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Kellogg's And Procter & Gamble Drop USA Gymnastics After Sexual Abuse Scandal
According to a report from the Orange County Register, USA Gymnastics has been dropped by two of its largest corporate sponsors. Procter & Gamble has been the name sponsor of the national championships since 2013, and Kellogg’s sponsored the nationwide Tour of Gymnastics Champions. Neither opted to ...
Report: Feds Shut Down $2.5 Million NFL Survivor Pool Operation
The Feds this week busted up and shut down a sprawling NFL survivor pool operation with contests operating in the millions of dollars, according to a report from ESPN’s Darren Rovell. Ron Kronengold and Mike Bernstein reportedly ran several contests per year at Ron & Mike’s Football Pool over the co...
Georgia Tech Lost On A Last Second Own-Basket
Oh man. Georgia Tech spent the final ten minutes of their game Friday night against underdog Grambling State scrambling back from a 16-point deficit, finally grabbing a one-point lead on a Jose Alvarado three-pointer with 1:02 left on the game clock. The teams traded free throws over the next 30 sec...
I Saw The Buttfumble Live And It Fractured My Family<em></em>
Sometime in the winter of 2010, my dad sat my younger brother and me down for a talk....
Alexandr Dolgopolov Gets Miffed At Match-Fixing Questions, Says He Doesn't Have Many Online Friends
Former top-20 player Alexandr Dolgopolov came under the scrutiny of tennis’s anti-corruption group last week because of strange betting patterns around one of his matches. The Tennis Integrity Unit tends to speak in generalities rather than naming particular contests, but when asked, a spokesperson ...
Alexandr Dolgopolov Match Investigated Over Fixing Suspicions
Most talk of match-fixing in tennis comes cloaked in too many layers of anonymity to feel genuinely juicy. When the Tennis Integrity Unit, the independent body charged with sniffing out corruption in the sport, releases its quarterly report, there’s a section detailing matches that raised suspicions...
Here Are The Best Points Roger Federer Played While Wrecking Wimbledon
There is nothing else to say about Roger Federer’s Wimbledon that hasn’t already been blogged in gross excess. But fortunately there is a lot to rewatch....
Report: Investigators Believe Three Wimbledon Matches May Have Been Fixed
BuzzFeed News reports that the Tennis Integrity Unit, an independent body that investigates corruption, has suspicions about three matches at Wimbledon based on unusual betting patterns. Two of the matches in question were in the qualifying rounds, while one was in the main draw itself. This would b...
There Is No Hiding From Roger Federer
Among the many aspects of Roger Federer that defy comprehension, most of them having to do with the possibilities of the human body, one puzzle has been stuck in my head lately. That is: his plain likability in spite of what looks, on paper, like so much countervailing evidence....
Roger Federer Captures Men's Record Eighth Wimbledon Title
Roger Federer finished off a clean Wimbledon with a straight-sets victory over Marin Cilic in today’s men’s Final, winning 6-3, 6-1, 6-4. ...
Stop Infantilizing Venus Williams
Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams lost to Garbiñe Muguruza in the final today and for Williams, her team, and fans of good tennis, dynasties, and greatness, it sucked. But not nearly as much the sickly-sweet, smarm-drenched “there’s no losers here” takes that make a tennis legend and cultu...
Garbine Muguruza Upsets Venus Williams To Win Wimbledon Final
Fourteenth seed Garbine Muguruza upset Venus Williams in a lopsided Wimbledon Final today, winning 7-5, 6-0 to capture her second Grand Slam title. Here’s some interesting trivia:...
Two Things Roger Federer Can Do Better Than Anyone Else
It is the year 2017 of Roger Federer, and He is about to play in the Wimbledon final for the 11th time, and He has yet to drop a set. The seven-time champ cut down Tomas Berdych, 7-6(4), 7-6(4), 6-4 to earn that spot, and, along the way, distilled his genius into two tidy vials. If you want to know ...
The Stinky Wimbledon Semifinal Turned Into A Fragrant Treat
You’re not alone if you felt that a semifinal between Marin Cilic and Sam Querrey was the driest, bitterest fruit the Wimbledon draw could have borne. Neither name really gets the juices flowing. No one wakes up early and perky to watch these two play a game of Serve Chicken until someone balks in ...
This Wimbledon Doubles Point Is Basically <i>Wii Tennis</i>
If you’re used to watching singles tennis, or no tennis at all, the above may be unrecognizable....
Get Out Of Venus Williams's Way
The five-time Wimbledon champion played a nearly perfect match to down Britain’s Johanna Konta in straight sets and book her ninth trip to the Wimbledon final and her second major final of the year. Using ferocious body serves, judicious approach shots, and her typical powerful groundstrokes, Willia...
Wimbledon Underwear Police Are Back On Their Bullshit
Yesterday at Wimbledon, a boys’ doubles team was sent off the court to change into white underwear because their black undies apparently violated a rule at the strict All England Club that says players outfits must be “almost entirely white.” Today, tournament supervisors remained deeply interested ...
Boys' Doubles Team Forced To Change Out Of Black Underpants At Wimbledon
The dress code at Wimbledon is strict and inflexible: Outfits must be “almost entirely white,” with only a single trim of color “no wider than one centimetre,” which includes all accessories and “ny undergarments that either are or can be visible during play (including due to perspiration).” Today, ...
Don't Blow It, Fed
Just watch the ball. Ignore everything else crumbling around you....