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Hey Warriors, You Are Choking Shitbags
Today is Cleveland’s day, and I join with the rest of America in obnoxiously glomming onto the city’s moment even though I don’t deserve to. (In fact, I have spent much of the past decade joyously shitting on Cleveland for its miseries … but really, I’m so happy for you now!) Last night was one of t...
What Sporting Event Not Involving Your Team Made You The Happiest?
I’m still high off basketball. Last night I felt like I was on drugs, alternately near tears and euphoric. I think I slept with a huge grin on my face. This is weird, because I do not care about the Cavaliers in the least....
The Moments Mean Everything
It could not have been a better ending, and it could not have been a more incredible path to get there. This is the stuff sports movies are made of, only no movie could possibly provide enough backstory, enough pathos to make the Cavaliers’ championship mean what it does; only real life can give pro...
J.R. Smith Breaks Down When Asked To Describe The Inspiration Of His Father
“If it wasn’t for the structure and the backbone that I have, I wouldn’t be able to mess up and keep coming back and being able to sit in front of you as the world champion.”...
Here's The Moment These Cleveland Newscasters Learned Live On-Air The Cavs Were NBA Champions
Here’s your WJW (Fox) Cleveland crew live on-air watching and announcing that the Cavaliers were NBA champions. (They immediately went live to Akron.)...
Listen To The Cavaliers' Radio Calls Of Cleveland's First Title In Decades
As you might imagine, the Cleveland Cavaliers’ first-ever NBA championship—and the first in any sport for that city in decades—launched the team’s radio announcers into ecstasy. Up above you can hear the Cavs’ English-language announcers; below, their Spanish-language feed....
Holy Shit, Cleveland Won A Championship
We’ll have plenty of analysis later, but for the moment: holy shit....
The Warriors Played Like Dunderheads, And Why Not? It Usually Works.
Every team has bad habits and bad patterns of play into which they frequently fall due to their specific makeup. The Golden State Warriors are hardly exempt from this; what makes them nearly unique is that their bad habits are the exact same thing that makes them great. Most of the time this is fine...
Tristan Thompson Is The Cavs' Secret Weapon
Whether they win Game 7 or turn back into pumpkins on Sunday, the Cleveland Cavaliers have already put in a better effort than they did in last year’s Finals. Even though they got extinguished like a bug against a fly zapper in the series’ opening games in Oakland, they’re back again for Game 7 with...
The Currys Snapped, Just Like Everyone Else
After he got his sixth foul and ended his Game 6 early Thursday night, Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry lost his shit. A few minutes later, his wife Ayesha Curry lost hers....
The NBA Finals Have Blessed Us With Dank Memes
LeBron James and the Cavs just dunked all over Steph Curry and the Warriors, providing the fuel to run a thousand take machines for a century. While the games in the NBA Finals have been lopsided, the bizarre subplots—Draymond’s dick and balls violence, LeBron’s utter dominance, Steph Curry’s terrib...
LeBron Even Dominated The Camera Operators
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J.R. Smith's Daughter Burns Him On National Television
Aside from a 20-pointer in Game 5, J.R. Smith hasn’t really shown up in these NBA Finals. That’s okay! His daughter is proud of him anyway. Why’s that? Because he made it this far into the season without getting kicked off the team....
Bill Walton Spent E3 Kicking People's Asses In <i>Street Fighter</i>
Video game extravaganza E3 wrapped up this afternoon, after three days of long lines, true love, on-stage derp, legitimate video game news, and the greatest redhead in NBA history laying waste to any fool bold enough to challenge him in Street Fighter. While Bill Walton’s son Luke was prepping for G...