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Michelle Wie Twerks, Refuses To Turn Down After U.S. Open Win
Michelle Wie won the first major of her career on Sunday, shooting a final-round 70 to claim the U.S. Open title. Afterward, she got together with some friends to celebrate the victory, and oh man did they have they have a party....
What Has To Happen For The USMNT To Advance
The graphic you see above, inspired by this tweet from Chris Bunn, lays out the scenarios whereby the USMNT gets a spot in the Round of 16. If the Americans beat or draw Germany, they're through. The second-clearest path to qualification is a Portugal-Ghana draw. We're at four points, the same as Ge...
Meet Lucy Li, The 11-Year-Old Golfer Playing This Year's U.S. Open
Lucy Li, just 11 years old and still in sixth grade, teed off for her opening round at the U.S. Women's Open earlier this morning. Li is the youngest golfer to ever qualify for the tournament, and she is also cute as hell....
Rainbow-Cake Recipe Inspires Comment Apocalypse
This is just a really special moment for humanity. We take you to the website for Fox 101.9, a radio station in Melbourne, Australia, where "Web Guy Josh" has published a peppy, harmless instructional post for the making of an "Amazing Rainbow Tie-Dye Number Surprise Cake."...
Patent Office Rules Against Redskins, Cancels Trademark
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ruled today in Blackhorse v. Pro-Football Inc., a suit brought by a group of Native Americans seeking to have the Washington Redskins' trademarks canceled on the grounds that the name is disparaging. The plaintiffs achieved...
The Hottest Take: If You Like Soccer, You May Be A Terrorist
Mamma mia, this is one spicy take....
Game Of OMG's: How The Internet Became One Giant Spoiler Alert
I can't stop thinking about Ginsberg's nipple. While shearing off that irksome "valve" may have relieved some pressure and brought a measure of peace to Mad Men's resident alien, even a month later, it still stares at me from its dainty gift box as a symbol of sadness and frustration, and a reminder...
Report: LeBron James Made $30 Million From Apple's Purchase Of Beats
Buried in that big ESPN.com story on the Miami Heat considering making a run at signing Carmelo Anthony was an item on LeBron James, businessman:...
Toughness Meme Goes Off The Rails With LeBron-Yogi Berra Comparison
I don't even know what to do with this. At this point, it's perhaps prudent to think about where we are and how we got here. LeBron James hate/bashing has gone so far that someone created this image comparing Yogi Berra's involvement in the Allied invasion of Normandy and LeBron James cramping up in...
Danny Amendola Draws Ire Of Insufferable Boston Media
Boston sports media sucks, and a good way to make it worse is to toss it some mildly controversial chum while the boredom of the NFL offseason has it itching for something to be shitty and annoying about. That's what Patriots wide receiver Danny Amendola did on Tuesday when he hung up in the middle ...
The Unsentimental Mr. Angell
Nice profile of Roger Angell by Sridhar Pappu over at Women's Wear Daily:...
David Attenborough Narrates Bird Taking A Shit On Memorial Golf Course
Golf Channel cameras caught a bird taking an enormous shit on the course during the Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio earlier today. This is video of that bird shitting, with some spliced in narration provided by famed naturalist Sir David Attenborough....
Don Draper's '80s Reboot: The Cutthroat Seductions Of <em>Halt And Catch Fire</em>
"It's just a computer!" Mad Men's Peggy Olsen shouted recently, on both the most prestigious show on television and a shrewd ad for the new show vying to replace it....
Hero White Sox Fan Snags Flying Bat, Saves Baby
Eileen Depesa thought quickly—and acted quicker, with a one-handed snag of Tyler Flowers's runaway bat that seemed to be heading right for the infant sitting directly behind her. The gentleman next to her, ducking for cover? He did not acquit himself nearly so well....
Here Is Your Memorial Day Menu
So it's Memorial Day, a day designated by the federal government for inching glacially northward on I-95 with ten trillion other weekend beachgoers, cursing the day this humid blue turd congealed out of space-garbage in the orbit of a giant ignited fart, secretly desperate to return to the climate-c...
Time Is Not A Flat Circle: <em>X-Men: Days Of Future Past</em>, Reviewed
1. X-Men: Days of Future Past feels like one of those special-edition comic books that takes all the characters we know and love, drops them in some sort of parallel universe (so the storyline's ramifications don't affect the current canon timeline), and shakes up both the plot and those characters ...
How One Gay Athlete's Coming Out Led To An Activists' War
Derrick Gordon wanted to come out on his terms, and that meant controlling the timing. The UMass guard had told his parents, then his coach, then his teammates. Seven days later, he would tell the world, but for the moment he had one request. "Derrick had a long conversation with his teammates about...
David Price Loses Cow-Milking Contest
Friday night was apparently Dairy Night in Anaheim, so the stadium held a cow-milking contest before the Rays-Angels game. The two competitors: David Price and Luis Jimenez. Who would be the best milker?...
Lacrosse Gets The "Bad British Commentary" Treatment
There may come a day when these videos are no longer funny, but this is not that day. ...
What Happened To Caster Semenya?
Caster Semenya, the 2012 Olympic silver medalist in the women's 800 meters who became famous during the very public and deeply botched handling of questions concerning her gender, is reportedly set to tie the knot with girlfriend Violet Raseboya, a fellow runner....