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Mark Cuban On Not Firing Employee After Domestic Abuse Incident: "Truly A Fuck Up On My Part"
Last night, Sports Illustrated dropped a detailed account of internal sexual harassment and physical abuse complaints reported against a number of Dallas Mavericks male executives and employees, including former team president and CEO Terdema Ussery. After the team failed to soften the backlash with...
Netherlands Short-Track Team Wins Bronze Medal For World-Record Race, Didn’t Even Compete In Final
Short-track speed skating has been popular since its introduction to the Winter Olympics in 1992 for two reasons: its high-speed, exciting races and the propensity for athletes to crash. And in yesterday’s women’s 3,000-meter short-track relay, fans got to see both. ...
Did Phil Jackson Leave This Flirty Note In A Cabin?
A reader who recently stayed at a rental cabin high in California’s Sierra Nevada discovered a note during his stay, lodged in a book called Cabin Porn: Inspiration for Your Quiet Place Somewhere. The message appears to be former Lakers head coach Phil Jackson suggesting, in his own way, that some u...
The Flyers Haven’t Had To Kill A Penalty In Three Games
At the beginning of the month, the Flyers were dreadful when a man down, ranking 29th in penalty-kill percentage (73.9) on Feb. 2. Though their league ranking hasn’t improved significantly—now 28th—they’ve achieved an unexpected feat by going three straight games without killing a penalty. It’s been...
Fired Mavericks Employee: I Signed A Contract That Said I Would Stay Away From Female Co-Workers
Sports Illustrated dropped a lengthy story Tuesday night that outlines a culture of sexual harassment, abuse, and misconduct in the Dallas Mavericks organization. One of the employees implicated is Mavs.com beat writer Earl Sneed, who worked full time for the team from the 2010-11 season until Tuesd...
Report: Mavericks Former President And CEO Was A Serial Sexual Harasser
Sports Illustrated dropped a lengthy dive tonight into what it called the Dallas Mavericks’ “corporate culture rife with misogyny and predatory sexual behavior.” The report went into detail on the various ways male Mavericks employees behaved inappropriately toward female co-workers, and why female...
Mavericks Release Very Weird Statement About Some Sort Of Employee Misconduct<em></em>
The Dallas Mavericks have released an official team statement that appears to preempt an upcoming Sports Illustrated article detailing at least one case of alleged workplace misconduct against women by a former team employee. The statement is vague about who the employee is and what exactly this per...
Fabio Fognini Pulls Off A Zany, Totally Accidental Trick Shot<em></em>
Set point, nerves jangling, sweaty palms—it’s not all that uncommon for a player’s racquet to slip out of their hands on the followthrough of a serve under circumstances like these. It is, however, completely nuts for that racquet to then strike the court at such a precise angle so that it bounces n...
Bill Polian Thinks Tall Person Lamar Jackson Is Too Short To Play Quarterback
Former NFL GM and current ESPN insider Bill Polian has added to his portfolio of sports takes, which already includes “Randy Moss and Terrell Owens aren’t Hall-of-Fame players,” “I’m the only one who knew Tom Brady was good,” and “Tyrann Mathieu is the devil.” Yesterday, he cooked up this spicy one:...
MLB Introduces New Pace Of Play Rules Limiting All Those Damn Mound Visits
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred has been pushing hard for changes designed to speed up baseball’s pace of play, and today the league announced a set of initiatives aimed at doing just that:...
Rehearsal Footage Shows Fergie Unsure About "Star-Spangled Banner" Rendition Before Disastrous Performance
Pop singer Fergie struggled with her, erm, unique take on “The Star-Spangled Banner” even before her widely mocked performance of it before last night’s NBA All-Star Game, rehearsal footage acquired by Deadspin reveals....
Russian Curling Bronze Medalist Aleksandr Krushelnitckii<em></em> Busted For Doping<em></em>
The Court of Arbitration for Sport says Russian curler Aleksandr Krushelnitckii, who with his wife Anastasia Bryzgalova claimed bronze in mixed doubles last week in Pyeongchang, is formally charged with doping after his B-sample tested positive for meldonium....
These Dang Rising Stars Are Too Dang Young!
Dan Devine of Yahoo Sports did a fun thing during media availability before Friday’s Rising Stars Challenge: he went around and asked these young whippersnappers to describe their first big NBA memory. An important takeaway: My God, I am so old. Here is Dennis Smith Jr., who competed in Saturday’s d...
Bob Huggins, On Hilariously Lopsided Free Throw Disparity Against Kansas: "You Have No Chance To Win"
West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins was ejected from Saturday’s 77-69 loss at 13th-ranked Kansas, for arguing with officials over foul calls. Huggins felt like the refs were giving his 20th-ranked team a raw deal. He might’ve had a point!...
Shithead Blackhawks Fans Chant "Basketball" At Caps Forward Devante Smith-Pelly
Devante Smith-Pelly was subjected to racist taunts from fans at the United Center in Chicago during Saturday’s Capitals-Blackhawks tilt, according to a report from the Washington Post:...
The Dunk Contest Is Bad Again
It is with great sadness and more than a little frustration at having stayed up to watch the stupid thing that I must report that the NBA dunk contest, which looked for a few years there like it might be good again, is, in fact, bad again....
How NBC Flubbed Its Coverage, Reported The Wrong Gold Medalist, Then Botched The Correction Of One Of The Most Stunning Upsets In Olympic History
When Ester Ledecká crossed the finish line of this morning’s run of the women’s Super-G a hundredth of a second ahead of reigning gold medalist Anna Veith, the Czech couldn’t believe she’d beaten the Austrian champ. Ledecká, after all, is best known for her achievements in a completely different eve...
The Father Of Artistic Figure Skating Is A New Yorker Who Lived During The 19th Century
Skating on ice dates all the way back to 3,000 BC. Or, anyway, the oldest pair of skates date back that far. The blades on these early skates are made of animal bones with holes bored through them; leather straps attached the skate to the foot....
David Brooks Seems Extremely Confused (About Amphibians)
Amphibians, as every little kid knows, are born in water, as larvae, breathing water through gills. Later they undergo metamorphosis, and emerge from the water with (in most cases) air-breathing respiratory systems. Even after they’ve taken to land, though, they retain highly permeable skin that can...
Happy Valentine's Day From Giannis Antetokounmpo, "A Freak On The Court And On The Sheets"
Giannis Antetokounmpo got a lovely Valentine’s Day present! Aww! Let’s see what his “sexy little thing” got him!...