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Muhammad Ali Is Dead At 74
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali died Friday evening at a Phoenix hospital, according to a press release from family spokesperson Bob Gunnell. He was 74 years old. The release did not specify the cause of death....
Report: Muhammad Ali's Condition "Concerning" To Family
The AP’s sources say that 74-year-old boxing legend Muhammad Ali is hospitalized for a respiratory issue, and that his condition is “concerning” to his family....
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. And Conor McGregor Will Never Fight And Thank God
There has been a lot of talk lately about Floyd Mayweather, Jr. fighting Conor McGregor. The reasons why are obvious: It would be the Freddy vs. Jason of combat sports, the bad boy box office king of one premier combat sport against the bad boy box office king of the other. Unfortunately, the much-b...
Report: UFC Owners On The Verge Of Selling For $4 Billion
According to a report from ESPN’s post-human business lad Darren Rovell, the owners of the UFC are in “advanced negotiations” with at least four potential buyers regarding the sale of the promotion. The UFC is owned by (mainly) the Fertitta brothers and (also) Dana White and the government of Abu Dh...
MMA Fighter Jordan Parsons Dies After Hit-And-Run In South Florida
MMA fighter Jordan Parsons died today after he was struck by a hit-and-run driver in Delray Beach, Fla., early Sunday morning. He was 25. After several days in a coma and with his right leg already amputated, Parsons was taken off of life support at the request of his family, manager Glenn Robinson ...
Jon Jones Talks The Wildest Possible Shit To Daniel Cormier
Whether or not you remember the time a year ago when Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier—the two best light-heavyweight fighters in the world, who legitimately can’t stand each other and match up in ways that make for brilliant fighting—were caught talking incredible shit to each other, you’ll appreciate t...
Jon Jones And Daniel Cormier Will Fight At UFC 200
Okay, so, last month, Conor McGregor, the UFC’s featherweight champion and biggest drawing card, lost to lightweight Nate Diaz, a late replacement for McGregor’s originally-scheduled opponent, lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos, in a welterweight fight; the UFC, smelling money, booked a McGregor ...
The Time Hunter S. Thompson Passed Out In A Pool And Missed The Rumble In The Jungle
The classic 1974 Ali-Foreman fight in Zaire attracted, among other things, famous writers like Norman Mailer and George Plimpton and even ol’ Hunter Thompson. But while Mailer and Plimpton and the rest of the world marveled at Ali’s command performance, Thompson, well, he experienced the fight as on...
Conor McGregor Grabs The UFC By The Dick, Squeezes
The strangest ongoing story in sports this week has been UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor maybe (but probably not) retiring and either dropping out or being pulled from a main event fight against Nate Diaz in July on what the UFC would like to be their biggest-ever fight card....
Can I Kick My Creepy Roommate Out Of My Apartment?
Welcome back to Ask a Lawyer, wherein I, a lawyer, respond to your questions. Got a vexing legal issue? Send it over, or drop it in the comments below....
UFC Boss Dana White Mad At Conor McGregor For Not Doing Some Dumb Bullshit
Yesterday, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor may or may not have retired; it isn’t clear. What is clear is that he won’t participate in a highly-anticipated rematch against Nate Diaz on July 9, unless he does. UFC figurehead Dana White went on The Herd with smooth-skinned ghoul Colin Cowherd...
UFC Fighter Charged With Pistol-Whipping Strip Club Employee
Cops charged Diego Brandão with battery and assault charges Friday after the UFC featherweight allegedly hit an Albuquerque strip club employee in the face with a handgun....
MMA Fighter Joao Carvalho Dies 48 Hours After Fight
Portuguese MMA fighter Joao Carvalho died last night, two days after suffering a third round TKO to Irishman Charlie Ward. Carvalho and Ward fought in Dublin, Ireland, under the Total Extreme Fighting promotion....
NASCAR Invocation Features Prayer To Elect A Republican President
Unapologetic bigot Phil Robertson delivered the invocation before tonight’s NASCAR race in Texas, and it didn’t disappoint—if you were looking forward to the duck call industrialist to pray for “A Jesus man” to be elected president in November....
What Do You Do If Your Roommate Bails Mid-Lease?
Living in a high-rent, densely packed city brings people together into close quarters. Which makes for fun conditions if you’re living with established pals, but if one of those pals, say, vanishes mid-lease, without warning, to move to a distant state, what’s a guy to do?...
If You Don't Much Care About UConn Women's Hoops, The Feeling Is Mutual
Connecticut is about to win its fourth straight women’s basketball title (heretofore unprecedented in all of college hoops) and all the questions facing coach Geno Auriemma seem to amount to: Why doesn’t anyone care?...
Man Smashes Pads
A man smashed some pads last night, or— as is apparently another way to say this—“blasted some mitts.” ...
UFC Star Jon Jones Arrested For Violating His Probation
UFC star Jon Jones turned himself in to authorities today, after a judge issued a warrant for his arrest for a probation violation, reports TMZ. The violation is for the five citations Jones was handed for allegedly drag racing in Albuquerque, New Mexico—Jones says he was simply revving his engine a...
Jon Jones To Cop Who Pulled Him Over: "You Are An Absolute Fucking Liar"
UFC star Jon Jones was cited for drag racing in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on March 24. TMZ got its hands on body-camera footage from the officer who cited Jones, and if you’ve ever wanted to see a famous athlete exchange school-yard put-downs with a cop, this is your lucky day:...