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Barstool Sports Founder Comes Up With Dumbest Possible Reason To Delete Dumbest Possible Post
Barstool Sports, a blog for dipshits, by dipshits, caught hell Tuesday after senior director of editorial strategy and growth—this does not sound like a real job—Chris Spagnuolo wrote a blog about how Rihanna might be fat. Spagnuolo believed the criticism came because no one read past the headline, ...
Bill Simmons Is Moving The Ringer From Medium To Vox Media's, Uh, Platform
A year after Bill Simmons launched The Ringer on Medium, he has signed a deal to move the site’s editorial operations to Vox Media, according to a press release. Vox Media will “lead sales efforts” for The Ringer, but the site will remain editorially independent....
<i>Mike & Mike</i>'s Mike: Mike And Mike Are "Fine"<em></em><em></em>
Is the Mike situation toxic? Not so, if you believe Mike....
Iconic Sports Writer Frank Deford Dead At 78
Frank Deford, the legendary sports writer who worked for Sports Illustrated and NPR for decades, died yesterday in his home in Key West. Deford wrote some of Sports Illustrated’s most celebrated profiles, and he began to work as a correspondent for NPR’s Morning Edition in 1980. He retired from the ...
<i>Denver Post</i> Columnist Fired After Racist Tweet About Indy 500 Winner
A hail-mary apology couldn’t save former ESPN and, now, former Denver Post columnist Terry Frei after the seven-time state sportswriter of the year tweeted his disapproval of Japanese driver Takuma Sato winning yesterday’s Indy 500....
Jay Howard, Scott Dixon Walk Away From Massive, Devastating Wreck
A wreck so destructive it led to a red flag for repairs to the catch fence claimed the cars of Indy 500 pole sitter Scott Dixon and Jay Howard 53 laps into today’s race in Indianapolis....
Attempt To Run Across Track At Indy 500 Goes Poorly
This individual who urgently needed to cross pit road ahead of Mike Pence’s motorcade had a bad time of it....
Pair Of Golazos Leave Copa Del Rey Final Knotted 1-1
An outstanding display of Barça teamwork was met three minutes later by a golazo free kick by Theo in the first half of today’s Copa del Rey final between Barcelona and Alavés....
Russian MMA Fighter Knocked Out In The Cage, Slapped Silly By His Mom
The Kichigin family is full of MMA devotees. Brothers Georgy, Grigoriy, and Viktor are all professional fighters, and their mother Anna Azovskaya is responsible for their training. The three fighters have nicknames like “Crusader,” “Knight,” and “The Lion of Pyatigorsk,” and their father apparently ...
New Unassisted Mt. Everest Speed Record Set By <em></em>Spanish Ultramarathoner Kilian Jornet
Mt. Everest season is upon us, as climbers are flocking to the world’s tallest peak and trying to summit it before the spring window closes and the onset of monsoon season makes the summit unreachable. Many have reached the top already, although several mountaineers have died this year, including le...
Report: Mikes Don't Like Each Other
Days after Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic, two ESPN employees who happen to share the same first name, officially announced that their radio show Mike & Mike would be ending this year, a new report from Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated suggests that there might be more to the Mike situation than...
Zippy The ’Roo Is Missing!
Actually, multiple versions of Zippy the kangaroo are missing....
Referee Awards Penalty For Handball By Player Who Wasn't In The Game
Thanks to this boneheaded play by Sporting CP’s reserve team player Budag Nasirov, it’s now certain that all handballs in the box are penalties, even if a player, like Nasirov at that moment, is not actually in the game....
Joanna Jędrzejczyk Is The Greatest Female Fighter Ever
Joanna Jędrzejczyk fucking rules....
Meet The Voice Of <i>SportsCenter</i>
ESPN’s SportsCenter has changed immensely over the last 18 years—sets, anchors, topics—but there has been one constant. It is hard to imagine an episode of SportsCenter without that deep, gravelly voice. “Coming up next...on SportsCenter.” You’re probably doing an impression in your head right now....
Tiny Soccer Birthday Boy Is The Sports Highlight Of The Day
The accuracy of this tyke’s shot is obviously impressive as hell, but what I am here for is the taunting of the candle. This child is going to have a long and polarizing career, at least unless the candle comes back at him studs-up....
ESPN Cleveland Radio Personality Fired After Saying Browns Players Were On Drugs
Yesterday, ESPN 850 Cleveland contributor Sabrina Parr went on daily radio program The Really Big Show and delivered a blistering take about how the Browns’ newly drafted safety Jabrill Peppers was going to fail because he was “on the lean and the molly.” Parr was challenged on her claims by her co-...
The Rock Is Totally Going To Run For President Against John Cena In 2024
This excerpt in Caity Weaver’s GQ profile of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson makes me believe that within a few years, he’ll at least run for office, if not president:...
Railbirds Of A Feather: John Scheinman Hits The Board With Story Of Horse-Racing Legend Andrew Beyer<em></em>
The Washington Post ran a nice horse racing feature yesterday, which served as a preview for the 2017 Kentucky Derby. For the second year running, that preview wasn’t written by Andrew Beyer....