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LaVar Ball Sucks, But That Doesn't Mean He's Wrong
LaVar Ball—the supremely annoying father of upcoming lottery pick Lonzo Ball, and two younger basketball teens—is in the headlines yet again. Darren Rovell reports that Nike, Adidas, and Under Armour—the three companies that combined control 99 percent of the basketball shoe market—have all declined...

Jim Harbaugh Delivers <i>Gladiator</i> Monologue In His Special Style
Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan football team are, for some reason, still in Italy, and boy, is Harbaugh making the most of it. He enjoyed the sights. He met the Pope and gave him some Michigan swag. He saw and was inspired by an opera....

Pope Francis Scores Some Sweet New Kicks From Jim Harbaugh
Jim Harbaugh, Michigan’s favorite woke slam poet, joined his wife Sarah in visiting the Vatican on Wednesday, gifting Pope Francis with a Wolverine football helmet and a pair of basketball shoes. The pope reportedly told the Harbaughs to “Pray for me, don’t forget.” According to Sarah, Jim was left ...

Jim Harbaugh Sure Enjoyed Himself On His Big Italian Vacation
Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines went to Rome for reasons that are unknown and uninteresting to me. What I am interested in are the various images of Jim Harbaugh enjoying his vacay that have been shared on social media....

Minor League Hockey Teams Knock The Stuffing Out Of Each Other
The ECHL’s Orlando Solar Bears and Florida Everblades broke out into a line brawl in the last minute of Game 4 of their divisional semifinals Saturday. The result was hectic and loud, like every facet of minor league hockey....

Georgia Cuts Recruit Accused Of Choking Girlfriend Outside A Waffle House
The Georgia Bulldogs released four-star offensive lineman and signee D’Antne Demery Sunday afternoon, and he will not be admitted to the university, per the Macon Telegraph. The move, made by head coach Kirby Smart, came a day after Demery was arrested and charged with simple battery and criminal tr...

Georgia’s Kirby Smart Requires Reporters To Check With Him Before Doing Their Jobs<em></em>
According to the Macon Telegraph’s Jason Butt, Georgia head coach Kirby Smart announced a new media policy Tuesday afternoon, stipulating that injuries, both “non-contact jerseys [sic] and injuries seen in front of media,” cannot be reported until the 41-year-old coach signs off. ...

Baylor Hires Linda Livingstone As Its President
Baylor University has hired Linda Livingstone as its first woman president, the school announced today. The move comes amid several lawsuits against the university over its mishandling of sexual assault cases on campus, which included downplaying women’s allegations, failing to properly report accus...

This Baseline-Hugging Kyle Schwarber Bunt Defied Logic And Somehow Stayed Fair
Chicago Cubs leadoff hitter Kyle Schwarber stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the first inning, with the Cubs trailing the Milwaukee Brewers 2-0, and laid down a perfect bunt to third. Seriously, no bunt has ever been so finely placed....

Gross Brøndby Fans Throw Dead Rats At Copenhagen Players
The Copenhagen Derby is too real. Here’s video:...

Joe Johnson Buzzer-Beater Earns Jazz Game 1 Victory
Joe Johnson’s floater as time expired erased a heroic shot by Chris Paul to tie the game and gave the fifth-seeded Utah Jazz a 97-95 Game 1 win over the Clippers in Los Angeles....

Kyle Schwarber's Ivy-Assisted Catch Was Too Good To Be True
During today’s game against the Dodgers, Cubs slugger Kyle Schwarber made what would have been an incredible leaping catch if not for a little interference from the barren ivy vines out in Wrigley Field....

<i>SI</i> Uncovers The Brady Jersey Thief’s Ebay Feedback Page
Robert Klemko and Jenny Vrentas have a deep dive today on the Tom Brady Super Bowl jersey theft—it’s even part of Sports Illustrated’s “True Crime” series —and it’s an interesting look at the complicated steps law enforcement had to take in order to retrieve the Super Bowl LI jersey. Cops recovered ...

Russell Westbrook Goes For 50, Breaks Triple-Double Record, Hits Crazy Buzzer-Beater
Oh yeah, no way this guy is the MVP. ...

LaVar Ball: UCLA Obviously Couldn't Have Won The Championship, They Have Too Many Slow White Boys
The nation’s preeminent Sports Dad is at it once again, folks. LaVar Ball’s latest comments are on son Lonzo’s trip to the Sweet Sixteen with UCLA and why the team couldn’t make it further, as reported by the Orange County Register:...

Montee Ball Says He Was An Alcoholic, Showed Up Drunk To Practices
Running back Montee Ball’s last brush with the NFL was a practice-squad spot on the Patriots during the 2015 season, and the team cut him in February of 2016 after he was arrested and charged with battery in Wisconsin. The 26-year-old spoke with Alex Marvez of the Sporting News and said alcohol is w...


Dave Bliss Resigns In Disgrace After Baylor Murder Scandal Doc Airs
Southwestern Christian University men’s basketball coach Dave Bliss announced his resignation this evening just a few days after Showtime premiered a documentary on the murder of former Baylor player Patrick Dennehy by then-teammate Carlton Dotson in 2003. Bliss was the Bears’ coach at the time, and...

Javier Baez Blames Stadium Ad For Missed Grounder
It’s strange to see Cubs super utility man Javier Baez looking uncomfortable on the field, but that’s exactly what happened in the bottom of the third inning of last night’s game between the Cubs and Cardinals....

Oh, Look, More Disgusting Shit From The Loathsome Art Briles Apology Tour
Three weeks after former Baylor football coach Art Briles wrote the public a mewling letter promising that he’s really a stand-up guy, he’s continuing on his quest to repair his image and lock down a new coaching job. Briles was a guest speaker at yesterday’s Birmingham Football Coaching Clinic, say...