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Big Shocker: The Pelicans Will Enter The NBA Season Hobbled By Injuries
Raise your hand if you’ve heard this one before: an important Pelicans player has suffered a major injury, and the Pelicans are, as a result, screwed....

What The Hell Are You Doing, Captain Obvious.
The Mets jumped out to a quick start today in the first game of a doubleheader against the Nationals, scoring three runs in the top of the first inning against Nats rookie pitcher Erick Fedde. With the score already 3-0, Travis d’Arnaud smoked a liner foul up the line in left field, where it bounced...

The Patriots Will Have To Go On Without Julian Edelman's Grit, ACL
Albert Breer of MMQB reported today that an MRI has confirmed that Julian Edelman sufered a complete tear of the ACL in his right knee. That is almost certainly the end of his season....

Brett Gardner Is Sheriff Of The Fun Police
Today is the start of Players’ Weekend, a new MLB initiative designed to let players have a little bit of fun and express themselves in a league that so often tries to stifle those things. Players have picked nicknames to display on the back of their jersey—for one weekend, baseball will be graced b...

My Five Favorite Moments From The Yankees-Tigers Brawl
Yesterday saw the weirdest and most interesting game of the season, a 10-6 Tigers win over the Yankees that saw eight ejections, four batters hit by pitches, three bench clearings, and a whole bunch of legitimate punches....
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Benches Clear After Miguel Cabrera And Austin Romine Have A Legit Fight At Home Plate [Updates]
Most baseball fights are a bunch of meaningless posturing, but Yankees catcher Austin Romine and Tigers DH Miguel Cabrera exchanged actual punches and rolled around in the dirt during today’s game in Detroit....

Bad Thing Happens To Mets Player
This is going to come as a shock, but the Mets dealt with some terrible luck today....

Will The NFL Ever Get Rid Of The Preseason?
Giants wideout Odell Beckham Jr. has an ankle sprain, which in this instance is good news, considering how severe the injury looked when it happened. Now for the bad news: The sprain reportedly could keep Beckham from playing in the Giants’ first two regular-season games. Which means it’s time again...

Giants Cut Michael Bowie Following Domestic Assault Charge
The Giants cut lineman Michael Bowie today, a week after he was charged with domestic violence in Bixby, Oklahoma. In a statement, Giants General Manager Jerry Reese said:...

Gary Sanchez Hit The Second-Longest Home Run Of The Year
Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez clobbered a 493-foot home run, one of two on the night, in New York’s 13-4 win over the Tigers. Maybe most impressively, he hit it off an 80 mph changeup....

Aaron Judge's Record-Setting Strikeout Streak Is Over
After a first half in which he looked less like an ordinary ballplayer and more like a dinger-smashing demigod, Aaron Judge has suffered through a second half in which he has looked mostly like a slumping rookie with some trouble adjusting to the big-league curve. This is not the end of Judge, and i...

Here Is Another Incredibly Sad Attempt At Arena Financing Grift
The New Orleans Pelicans will launch a developmental-league team before the start of the 2018-19 season, but first, they have to decide where it’ll go. Five cities were initially vying for the right to join the NBA’s minor league (which recently rebranded to serve as an advertisement for a sports dr...

What The Hell Did The Mets Do To Steven Matz?
On Monday, the Mets announced that young starter Steven Matz was being shut down. Manager Terry Collins insisted that Matz was not hurt, telling reporters, “This is not an injury, this is not an injury ... If he had to pitch he could pitch tomorrow.” A few hours later, the Mets announced that Matz w...

Odell Beckham Jr. Limps Off Field After Tough Hit, Crumples In Pain Outside Locker Room
Odell Beckham Jr. limped off the field during the second quarter of tonight’s preseason game against the Browns after a hit that knocked his legs out from under him:...

Anquan Boldin's Retirement Made Me Remember That Time He Had His Face Broken By A Hit<em></em>
Eric Smith hit Anquan Boldin so hard, he knocked himself out....

Report: Chris Christie Gives Up Dream Of Being A Terrible Sports Radio Host For Now
Anyone who had hoped to one day call Chris Christie on the radio and tell him he’s a corrupt piece of shit will be sorely disappointed to learn that they’ll have to settle for tweeting at him, as the outgoing governor of New Jersey will not pursue an on-air gig at WFAN. ...

The Mets Forgot How Many Outs Are In An Inning Of Baseball
The Mets turned five double plays last night in a win over the Marlins, snapping a five-game losing streak in the doing. But that’s not why we’re here, my friends. We are here to delight in one particular double-play: the one where the Mets stood around the infield waiting for play to resume after r...

Large Rookie Masher Aaron Judge Sets A Bad Kind Of Record
Before we get too far into this, let us remind ourselves that Aaron Judge is a rookie, and we should be just as patient with a rookie’s struggles as we are measured in our praise of their successes. Or, wait, I’m being told, yes, it seems we in fact spent the first three months of the baseball seaso...

