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San Antonio Cop Reportedly Fired For Feeding Homeless Man A Literal Shit Sandwich

Our American law enforcement system enables its officers to abuse their power and harass the citizenry in ways both petty and outright barbaric. Here’s a particularly cruel example, from down in San Antonio: a cop was fired this week after he fed a homeless man a shit sandwich. I do not use “shit sa...

Wizards And Caps Owner: I Suck Because D.C. Won't Pay My Bills For Me

This motherfucker. Here’s Ted Leonsis, majority owner of the Washington Capitals, the Washington Wizards, and the arena in which both those teams play their home games, D.C.’s Verizon Center, mewling to the Washington Post because he has to pay his own mortgage and building costs instead of passing ...

The Melbourne Cup Is Decadent And Depraved

You may have read Hunter S. Thompson’s famous article recounting the rampant debauchery at the Kentucky Derby and thought you’d glimpsed the true, beating heart of insane white people shit. But you’d have been mistaken. It’s not until you see these photos of the Melbourne Cup, Australia’s most drunk...

Autopsy: José Fernández Had Alcohol, Cocaine In System At Time Of Boat Crash

Miami Marlins pitcher José Fernández had a blood alcohol level of .14 and cocaine in his system when he died in a boat crash last month, according to an autopsy....

So, The Warriors Got Their Asses Kicked

Let’s briefly acknowledge all the required caveats: that this was just the first game of a long season, that recent history has proven super teams always take time to gel, that the Golden State Warriors are still going to kick tons of ass this year....

Jonathon Simmons Flushed Steph Curry Down The Toilet

Perhaps the most humiliating moment of the Warriors’ ignominious collapse in the NBA Finals came when LeBron James soared out of the sky and pinned Andre Iguodala’s shot to the backboard in utter defiance of gravity and everyone....

Gregg Popovich Offers Touching Story Of His Friendship With Steve Kerr

In his first game without Tim Duncan since the Mesozoic Era, Gregg Popovich got wistful and told a touching story about his relationship with old friend Steve Kerr....

Chris Hansen Offers To Build Seattle An NBA Arena Without Public Funding

On Thursday, the Sacramento Kings will play their first game in a new arena that the city chipped in $255 million to build. They scraped together that money in 2013 in order to win an arms race with billionaire Chris Hansen and the city of Seattle. Hansen’s offer to the Maloof family was $39 million...

The Texas Rangers' Ballpark Scam Is Even Worse Than We Thought

Back in June, WFAA-TV took a close look at the Texas Rangers’ proposal to build a new stadium in Arlington, which the city and team insist would be built with a 50-50 split of private and public money. WFAA-TV discovered an unprecedented clause in the proposal that proved the 50-50 promise to be hor...

Nantz: "They're Gonna Keep Kneeling As Long As They Have Cameras Right In Their Face" [Correction]

Here’s some off-air video from the Sept. 29th game between the Dolphins and Bengals. Jim Nantz has some things to say about Kenny Stills and Michael Thomas, who have maintained a season-long protest against police brutality....

The Florida Panthers Are All Wearing José Fernández Jerseys Tonight

The Florida Panthers paid tribute to José Fernández this evening en masse by all wearing Fernández’s number 16 jersey for their season opener. Here they are taking the ice....

Hell Yeah, Underhand Free Throws Are Back In The NBA

Have you heard the news? ...

LAPD Detective Investigating Derrick Rose Rape Case Found Fatally Shot

A Los Angeles Police Department employee who died yesterday has been identified as 44-year-old Nadine Hernandez, a member of the Robbery-Homicide Division Special Assault Section and one of two detectives investigating the rape allegations against Derrick Rose....

Nevada State Senate Passes Bill Raising Taxes To Fund NFL Stadium

The Raiders’ plan to relocate to Las Vegas with the help of $750 million in public money got past the state senate today. The Nevada senate voted 16-5 in favor of Bill 1, which will raise room taxes in Clark County to help pay for the stadium. This does not mean, however, that excess money would sim...

Gregg Popovich Lovingly Booted Boban Marjanovic Away From The Spurs

The Pistons have signed three former Spurs players in the past two offseasons. Aron Baynes signed in 2015, and Ray McCallum (most recently of the Grizzlies) joined the team this year. Additionally, 7-foot-3 Serbian Hulk Boban Marjanovic signed a three-year, $21 million deal with the Pistons in July....

Report: Giants OT Ereck Flowers Shoved ESPN Reporter

It is unclear exactly why Giants second-year offensive tackle Ereck Flowers has it out for ESPN.com Giants beat writer Jordan Raanan. But he totally does....

Ana Navarro Obliterates Trump Surrogate Offended That She Keeps Quoting Donald Trump

Trump surrogate and CNN commentator Scottie Nell Hughes got angry with fellow commentator Ana Navarro tonight for directly quoting Donald Trump’s “grab them by the pussy” line. It did not end well for Scottie Neil Hughes....

D.C. City Council Owns Self

“What have you done for us, D.C. City Council?” asked the Nationals fan. “Well,” said the City Council, “we’ve ponied up over $700 million dollars to buy a stadium for a billionaire.”...

José Fernández's High School Jersey Stolen And Then Returned

A shitty thing and then a good thing happened at José Fernández’s old high school this week. ...