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Kristaps Porzingis Is Alone In The Spotlight Now
About an hour before Carmelo Anthony was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder, Kristaps Porzingis posted a photo of himself, earbuds in, peace sign up, announcing his return to New York....

People Can't Get Enough Of The "Hydrating Kristaps" Meme
Folks, another NBA season is upon us, and wouldn’t you know it, the sports world’s biggest meme market is heating up again. Pop quiz: do you know the hottest NBA meme right now? The answer might be Hoodie Melo. It all started after the world saw some clips of Carmelo Anthony playing basketball nicel...

Davante Adams Carted Off Field After Brutal Hit To The Head From Danny Trevathan
Packers wide receiver Davante Adams was taken off the field on a stretcher and left the stadium in an ambulance tonight after being the victim of a vicious hit from Bears linebacker Danny Trevathan. The hit—which was called as an unnecessary roughness penalty—sent Adams’s mouth guard flying as his h...

Report: NBA Approves Lottery Reform That Probably Won't Prevent Tanking
The lottery reform proposal that was submitted to the NBA board of governors earlier this month has reportedly been approved. The new system, designed to curtail tanking, is unlikely to curtail tanking....

Ben Simmons Calls Donald Trump An "Idiot" And A "Dickhead"
Pretty much every pro athlete in America is getting asked about Donald Trump these days, and though many have had interesting things to say, few have cut to the chase quite like Ben Simmons:...

Tennis Player's Creative Outburst: "I Feel Like A Nymphomaniac Is Also A Nun"
“Irritable! Irritable!” shouted Deiton Baughman during his match Wednesday against Prajnesh Gunneswaran at the ATP Challenger Tiburon. After a forehand error to lose his serve at 7-6, 4-3, Baughman thumped a ball clean out of the court, earning a code violation. But that wasn’t his most inventive ex...

76ers Already In Midseason Form
“The process never ends,” said 76ers GM Bryan Colangelo during media day on Monday, and while those words sounded perhaps a bit conservative at the time, now that we’ve gotten a glimpse at his team in practice, Colangelo could be right....

Sounds Like The Hawks Despised Dwight Howard
Zach Lowe had Kevin Arnovitz on his podcast Tuesday to discuss the five most puzzling teams in the NBA, one of which was the Charlotte Hornets. The Eastern Conference is a lukewarm soup of bad teams, mediocre teams, and the Cavs and Celtics, which means the Hornets could plausibly finish fourth or 1...

The Best Of NBA Photo Day 2017
NBA teams have taken their requisite pictures which can be disseminated in promotional materials you’ll probably throw away almost immediately, but it’s unfair to condemn the practice of making enormous people pose in dumb ways with balls, since the result is so wonderfully goofy. Here are, for one ...

Packers Fan Suing Bears Gets On Soldier Field In Atlanta Falcons Jersey
The Packers and Bears resume the oldest rivalry in professional football tomorrow night, with the Bears visiting Lambeau Field for the teams’ 195th meeting. (The series, amazingly, is currently tied 94-94-6.) One man who will be in attendance for the game is Russell Beckman....

Carmelo Anthony Owns Knicks One Final Time, Will Start At Power Forward For OKC
Carmelo Anthony will be Oklahoma City’s starting power forward, according to coach Billy Donovan and Melo himself. This gives the Thunder a very cool and good starting five with tons of switching fluidity on defense; much more importantly: LOL....

Packers Ask Fans To Link Arms During Anthem, Shift Focus From Diversity To "UNI-versity"
Behold, another move to co-opt a crude outline of Colin Kaepernick’s protest, divorce it of any meaning or purpose, and cash it in for a branding opportunity. The Green Bay Packers released a statement tonight asking their fans to link arms in a display of unity during the national anthem before Th...

Lynx Hold Off Sparks Comeback To Take Game 2 Of The WNBA Finals
The Minnesota Lynx staved off a second-half comeback by the Los Angeles Sparks in tonight’s Game 2 of the WNBA Finals—with the Sparks squandering two key opportunities in a wild and messy final minute before losing, 70-68, to even the series at one game apiece....

Report: Dwyane Wade Signs One-Year Deal With The Cavs
Fresh off his buyout from Chicago, Dwyane Wade is headed to Cleveland, signing a one-year, $2.3 million deal with the Cavs, according to The Vertical’s Shams Charania....

Michael Beasley Just Wants To Know Who The Real Brain Genius Is
Michael Beasley is new to New York. Already he has said that he is “your favorite player’s favorite player” and that he, at 28, can still be “one of the best in the NBA.” Slow your roll, Beez. There are at least two more reasonable goals for you to achieve first: starting small forward(???) for the...

Carmelo Anthony Begs Donald Trump To Pay Attention To The Disaster In Puerto Rico
After taking a direct hit from Hurricane Maria last week, the entirety of Puerto Rico is without electricity. Sixty percent of the island has no running water. Fuel is running low. Communications are difficult, as phone service is rare. The devastation is indescribable, the images unbelievable. Gov....

Report: "NFL Owner," Who Is Actually Just Some Packers Fan, Is Very Mad About Anthem Protests
David Hookstead of the Daily Caller spoke to an NFL owner who is livid about the anthem protests, and he wants you to know:...

Gregg Popovich Goes Off On Trump: "Our Country Is An Embarrassment In The World"
This afternoon at San Antonio Spurs media day, coach Gregg Popovich addressed Donald Trump’s recent comments on Steph Curry, as well as the broader reaction to NFL players taking a knee en masse. Popovich has been giving thoughtful and eloquent responses to questions about politics since the electio...
