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The Weight Of The World: Balancing fight camp during Thanksgiving week … and a pandemic
Bas Rutten was once invited to a Japanese dojo to eat with friends, all of whom were sumo wrestlers. One, in particular, was a huge fan (literally) of the combat sports legend, who fought in Japan for each of his first 30 mixed martial arts bouts from 1993-1998....
The Knicks are actually doing things that make sense … so far ...
The path to a successful New York Knicks offseason is so obvious that it worries you. It worries you that regardless of who’s in charge, there’s something about that orange and blue that just leads you to shitsville after a promising start....
Players can catch COVID safely? Tell that nonsense to Emmanuel Sanders
In case you have forgotten, this virus is no joke....
Jacob Blake Is Why Roger Goodell's Words Are Meaningless
The master of spin is at it again. ...
College Coaches Talk Race and Opportunities in Zoom Call
A few years back, police in Gainesville, Fla., pulled over Carolyn Peck....
Policies Of Miami Cop Who First Said Trump's 'When The Looting Starts, The Shooting Starts' Gave Rise To Muhammad Ali
Donald Trump’s latest authoritarian outburst was a Friday morning tweet that Twitter flagged as violating the platform’s rules “about glorifying violence. However, Twitter has determined that it may be in the public’s interest for the Tweet to remain accessible.”...
Accused Woman Beater Greg Hardy Wins MMA Match
Editor’s note: This story was originally published on May 10 with a headline and a specific passage that was insensitive to victims of domestic violence in general, and specifically to the alleged victim of Greg Hardy. The wording in those parts of the post have been changed to better reflect our va...
'Republicans Buy Sneakers, Too' And Other Memorable Quotes That Shook Up The Sports World
Last night, some sports fans got an explanation they had been waiting years for. ...
Exit the Dragon: ESPN, Disney Execs Put UFC in Chokehold as April PPV Event Is Scrapped
Was it too good to be true, or too ludicrous to succeed?...
The Only Island Where Dana White's Insane Mortal Kombat-Style Event Makes Sense is Fantasy Island
Welcome to Dana White’s Private Cage Fighting Island: Yes, the UFC is Bringing the Octagon to an Unidentified International Location....
Greg Hardy's MMA Career Has Been A Master Class In Cheating
In a different context, it would be hilarious....
Emma Meesseman Proved She Can Carry The Mystics To Greatness (As Long As She Wants To Play For Them)
Going into the WNBA playoffs, it would have been fair to underestimate the impact of Washington Mystics forward Emma Meesseman. Though she was one of the Mystics’ most efficient scorers—she’d be in the 40-50-90 club if she had enough attempts to qualify—she often felt like a lesser version of her te...
The Mystics Did The Shit
The Washington Mystics used a strong fourth-quarter surge and the interior dominance of series MVP Emma Meesseman to overcome a second-half Connecticut Sun lead, then confidently held the relentless visitors at arm’s length down the stretch to win Game 5, 89–78, and capture the franchise’s first eve...
He Never Intended To Become A Political Dissident, But Then He Started Beating Up Tai Chi Masters
On a recent Thursday evening in August, a 40-year-old MMA gym owner in Beijing named Xu Xiaodong activated his VPN, hopped over the Chinese government’s internet firewall, and began his first-ever live YouTube broadcast. He wanted to talk about the ongoing protests in Hong Kong, in which hundreds of...
Brugge Player Scores Two Goals On Real Madrid Despite Twice Doo-Dooing Himself
Even though Real Madrid have been ass all year, no one would’ve expected anything other than a comfortable win when the Blancos hosted Club Brugge in the Champions League today. And yet the Belgian team spent the vast majority of the match in winning position, thanks to two goals from Emmanuel Denni...
Italian Youth Soccer Coach Fired For Calling Greta Thunberg A "Whore" On Facebook
Fourth-division Italian soccer club Grosseto fired youth coach Tommaso Casalini this week after he called 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg a “whore” who “can take a pounding” in a Facebook comment, according to Football Italia....
Emmanuel Sanders Says The Broncos Are "Living In A World Of Suck"
Broncos receiver Emmanuel Sanders was understandably not pleased after Sunday’s 27-16 loss against the Packers. In his postgame conversation with reporters he gave quite an honest assessment of just how he feels being on a team that’s started the season going 0-3....
ESPN's Ariel Helwani Pops A Boner Over Having A Role In Conor McGregor's PR Campaign
Conor McGregor is many objectionable things. He’s a massive shithead, an outspoken bigot, a rich showy asshole, a violent rage-monster, a destroyer of other people’s personal property, and a puncher of helpless old men. He was accused of sexual assault in December. He’s also a man whose livelihood d...
Former MMA Guy Gives Alarmingly Cagey Interview About Working For Jeffrey Epstein
Igor Zinoviev’s mixed martial arts career ended unceremoniously in 1998 when he was wiped out in 22 seconds by Frank Shamrock at UFC 16. That brief seven-match career in sanctioned MMA ultimately will not go down as Zinoviev’s claim to fame—the Russian strongman spent years in the employ of recently...
Valentina Shevchenko Just About Kicked Jessica Eye's Head Off
Valentina Shevchenko defended her UFC flyweight title against Jessica Eye last night, and she wrapped up the fight in the second round with one of the most devastating head-kick knockouts the world has ever seen:...