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<i>New York Times</i> Endorses Monarchy 

In a move much anticipated by members of the royal court, the Kingdom of the New York Times has elevated a prince of Family Sulzberger to a position in line for the throne. ...

Everyone Got Called A Liar In Closing Arguments At The Derrick Rose Trial<em></em>

Lawyers for both sides in the Derrick Rose trial made their closing arguments today and the proceeding ended the way it began—with both sides telling vastly different stories about what happened in the early hours inside Jane Doe’s Los Angeles apartment back in 2013. ...

Hawks Coach Mike Budenholzer Got Taken Out By Langston Galloway

The NBA preseason is too long and isn’t good for much besides cursory evaluations of new players (like Joel Embiid) and injuries. Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer fell victim to a wayward Langston Galoway attempt to save the ball in the second quarter this evening, and he went down hard....

Todd Bowles Changes His Mind About Ryan Fitzpatrick

Last night, the Jets limped their way to a 28-3 loss to the Cardinals. Ryan Fitzpatrick started, went 16-for-31, and tossed a pick. He was replaced by a very mad Geno Smith, who ended his only drive by throwing a pick to Tyrann Mathieu. The Jets have a surplus of quarterbacks, but that doesn’t reall...

Vikings Defensive Coordinator Was Arrested For Drunk Driving In May

Vikings defensive coordinator George Edwards was arrested in May on suspicion of drunk driving and charged with a DWI. He pleaded guilty to careless driving in August, but the Viking did not disclose his arrest until the Twin Cities Pioneer Press reported on it this afternoon....

Eric Decker Will Get His Shoulder Repaired As Soon As His Repaired Hip Heals<em></em><em></em>

The New York Jets placed wide receiver Eric Decker on injured reserve on Oct. 12 after he partially tore his rotator cuff in September. Decker will need surgery on his shoulder, but before he undergoes that procedure, he needs to repair his hip....

It Was A Nice Day In New York Today

Earlier today, local news station NY1 stumbled upon a “mysterious” statue of a mostly naked Hillary Clinton “depicted with horse hooves, and standing on what appeared to be printouts of emails. The statue also featured a Wall Street banker pressed against her left breast.” So of course, some shit we...

Derrick Rose's Accuser Questioned About Text Messages On Final Day Of Testimony

The Derrick Rose civil trial, in its last hours of testimony, was all about text messages on Tuesday. It began with Jane Doe answering questions about text messages her attorneys failed to submit to the defense earlier in the trial, continued with lawyers fighting over even more text messages, and e...

Phil Kessel Endures The Penguins' Media Day

The Pittsburgh Penguins filmed winger Phil Kessel as he went through the responsibilities of the team’s media day, and it’s a delight. I especially related to the part where Kessel swore after being told that he had to participate in social media....

Bill Belichick Is Sick Of Those Stupid Microsoft Tablets [Update]

Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, who has never been one to embrace technology, has had it with Microsoft Surface tablets on NFL sidelines. He went on a surprisingly long-winded rant about the devices in today’s presser, where he essentially said that the tablets suck ass and he’s not using them ...

White Sox Fan Frank Kaminsky Owns The Cubs

Frank Kaminsky is a White Sox fan and he apparently isn’t one to celebrate his city’s other team’s success. To express his displeasure, he’s decided to wear a custom Steve Bartman jersey around the city. He rocked it on a rooftop last night, then wore it to the Bulls’ arena before the Hornets’ game ...

One-Eyed Bullfighter Gored In The Eye Again

One-eyed torero “El Pirata,” who lost an eye in 2011 after being gored, has been gored in the eye again.  ...

<i>Rolling Stone</i> Deletes Article About Derrick Rose's Rape Trial And Adam Silver (UPDATE)

Rolling Stone deleted an article titled “Why Derrick Rose Rape Trial May Wreck NBA Commissioner Adam Silver’s Legacy” late last week without any notice, The Politico reports. According to their story, the NBA had multiple complaints about the article:...

Mike Gundy Says Those Doggone Cell Phones Have Increased Parity In College Football

Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy, who gets his hair cut like that on purpose, was asked a question about parity in college football during his weekly press conference today. Instead of issuing a boring answer, Gundy took the question and ran with it:...

Movie Stars Who Play Badasses Who Might Actually Be Badasses, Ranked

Lots of actors get paid “big money” to play badasses in Hollywood movies. How many of these actors are actually badasses in real life? ...

Police Arrest Three In Shooting Death Of Tyson Gay's Daughter

Lexington police have arrested three men in Sunday morning’s shooting death of Trinity Gay, the 15-year-old daughter of Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay, at a Cook Out restaurant....

WikiLeaks Emails Show Clinton Aides Cowering In Fear Of Seeming To Care About The Poor

Here is a remarkable bit from the recently WikiLeaked emails of John Podesta, chairman of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. If it doesn’t quite reveal some nefarious master plan for technoligarch world domination, it at least provides an opportunity to goggle at some extremely dumb campaign s...

Junior League Hockey Player Suspended After Concussing Flyers Prospect

Pascal Laberge was selected by the Philadelphia Flyers in the second round of this year’s NHL draft, and currently plays for the Victoriaville Tigres in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. During Saturday’s game against the Moncton Wildcats, he took a vicious hit from Zachary Malatesta....

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Nick Kyrgios Fined And Suspended For Tanking

Apparently unamused by Nick Kyrgios’s tanking antics in a second-round match at the Shanghai Masters, the ATP struck the No. 14 ranked player with a $25,000 fine for “Conduct Contrary to the Integrity of the Game” and an eight-week ban from the tour. ...