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13-Year-Old Girl Pitches Shutout To Send Team To LLWS
The Taney Dragons will be representing Philadelphia in the Little League World Series this year, thanks in large part to Mo'ne Davis, a 13-year-old girl who has become the team's ace pitcher....
Jerry Jones Calls Photos With Strippers A Misrepresentation
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones spoke to the media for the first time since some weird and gross photos of him and two strippers surfaced online, and he didn't really have much to say. According to him, the photos have been "misrepresented."...
Boxing Legend Frank Maloney Transitioning To Life As A Woman
Frank Maloney, the manager who helped make Lennox Lewis Britain's first undisputed heavyweight champion in almost 100 years, is "undergoing a sex change to become a woman" named Kellie. She has been living as a woman for a year and has been undergoing hormone therapy for over two years, but only jus...
What Happened To The Art Of An Overhand Curveball?
That's the question Pat Jordan asks in his latest profile:...
Hot Mic Catches Jon Jones And Daniel Cormier Talking Incredible Shit
"Hey pussy, are you still there?" ...
Another Miami Dolphin Suspended For PEDs
Miami Dolphins safety Reshad Jones has been suspended four games for violating the league's policy on performance enhancing drugs, the NFL announced today in a classic Friday news dump....
Valar Morghulis: A Statistical Guide To Deaths In <em>Game Of Thrones</em>
The famously grisly mortality rates of Game of Thrones are plenty fascinating enough on their own, and have infuriated viewers and readers alike for years now. It's a big part of the charm. But it's almost equally compelling from a global health perspective: Precisely how bloody is this universe? ...
Strippers In Jerry Jones Pics Don't Recall Much; Escort May Be Involved
TMZ managed to identify the two women who posed with Cowboys owner Jerry Jones in those weird and gross photos that surfaced online this week. Their names are Lindzie and Jordan; they are strippers; and they don't remember much about what happened that night....
Behold The Horrifying Future Of NFL In-Game Advertising
Enter the Toyota Red Zone! There is no escape from the Toyota Red Zone! You will die in the Toyota Red Zone!...
NFL Execs Pissed That Head Of Officiating Was Seen On Cowboys Party Bus
Earlier in the week, TMZ released a video of Jerry Jones's son Stephen partying with several people, including what appears to be Dean Blandino, the NFL's head of officiating. According to at least one person Jason La Canfora spoke to in the league, that is "definitely" him in the blue, skipping out...
Freelancing Sucks
You may have heard by now about Sports on Earth, the joint venture between MLB and USA Today that "laid off" a bunch of writers earlier in the week. Although the term "laid off" is a bit dicey: Technically speaking, the site only had a few full-time employees to begin with. Everyone else who wrote f...
One Of These Three Men Will Be The Next MLB Commissioner
Bob Nightengale at USA Today has a big scoop: the field of finalists for MLB Commissioner has been narrowed down to three, and one of them is a pretty huge surprise. There are two of Bud Selig's top deputies, and, somewhat out of nowhere, the chairman and minority owner of the Red Sox....
The Story Behind Those Jerry Jones Photos Is Weirder Than The Photos
Those weird photos of Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and some ladies hanging out in what appears to be a bathroom come with an equally bughouse backstory. They were first put on the internet by a man named Frank Hoover, who alleges that they were taken by people looking to set up Jerry Jones in an ex...
Here's A Lady Rubbing Her Face On Jerry Jones's Crotch
This deeply upsetting picture comes to us by way of a very strange Twitter user, along with a few other pictures of Jerry Jones and some ladies getting gross and weird together....
Sports On Earth is not shutting down, contrary to one online report. But with Gannett spinning off its publishing arm, very big changes are most certainly coming. [Update: It's not shutting down, in the sense that the site is keeping the name and a few staffers. But, yeah, things are going to be dif...
Jon Jones And Daniel Cormier Promote Fight With A Stagey Brawl
On the question of whether this UFC 178 media day brawl involving Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier is real or staged, let's just be safe and say it looks like something on the staged side of real. ...
Sergio Garcia's Tee Shot Knocks Diamond Out Of Woman's Ring
Sergio Garcia's inaccurate tee shot on the third hole at the Bridgestone Invitational knocked the diamond out of a woman's ring. Call it a diamond in the rou—never mind, everyone made that joke already....
Tyron Smith Isn't A "Cowboy For Life." He Just Got Screwed.
Yesterday, Cowboys left tackle Tyron Smith signed an enormous eight-year extension, valued at $110 million over 10 years. Today, Dallas is telling everyone that it guarantees Smith will be a "Cowboy for life." As we know by now, the numbers in NFL contracts are bullshit. But this is outrageous eno...