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Houston Rockets Decide As One To Just Not Play Defense
The Rockets’ pick-and-roll defense is apparently, uh, no pick-and-roll defense? At least Corey Brewer got in there and did a swipe. This isn’t as bad as that one time James Harden just sort of froze against the Knicks, but geez....
Goofball Dancing Behind Brian Baldinger Is The Real Super Bowl MVP
NFL Network’s hours upon days upon weeks of Super Bowl coverage have been brain-choking, though we can’t deny that the meaningless words being spewed from the channel’s personalities are drawing viewers. But, really, how much more is there to be said about tomorrow’s game? Thankfully, this young cha...
High Schooler Hits Game-Winning Buzzer-Beating Desperation Heave From Half-court
Look at this shot from Male High School’s Alex Cook to beat St. Xavier....
What Are You Cooking For The Super Bowl?
As much as we recommend it, we know that not everyone will be making a pepperoni cheese loaf monstrosity. For one, ingesting that much dairy can only be a recipe for disaster. ...
The Sacramento Kings Are Just A Huge Fuckin' Mess
Two weeks ago, DeMarcus Cousins scored a then-career high 48 points as the Kings beat the Pacers for their fifth straight, and you could almost talk yourself into this misshapen collective of wonky players led by a too-old-for-this-shit coach who doesn’t give a fuck about defense maybe, maybe, comin...
Doofus Caller Shows Up On Jim Rome's Set, Gets Run From Show In Person
The Jim Rome Show is still trudging along, a shadow of its former self ever since Rome’s choice to sign with CBS Sports Radio. CBS Sports Network is simulcasting Rome’s annual week at the Super Bowl’s Radio Row, and here’s some doofus Clone showing up and “singing” something incomprehensible, then t...
What Time Does 'What Time Does The Superbowl Start?' Start?
At some point tomorrow, the Carolina Panthers and the Denver Broncos will play against each other in the Super Bowl. However, a much more widely-contested game, between, oh, every publication, has already started. ...
Jimmy Butler Carted Off Court After Sprained Knee, But Not Before Hitting His Free Throws
Chicago Bulls scoring machine Jimmy Butler left tonight’s game in Denver against the Nuggets after suffering a sprained knee late in the first half....
Take Our Word For It: This Is A Cool Highlight
The Auckland Nines tournament is underway in New Zealand, as the top NRL squads try their hand at the smaller, faster variety of rugby league. It’s been a good watch all day, as the format accentuates all the things that make the down-under rugby variant a more enjoyable casual watch; here’s Warrior...
Johnny Manziel Hit With Restraining Order; Dallas Cops Launch Criminal Investigation
Dallas police are now investigating Johnny Manziel after the Browns quarterback’s ex-girlfriend pressed charges on an alleged domestic violence incident that took place a week ago. That incident led a Tarrant County (Tex.) judge to sign a restraining order today requiring Manziel to avoid his ex for...
Chinese Runners Allegedly Revealed State-Sponsored Doping In 1995, IAAF Suspicious
In 1993, the Chinese women’s track team ran crazy; they set insane world records, times so fast, over such a range of distances with almost no recovery in between that, well, they were widely believed to be dirty. The women themselves admitted doping in 1995, but we’re just seeing the evidence now. ...
Hospital Fires Two Employees Who Leaked Jason Pierre-Paul's Medical Records To ESPN
For days after Giants DE Jason Pierre-Paul injured his hand in a July 4 fireworks accident, we didn’t know anything more than that. We didn’t know the extent of the injury, or the operations required, or even how many fingers he had left...until ESPN’s Adam Schefter published a picture of Pierre Pau...
This Photo Of John Wall Will Probably Get More Viewers Than Colin Cowherd's TV Show
Last week, Sports Illustrated reported network Fox Sports 1 is ending Fox Sports Live as we know it, after the would-be SportsCenter competitor helmed by popular Canadian anchors Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole failed to live up to its lofty projections. Its viewership was never particularly commanding, ...
Johnny Manziel's Agent Bravely Cuts Ties With Toxic Client
You’ve probably never heard of Erik Burkhardt, longtime agent to Johnny Manziel, but he had a brief moment in the NFL news cycle this morning when he released a statement claiming that he had officially cut ties with Manziel, the day after news broke that Manziel’s ex-girlfriend told police he had h...
Louisville Self-Imposes Postseason Ban Over Prostitution Scandal
The Cardinals, ranked 19th in the nation, will not be part of the NCAA Tournament, or the ACC tournament, or any tournament at all: according to the Courier-Journal, Louisville is set to announce a self-imposed postseason ban amid an NCAA investigation into reports that the program plied recruits an...
Is DeRay's Run For Mayor The Next Step For Black Lives Matter?
Wednesday night, just minutes before the deadline, the 30-year-old civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson filed to run for mayor of his hometown of Baltimore, and, in coordination with the The Baltimore Sun, Washington Post, and The New York Times, announced his campaign on Medium. The announcement, w...
How To Make A Pepperoni Cheese Football, And Two Other Super Bowl Party Delights
Whether you’re hosting or going to a Super Bowl party, you’re going to need food. Instead of mailing it in with a bag of tortilla chips, impress your friends by making one of these three no-cook meat dishes. We followed the recipes and tried our results, then sent the bologna cake back to hell, wher...
Here Is The 911 Call Made From Charles Sly's Parents' Home When Peyton Manning's Goons Showed Up
Yesterday, the Washington Post reported that two private investigators hired by Peyton Manning went to the home of Charles Sly’s parents shortly after Sly made hidden-camera allegations about Manning’s alleged HGH usage in an Al-Jazeera documentary. The investigators spooked Sly’s family, which led ...
Adam Silver Says NBA Will Seek To Change Hack-A-Player Rules
It’s the bane of any NBA fan who just wants the game to end so they can go to sleep. Hack-a-player, the tactic that sees the (usually) trailing team intentionally foul an opposing big man away from the ball in the hopes he’ll miss his free throws, is a blight and it’s spreading: there have already b...
Kobe, Oh Noooo
The Los Angeles Lakers won tonight (!), their second in a row (!!), on the back of a great game from Kobe Bryant (!!!). Old man Kobe had 27 points, and not a single turnover. He, of course, shot 10-for-24, but hey, it’s Kobe, that’s what you’re gonna get....