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Sad-Sack Airport Bozos Want To Protest Super Bowl Flights Because Of Anthem Protests
Members of the administrative commission of dipshit also-ran-ass airport Brainerd Lakes Regional reportedly spoke out against NFL anthem protests Thurdsay, while discussing air travel contingencies for the 2018 Super Bowl, to be held in Minneapolis. This world is a goddamn toilet....
Report: MLB Investigating Diamondbacks Assistant For Electronic Interference
According to a report from the New York Post, Major League Baseball officials are looking into whether Diamondbacks assistant coach Ariel Prieto used an internet-enabled watch for espionage purposes during last night’s Wild Card win over the Colorado Rockies. Prieto can be seen above wearing some so...
NFL Assures Fans There's No Tolerance For Racial Slurs At Redskins Games
Last night, Washington receiver Terrelle Pryor explained that he flipped a fan the bird following Monday night’s game against Kansas City after said fan called him a “nigger.” Like his middle fingers did on Monday, Pryor’s explanation drew a rash of media coverage, which sparked a response from the ...
Terrelle Pryor Says Heckler Called Him The N-Word<em></em>
After TMZ Sports posted a video in which Washington Redskins wide receiver Terrelle Pryor gave the middle finger to a heckler on Monday night, Pryor has responded and explained his actions. In an Instagram story today, Pryor wrote that a heckler called him the n-word “several times,” to the extent t...
Every NHL Team Is Bad: A Season Preview
The NHL season starts tonight. Some teams have no realistic chance at a Stanley Cup. Yet all the teams are bad, in their own special ways. ...
Lance Russell, The Greatest Pro Wrestling Announcer Of All Time, Dies At 91
Lance Russell, the professional wrestling announcer best known as the voice of the sport in the territory surrounding Memphis, Tenn. for decades, as well as for his stint in WCW, died Tuesday morning at the age of 91. He had broken his hip in a fall on Friday shortly after his daughter, Valerie, die...
Donald Trump Dedicates Golf Trophy To Hurricane Victims
The Presidents Cup, a golf tournament started by the PGA Tour in 1994 and won by the United States this weekend for the seventh time in a row, somehow necessitated the appearance of President Trump on Sunday. After the U.S. victory, Trump took the shiny trophy, and dedicated it to Americans in Texas...
Philip Rivers Flips Out After He Can’t Get A Play Off
Man, Philip Rivers is pissed....
Marshawn Lynch Stays Hidden For The National Anthem
Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch, who habitually sits during the national anthem, was obscured by Raiders personnel during the anthem today before the game between Oakland and the Denver Broncos. With the way staff formed around Lynch, it would have been nearly impossible to notice him si...
Ravens Fans Boo A Prayer Before The National Anthem
As the meaning of national anthem demonstrations has shifted from a specific protest against racial injustice and police brutality to a vague stand of unity, it seems that now, some NFL fans have been conditioned to boo any time they see a player taking a knee....
A Lovely And Sports-Filled Fall Sunday: Today's Guide To Ignoring The NFL
This is a really good time of the year for non-football fans. The weather is lovely, and the sports are good: European soccer is still sorting itself out, so you’ve got circumstances like Real Madrid starting their La Liga campaign like a bunch of busters, and Real Betis looking awesome; the golf se...
Report: NFL Floated Plan For All Players to Wear “Team America” Patches
There’s an interesting story at ESPN today about how NFL executives and owners are dealing with Donald Trump. Trump, as you may recall, called Colin Kaepernick a “son of a bitch” before last weekend’s games, adding that any player protesting police brutality during the national anthem should be fire...
Bah Gawd! Somebody Used The Walls Of Jericho In A Real MMA Match
An MMA fighter named Jonno Mears dropped the Walls of Jericho on opponent Aaron Jones at Saturday’s FCC 19 event in Bolton, England, winning by submission and becoming a legend in all our hearts:...
NBA Memo Warns Teams And Players Not To Protest During The National Anthem
According to a report from ESPN’s Zach Lowe, the NBA sent a memo to its teams this evening “reinforcing” the existing rule requiring players and coaches to stand during the national anthem. This echoes remarks made by commissioner Adam Silver yesterday, when he said he expects NBA players not to kne...
Detroit Lions' Akeem Spence Says His Anthem Protest Cost His Father Work
Before Sunday’s Falcons-Lions game, eight Lions players took a knee during the national anthem. Defensive tackle Akeem Spence was among them, and today he said his father, who’s a contractor, was denied a job because of the demonstration....
Statue Of Ray Lewis Gets Extra Security After Real-Life Ray Lewis Gets On Both Knees For Anthem, Says Dumb Things
Well, here are several layers of shit to sift through: the Maryland Stadium Authority has increased security around the Ray Lewis statue outside the Ravens’ arena, after fans filed a petition requesting it be removed because Lewis knelt during the national anthem on Sunday. Even though Lewis has rep...
76ers Already In Midseason Form
“The process never ends,” said 76ers GM Bryan Colangelo during media day on Monday, and while those words sounded perhaps a bit conservative at the time, now that we’ve gotten a glimpse at his team in practice, Colangelo could be right....
Steph Curry On That "Unity" <i>Sports Illustrated</i> Cover: "That Was Terrible"
Steph Curry didn’t mince words when asked about the cover of this week’s issue of Sports Illustrated, on which was photoshopped front-and-center and arm-in-arm with Roger Goodell and LeBron James under the (bullshit) guise of “unity.”...
The President Continues To Babble About The NFL
A week after President Trump galvanized the entire NFL against him following remarks about how owners should fire any “son of a bitch” who protested the national anthem and somehow made commissioner Roger Goodell—Roger fucking Goodell—into the good guy, he’s returned to that well, because his streng...
Ray Lewis Says He Dropped To Two Knees During Anthem Because Of Jesus
Former NFL player and noted nonsense-talker Ray Lewis, who has previously been critical of Colin Kaepernick’s decision to kneel during the national anthem to protest police brutality, linked arms with several Ravens players and went down to two knees before Sunday’s game in London. The act seemed li...