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Ilya Bryzgalov Talks Philly Ghettos, Welfare Queens, And Joseph Stalin
Russian media are notorious for twisting words, and occasionally making shit up. Google Translate is far from perfect. Still, this Ilya Bryzgalov interview gets real fucking strange even before he talks about wanting to hang out with Stalin....
Three 6 Mafia Member Is A Big Grizzlies Fan, Has Lots Of Guns
The Memphis Grizzlies have fostered kinship of sorts with the Memphis rap community. Al Kapone's "Whoop That Trick"—the most memorable song from Hustle and Flow—has become the go-to anthem in the team's arena, and now DJ Paul of Three 6 Mafia is showing his support for the Grizz in his own special w...
The Grizzlies Are About To Grizz Past The OKC Kevin Durants
Oklahoma City is looking suspiciously like a team that is going to lose a second-round series. Kevin Durant posted 25 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals, while Serge Ibaka chipped in 13 points, 10 boards and 4 blocks. And still Memphis ground out an 87-81 win for a 2-1 series lead on an aft...
The Meaning Of Convicted Rapist Mike Tyson's New Cartoon
Twenty years ago The Ring magazine asked the question, after Mike Tyson's rape conviction, "What If Mike Tyson Had Never Gone To Jail?" The cover story posed a counterfactual in which Tyson did not receive a guilty verdict on his 1991 indictment for rape, confinement and criminal deviant conduct....
Kevin Durant's Crossover And Slam: Completely Unfair
Why can a 6-foot-11 guy with unlimited shooting range also dance by his opponent with a filthy crossover at the top of the key before gliding into the paint for a monster dunk? Because, as we've said before, Kevin Durant is more of a walking cheat code than he is a basketball player. That's really ...
The Memphis Grizzlies Beat The OKC Thunder To Tie Series 1-1
Short the injured Russell Westbrook, Kevin Durant was able to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a game one victory against the Memphis Grizzlies in the Western Conference semifinals. Today he did all he could to repeat his feat. He finished with 36 points, 11 rebounds and 9 assists, but it wasn't e...
OK, The Grizzlies Instagram-Trolling Blake Griffin Is A Bit Gratuitous
Hustle & Flow-themed trash talk? Hustle & Flow-themed trash talk....
Sure, Why Not, Give Blind Boy Some Credit For Ryan Howard's Homer
We can’t say with certainty that Ryan Howard a home run Friday for a little boy who is blind. What we can say for sure is a little boy named A.J., who is 7 years old and who is blind, asked Ryan Howard before the game to hit a home run and that Ryan Howard clobbered the first strike Ricky Nolasco pr...
Joey Crawford Crawfords The Joey Crawfords At Crawford Arena
Chris Paul was ejected last night in what could be his final game for the L.A. Clippers. Shortly thereafter Zack Randolph was tossed. The man responsible for both was human-refereeing-highlight reel Joey Crawford....
Philly Newspaper Headline Makes Offensive Team Name More Offensive
Today's back page of the Philadelphia Daily News. Come for the pun about Roy Halladay's latest implosion, stay for the ethnic slur in 72-point font....
Memphis Radio Hosts Play Terrible Basketball Game Against "The Ribs"
Chris Vernon and Gary Parrish are radio hosts in Memphis. The Memphis Grizzlies provide halftime entertainment that includes a group of geographically-significant-food costumes called "The Ribs." Chris Vernon and Gary Parrish played The Ribs in a game of basketball at halftime of the Grizzlies 104-8...
Brian O'Nora Was Probably Puking Because He Swallowed His Chew
The Mets and Phillies experienced a brief delay in the first inning last night thanks to what is being variously described as Brian O'Nora's "flu like symptoms" or "illness." In all likelihood, however, the delay was probably due to Brian O'Nora vomiting up his chewing tabacco. ...
Matt Barnes Has Ice Water In His Veins
They say the best way to survive a bear attack is to stare the beast down as it charges you. Maybe that's what Matt Barnes was thinking about last night when Zach Randolph came charging toward him after a hard foul. ...
This Hockey Brawl Featured Four Goalies Fighting Each Other
If a goalie fight is hockey's Holy Grail, this is drinking unicorn blood out of the Holy Grail while doing 90 in a Camaro Z28....
Jamal Crawford Briefly Turned Last Night's Game Into An And 1 Mixtape
Before Chris Paul sent home his miraculous, game-winning bank shot, the best thing about last night's Grizzlies-Clippers game was Jamal Crawford repeatedly putting the entire Grizzlies defense on ice skates. ...
Chris Paul Does It All Himself
Final possessions don't get more predictable. In a tie game with 13 seconds left and Clippers ball, Chris Paul was going to take the last shot. Tony Allen was going to be the one tasked with denying him. Paul's and Allen's faces in this photo, taken one second post-swish, tells the story....
Here's Chris Paul's Game-Winning Buzzer-Beater (Sort Of)
This was exciting! And then a little less exciting when, after review, they added a tenth of a second back on the game clock and made the Grizzlies heave a desperation shot that obviously missed....
Ben Revere Mostly Makes Incredible Catches. Mostly.
On Monday, Ben Revere laid out for a ridiculous diving grab, that won't be topped this season unless Jim Edmonds comes out of retirement. Last night, Ben Revere did this. You win some, you land on your ass some....
Well, This Article About The Phillies' Struggles Got Serious Quickly
From David Murphy of the Philadelphia Daily News:...
Jonathan Papelbon Is Afraid Obama "Wants To Take Our Guns From Us"
The Boston Marathon bombings have had a particular resonance for Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon, who spent seven seasons with the Red Sox and says he once lived above the spot where one of the bombs detonated. Papelbon is rightly concerned about security at open gatherings in the wake of the atta...