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Report: The Phillies Ratted Out Two Draft Picks To The NCAA

Oregon State pitcher Ben Wetzler has been suspended since the start of college baseball season. The NCAA is investigating whether he retained the services of an agent to negotiate with the Phillies, who drafted him in the fifth round in 2013 but were unable to sign him. Now it seems the Phillies hav...

Luger Kate Hansen Films A Wolf/Dog Roaming Outside Her Sochi Hotel Room [UPDATE]

Update: Fuck you, Jimmy Kimmel....

College Basketball Game Ends In A Tie

Winston-Salem State and Johnson C. Smith blew college basketball's world with a tie game. OK, it was called due to a broken light, but it's still incredibly rare....

Angry Russian Hockey Fan Wants To Send The Team To Siberia

He seems upset....

Dolphins Fire Offensive Line Coach Involved In Harassment Of Player

The Miami Dolphins have canned offensive line coach Jim Turner tonight. Turner had been mentioned in Ted Wells's investigation into the harassment of Dolphins offensive lineman Jonathan Martin....

Dolphins Fire Longtime Trainer Mentioned In The Ted Wells Report

Mort reports that the Dolphins have fired head trainer Kevin O'Neill, who's been in the organization for 18 years. So it's probably not a coincidence that he appeared multiple times in the investigation into the Richie Incognito/Jonathan Martin saga....

In this column, Bill Simmons presents an analogy in which the commissioner of the NBA is Simmons/a dad, general managers are small children, and basketball players are shoddily-manufactured and overpriced consumer products. A worldview has rarely been captured so well in so few words. [Grantland]...

Police Summons: Ray Rice Knocked Fiancée Out

The Atlantic City Police summons for Ray Rice provides more detail regarding the "very minor physical altercation" over the weekend. According to the description of the incident in Rice's summons, Rice struck his fiancée Janay Palmer "with his hand, rendering her unconscious, at the Revel Casino." E...

Arsenal Keeper Red-Carded, Leaves Pitch Making Vigorous Wanking Motion

Arsenal played defending Champions League winners FC Bayern today in the tournament's round of 16. On paper, the Gunners seemed overmatched, so much so that we asked if the Premier League's second-place team were capable of even giving the Germans a game. Turns out, they were for a while!...

The Bucks' Y2K Night Contest Has Broken Their Fax Machine

Saturday is "Y2K Night" in Milwaukee, and they are committed to the theme. 2000-era pricing, an appearance from Glenn Robinson, and a halftime performance by Coolio. But the absolute best part is the contest—for which entrants will have to somehow figure out how to use a fax machine....

Here Is An Article About Ray Rice That Was Written By A Post-Human

Attention journalists: If you are currently debating whether you should write something about the Ray Rice situation, just go for it. There's no way anything you write will be more ill-conceived than this....

What Everyone Missed In The Report On The Dolphins Bullying Scandal

Originally published at Bloomberg View....

Can One Of The Premier League's Finest Even Give FC Bayern A Match?

Today in the Champions League round of 16, Arsenal are playing FC Bayern, who won the competition—and everything else—last year. This matters....

Here's Ray Rice Dragging His Unconscious Fiancée Out Of An Elevator

From TMZ comes this bit of security cam footage of the aftermath of the altercation that occurred between Ray Rice and his fiancée in Atlantic City, N.J., last weekend. According to TMZ, that's Rice dragging his fiancée, who appears to be unconscious, out of an elevator in a hotel lobby....

Quantifying Hustle: How Many Runs Does Cano's Slacking Cost His Team?

Originally published on Baseball Prospectus...

Gerald Green Hammers A Lob On Kenneth Faried's Head

Without Kenneth Faried's defensive effort, the degree of difficulty on this alley-oop would not have been nearly as high as it is, so we thank him for doing his part to create a great NBA highlight. But, man, Faried should probably stop jumping near former slam dunk contest winners....

<em>Wall Street Journal</em> Article About Brent Celek Has Amazing Correction

The Wall Street Journal posted a story today about the offseason workout habits of Philadelphia Eagles tight end Brent Celek. It contains the following anecdote:...

High School Wrestlers Wearing Pointed Hoods Lynch Rival In Effigy

Here we have a few members of a high school wrestling team from Phillipsburg, N.J., posing for a photo that has caused quite the shit storm in the local school district....

Zlatan Ibrahimović Scores Outrageous Champions League Goal

French champions Paris Saint-Germain were visiting German side Bayer Leverkusen today in the Champions League Round of 16. We're not going to leave you in suspense here: PSG had an easy go of it. ...

Danica Patrick's <em>SI</em> Nipple: A Lesson In Internet Boob Etiquette [NSFW]

On January 28, Sports Illustrated's Swim Daily website posted a "Throwback Thursday" gallery featuring pictures of Danica Patrick from 2008. Buried within the gallery was an old selfie of Patrick, one that featured an unremarkable amount of nipple. The picture went unremarked upon until TMZ spotted ...