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Adam Engel Benefits From Cartoonish Misplay, Still Gets Tagged Out
White Sox centerfielder Adam Engel received a gift with his pop-up in the third inning tonight—three Astros infielders who danced around the ball and simply let it drop. By the time that third baseman Alex Bregman was able to get his hands on it, Engel had already rounded second base. And then, more...
World-Class Athlete Demoted To "Just A Pretty Face," According To World-Class Moron
Genie Bouchard, who was once ranked as high as No. 5 in the world, has been having a rough time on the court. She lost to 102nd-ranked Andrea Petkovic last week and 51st-ranked Donna Vekic yesterday, and her global ranking has plummeted to No. 70. This is certainly not the trajectory that either Bo...
Fox Sports Is Having A Little Trouble With That Pivot
Being the person in charge of a media outlet’s assignment desk is not a glamorous gig. You ask permission to use other people’s hard work and hope they don’t tell you to fuck off, which they have every right to do. The Fox Sports desk, after the network pursued a video-first online presence, is one ...
Jenny Simpson Celebrates Wildly After Taking Silver At World Championships
The women’s 1500 meters headlined the fourth day of the IAAF World Championships in track and field, and it was a worthy main event for the London crowd. Great Britain’s Laura Muir led the pack through the first 800 meters at 2:17, at which point the race turned into a sprint. ...
How WWE Botched The Cruiserweight Division They Don't Need, Again<em></em>
When you’re around pro wrestling fandom for a long time, you become familiar with various talking points that have, over the years, become groupthink. One, specifically, has bordered on self-parody at times: “Push the cruiserweights.”...
Spy Agency Investigation: Bobby Knight Groped Women, Mocked Deaf Man
Multiple federal agencies investigated claims that former Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight groped and verbally sexually harassed several female employees when he gave a speech at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in July 2015, according to newly-released documents....
Branden Albert Retires Before Ever Playing A Down With The Jaguars
In March, the Jaguars sent a 2018 seventh-round pick to the Dolphins for Pro-Bowl left tackle Branden Albert. The 32-year-old Albert played in the 2013 and 2015 Pro Bowls with Miami, and he mostly remained productive in 2016, starting 12 games and picking up just three penalties while dealing with a...
Don't Panic, The USWNT's Struggles Might Be A Good Thing
Tameka Butt capitalized on a Becky Sauerbrunn mistake to score the only goal of Australia’s first-ever win against the USWNT in 27 tries. Her 67th-minute score last night in Seattle, after what announcer Ian Darke referred to as “dithering defending,” gave her side (ranked seventh by FIFA) a histori...
Union Player Wins Argument To Take Penalty, Misses It<em></em>
The Philadelphia Union beat the Columbus Crew 3-0 last night, but it wasn’t without a bit of drama — from its own players....
Young Fan Left Miserable After Father's Valiant Effort To Catch Foul Ball Falls Short
A young Rangers fan learned the hard way tonight that parents, no matter how fierce their love and how hard they may try, are not perfect. The moment in question here—his father’s noble but unsuccessful attempt to get him a foul ball. ...
WNBA Coach Cheryl Reeve Talks About The Past, Present, And Future Of Women's Basketball
Cheryl Reeve has been around the WNBA for a long time. Throughout her 15-plus years coaching in the league, she’s witnessed the evolution of professional women’s basketball firsthand from its early beginnings to Saturday night’s 130-121 victory of the West, coached by Reeve, over the East in the WNB...
Belgium Golazo Enters Orbit Before Descending Into The Net
I don’t think Tessa Wullaert was trying to do that....
England Overcome Potential Bucknering To Beat India For Women's Cricket World Cup Title
England overcame Jenny Gunn dropping what should have been the match’s final out when Anya Shrubsole bowled out India’s Rajeshwari Gayakwad to claim the women’s cricket World Cup....
War Is The Health Of The State
Have you ever stopped to wonder why practically every government on earth follows the same basic form?...
Records Show How Miami Con Man Allegedly Tricked NBA Stars Out Of Free Shoes
Miami con man Justin Jackson and his wife Angel Agarrat were booked into Miami-Dade County jail this afternoon for the second time in three months on felony fraud charges. Jackson has a history of posing as the manager of famous artists and using his pretend platform to extract goods and favors from...
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...
Knicks Reportedly Hire Away Kings' Best Front Office Guy After Just Three Months On The Job
The Sacramento Kings have spent this NBA offseason as a darling of the league for the first time in what feels like 15 years. They drafted well, nabbing hyperfast point guard De’Aaron Fox at five and picking three more players later in the draft that were generally viewed as good value picks for a f...
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...
A Screaming Fan Helped Knock Out Simona Halep At Wimbledon
After Wimbledon two-seed Simona Halep and six-seed Johanna Konta split the first two sets of their quarterfinal match in tiebreaks, the deciding set was a tense affair, with fans groaning and gasping after every point. At 5-4, 40-15, Konta was serving for the match. Halep pinned the Brit to the base...
The Quest To Bring Women's Kickboxing To India
KOLKATA, India—Sonia Das is three-fourths the height of her opponent, yet on a sweltering mid-morning at the APC Park in eastern Kolkata, she punched and kicked with all her might. The first-ever kickboxing championship for girls at the neighborhood level, the Meyeder Para Kickboxing Championship, ...