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The Complete Guide To Understanding Snooker
Snooker, perhaps the only sport played in a bowtie and waistcoat, can seem confusing at first. Is it the same as pool? Why is the table so big? Why does the referee keep putting balls back onto the table?...
Actually, Moe Harkless Is The MVP
With 11:46 remaining in the third quarter of the game way back on April 3 between the Portland Trail Blazers and the Minnesota Timberwolves, Blazers forward Moe Harkless received a pass from Damian Lillard in the right corner, rose to shoot, and rattled in his third three-point basket of the night. ...
Legendary Los Angeles Hiker Sam Kim Found Dead Near Mountain He Summited Almost Every Day
Mt. Baldy is the highest peak in the San Gabriel Mountains, looming 10,064 feet above Los Angeles. If you hiked Baldy over the past few years, chances are you probably ran into Seuk Doo “Sam” Kim....
High School Baseball Coach Arrested For Allegedly Choking Student Unconscious While Demonstrating MMA Moves
Lloyd Kevin Smith, the varsity baseball coach at Indian River Central School in upstate New York, was arrested on charges of child endangerment last Friday for a locker room demonstration that accidentally went too far....
The Future Of Sports News Is Probably Not This Horror
Dan Devine of Yahoo Sports wrote an article Saturday about former Cowboys QB Tony Romo’s plan to suit up for a Dallas Mavericks game Tuesday. The blog’s an inoffensive piece of aggregation, but also appears to have served as the basis for a piece of video which I hope isn’t the future of sports news...
Troy Tulowitzki's Tyke Has A Better Swing Than Most Full Grown Men
The best new sports baby is future Home Run Derby champ Taz Tulowitzki. This 30-second clip of Troy Tulowitzki’s tot taking a couple swings in the middle of Blue Jays batting practice yesterday shows Taz making solid contact on a few overhand pitches. He’s got the swing of a practiced professional, ...
Jonathon Simmons Dunked All Over Meyers Leonard And It Was Gorgeous
Look at the image up there and tell me if this man is about to put that basketball in that hoop....
This Blazers Game-Winner Was So Strange Even Gregg Popovich Had To Chuckle
With the Spurs up one on the Blazers in the last six seconds of tonight’s game, Shabazz Napier had an open look at a three-pointer for Portland, but he drove into the lane and lost the ball. It pinballed around a few times before landing fortuitously at the feet of Noah Vonleh, who picked it up and ...
Damian Lillard Went Off Last Night
Damian Lillard let teammates Meyers Leonard and C.J. McCollum score the Blazers’ first two buckets of last night’s game against the Jazz. Then he took over. Lillard scored the next 22 (!) points for Portland, giving them a 16-point lead by the end of the first quarter, and he didn’t stop from there....
ESPN Columnist Accuses Fellow ESPNer Bill Barnwell Of Secretly Consulting For The Browns (UPDATES)
Tony Grossi—a former longtime Cleveland Browns beat writer and current talking head on ESPN 850 WKNR and contributor to ESPN Cleveland—wrote this morning on ESPN.com about the Browns’ upcoming decision with the number one draft pick, and how “analytics complicate it.” Minutes before the publication ...
Sport Recife Goes Berserk, Spends Match Trying FIFA-Style Golazos
Brazil’s Sport Recife is facing Uruguayan club Danubio in the first round of the Copa Sudamericana today, and each of their first two goals was extremely cool....
DEA Obtusely Uses High School Wrestler's Death To Promote Anti-Drug Website
Yahoo has a story about Drew Gintis, a high school wrestler who started taking Oxycodone as a senior. His doctor prescribed it to him after a shoulder injury that ended his wrestling career. At 21, he died from a fentanyl overdose....
USWNT Pries Key Concessions From U.S. Soccer, But Not Equal Pay
After more than a year of often-contentious contract negotiations, dueling lawsuits, and a widening rift over equal pay, the U.S. women’s national team and U.S. Soccer have reached a new five-year collective bargaining agreement that will increase player salaries, guarantee better travel and working...
High School Pole Vaulter Annihilates Pro Field, Breaks A Bunch Of Records
Mondo Duplantis is not only the best-named high school athlete in the country, he’s also one of the best. Last weekend, Duplantis was competing in pole vault at the Texas Relays in the men’s elite division. Duplantis is a junior at Lafayette High School in Louisiana, yet he smoked a field that conta...
Searching For The Lost <i>Mike And The Mad Dog</i> Tape, In Which They Allegedly Questioned Jews' Loyalties After 9/11
“Since September 12th, ADL offices in the tri-state area have been flooded with calls complaining about comments made by Mike and the Mad Dog show hosts Mike Francesa and Chris Russo. The complaints focus on the hosts suggesting the motive behind the World Trade Center attack is U.S. support for the...
After Contract Dispute, U.S. Women's Hockey Is Into World Championship Semifinals
A week ago, the participation of the U.S. women’s hockey team in the IIHF World Championship was uncertain, as they were struggling through contract negotiations with USA Hockey in hopes of ensuring equitable pay and treatment. But two days before the tournament started, the sides reached an agreeme...
LaVar Ball Is A Great Showman And An Unabashed Dickhead
LaVar Ball is, to put it lightly, a lot to deal with. He’s an insane shit-talker, a genius marketer, and a shrewd businessman who has done a truly admirable job of promoting his children while sidestepping the NCAA’s bullshit amateurism rules. He’s also, plainly, a dickhead....
Teen Girls Are Now Having Hobbyhorse Competitions And That's Fine
If you’re still coming to terms with the fact that people run around with brooms between their legs and call it quidditch, you might want to sit down for this next bit of news: Teens in Finland are participating in equestrian events on hobbyhorses, and they are taking these events very seriously....
Nine High School Students Arrested After Athletes Were Allegedly Sodomized In Hazing Rituals<em></em>
Nine male students at La Vernia High School (Texas) have been arrested in connection with allegations of sexual assault involving hazing in the boys’ sports programs, according to multiple reports....
Maybe Don't Trade Players To Your Closest Conference Rival
Former Nugget and current Blazer Jusuf Nurkic smacked around his former team with 33 points and 16 rebounds last night. It was a career night for the 22-year-old big man, and one that all but assured his team will be going to the playoffs while the Nuggets sit at home and smart. But to say Nurkic ki...