k Page 2278 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Derrick Rose Sounds Incredibly Enthused About The Return of The Triangle Offense
The triangle offense is back in New York City! This is what will save the moribund Knicks’ season, some good old fashioned archaic basketball. Have you caught the fever? Derrick Rose has:...
The Idiot Behind "Kirby's Law" Is Giving Us The Latest Stupid Bill Out Of Georgia
It took me just one semester of college covering the Florida legislature as a student to realize how little state lawmakers give a shit about public universities as institutions of higher learning. Sure, they give out money, but it’s largely in the extension of their own interests. In Florida, the G...
Andy Murray Saved His Ass With The Best, Dumbest Drop Shot
Today in poor decisions: Andy Murray, down match point at the Dubai Championships, went for this comically risky drop shot against Philipp Kohlschreiber....
The Sports Highlight Of The Day Is This Wrestling Tyke's Bemused Shrug
They say that discretion is the better part of valor, and boy did this little wrestling boy have a whole lot of discretion. All his helpless opponent can do is shrug towards the crowd....
The Pistons Need To Rely On Their Most Unlikely Players In Order To Win<em></em>
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope was never supposed to be Detroit’s savior....
Cincinnati Coach Mick Cronin: NCAA Tournament Seeding Is All About Selling Tickets
While other coaches are quick to entertain questions regarding potential seeding and region placements in the weeks leading up to the NCAA tournament, Cincinnati head coach Mick Cronin made clear on Wednesday that he’s not buying the NCAA’s athletes-first schtick....
Mets Prospect Makes Incredible Nonchalant Catch Of Flying Bat
This is...maybe the coolest thing I’ve ever seen a human being do?...
Mike Francesa Can't Fathom The Idea Of Women Coaching Men
Mike Francesa, a man who already has a tenuous grip on the world to start with, struggled to be coherent when a caller asked if he could one day see a woman coaching a men’s professional sports team....
Novak Djokovic Gets The Best Of Juan Martin Del Potro, Who's Still Missing Something
The last time these two matched up, last August at the Rio Olympics, they delivered the best tennis storyline of 2016: Juan Martin del Potro, rising from the dead after two years of surgeries to both wrists, upsets a Novak Djokovic who’d then had a vice grip on the No. 1 spot for two whole years. Th...
Celebrity Democrats Fuck Off
We have just witnessed the incredible spectacle of a vile right-wing celebrity being elected President of the United States. There is a right lesson—and a wrong one!—for Democrats to take from this. ...
John Collins Might Just Will Wake Forest Into The Tournament
As was the case with several bubble teams, the last couple games of the regular season have been crucial for Wake Forest. Entering Wednesday night’s clash with No. 8 Louisville at 16-12 and 7-9 in conference play, the Demon Deacons desperately needed a signature upset to separate themselves from the...
Is Scot McCloughan Getting Zorned By Dan Snyder?
People wondering what the hell is going on in Washington with the public execution of Scot McCloughan’s career should probably just look to the top of the organization. This is nothing new for the most consistent man on the planet, Skins owner Dan Snyder....
James Harden Says Last Year Was The Worst Of His Life
James Harden’s 2015-16 season with the Houston Rockets was swallowed up by interpersonal drama and an unwanted transition to a more high-profile lifestyle, according to a new profile by Lee Jenkins for Sports Illustrated....
This Nuggets Possession Is The Good Shit
Want to see some dank ball movement?...
Something Very Weird Is Going On With The Skins
This is weird even for Washington, where weirdness is the natural order of things....
LeBron Nearly Took Out Bill Belichick
Patriots coach Bill Belichick was in attendance for last night’s 103-99 Celtics win over the Cavs, and he had good seats:...
John Wall Denied Serge Ibaka's Dunk And It Was Glorious
In the fourth quarter of the Wednesday night game between the Toronto Raports and the Washington Wizards, Raptors forward Serge Ibaka collected a pass under the basket, pivoted, and launched himself towards the rim for a one-handed jam. It looked like he’d make it, too, until John Wall swooped down ...
This Horrendous Defense By Jahlil Okafor Is Truly Something To Behold
You’re about to watch a defensive effort by 76ers center Jahlil Okafor. Be warned: It is the softest, wet-noodliest defense you’ll ever see in your dang life....
Northwestern Beats Michigan On Length Of The Court Pass, Buzzer-Beater
Northwestern knocked off Michigan 67-65, on a Dererk Pardon layup as time expired. Inbounding with 1.7 seconds left, Nathan Taphorn heaved the ball the length of the court, right into Pardon’s hands. The storming of the court afterwards was the most exciting thing to happen in Evanston, Ill. since, ...