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The Astros Scored 11 Runs In One Damn Inning
The Astros walloped the Twins yesterday in a 16-8 game that turned in Houston’s favor with an 11-run eighth inning, in which the team batted around (and then some) to take a 13-8 lead into the ninth. It was not ideal for the Twins; it was a very good day for the ‘Stros....
Russian Olympic Committee Reassures Fans That Gymnast Wearing "Feminist" T-Shirt Is Still Pretty
Russian gymnast Angelina Melnikova, the 2017 European champion on floor and a member of Russia’s silver medal-winning Rio Olympic team, recently posted several pictures of herself wearing a t-shirt that reads, “Everybody Should Be A Feminist.” At a time when grandmothers are wearing pink “pussy hats...
Preds Fan Who Threw Catfish On The Ice Charged With Possessing An Instrument Of A Crime, Disrupting A Meeting
The Penguins took a weird Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final last night, winning 5-3 despite going 37 consecutive minutes without recording a shot on goal. Also weird? A Predators fan threw a catfish on the ice, a strange tradition in Nashville that dates to 2003 but has gotten a ton of attention this ...
What On Earth Was That?
Let’s stipulate that that’s not going to happen again. The Penguins aren’t going to shoot 41.6 percent, as they did in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, because hockey teams don’t just shoot 41.6 percent. At the other end, the Predators aren’t going to again allow four goals on 11 shots (before an em...
Penguins Take Game 1, But Frédérick Gaudreau's First Career Goal Is The Better Story<em></em>
Jake Guentzel’s goal with three minutes left handed Pittsburgh a Game 1 win tonight in the Stanley Cup Final, and that goal wiped out what had been a hard-fought Nashville comeback after the Predators found themselves down 3-0 at the end of the first period. (The Penguins added an empty-netter to ma...
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NBC Suddenly Reminded Why Seven-Second Delays Exist
It’s times like this you wonder if the Blue Jackets were in the Final how many f-bombs John Tortorella could sneak onto live television. At least four more than Peter Laviolette did, we think....
Tonight's Stanley Cup Final Game 1, Simulated In NHL '94 For Sega Genesis
Our simulation of tonight’s Stanley Cup Final matchup between Nashville and Pittsburgh is LIVE. NHL ‘94 on Sega Genesis, CPU vs CPU, with some help from NHL ‘94 expert Naples39....
P.K. Subban Plays Reporter At Media Day, Continues To Be A Delight
Delightful sunbeam P.K. Subban decided to turn the tables during today’s media day for the Stanley Cup Final, abandoning his spot taking a questions to grab a microphone and grill his teammates on the tough questions no one else dares to. For instance—Mike Fisher, just how it does it feel to be so d...
More Gymnasts Testify About How Larry Nassar Sexually Abused Them
The preliminary hearing in the criminal case against former Michigan State and USA Gymnastics physician Larry Nassar continued today in a Michigan court, with four victims testifying about how they say the doctor sexually abused them under the guise of medical treatments. This hearing was a continua...
Do Not Disrespect Aly Raisman's Biceps
Last night, Olympic gold medalist and extremely built human Aly Raisman called out a TSA agent for dissing her biceps....
French Gymnast Who Suffered Horrific Leg Break In Rio Is Making His Comeback
Less than a year after the Olympic Games in Rio, Samir Ait Said, the French gymnast who suffered a gruesome leg fracture during the men’s qualifications, is back to training....
The Predators Have Graduated
In their 18th season, the Nashville Predators are going to the Stanley Cup Final. And here’s what a conference-winning goal looks like—or maybe more importantly, sounds like:...
The Nashville Predators Are Going To Their First Stanley Cup Final
The Nashville Predators beat the Anaheim Ducks 6-3 tonight to win the Western Conference Finals in six games. Nashville will now advance to their first-ever Stanley Cup Final against the winner of the Ottawa-Pittsburgh series....
Nick Ritchie Tags Viktor Arvidsson With The Mark Of The Beast<em></em>
Viktor Arvidsson headed to the bench bearing a crimson R upon his forehead after being boarded by Anaheim’s Nick Ritchie. That’s great, but let us know when one of the Russian guys pulls this off in Cyrillic. ...
Predators Score In Final Minute To Send Game 4 To Overtime
Trailing 2-1, with 35 seconds left in Game 4 of the conference finals, the Nashville Predators’ Filip Forsberg snuck one past the Anaheim Ducks’ goalie to tie it up and send the game to overtime....
Fox News Pays Tribute To Roger Ailes By Putting The Worst Possible Shit On TV Today
The Fox News Specialists, the new Fox program that gave the world Joe Namath yakking about Syria with Karl Rove, has blessed us again. Yapping cheshire cat and First Take host Stephen A. Smith linked up with apartheid apologist Ted Nugent on another edition of the show this afternoon, and the two sp...
Nashville Is A Great Place To Play Hockey
For about 20 minutes of Game 3, the Predators were unstoppable. Filip Forsberg scored the tying goal 3:54 into the third period, and Roman Josi netted the power-play winner with 2:43 left, and in between were two goals waved off for goaltender interference. Throughout, the Predators surged, doubling...
The Astros Keep On Mashing Grand Slams
The Houston Astros did the country a great service and put a damper on the Yankees’ Derek Jeter ceremony with several big dingers in the first-inning yesterday, including a grand slam from Alex Bregman....