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Diana Taurasi And Seimone Augustus Kiss, Have To Be Separated [Update]

Basketball players have been hit with technical fouls for silly things—see Rasheed Wallace receiving a second T and getting ejected for staring—but what about kissing a player?...

Watch Mariano Rivera Leave The Field At Yankee Stadium, Forever

Tonight marked the last time Mariano Rivera would throw a pitch at Yankee Stadium. With the Yankees trailing 4-0 against the Rays, Rivera retired four batters over the eighth and ninth innings. When Derek Jeter and Andy Pettitte came to the mound to take Rivera out, it turned into one of those time...

Tipsters: Here's Why You Should Give Your Stories To Us Instead Of TMZ

Bryant McKinnie went on his Baltimore radio show Wednesday to deny most of the details in TMZ's report about his birthday party. (In case you forgot, it involved Jacoby Jones getting hit on the head with a champagne bottle on a party bus by a stripper named Sweet Pea.)...

Bud Selig's Retirement Has Been Breaking News For 16 Months Now

The news that Bud Selig will step down as baseball commissioner after next season is being played up as a big, breaking story. Even a "scoop!" Do we all just have really short memories?...

Iowa State's AD Trolled All Players United On Twitter Today

Jamie Pollard, head left, who directs the athletics programs at Iowa State University, apparently decided today he'd seen enough of this All Players United business, whereby university athletes have shown solidarity for the idea of getting paid for working their asses off. We must point out, as Poll...

Pitcher Do Get Lonely (Even Scrubs)

I used to play stickball with my pals out in Brooklyn in the late '90s. One summer morning I was pitching and getting bombed. When I tried to be cute, I didn't come anywhere near the box on the wall. When I tried my best David Wells and just put the ball over the plate, they murdered me....

Ray Lewis Could Have Prevented Ravens Party Bus Brawl, Says Ray Lewis

Good news, everyone. Former Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis, now an ESPN analyst, has some opinions about the recent party bus incident during which Ravens wide receiver Jacoby Jones got whacked with a champagne bottle by a stripper named Sweet Pea. What's Lewis got to say about the whole situation? Pre...

Pacman Jones Got Arrested Again

Which means it must be, what, Monday?...

Say Hi To Sweet Pea, The Hostess At The Center Of The Ravens Bus Brawl

Earlier today TMZ broke the story of Bryant McKinnie's birthday party, which started with a club party and ended with a fight in a party bus, reportedly sparked by a stripper breaking a bottle of Armand de Brignac over Jacoby Jones's head. OK, everyone said, sounds like a typical night out with McKi...

TMZ: Ravens In Stripper-Instigated Party Bus Brawl

It was reportedly Jacoby Jones that got hurt ("Questionable–Bashed over head by stripper"), but this is just more evidence that Bryant McKinnie's social life needs its own Hard Knocks camera crew....

Mila Kunis And Ashton Kutcher Photobomb Steelers Owner Dan Rooney

Before last night's kickoff at Heinz Field, the Chicago Tribune's Brian Cassella caught a couple of Hollywood types—Bears fan Ashton Kutcher and his girlfriend, Mila Kunis—photobombing 81-year-old Steelers chairman Dan Rooney. This is what 0-3 looks like, Pittsburgh....

Sone Aluko's Volley Winner For Hull City Is One Of This Season's Best

Hull City's opened its first campaign in the Premiership since 2010 solidly; they're smack in the middle of the table, and stunning more established sides with spectacular plays. One of those came today as Sone Aluko slammed home a massive volley to steal a win from Newcastle....

Here's LeBron At The Vatican

Reader Tony sent us this photo, taken earlier today, of LeBron James and new bride Savannah taking a tour of the Vatican. Love the "you taking my picture?" stare on LeBron's face. Love the classical cock 'n' balls over his shoulder....

What Happened To Jai Alai?

Earlier this year at SB Nation’s Longform, the talented Michael Mooney asked: What Happened to Jai Alai:...

Messi, Messi, Messi, Messi, Messi....

Middle School Football Player Dies After Being Bitten By Ants

Last Wednesday, 13-year-old Cameron Espinosa huddled up with his teammates at halftime. Suddenly, said a school district official, he began screaming "Ants! Ants!" His coach told him to wash off the bites with a water bottle, and Espinosa eventually collapsed and was taken to the hospital. On Monday...

Some Asshole Paintballed Pacman Jones's Car

And Pacman Jones isn't happy about it:...

So What Was That All About? Ask <em>SI</em>'s Editors About Their OSU Series

A week ago, Sports Illustrated began publishing its much-discussed, much-criticized five-part investigative series on Oklahoma State's football program. Yesterday, SI managing editor Chris Stone and executive editor Jon Wertheim provided a coda, explaining the intent of the package:...

Meaningless, Meaningful September Baseball Is Great Baseball

A few thoughts, in no special order, on a lousy ballgame from the other night:...

The Red Zone Channel Is Screwing Up Graphics, Too

Lastname's had an excellent day so far, but Lastname's touchdown pass to Lastname was definitely the highlight of the half. This kind of performance elicits the question: Is Lastname elite?...