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The Sacramento Kings Are Starting To Show Some Cracks
It’s actually surprising that it took all of eight games for the Sacramento Kings, a team that spent the offseason doing whatever it could to claim the Most Dysfunctional Franchise award, to start experiencing some internal drama. But we’re finally starting to get down into the shit, with DeMarcus C...
Chinese Commentator Fired For Snoring In Middle Of Champions League Game
The deep and hearty snores you hear are from Chinese commentator Dong Lu during this week’s Real Madrid-PSG Champions League match, and he’s not taking a sly jab at the quality of play. Apparently, Dong really did fall asleep during the game, and his network fired him for it....
These Teams Earned The Most From The Military's "Paid Patriotism"
Senate investigators report that the Department of Defense has spent more than $9 million over the last four years on military tributes at sporting events, carefully staged patriotic displays meant to drum up goodwill and recruiting that weren’t publicly disclosed as paid advertisements....
It's Fall, So Invest In A Good Pair Of Boots
Buying a good pair of boots is kinda like buying a car. You want to find something that looks good, gets good mileage, and will last. You might have to spend a little money to get the most bang for your buck. It took me two seasons of buying the exact same pair of Aldo (a middle-of-the-road shoe bra...
Torii Hunter, All-Time Near-Great Centerfielder, Retires
My defining memory of Torii Hunter’s baseball career comes from the 2002 All-Star Game, when he robbed Barry Bonds of a home run. Bonds was in the middle of four straight seasons of destroying space-time, but Hunter was pretty darn good too, finishing sixth in the AL MVP race and winning his second ...
The Baseball Hall Of Fame Is A Grim, Cruel, Terrible Place
In 1999, I was teaching advanced dialectical history at a small northeastern liberal arts college whose name I will not mention here. The season of that year that stands out the most in my own memory is Autumn. The Autumn of 1999. I remember, that Autumn, getting home from the last class of the day,...
Kevin Johnson Will Not Run For Third Term As Sacramento Mayor
Kevin Johnson announced late Tuesday that he won’t be running for a third term as mayor of Sacramento. ...
Kevin Johnson Wants Certain People To Not Talk About Kevin Johnson
It’s no secret that Kevin Johnson wants certain girls and women to keep what they have to say about him to themselves. Some of what the former NBA superstar and current scandal-magnet mayor of Sacramento, Calif. is willing to do to convince them is well-known; some less so. The more that comes to li...
Unsurprisingly, The Rangers Have Thoughts On Bat Flips
You knew it was coming. As soon as Jose Bautista flipped his bat halfway to China like he was the baddest man alive—because he had just hit a three-run homer and because he WAS the baddest man alive—you knew the Rangers would have some takes. ...
ESPN Kills Kevin Johnson Propaganda Movie; Kevin Johnson Throws Himself A Party
The lines snaking out from the Crest Theatre extended halfway down K Street, past clubs and restaurants, amused bystanders, and two light-rail platforms. It was a full hour before the Sacramento premiere of Down In The Valley, a new entry in ESPN’s 30 for 30 series, and yet the street was already as...
Reports: Steve Spurrier Is Retiring
According to a report from Sports Illustrated’s Thayer Evans, South Carolina football coach Steve Spurrier is retiring:...
ESPN Shelves Its Kevin Johnson Documentary
Tickets to tonight’s showcase of the documentary Down In The Valley in Sacramento, Calif., just got collectable. It may be the only public viewing the ESPN-produced film, about how Kevin Johnson saved the local NBA franchise, ever gets. Mere hours before showtime for the local premiere at a downtown...
Sean Rodriguez Has Apologized To That Poor Cooler He Beat Up
Pirates infielder Sean Rodriguez got extremely heated during the brief dust-up that broke out during last night’s Cubs-Pirates wild card game. He was so dang mad that he pummeled a defenseless water cooler:...
Police Video Shows Teen Girl Graphically Accusing Kevin Johnson Of Sexual Abuse
Today, Kevin Johnson is mayor of Sacramento, Calif., and Mandi Koba is a mother of three and an advocate for survivors of sexual abuse. Only they know what happened between them in the summer of 1995, when she was 16 and he was a star guard for the Phoenix Suns, and each has a different version of e...
Bad Radio Man Calls ESPN's Jessica Mendoza "Tits McGee," Gets Suspended
Former softball player Jessica Mendoza has been providing color commentary during ESPN baseball broadcasts for a few weeks now. She was on the call for last night’s wild card game between the Astros and Yankees, and this didn’t sit well with Atlanta sports radio host Mike Bell....
Hope Solo Will Face Domestic Violence Charges Again
The domestic violence charges against Hope Solo that were dropped earlier this year will return after a higher court in King County reversed a lower court’s decision to dismiss them. Solo had been charged with two counts of misdemeanor assault. In January, her lawyer successfully argued to a judge t...
Bad Baseball Player Has Bad Thoughts About Foreign Players
San Diego Padres pitcher Bud Norris makes a cameo in this rather odd USA Today story about how racial tensions may or may not be a driving force behind bench-clearing brawls. Let’s just get right to Bud’s take:...
There Are Officially No More Excuses For Not Running A Personal-Best Marathon
Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge proved in Sunday’s Berlin Marathon that he is the classiest human to ever lay down 26.2 miles at an average of 4:44 per. About 10 miles into the race, the insoles of his custom Nike racing flats slipped out halfway and stayed there for the remaining 16 miles, flapping like tong...
Female Ex-Coaches Accuse UMD Of Discrimination, Harassment, Anti-Canadian Sentiment In Lawsuit
Three former women’s coaches at the University of Minnesota Duluth sued the state’s university system in federal court today, all saying they were victims of discrimination while working for the university. In the lawsuit, each woman outlines her own story and the various ways in which she was haras...