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"Shut Up And Dribble."

Laura Ingraham says basketballers should stick to their sport and keep their opinions to themselves. Here, then, are some examples of her employer believing otherwise:...

Yankees Prospect Shot In Hip During Alleged Robbery Attempt

Yankees minor leaguer Thairo Estrada was shot in his right hip last week in Venezuela during what he says was a botched robbery at a restaurant. Manager Aaron Boone said he was recovering quickly, and should be available for the “bulk of the season.”...

Report: Ballboy Did Not Hear Ryan Harrison Make Racist Remarks To Donald Young In Tennis Match

Two American tennis players with a history of conflict had a lengthy argument during their New York Open match on Friday, which they followed with another exchange of words during the post-match handshake. That much we know for sure. Everything that came after has been disputed by both parties. ...

The Market Has Come To The Mets, And That's Bad

No one but the 100 or so unemployed baseball players invited to attend was admitted to the shadow spring training that the MLB Players Association opened at Bradenton, Fla.’s IMG Academy on Wednesday. The press was banned from the facility, and reporters who tried to get in were turned away; at lea...

David Brooks Seems Extremely Confused (About Amphibians)

Amphibians, as every little kid knows, are born in water, as larvae, breathing water through gills. Later they undergo metamorphosis, and emerge from the water with (in most cases) air-breathing respiratory systems. Even after they’ve taken to land, though, they retain highly permeable skin that can...

Fox News Host Laura Ingraham Blows The Dog Whistle On LeBron James [Updated]

Laura Ingraham is a Fox News personality whose job is to say nice things about Donald Trump and generally seem kind of impatient, a job that she carries off while exuding all the charisma and personal warmth of a clenched butt cheek. Last night, during her show Laura Ingraham Would Like To Speak To ...

Islanders' Anders Lee Is Refusing Donations To His Charity Out Of Loyalty To GM Garth Snow

Frustrated Islanders fans launched a GoFundMe campaign yesterday to purchase a billboard in Brooklyn, calling for the team’s longtime general manager Garth Snow to be fired. The billboard would read “Snow Must Go,” and the campaign reached its $5,450 goal in less than an hour. Any extra money, the o...

Isaiah Thomas And Rajon Rondo Ejected After Feisty Dance Routine

This is far from one of the most interesting beefs of the NBA season, but you might remember that last month, former Celtics champion Rajon Rondo had a pretty sick burn on former Celtics non-champion Isaiah Thomas....

Vacation Bill Belichick Is Fully Operational

After a Super Bowl loss to Nick Foles, Patriots head coach and History Channel buff Bill Belichick has escaped to an island to unwind with his girlfriend Linda Holliday. That vacay outfit has everything: an “Adapt or Die” shirt with the Gadsden snake, a “VII Rings” visor, and chill beach trunks. Yea...

Get Ready For The NBA Tanking Campaign Of A Lifetime

By the time the NBA’s All-Star break usually rolls around, the standings are more or less set. It’s typically obvious which four or so teams will be contending for a championship, and it’s also apparent who will be spending the rest of the year in the toilet, tanking for superior lottery odds and dr...

Donald Young Accuses Ryan Harrison Of Racist Remarks During Tennis Match

Ryan Harrison defeated fellow American tennis player Donald Young 6-3, 7-6(4) yesterday at the New York Open. During a changeover in the first set, the two players had a dispute that got heated enough for the umpire to descend from his perch and defuse the situation. Unfortunately the broadcast bare...

Flames Pest Ryan Lomberg Takes On A Much Larger Opponent, Eats Many Fists

The reason why the tale of David and Goliath is notable is because most of the time, Goliath should win. Put a 5-foot-9, 175-pound AHL goon against a 6-foot-5, 235-pound counterpart, and who do you think will usually come out on top?...

Braves Pitcher Makes Heroic Arbitration Stand Over $100,000, Loses

25-year-old pitcher Mike Foltynewicz wrapped up his third season with the Braves having posted a 10-13 record with 4.79 ERA in 29 appearances. Because of the way the MLB collective bargaining agreement works, Foltynewicz is still a couple years away from real free agency, but, because he’s had at le...

The Eagles Beat The Patriots With A Heaping Dose Of Their Own Medicine

The Philly Special will rightly be the play that forever defines the Eagles’ victory over the Patriots in Super Bowl 52. But such ballsy trickery wasn’t some one-off bit of well-executed brilliance: The Eagles rolled up 538 yards and scored 41 points on the Pats, and they did it by doing a lot of th...

Mets legend Bud Harrelson has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, robbing him of his memories of everything from his old teammates to the streets in his neighborhood. And, heartbreakingly, he knows exactly what’s happening to him. [NY Post]...

Boston Radio Dopes Claim Boston Newspaper Dope Was Tricked Into Writing A Fake Story About Tom Brady 

On Thursday, the Boston Herald published a post headlined “Tom Brady wants to get paid like Jimmy G, or he’ll skip OTAs.” On Friday, it had been deleted and replaced with an error message. A Boston radio show claimed “Nick in Boston” had tricked the reporter, Ron Borges, into writing the fake story ...

New Mexico Suspends Bob Davie 30 Days After Investigations Of Misconduct<em></em>

The University of New Mexico announced today that it has suspended football coach Bob Davie for 30 days following an outside investigation of his program. As Geoff Grammer of the Albuquerque Journal pointed out, Davie’s announced punishment comes one day after National Signing Day, even though the i...

Fox News VP Bemoans Diverse U.S. Olympic Team: "Darker, Gayer, Different" [UPDATE] <em></em>

The Olympics start tomorrow. Figure skating! Bobsleigh! International politics! Russian doping! A chance to tell everyone about how the Olympics is a global con that leaves host cities in crippling debt! Whatever your hobby horse, there’s plenty to get excited about right now. With that in mind, let...

The Cavs Are Getting Pretty Much Everyone The Fuck Out Of Here<em></em>

Not only have the Cavaliers given Isaiah Thomas and Channing Frye the boot today, but they’re now trading four more players. (Yes, “the Cavaliers” can reasonably be interpreted as “LeBron James.”) Adios to Jae Crowder, Derrick Rose, Iman Shumpert, and Dwyane Wade. There goes a third of the roster....

The Best Moments Of Philly Local News Getting Wild After The Super Bowl

People in Philadelphia were pretty excited when the Eagles won the Super Bowl. They rushed into the streets by the thousands. Many of them also put on a show for the local news cameras that were rolling well into the night. Some stations stayed on air all night....