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The Nationals Are All-In On Chris Sale

From multiple media reports, the Nationals appear to be the team most likely to land White Sox ace Chris Sale in a trade this offseason—possibly as soon as this week’s Winter Meetings. The only thing that might scuttle the deal? If the Nats get Andrew McCutchen instead....

Victor Oladipo Turned Dwight Howard Into Dust With One Of The Best Dunks Of The Season

Russell Westbrook notched his sixth straight triple double tonight against the Hawks, but the best highlight from that game comes courtesy of Victor Oladipo, who climbed Mt. Howard and returned with a scalp....

NFL Says Titans And Browns Can Play In Their Cleats For A Cause In Week 14 [Update]

The Tennessee Titans and Cleveland Browns were the only two NFL teams with byes this week, which meant that their players weren’t able to wear their customized cleats for the league’s “My Cause, My Cleats” campaign for Week 13. They won’t be able to participate next week, either....

Magic Johnson And Michael Wilbon Return To ESPN's <i>NBA Countdown</i> 

Magic Johnson and Michael Wilbon will rejoin ESPN’s NBA pregame show, NBA Countdown, on a limited basis this season, the network announced today. Johnson will work the Christmas slate of games, before joining Wilbon and host Sage Steele for ABC’s nine Saturday broadcasts of the NBA. ...

The NFL Lets Players Be Creative Only When It Makes The League Look Good<em></em>

The NFL, the gracious institution that it is, relaxed its strict uniform code for Week 13 and permitted players to wear customized cleats during their games to support their preferred causes. This is because the league figured out how to control and benefit from their employees’ creativity on its te...

49ers Get Flagged For Celebrating Touchdown That Didn't Happen

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse for the San Francisco 49ers and Chicago Bears, they had to play each other today....

Rams Can't Even Fair Catch A Punt Without Incident

All the Los Angeles Rams’ special teams unit had to do was catch a punt. That’s it. Just wave for the fair catch so Jeff Fisher’s offense can figure out a new way to go three-and-out. Instead, Pharoh Cooper had to deal with his own teammate laying a hit on him....

Gus Johnson Calls Penn State Win "A Milestone In The Healing Process"

As time expired on Penn State’s win over Wisconsin in tonight’s Big Ten championship game, Fox announcer Gus Johnson tried to capture the gravity of the moment—and the Nittany Lions’ first conference title since 2008—but managed to utter some regrettable words about it being a “milestone in the heal...

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Antonio Brown: "It's My New Name, Ronald... It's Top Secret. From Now On, Address Me As Ronald."

Antonio Brown of the Pittsburgh Steelers leads the NFL in receptions and now, apparently, in identity crises. Some questions and non-answers from a conversation with reporters yesterday, as captured by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:...

Woman Claims Fox Sports Arizona Broadcaster Melted Down Over Minor Car Accident

Fox Sports Arizona broadcaster Todd Walsh flipped out at a woman Wednesday after a car accident in Arizona and attacked her gender and race, according to the woman’s account on Facebook....

Broken Tiger Woods Now Reassembled For Golf Functionality

Not long ago, noted golf lecher Tiger Woods looked to be limping out of the game, his luminous career snuffed out by the back injuries that required surgery in March. “My health is good, and I feel strong, but my game is vulnerable and not where it needs to be,” he said as recently as October, while...

Hope Is Wearing Thin For The Vikings

Seemingly ages ago, the Minnesota Vikings were 5-0, sported the best defense in the league, and got a shocking amount of production from an offense led by the surprisingly competent Sam Bradford. Now the team’s 6-6 and losing ground in the playoff hunt, and Thursday night’s loss to the Cowboys offer...

Officials Missed A Huge Blow To Sam Bradford's Head On Game-Deciding Play 

The Minnesota Vikings held Dak Prescott to his fewest yards passing in an NFL game and staged a late comeback against the Dallas Cowboys tonight, but they came up short on a late two-point conversion and lost, 17-15. After hitting Jerick McKinnon for a touchdown pass, Sam Bradford airmailed his two-...

Report: Gronk Needs Back Surgery [Update]

New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski’s injury in Week 10's game against the Seahawks was more than the reported punctured lung. According to Vic Carucci of the Buffalo News, Gronkowski needs back surgery and will be out for a while....

Poverty Doesn't Need Technology. It Needs Politics.

Yesterday marked the conclusion of the two-day Summit on Technology and Opportunity, an anti-poverty conference cohosted by the White House, Stanford University, and Mark Zuckerberg’s charity. Something is wrong here....

Remember that story about a former USC football walk-on that the government alleges ran a drug smuggling ring? Rolling Stone’s latest features goes deep on the government’s case, and how Owen Hanson (allegedly!) became a drug kingpin. [Rolling Stone]...

Maybe Dwight Howard Shouldn't Be Allowed To Run The Fast Break

Dwight Howard had a decent game in a loss to the Suns last night, finishing with 17 points and 14 rebounds in 33 minutes. He also finished with one assist, but as you can see int he clip below, he was very close to finishing with two:...

Karl-Anthony Towns Wrecked The Knicks, But It Wasn't Enough

The Minnesota Timberwolves are not a good basketball team. They are exciting, and all of their best players are liable to dunk on your head at any time, but they still look and feel more like a middling squad than a team sporting some of the best young talent the NBA has seen in a while. Karl-Anthon...

Richard Sherman Drops Delayed Burn On Cam Newton

Richard Sherman is not one to easily suffer slights. Last year after the Panthers beat the Seahawks in the playoffs, Cam Newton was running a circuit around the Panthers’ stadium for his customary parade of high-fives, when he grabbed a “12th man” flag, crumpled it up, and tossed it....