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Is DeRay's Run For Mayor The Next Step For Black Lives Matter?
Wednesday night, just minutes before the deadline, the 30-year-old civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson filed to run for mayor of his hometown of Baltimore, and, in coordination with the The Baltimore Sun, Washington Post, and The New York Times, announced his campaign on Medium. The announcement, w...
Here's Your First Look At Blake Griffin's Busted Hand
We haven’t seen much of Blake Griffin since he broke his hand punching out his friend and Clippers equipment manager Matias Testi. But thanks to TMZ, you can now have a decent look at Griffin’s broken right hand:...
Radamel Falcao Latest Chelsea Player To Be Cast Aside In Favor Of Future Legend Matt Miazga
Chelsea’s newest and hottest prospect, American center back Matt Miazga, has been in London for barely over a week and he’s already reshaping the club....
I'm Not Broke Anymore, And I'm Terrified
“I’m sorry, can you say that one more time?” That was my response to the recruiter who’d just revealed my new job’s salary. She repeated the offer, and though I wanted to shout my assent from the top of my lungs, I was in the middle of an empty coffee shop, plus I didn’t want to scare her off. Besid...
Your Pro Bowl Highlight Is Richard Sherman Dropping An RKO On Clay Matthews
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John Terry, Clearly Terrified Of Matt Miazga, Is Leaving Chelsea
John Terry is jumping ship from Chelsea this summer after his contract is up. He told reporters after Chelsea’s win over MK Dons in the FA Cup that he’d be taking off from the club he’d been a part of since 1995. Here’s what he said, as transcribed by the BBC:...
Has Matt Harvey Ever Had A Threesome? You Bet Your Ballsack He Has, Bro.
Mets pitcher Matt Harvey was a recent guest on Watch What Happens, and he managed to stop thinking about Qualcomm long enough to play a game of Never Have I Ever with Connie Chung and host Andy Cohen....
Blake Griffin Decked Equipment Manager Over Teasing Gone Wrong
The NBA is investigating the incident the Jan. 23 incident in which Clippers forward Blake Griffin punched assistant equipment manager Matias Testi, breaking his own hand. And as part of that investigation, they’re speaking to the other two men who were at the dinner table, C DeAndre Jordan and assi...
Young American Stud Matt Miazga Set To Join Chelsea And Become New King Of English Soccer
Hell yeah, now this is more like it! While it was understandable if disappointing (and disappointing exactly because it was understandable) that Jordan Morris skipped out on the chance to take his talents to the Bundesliga and instead decided to start his pro career in MLS, we are not without hope t...
Here's The Clippers' Equipment Manager That Blake Griffin Reportedly Punched
Blake Griffin, who was already recovering from a quadriceps injury, will be out for approximately four to six weeks with a broken hand after fighting with a Clippers staffer at a restaurant in Toronto earlier this week. According to USA Today’s Sam Amick, the other person involved in the fight is as...
Asked To Score Goal So Girl Can Get Puppy, Cam Atkinson Scores Three
One day after a Senators fan asked Bobby Ryan to score a goal for puppy-related reasons, a Blue Jackets fan asked winger Cam Atkinson to score on her birthday so she could get a dog. She chose the right player....
Missouri Suspends QB Maty Mauk After Video Of Him Allegedly Doing Coke Surfaces
Missouri indefinitely suspended quarterback Maty Mauk Monday night, after a video surfaced on Twitter that shows a man, allegedly Mauk, snorting a line of something, allegedly cocaine....
DraftKings Bans Automated Scripts, May Have Trouble Actually Doing So
Daily fantasy operator DraftKings has banned “the use of scripts and other automated means of interacting with our site,” as they put it in an email to players today. Instead, DraftKings now offers to all players a tool that allows them to set multiple lineups at once....
Ex-USC And LSU Football Players Charged With Numerous Robberies
Police arrested former LSU defensive tackle Trey Lealaimatafao and former USC tight end Bryce Dixon on Tuesday in connection with multiple robberies in Los Angeles County....
Matt Hendricks Stops Slapshot With His Dick And Balls
This here’s Matt Hendricks and he’s making that there face because he took a hockey puck to the Johnson while defending against a Howitzer of a slap shot. ...
How To Live With Roommates Without Being A Jerk
There’s nothing more freeing than walking around your house naked, and without having to worry whether someone will come home and crash your personal time. Unfortunately, it’s more of a privilege than a reality for most of us. Life is hard, and necessity means splitting the rent with other people if...
A Brief But Amusing Math Lesson From Kyle Lowry And DeMar DeRozan
The Toronto Raptors played in London last week. During a post-practice media scrum, shooting guard DeMar DeRozan was asked asked about his strong offensive performances in the previous two games he’d played in London. That’s when a hum-drum interview suddenly became very entertaining....
Novak Djokovic Says He Was Offered $200,000 To Throw A Match
Tennis players around the world are reacting to yesterday’s bombshell report on the sport’s match-fixing scandal. Novak Djokovic, the No. 1 ranked men’s player in the world, has told ESPN that he was once approached by people who wanted to pay him to lose a match in 2007....
NBA Fines Matt Barnes For "Comments Condoning Violence" Against Derek Fisher
The NBA suspended Memphis forward Matt Barnes for two games for an offseason altercation, in which Barnes reportedly drove to Los Angeles to confront Knicks coach Derek Fisher over his relationship with Barnes’s estranged wife. Yesterday, the league announced it has fined Barnes another $35,000, bec...
Reports: Leaked Documents Indicate Major Match-Fixing In Tennis, Including By Grand Slam Winners
BuzzFeed UK and the BBC have teamed up on an investigation that details major match-fixing evidence in tennis, including by “winners of singles and doubles titles at Grand Slam tournaments.” While the report focuses on 16 players who have ranked in the top 50 with a number matches that had highly su...