who himself left the game with a busted and profusely bleeding lip....
James Harden Signs NBA Record Supermax Extension With The Rockets
James Harden today signed the richest contract extension in NBA history, a Designated Player Veteran Extension with Houston worth $170 million over four years. Harden’s current deal runs out in the summer of 2019, so this deal will run through the 2022-2023 season, when Harden will be 33 years old. ...
Cricket Bowler Taken To Hospital After Line Drive To The Skull
Nottinghamshire bowler Luke Fletcher suffered what the British press would call a “horror injury” after Birmingham’s Sam Hain drilled him in the skull on his first delivery of the match....
Nick Young, On Passing: "That's The Point Guard's Job"
Recent Golden State signee Nick Young met with the press Friday night. Among other things, the issue of Golden State’s constant-movement, pass-first offense came up. Here’s Swaggy P:...
Dak Prescott Embroiled In Football Trading Card Autograph Scandal In 2017
At least 167 real human people actually still collect football cards, according to this ESPN report, which also mentions that some number of those people received autographed Dak Prescott football cards that “may not be authentic.”...
Club Friendly Suspended As Ajax's Abdelhak Nouri Collapses On Pitch [UPDATES]
Officials suspended a club friendly in Austria between German team Werder Bremen and Dutch side Ajax after 20-year-old Abdelhak Nouri collapsed on the pitch midway through the second half....
Manchester United And Everton Agree To £75 Million Transfer Fee For Romelu Lukaku
After a protracted courtship that featured rival Chelsea tabling their own unsuccessful bid, Manchester United and Everton have reportedly agreed to a £75 million transfer fee that will send Romelu Lukaku to Old Trafford. As part of the transfer, beloved Man Utd. striker Wayne Rooney will go to Ever...
Lonzo Ball's Summer League Debut Was A Disaster
Lonzo Ball’s much-anticipated professional basketball debut left Lakers chief Magic Johnson shaking his head, as the UCLA product went 2-15 while tripping over his feet and looking incredibly slow in a 96-93 overtime loss to the Clippers. Time for some lowlights!...
Pistons Take Advantage Of Danny Ainge's Bind, Get Avery Bradley
The Celtics backed themselves into a bit of a jam when they decided to sign Gordon Hayward without obtaining the necessary cap room, and the moves they’ve been forced to make have given other teams a chance to benefit from Boston’s trouble. That’s how the Detroit Pistons reportedly traded Marcus Mor...
Jermichael Finley Says Leaving Football Is Hard But Coming Back Might Be Worse
Last week, after former Ravens linebacker Zach Orr announced he hoped to return to the NFL just five months after retiring with a congenital spine condition, ex-Packer Jermichael Finley said that Orr’s story “hits very close to home.”...
The FBI Investigated Bobby Knight For Groping Women At A Spy Agency
The Washington Post has a scoop about famed basketball coach and terrible person Bobby Knight. On July 10, 2015, Knight was curiously invited to give a speech at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), an arm of the Department of Defense that analyzes imagery of the Earth’s surface in ord...
Wildwood Boardwalk T-Shirt Patrons Explain Their Questionable Purchases
Despite years of chronicling the unique t-shirt culture on the Wildwood Boardwalk in New Jersey, I’ve never really asked anyone on the boards why they buy what they buy when it comes to wonderfully bad t-shirts. Until now....
Samoa Joe Can't Be Stopped
Eight years ago and counting, Samoa Joe was done—or at least it seemed that way....
Poor Bastard Whiffs On Rafael Nadal's Second Serve
World No. 34 Karen Khachanov fought his way through two tough matches in Wimbledon’s early rounds (a total of nine sets, three of which were tiebreaks) only to earn himself a third-round date with Rafael Nadal....
Does Anybody Miss Michael Bisping?
Time waits for no one, as the Rolling Stones once said, and UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping is currently in the process of proving the now-geriatric rockers right....
Who The Hell Won This Tour De France Sprint?
Flat stages are usually not the most exciting Tour de France stages, but they have been completely bonkers this year. There was Peter Sagan maybe pushing Mark Cavendish into the barriers and eliminating both riders from contention. Today, Marcel Kittel was awarded his third stage of the Tour, but it...
Report: More Coke Dogs
Dog racing apparently has a bit of a coke problem. Two months ago, five dogs racing out of St. Petersburg, Fla., tested positive for cocaine, and it seems that the problem is not just limited to the Tampa Bay area....
Andre Roberson, Bad Tipper, Roasted By Teammates
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Andre Roberson just signed a three-year, $30 million deal to stay in OKC, but the influx of cash hasn’t left him feeling very generous....
Phillies Accidentally Shoot Off Postgame Fireworks During Game
The Phillies lost to the Pirates last night, dropping them to an MLB-worst 28-56. In the second inning, the Pirates’ Jose Osuna threw out consecutive base runners trying to stretch singles into doubles. It wasn’t all Phillies blunders: The Phils’ Andrew Knapp scored from first on a botched pickoff t...