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Patrick McCaw Leaves On Stretcher After Landing On Back [UPDATE]

Patrick McCaw left tonight’s game against Sacramento on a stretcher after the Warriors guard fell hard to the floor after being undercut by Vince Carter on a play that left Golden State coach Steve Kerr angrily cursing at the veteran Kings star....

Texans Sign Brandon Weeden Because They Learned <i>Nothing</i>

The Houston Texans have signed Brandon Weeden to back up Deshaun Watson and let us for the moment set aside the silliness of a certain unemployed QB remaining unemployed—Texans owner Bob McNair was deposed earlier this month in Colin Kaepernick’s collusion grievance against the NFL, so that wasn’t a...

Please Enjoy Vince Carter's Rude Blake Griffin Impression

In a game between two dead-end teams waiting for the draft, the Pistons stuck around for two-and-a-half quarters before the Kings gutted it out and pulled off the loss. Blake Griffin came up big for the Pistons, but the night belonged to Vince Carter, who moved up to 22nd on the NBA’s all-time scori...

Texas A&M Downs DePaul On Chennedy Carter's Three-Pointer With Three Seconds Remaining

Texas A&M is headed to the Spokane regional after the fourth-seeded Aggies beat five-seed DePaul on a Chennedy Carter three-pointer that came with three seconds remaining in the game....

Michael Porter Jr. Is Back, And That Might Be Enough For Mizzou

On Thursday afternoon, a few but probably not too many minutes after 3:45 p.m. EST, Michael Porter Jr. is going to jog onto the court for just the second time this season. This matters because Porter is one of, if not the single most promising prospects in the upcoming NBA draft. Before the season t...

Matt Forte May Have Retired

Michael Porter Jr. Still Wants To Play Again For Mizzou

Last November, Michael Porter Jr., Mizzou freshman and one-time favorite to become the top pick in the 2018 NBA Draft, was forced to undergo surgery on his back. He played just two minutes of college ball, and at the time, it seemed that he would miss the rest of the season recovering from the injur...

In Spain's La Liga, Celebrating A Goal Is Apparently Worse Than Racism And Sexism

Sunday’s La Liga match between Barcelona and Espanyol was an eventful affair. The animosity-fueled Catalan Derby was as charged as usual, and this one in particular had some notable flashpoints that inspired the league office to open an investigation. Just, not into any of the actual bad stuff that ...

Man City Spend More Of Their Unlimited Money On Yet Another Wildly Expensive Defender

Manchester City are one of the biggest and most ambitious clubs in world soccer. In order to realize their silver-lined aspirations, they need lots and lots of money to invest in the team. Luckily for them, they have more money than god thanks to the backing of the Abu Dhabi royal family which owns ...

40-Year-Old Vince Carter Dunks On 22-Year-Old Aaron Gordon<em></em>

Vince Carter turns 41 on Friday, and he’s the oldest dude in the NBA. But that didn’t stop him from showing young Aaron Gordon how to throw it down tonight....

Manchester United Need To Stay The Fuck Away From Our Wonderteen

The good thing about having one of the soccer world’s most coveted young attacking prospects is that the eyes of the game’s biggest clubs will be focused on the kid, each team projecting out his possibly incredible future and positioning themselves to snatch it for themselves if they so decide to ma...

Christian Pulisic Rings In The New Year With A Powerful And Absolutely Legit Slam Dunk

Christian Pulisic—the wonderteen, the nation’s best and most favored soccer man, an elite athlete blessed with speed and agility and hops we don’t normally associate with slight, diminutive whiteboys—had himself a (mostly) great 2017. To commemorate his metaphorical ascent to the heights of the spor...

Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week: Kirk Cousins Is Cold And Wants To Go Home

Welcome to Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week, a recurring feature in which we celebrate the worst quarterback play the NFL has to offer....

Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week: Brett Hundley Brought Bagels

Welcome to Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week, a recurring feature in which we celebrate the worst quarterback play the NFL has to offer....

Bert Emanuel, Who Started All The Trouble, Can Fix The NFL's Catch Rule

Nearly 18 years after Bert Emanuel’s name became synonymous with the NFL’s inability to define what constitutes a catch, the NFL still can’t define what constitutes a catch....

Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week: Andy Dalton Plays Football

Welcome to Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week, a recurring feature in which we celebrate the worst quarterback play the NFL has to offer....

Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week: Trevor Siemian Is Just Kinda ... There

Welcome to Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week, a recurring feature in which we celebrate the worst quarterback play the NFL has to offer....

Duke Is ... Actually Kind Of Fun?

The Indiana Hoosiers played the absolute best game they could against Duke last night. They shot 50.8 percent from the field against the No. 1 team in the country, limited themselves to nine turnovers, and got a promising career-best game from sophomore big man De’Ron Davis....

Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week: Joe Flacco Is Bad Football

Welcome to Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week, a recurring feature in which we celebrate the worst quarterback play the NFL has to offer....

Michael Porter Jr.'s Freshman Season Is Over After Two Minutes Of Play

Michael Porter Jr. will likely be one of the first five players taken in the 2018 NBA Draft. The general consensus pegs him as one of the elite prospects available next year, although unlike Marvin Bagley III, DeAndre Ayton, Mohamed Bamba, and Luka Doncic, Porter will have practically no experience ...