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Sheriff: Caller Said Lamar Odom Took Up To 10 Tabs Of Sexual Performance Enhancer [Updated]

Nye County Sheriff Sharon Wehrly spoke to reporters this afternoon about her agency’s investigation into what happened with Lamar Odom, who was rushed Tuesday from a brothel in Crystal, Nev. to a hospital, where reports say he remains unconscious and breathing with the aid of machines. ...

This Shootout Goal In The KHL Skills Competition Is Just Filthy

Holy shit this is dope. Nikita Gusev's little twirling move looks more like ballet than hockey, and not only does it look really cool, it works. Here's a GIF:...

(He Signed With The KHL's HC Sochi)

Watch Two Milers Vie For Dumbest In-Race Decision

Algeria's Taoufik Makhloufi, the 2012 Olympic gold medalist in the 1500-meters, already lost one race this year by celebrating too early. That didn't stop him for going for the repeat in the final Diamond League 1500m of the year in Brussels on Friday, giving away his advantage in the final straight...

Algerian 800m Runner Loses Race After Celebrating Too Early

At less than two minutes, the 800 meters is not an especially long race. That didn't keep Algerian star Taoufik Makhloufi from cruising the last few strides at yesterday's Diamond League competition in Shanghai, waving his arms and wagging his tongue in victory. That premature celebration cost him t...

KHL Player Scores Incredible Juggling Goal

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl was eliminated from the KHL playoffs today, but not before Geoff Platt—who had cups of coffee with the Blue Jackets and Ducks—scored this ridiculous three-tap goal....

KHL Player Concussed After Fans Toss Him In The Air, Fail To Catch Him

This is video of Barys Astana forward Talgat Zhailauov, returning home after a first-round playoff win (the club's first ever postseason series victory) to be greeted by jubilant fans at the airport. Up goes Talgat! Down goes Talgat, hard....

Dancin' KHL Goalie Does Back Flip In Full Gear

Here's Ilya Ezhov, goaltender for the KHL's SKA St. Petersburg, proving that goalies are athletes, too. ...

Ilya Kovalchuk Joins The KHL, And He's Getting A Raise

Four days after Ilya Kovalchuk's shocking retirement from the Devils, he's found himself a job. As expected, Kovalchuk's deal with SKA St. Petersburg of the KHL was made official today. Let's see how much he'll make, and then maybe we'll stop calling his NHL retirement "shocking."...

Ilya Kovalchuk Retires From NHL

Thirty-year-old Devils star Ilya Kovalchuk will "retire" from the NHL, most likely to return to Russia and the KHL. It's a big day for CapGeek....

Mike Keenan Will Coach In Russia, And Made This Weird Video To Say Hi

After four years away from the bench, Mike Keenan will take the reins of the KHL's Metallurg Magnitogorsk. The team announced the deal with this video, which combines the best of Russian production values with Keenan's inimitable charisma....

Russian Meteorite Damages KHL Arena, Putting Playoffs In Jeopardy

A meteorite exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk today, shattering glass, damaging buildings, and injuring nearly 1,000 people. (Head over to Gawker for all your bolide porn.)...

Here's The Best Goal From The KHL All-Star Game, Which Had A Final Score Of 18-11

The KHL All-Star Game was more notable for the NHLers playing—Ilya Kovalchuk and Pavel Datsyuk took part after getting permission from their American teams, even after Kovalchuk made comments casting doubt on his intentions to return to the Devils this year. (Lubomir Visnovky wasn't an all-star, b...

The NHL Barely Dodged A Putin-Backed Russian Mutiny, But The League Might Not Be Out Of The Woods Yet

The NHL lockout is over, and most of the players (not Lubomir Visnovsky, though) who kept their games sharp in the KHL have returned to work in the United States. Washington's Alex Ovechkin is back in the States, saying funny things and wearing funny t-shirts. Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin has abandone...

Add Slovakia To The List Of Places NHLers Would Rather Play Than Long Island

As hockey's wandering sons, scattered to the four winds by the lockout, converge back on the NHL, veteran defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky wants to say put in Slovakia. After being traded to the Islanders over the summer, he'd rather stick with his KHL team than come back and get paid millions of dollar...

The NHL Lockout Is Over; Play To Start Within The Next Two Weeks [UPDATED]

Five days short of a January 11 deadline that would have scuttled the entire season, the NHL and NHLPA have reached a deal that, pending approval from a player vote, will end the lockout and allow for a condensed 50-game season. Teams will likely only play other teams from within their own conferen...

Ilya Bryzgalov Leaves Russian Team Because He Thinks The Lockout Is Ending, Or Maybe Because He Saw A Shiny Object

Here's what's not up for dispute: Flyers goalie Ilya Bryzgalov, best known for being a crazy person, will not be playing anymore for CSKA Moscow. He finishes his KHL stint with a 6-5 record and a 2.13 GAA. The real question is, why is Bryzgalov leaving now?...

Lots Of NHL Players Have Headed To A Russian City That Is Essentially A Toxic Waste Dump

Magnitogorsk, Russia. Our kind of town. They've got one hell of a hockey team, with Evgeni Malkin and Nikolai Kulemin, and all the rest. They just added the Avalanche's Ryan O'Reilly. What's in the latest headlines over there?...

Ilya Bryzgalov Can't Take Your Calls Right Now; He's About To Launch Into Space

The Russian men's national hockey team recently removed Flyers' goalie and philosopher Ilya Bryzgalov from their roster before the start of the Channel One Cup, an annual tournament for Europeans playing in European leagues. During the NHL lockout, Bryzgalov has been playing for CSKA Moscow of the ...

<em>OK!</em> Magazine Russia Names Evgeni Malkin Its Most Eligible Bachelor

The player once called "the ugliest guy in the league" has graduated to the most eligible bachelor in Russia. This says something about the men in Russia, or perhaps more about Malkin's willingness to sit for a photo shoot....