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ESPN Suspends Jemele Hill Two Weeks For No Good Reason

ESPN just announced that SportsCenter host Jemele Hill has been suspended two weeks for violating the company’s social media guidelines....

Video Appears To Show Dolphins O-Line Coach Chris Foerster Snorting Lines [Update]

The man in this video, who talks about how wild it is that he’s snorting something that looks like coke before a meeting, looks a hell of a lot like Miami Dolphins offensive line coach Chris Foerster. (The Miami Herald’s Armando Salguero spoke to someone he described as “a club source” who says it i...

To Be Fair, Consuming Hallucinogens While In Toledo Is Advised

We can only assume Jay Feely is suffering from a glitch in the Matrix:...

Harry Kane's Stoppage-Time Goal Sends England To The World Cup

Of course it had to be Harry Kane, England’s captain on the night, the so-called “one-year wonder” who has been defying skeptics with an unending deluge of goals for about three years now, his home nation’s one true world-class player, who came to England’s rescue tonight. After a fairly drab displa...

ESPN Enters Incomprehensible Partnership With Incomprehensible Media Company

Big news in the world of digital media today, as Ad Age has a scoop about ESPN partnering with Cycle, a “media network” that “evolved from an internal influencer management division at Laundry Service to a sibling content company last year.”...

What, Exactly, Does "All Of Australia" Look Like

High School Football Player Ejected After Bodyslamming Opponent

A high school football game between Sevier County and Gibbs High (Tenn.) briefly got out of hand over the weekend when Sevier County defensive end Jeff Bersch attempted to powerbomb one of his opponents:...

Kristaps Porzingis Is Alone In The Spotlight Now

About an hour before Carmelo Anthony was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder, Kristaps Porzingis posted a photo of himself, earbuds in, peace sign up, announcing his return to New York....

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Patriots Fans Gather To Burn Their Stuff

I want you to try and imagine what an aggrieved Patriots fan who is so mad about some of New England’s players kneeling for the national anthem that he threw a party for other aggrieved Patriots fans to come and burn their Pats gear might look like. Okay, do you have the image in your head?...

Tennis Player's Creative Outburst: "I Feel Like A Nymphomaniac Is Also A Nun"

“Irritable! Irritable!” shouted Deiton Baughman during his match Wednesday against Prajnesh Gunneswaran at the ATP Challenger Tiburon. After a forehand error to lose his serve at 7-6, 4-3, Baughman thumped a ball clean out of the court, earning a code violation. But that wasn’t his most inventive ex...

Carmelo Anthony Owns Knicks One Final Time, Will Start At Power Forward For OKC

Carmelo Anthony will be Oklahoma City’s starting power forward, according to coach Billy Donovan and Melo himself. This gives the Thunder a very cool and good starting five with tons of switching fluidity on defense; much more importantly: LOL....

Ray Lewis Says He Dropped To Two Knees During Anthem Because Of Jesus

Former NFL player and noted nonsense-talker Ray Lewis, who has previously been critical of Colin Kaepernick’s decision to kneel during the national anthem to protest police brutality, linked arms with several Ravens players and went down to two knees before Sunday’s game in London. The act seemed li...

Lou Holtz: I Basically Know What It's Like To Be A Black Man Targeted By Police<em></em>

During my nightly viewing of Fox News, a familiar nasally, barely comprehensible voice called out from the abyss, mumbling, I have opinions about black people protesting!...

Sheffield Wednesday Manager Smashes Money To Prove His Team Doesn't Suck

Carlos Carvalhal, the manager of underachieving English second-tier club Sheffield Wednesday, faced some tough questions from the media following a 4-2 defeat to crosstown rivals Sheffield United. Rather than answer simply with words, a testy Carvalhal pulled out a 20-pound note and gave reporters a...

Carmelo Anthony Begs Donald Trump To Pay Attention To The Disaster In Puerto Rico 

After taking a direct hit from Hurricane Maria last week, the entirety of Puerto Rico is without electricity. Sixty percent of the island has no running water. Fuel is running low. Communications are difficult, as phone service is rare. The devastation is indescribable, the images unbelievable. Gov....

Stop Asking This Shithead Bad Questions Poorly<em></em>

The White House press corps is now, as it always has been, both one of the most important parts of American journalism and one of the most frustrating parts of American journalism. At its most basic, the job of White House reporters is to hold the most powerful people in the United States accountabl...

Carmelo Anthony Has Escaped A Hell Partly Of His Own Making

What did it feel like, at the very end?...

Paul George Isn't Done Throwing Shade At The Pacers

Paul George talked to Sam Amick of USA Today about the superstar trio suddenly in place in Oklahoma City now that the Thunder have agreed to a trade to acquire Carmelo Anthony. It’s not all that super clear how Russell Westbrook, Paul George, and Carmelo Anthony will fit together in a game that only...

Reports: The Knicks Have Agreed To Trade Carmelo Anthony To The Oklahoma City Thunder

Reports came in this week that Carmelo Anthony had added the Cleveland Cavaliers and Oklahoma City Thunder to his list of teams for which he’d waive his no-trade clause. That was apparently as much freedom as Knicks general manager Scott Perry needed: Carmelo Anthony has now reportedly been traded t...