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Dr. William Strampel, Former Michigan State Boss Of Larry Nassar, Arrested
Dr. William Strampel—the former boss of convicted serial sexual abuser Dr. Larry Nassar and dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine at Michigan State—was arrested this evening on undisclosed charges....
Tennis Players Squabble Over The Identity Of One Guy's Father: "That's My Fucking Dad"
The Miami Open’s feisty this year. A few days after Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas were entangled in some midmatch tennis toilet beef, Fernando Verdasco and Thanasi Kokkinakis generated some juicy dad beef....
The Woman Who Fought Bulls
“La Matadora Revisa Su Maquillaje (The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup)” was first published in May 2004 issue of Outside and is featured in the new anthology The Stories We Tell and appears here with permission....
Report: Larry Nassar's Longtime Boss Said In 2016 <em></em>He Didn't Believe Victims
William Strampel is the former dean of the osteopathic medical school at Michigan State University, a position he held from 2002 until last year. In that position he supervised Larry Nassar, a doctor who sexually abused hundreds of girls while working for Michigan State and USA Gymnastics. The Wall ...
Video Emerges Of Former Astros Prospect Beating His Girlfriend After 2016 Practice
Former Houston Astros prospect Danry Vasquez has been released by his current Atlantic League club after video of a domestic violence incident became public this week. The video shows the player hitting his girlfriend multiple times after a practice with the Corpus Christi Hooks, the Astros’ Double-...
The Predators Are Hustling And It's Wonderful To Watch
This is one of my favorite sequences from the NHL season so far....
Here Are The Members Of USA Gymnastics Who Have Been Suspended
In the aftermath of the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal, USA Gymnastics is now maintaining a public list of members who are currently serving suspensions. ...
Jose Altuve's Day At The White House Looked Pretty Awkward
The Houston Astros visited the White House today to be honored for their 2017 World Series win, which puts reasonable-minded players in a bit of a pickle. The traditional post-championship White House visit is a potentially once-in-a-lifetime honor. Having to tolerate Donald Trump in the flesh and b...
A Wonderteen Is Tearing Up The KHL Playoffs, And He's Headed For Nashville Soon
Helsinki-based KHL team Jokerit wrapped up a fairly easy first-round series victory over HC Sochi tonight. They won in five games on the back of teen phenom Eeli Tolvanen, who scored five goals to add to his 19 that he got in 49 regular season games (not to mention his three in the Olympics). ...
Colorado Coach Tad Boyle Injures Leg While Breaking Up Scuffle After Late-Game Dunk
Colorado and Arizona State got a little beef stewing in the closing moments of today’s Pac-12 Tournament game. Up by nine points with eight seconds to play on their way to the win, Buffaloes guard Tyler Bey went for a dunk, and the Sun Devils didn’t react too kindly....
Aly Raisman Sues USOC: "I Refuse To Wait Any Longer For These Organizations To Do The Right Thing"
Gold medal-winning gymnast Aly Raisman is suing the U.S. Olympic Committee on the grounds that the organization knew or should have known about former team doctor Larry Nassar’s decades of sexual abuse of athletes. ...
Gymnast Jacob Moore Becomes First Male Victim To File In Larry Nassar Lawsuit
Gymnast Jacob Moore is the first male victim to join the lawsuits against Dr. Larry Nassar, Michigan State and USA Gymnastics....
Scott Blackmun Resigns As Head Of USOC Amid Larry Nassar Fallout
A month after ordering the entire USA Gymnastics board to resign in the wake of the Larry Nassar sex abuse case, U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun has also resigned....
Rick Nash Is Super Eager To Impress His New Team
Newly acquired Rick Nash is only playing his second game as a Bruin tonight, but he’s already making all of his other Boston teammates look like slackers. Early in their game against the Hurricanes, a rebounding shot from Jaccob Slavin deflected off a skate, trickled past Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask, ...
Michigan State Trustee Once Asked To Reveal Names Of Child Sex Abuse Victims In Court<em></em><em></em>
Michigan State trustee and defense attorney Dan Kelly, the man who apologized to victims of Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse for only viewing the case through a legal lens, once used victim blaming and another time used victim shaming when defending Michigan public school systems in child sexual abuse ca...
Referee Ejects Arizona Cheerleader
An Arizona cheerleader hit the showers early after being ejected for shouting something at a referee midway through the second half of the Wildcats’ game in Tempe against rivals Arizona State....
This NHL Referee Aspires To Be A Milder Version Of Wes McCauley
Here’s NHL ref Tom Kowal with the call of Tuesday’s Blues-Predators game: “Bench minor penalty for Nashville for too many guys on the ice. They had six gentlemen, and the goaler.” Hockey nicknames are out of control....
Of Course, N.C. State-UNC Is A Rivalry. It's Just A Bad One.
Three days ago, before Duke poo-poo’d all over itself during a ghastly second half and gave the folks in Chapel Hill something to be happy about, Joel Berry II did what every single Tar Heel fan does before each of the annual clashes between N.C. State and UNC. Yes, he denied that the Wolfpack and T...
USOC Will Not Make Personnel Changes Until After Independent Investigation Into Their Handling Of Larry Nassar
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea—Hours before the opening ceremony, United States Olympic Committee board of directors chairman Larry Probst opened the organization’s first press conference of the Pyeongchang Olympics with an acknowledgement. “I want to address upfront what many of you came here rightly to...
It Will Take More Than Money To Fix USA Gymnastics
On Wednesday, USA Gymnastics announced a new fund, administered by an unnamed third party, that will provide support for counseling services for gymnasts who have been sexually abused. It’s a small, limited step forward, and—as I noted yesterday—it’s clearly about public relations. It also, however,...