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Dwyane Wade And Kevin Durant Are Now Feuding, Or Something
In a recent interview, Kevin Durant said that he thought his former teammate James Harden was a better basketball player than Dwyane Wade. That's a pretty uncontroversial thing to say, but it was enough to goad Wade into responding on social media. And Wade's response was enough to get a passive-agg...
Kevin Ware Has A Leg Again And Is Dunking
It's heartening to see Kevin Ware, who suffered perhaps the most gruesome injury in the history of televised sports, back on the court and doing basketball things. And yet, I had to fight the urge to yell out, "Oh God! No no nononono!" as soon as his feet left the ground. ...
The Wonderful One-Pitch Mo
From my man, Kevin Baker, whose latest novel, The Big Crowd, will be published next month. ...
Kolb's Possibly "Career-Ending" Concussion Is The NFL's Nightmare, Too
It was a low-impact play in the open field, and not even the announcers noticed the concussion that might've ended Buffalo Bills quarterback Kevin Kolb's career. ...
Great Players Who Never Had A Great Moment
There have been great players who never had a great moment; men who went on year after year, running up formidable statistics, but were no more fearsome than anybody else in the few, crucial moments of their careers. They popped up or flied out in key at-bats, or did not even fail that spectacularly...
High School Football Coach Accused Of Stealing, Pawning Student's Watch
Kevin Strasser, head coach for Oregon City High School, was arrested yesterday after being accused of stealing a student's wristwatch, then selling it to a pawnshop....
Kevin Smith "Didn't Want No Fucking Bitches" In Lions Locker Room
We ran the "Why Your Team Sucks" preview for the Lions a week or so ago, featuring the usual assortment of aggrieved fan email. But one story, in particular, was too good to bury in that post. Here now is a reader describing her encounters with former Lions running back and eternal PUP lister Kevin...
The Magic Word
The greatest word in baseball is "horseshit." This isn't a matter of opinion, it's a scientific fact. From Kevin Kerrane’s fine book, Dollar Sign on the Muscle:...
Kevin Durant Remorselessly Swats The Jump Shots Of Children
Children beware, if you attend Kevin Durant's basketball camp, you are likely to get your shit ruined. ...
Kevin Kolb Hurt Himself At Practice By Slipping On A Rubber Mat
Oh, Kevin Kolb. A stupid rubber mat might be the catalyst that gives E.J. Manuel the starting quarterback job over you....
The Movie Love Bookshelf
Here’s a good read for the movie nerd in your life. Thomson is a lot of fun to read even when you don’t agree with him....
Baseball Sure Takes Its Sweet Time, Wall Street Journal Finds
Baseball. It sure goes slowly. Sometimes something happens. Mostly, nothing happens....
Kevin Durant Got Engaged To WNBA Player Monica Wright
Yes, you have heard the name Monica Wright before, because you have seen Love and Basketball and now it's dawning on you that Kevin Durant is marrying a WNBA player who shares her name with the lead character from a movie about love and basketball and oh my god isn't that so fucking adorable?...
Kevin Martin To Sign With The Minnesota Timberwolves
This evening, Woj reported that Oklahoma City Thunder shooting guard Kevin Martin agreed to a four-year, $28 million contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves, trading in yearly title challenges for nigh-unbearable winters, and with any luck, a slew of early playoff exits....
The Yankees Are Paying $95 Million For A Whole Lot Of Nothing
Or: why payroll size matters less than what you do with it....
Here Lies Boston Sports Guy: Bill Simmons Reacts To Celtics/Nets Trade
The primary gift and curse of ESPN's coverage of this 2013 NBA draft has been the presence of Bill Simmons, one full year into his mid-career renaissance as a talking head/typing head combo pundit. Getting the world's most vocal Celtics fan to react in real time to the Celtics trading Kevin Garnett ...
Report: Celtics Will Trade Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce To Nets
It is reportedly the end of the Big Three in Boston....
Kevin Sumlin Helped Johnny Manziel Overturn His Suspension
There was almost no Johnny Football. No Heisman Trophy. No two-loss season culminating in a Cotton Bowl win for the Aggies' successful SEC debut. After being suspended for the entire 2012 season, Johnny Manziel started making plans to transfer from Texas A&M. That's when the coach stepped in....