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Jerry Jones Is The Reason The Rams Are In Los Angeles
The best thing you’ll read this week—and the most revealing look at the dynamics of the men who actually run the NFL I’ve read in years—is this ESPN The Magazine feature by Seth Wickersham and Don Van Natta Jr., a tick-tock of the gossip, the cajoling, the backroom deals, the conniving, and finally ...
Stopwatch-Wielding Referees Blow It, Overturn Boise State Buzzer-Beater
Last night, Boise State looked to have beaten Colorado State University on an incredible shot by James Webb III with just 0.8 seconds left to play. Pretty amazing shot, right? It looks even better in slow motion:...
Former Wild Player And His Bunny Call For Mike Yeo's Firing
Former NHL enforcer Zenon Konopka played parts of two seasons in Minnesota under coach Mike Yeo, and by all accounts they weren’t pleasant ones for either man. So take that into account when Konopka, with an assist from Hoppy Konopka, goes public with a call for Yeo’s ouster....
Wait, Did The Clippers Pretend To Stab Paul Pierce A Bunch Of Times?
The Clippers played in Boston last night, possibly marking former Celtics great Paul Pierce’s last chance to play in front of his old fans. Pierce received a warm welcome from the crowed when he was introduced, and then participated in a very strange skit with his teammates....
Monty Williams's Wife Dies In Car Accident
Ingrid Williams, the wife of Thunder assistant and former Pelicans head coach Monty Williams, died last night of injuries suffered in a car crash the day before. She was 44. Monty and Ingrid Williams have five kids, between the ages of 5 and 17....
LeBron James Rifles Pass Into D'Angelo Russell's Dong
I really didn’t need to see three replays of this....
Markieff Morris And Archie Goodwin Fight On The Suns Bench
Phoenix Suns teammates Markieff Morris and Archie Goodwin got into a screaming and shoving match on the bench during the first quarter of tonight’s game against the Golden State Warriors. The fight, which happened during a timeout, didn’t seem to be captured by either the Suns’ or the Warriors’ broa...
Complaint: Basketball Coach, Rick Adelman's Son, Taught Players Insanely Misguided Race Lesson
Four parents of Lincoln High School (Portland, Ore.) basketball players have filed a complaint against varsity coach Pat Adelman, alleging that Adelman called white players racists during a halftime tongue-lashing, and demeaned two black players by making their teammates touch them, according to Wil...
Kobe Bryant Once Gave Pretty Hilarious Sex Advice To A Reporter
Complex ran a fun feature today, where they asked 18 different journalists who have covered the Lakers for their favorite Kobe story. There are some gems in there—like the time Kobe and the team’s play-by-play announcer raced down the freeway—but the best entry comes from Los Angeles Times writer Er...
Garbage Beef Tastes Like The Great Depression Probably Felt
The Woe of Cooking is an ongoing fiasco where Jesse Farrar unearths the weirdest, grossest recipes he can find in The Joy of Cooking, and cooks/eats them. It has been awhile; we missed you....
Liverpool Fans Get Their Wish As Club Agrees To Two-Year Ticket Price Freeze
Through staunch public opposition, a coordinated stadium walk-out, and a strongly-worded video critique of the squad, the powers that be at Liverpool have scrapped their proposal to raise the prices of tickets....
NBD, Just A 75-Foot Buzzer-Beater
Pennsylvania boys hoops here, with Wilmington hitting what appears to be a winner with two seconds left on the clock to go up one point, leading the home crowd to celebrate—until Jacob Reimold’s line drive the length of the court gives the 68-66 win to Reynolds....
Dancing Kentucky Fan Picks Up Girl, Drops Her Down The Stairs
This old dude right here is apparently known as “Boogieman,” and is a fixture at Kentucky basketball games. Someone please tell Boogieman that he is far too old to just go around scooping people up:...
Report: The Lakers Wanted To Trade Kobe Bryant For LeBron James In 2007
ESPN’s Brian Windhorst brings us a report that offers the chance to imagine a fun alternate history: What if the Lakers had traded Kobe Bryant for LeBron James?...
Evander Kane And Alex Petrovic Fought Three Times In One Game
Sabres winger Evander Kane and Panthers defenseman Alex Petrovic dropped the gloves three times in Tuesday’s game. The two fought twice in the second period and once in the third....
Matt Bartkowski's Mom Is So Adorable
The Canucks’ moms are with the team on their two-game road trip (compare the happy picture above with this one of the Leafs’ dads), and everyone was having a good time in Vancouver’s 3-1 win at Colorado. No one more so than Beth Bartkowski, who saw her son score his first goal in more than three mon...
It Sure Looks Like Draymond Green Got A Ref To Admit He Made A Bad Call
Warriors forward Draymond Green fell a bit short of his standard triple-double output against the Rockets last night, but he appeared to accomplish a rare NBA feat after having a clean block erased by a bad foul call....
Roy Williams "OK" After Collapsing During Game
UNC coach Roy Williams says he’s “alive and kicking” after a bout with vertigo that forced him to leave the Tar Heels’ eventual 68-65 win over Boston College with 15 minutes remaining. It was a scary moment: though Williams has had vertigo all his life, he had never before been forced out of a game....