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LSU Coach Ed Orgeron Drinks Enough Caffeine To Harm A Normal Man

LSU football coach Ed Orgeron is an intense, occasionally incomprehensible man. So when he was on Dan Le Batard show’s this morning, he was asked an important question: How many Monster energy drinks does he consume a day, on average?...

Seahawks' Frank Clark Mocks Writer Who Once Wrote About His Domestic Violence Arrest

Seahawks defensive end Frank Clark played college football at Michigan until he was kicked off the Wolverines after an arrest for allegedly punching his then-girlfriend in a hotel. (Clark had the assault and domestic violence charges dropped when he pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct.) Tonight, he...

Who Is This Hawks Minority Owner With Insane Business Advice?<em></em><em></em>

After a group led by former NBA players Junior Bridgeman and Grant Hill dropped out of the running to buy the Atlanta Hawks in 2015, investment fund manager Antony Ressler led a consortium of investors and purchased the team two weeks later. Hill managed to join Ressler’s group, as did Spanx founder...

Manu Ginobili Dunks On Father Time

The Spurs and Rockets are locked in the best game of the playoffs right now, and Manu Ginobili provided its best moment. The 39-year-old Argentinian sliced through the lane late in the second quarter and banged one in with his off-hand. The bench’s reaction says it all....

Sometimes You Don't Even Have To Hit It Over The Net

The net, you’d think, is an unavoidable fact of tennis. As a ball approaches you, there are many interesting decisions you are free to make—where to play it, what kind of spin to apply, how hard to strike—but one decision is already made for you: you have to hit it over the damn net....

Dwight Howard Cited For Speeding And Driving Without Insurance The Morning Of Hawks' Game 6 Loss

Early in the morning before the Atlanta Hawks lost Game 6 of their first round series against the Washington Wizards and got bounced from the playoffs, Hawks center Dwight Howard was pulled over for driving 95 mph in a 65 mph zone at 2:06 a.m....

Arkansas Running Back Rawleigh Williams III Retires From Football After Second Neck Injury

Arkansas sophomore running back Rawleigh Williams III, the reigning regular season SEC leader in rushing yards, is retiring from football after sustaining a second neck injury; Williams made the announcement in a first-person account posted to the school’s athletic website....

Deputy Fired After Unlawfully Pulling Over Former Atlanta Hawk Mike Scott

On July 30, 2015, former Atlanta Hawks forward Mike Scott was pulled over by a deputy from the Banks County Sheriff’s office. The officer, deputy Brent Register, found 1.2 ounces of weed and 10.9 grams of MDMA in the car and arrested Scott and his brother, Antonn. Last week, the case against the Sco...

We Found The One Thing P.K. Subban Doesn't Do Well

After a 3-1 Game 6 elimination of the Blues, the Nashville Predators are on their way to the first conference finals in franchise history. One enormous reason why has been the defense, with lights-out goaltending from Pekka Rinne and outstanding work by the blueline pairings of Mattias Ekholm/P.K. S...

The Oilers Reminded Everyone They Have A Young Superstar Not Named Connor McDavid

When you play on a line with Connor McDavid, two things are going to happen. You’re going to score a lot, and you’re not going to get proper credit. Leon Draisaitl had a “quiet” 77 points in just his second season, but it’s taken an explosion in Edmonton’s series against the Ducks—away from McDavid ...

Kristaps Porzingis Claims He Was Hacked After Tweeting, Deleting "LA Clippers" 

A rep for Kristaps Porzingis is saying that the Knicks forward’s Twitter account was hacked yesterday, the reason for a since-deleted post reading “LA Clippers” with three smiley faces....

PSA: Today is Free Comic Book Day! You can find a participating comic shop near you here; go swing by, pick up some free comics, and buy something while you’re at it....

After Giving Up Three Goals In Three Minutes, <em></em>Oilers Frustrated With Lack Of Interference Call 

The Oilers were three and a half minutes from a shutout victory in last night’s Game 5 against the Ducks. Then everything went wrong. ...

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It’s Friday and we’re tired after a week spent down in the blog mines, so let’s hang out and chat!...

Former Oregon Tight End Colt Lyerla On The Run After Escaping From Corrections Center [Update]

Colt Lyerla played tight end for the Oregon Ducks from 2011 to 2013, and had a cup of coffee with the Green Bay Packers before knee injuries ended his brief NFL career. Lyerla has run into trouble with the law several times since his college career ended, as he was convicted of cocaine possession in...

Herschel Walker Doesn’t Tap Out 

This article was originally published in the December 2011 issue of Playboy and is featured in Oney’s new anthology, A Man’s World. It appears here with the author’s permission. ...

USF Football Player LaDarrius Jackson Arrested On Sexual Battery And False Imprisonment Charges [UPDATE]

USF defensive end LaDarrius Jackson was arrested Monday night and charged with sexual battery and false imprisonment of a fellow student, according to police. ...

Jerry Jones Is A Great Guy Until He Fires You

Jerry is really personable. I mean, you’ve got to like Jerry Jones. If you’re around him, you’ve got to like him, unless you hate the Dallas Cowboys, which some people do. But as a person, he’s likeable. He’s fun to be around. His whole family is working with the team. They are a great family. I’m p...

I Can't Decide What To Get David Brooks For His Wedding

I mean obviously the first and most important point is: Mazel tov! After a few years of harrowing personal crisis for America’s Foremost Moral Decay Diagnostician, our boy David Brooks has at last found love, and gotten married (to his 23-years-younger former research assistant)!...

Based On Nothing, The Knicks Getting Dwight Howard Seems Inevitable<em></em>

Dwight Howard is suddenly unhappy with his situation in Atlanta, and the Hawks probably wouldn’t be averse to trading him if the right deal came along. But does anyone really want Dwight?...