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Herschel Walker, GOP Senate candidate, proudly fails to understand science
Ah, just what we needed right now — Herschel Walker coming out as the anti-science candidate. Maybe I was optimistically ignorant to think we’d left mainstream creationism in the twentieth century, but Walker, who has become a prominent conservative political figure in his state and is the leading R...
Paige Bueckers returns from injury, immediately does Paige Bueckers things
Good things come to those who are great. Paige Bueckers made her return from injury Friday night in a 93-38 runaway win over St. John’s. Despite playing on a minutes restrictions, the sophomore, reigning national player of the year, and “Walking highlight” couldn’t help but highlight. ...
A tradition unlike any other: The LeBron Shoutout
LeBron James has never been shy about showing love to other competitors, whether it’s toward another NBA player or an athlete in another sport. There was that time he had dinner with Odell Beckham Jr. after OBJ hit mega-star status hauling in that three-finger bomb for a touchdown vs. Dallas on Sund...
This week in The Ladies Room: Justine Siegal
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The content you need: Jeff Van Gundy’s cat joins the ESPN broadcast booth
In this era of video conferencing, our personal lives can blend with our professions. You’ve been on Zoom calls where a child interrupts their parent. You’ve been on others where the dog won’t quit yapping, or a cat just… appears. Well, meet Neatsy (is that how you spell it, Jeff?), one of Jeff Van ...
SEE IT: Donovan Mitchell breaks defender’s legs without even really trying
Donovan Mitchell doesn’t care about your defense. Donovan Mitchell doesn’t care about an open Rudy Goebert. Donovan Mitchell doesn’t care about Shaq. Donovan Mitchell is just going to Donovan Mitchell — and for Utah Jazz fans, that’s a very good thing. Mitchell called game with a deadly series of mo...
This is Ariel, the girl Chiefs coach Britt Reid, Andy’s son, hospitalized
Her name is Ariel, and she is five years old. She’s fighting for her life because Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid, son of Andy Reid, smashed into the car she was sitting in. Reid told officers he had been drinking....
Pope Thrower Is The 2019 Name Of The Year
There was 1:09 left on the clock when Eli Manning, under pressure from the New England Patriots defense, hurled the football downfield. The three-time world champion Patriots, up 14-10 at the time, were defending a perfect run through the regular season and postseason. At that point, only the 1972 M...
Pope Thrower Vs. Jizyah Shorts Is The Name Of The Year Final
Well, we can’t say we’re surprised....
The Best Names Of The WHL Draft
Oh, friends. It’s here. The day we’ve been waiting for; the first true sign of spring. The Western Hockey League Bantam Draft, for 14- and 15-year-olds. A window on what Canadians west of Ontario and Americans west of the Mississippi were naming their children in 2004....
Here's The Name Of The Year Final Four
In 1985, Belgian psychologist Jozef Nuttin published a landmark study in which he revealed that people have a general preference for the letters in their own names over the other letters in the alphabet. The idea is that the sight of those letters provides a temporary self-esteem boost that affects ...
It's Time To Vote In The Name Of The Year Elite Eight
Each March, we present the Name of the Year bracket to you in the neatest fashion we can muster. The seeding choices we make rank our naminees in the most ideal fashion we can envision. Were all of the higher seeds to conquer all of the lower seeds, it might be a boring tournament, but the result wo...
Vote In The Name Of The Year Sweet Sixteen
With plenty of real estate remaining in 2019, it’s masochistic to imagine what next year could look like. Emperor Trump? World Series champion Mariners? The mind reels! But whatever horrors might unfold in 2020, we have at least one pop culture stalwart to soothe ourselves in the post-Game of Throne...
Presenting The 2019 Name Of The Year Bracket
Last August, the NCAA unveiled the NET ranking, a comprehensive synthesis of numbers designed to supplant the much-derided RPI as the definitive metric for comparing the resumes of college basketball teams. Despite some early statistical noise, the NET’s wealth of data ultimately produced a bracket ...
Hot Fucking Stove Update: Melvin Is B.J. Again
The MLB hot stove has been ice cold this entire offseason, but today has brought the news we’ve all been waiting for. The news is this: he’s B.J. again....
Kumar Rocker, Seth Beer, Owen Sharts, And The Future Of The American Baseball Name
There are some people who follow college baseball because a publication or faintly queasy-making subscription-only scouting service or Major League Baseball team pays them to do it. There is a slightly larger group of people who follow it recreationally, apparently, and while I have definitely never...
The Best Names Of The WHL Draft
On an auspicious day for names, the Western Hockey League held its draft for 14- and 15-year-old players. As in past years, the draft board is a revealing look at what parents west of Ontario and west of the Mississippi are naming their kids....
Jimbob Ghostkeeper Is The 2018 Name Of The Year
Here at NOTY, it’s axiomatic that a truly great name has it going both ways. Just look at the Hall of Name: Assumption Bulltron, Nimrod Weiselfish, Tanqueray Beavers, Princess Nocandy, Vanilla Dong, Destiny Frankenstein. And we haven’t inducted a new class in a while, so no Barkevious Mingo, Taco B....
Here Is Your 2018 Name Of The Year Championship Match
For one of the two men who have made it to this year’s Name of the Year final, destiny awaits....
