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The Guy Who Made That Hideous Ronaldo Bust Made A Better One
Emanuel Santos, the sculptor of the creepy Cristiano Ronaldo bust that blessed the airport in Madeira, Portugal, has tried again. In a documentary directed by Kelly Naqui and published by Bleacher Report, Santos describes what it was like to be mocked by the entire world (he said it was hard, both h...

Flood Of Shit Ends Spring Training For Dodgers
Dodger Stadium is full of shit. It was last night, at least....

Pirates Prospect Pulls Off Gutsy Steal Of Home
There’s just one more day of regular spring training left, but there are still cool highlights to be had. Case in point: this sweet steal of home by Pittsburgh Pirates prospect Lolo Sanchez today, off a righty pitcher throwing from the stretch. The 18-year-old is among the organization’s top prospec...

Let's Remember Some Guys: 1990 Baseball Guys
The act of Remembering Some Guys, as depicted in the Let’s Remember Some Guys video series and as it is lived around the world, is an inherently social experience. It is of course possible to Remember Guys on your own; if you see me on the subway wearing a faraway look and a faint grin, there is a d...

Soccer Player Delivers A <i>Mortal Kombat</i> Flying Kick To Opponent's Face
Martín Minadevino of Argentine club Atlético Brown demonstrated Saturday that his hero growing up wasn’t Maradona, but Liu Kang:...

Madison Bumgarner's Pitching Hand Is Broken After Getting Smacked With A Line Drive
In a spring training game this afternoon, Royals second baseman Whit Merrifield smacked a line drive right back at Giants ace Madison Bumgarner and nailed him in his left palm. Bumgarner left the game immediately....

MLB Says It Found "Insufficient Evidence" That Miguel Sanó Assaulted A Photographer<em></em>
In December, a Minnesota photographer said that Twins third baseman Miguel Sanó assaulted her after a photograph signing at a store where she volunteered. According to her account, which she posted on Twitter, Sanó first flirted with her during the signing and afterward grabbed her wrist and tried t...

Eric Reid Relents, Says He'll No Longer Protest During The Anthem If An NFL Team Signs Him
Former 49er Eric Reid, a five-year NFL vet who has yet to be signed this offseason despite ranking as one of the top available safeties, told reporters during his brother’s pro day workout at Stanford today that he’ll stop protesting during the national anthem if he’s signed by an NFL team. Via NBC ...

John Lynch Says Kyle Shanahan's "Master Plan" Was Getting Kirk Cousins To The 49ers
San Francisco 49ers GM John Lynch went on ESPN Radio’s Mike & Trey Wednesday to talk about his team’s big offseason and Jimmy Garoppolo’s exciting future. Getting Garoppolo for a second-round pick from the Patriots last year was huge, since the quarterback looked outstanding as he led the 49ers to f...

Pretty Much All The Good NBA Players Are Hurt
Giannis Antetokounmpo limped out of Wednesday’s Bucks-Clippers game in the second quarter with a sprained ankle, and did not return. By my count, this brings the number of important NBA players presently either out with injuries or hobbling through them to 9,731,006....

Report: Kawhi Leonard's Teammates Are Fed Up With Him, But He Still Doesn't Want To Come Back
Kawhi Leonard’s mysterious quad injury has kept him out of all but nine games this year. Spurs doctors cleared him to come back over a month ago, and the fact that he’s only sort of part of the team right now as they’re in the thick of a nasty playoff race is creating some legitimate friction within...

Nobody Knows If Kawhi Leonard Will Play This Season, But Manu Ginobili Isn't Optimistic
After a real rough stretch, the San Antonio Spurs have stabilized and look to be safely headed towards the playoffs after four straight wins, three of which came against fellow Western Conference contenders. That’s reassuring, although the team as presently constituted doesn’t seem like much of a th...

The Woman Who Fought Bulls
“La Matadora Revisa Su Maquillaje (The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup)” was first published in May 2004 issue of Outside and is featured in the new anthology The Stories We Tell and appears here with permission....

Deion Sanders Tries The "You Never Played The Game" Bit On An All-Pro Safety
Kevin Byard plays safety for the Tennessee Titans and was a first-team All-Pro after making 87 tackles and eight interceptions last season. Given his performance, Byard he wondered how Hall of Fame defensive back and current NFL Network analyst Deion Sanders could think that Tyrann Mathieu is the be...

Some Days You're Drew Doughty, Some Days You're Anze Kopitar<em></em>
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Hockey Skate Mangles Ear
Another hockey guy upended, another close call for a fellow player’s major arteries. Kings defenseman Derek Forbort had his ear butterflied in Monday’s 4-3 win after Wild forward Zach Parise’s skate caught him on the side of the head. Forbort’s lucky it wasn’t his neck....

Justin Turner Breaks Wrist On HBP
Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner will miss opening day, and likely at least the first month of the season, after suffering a broken wrist when being hit by a pitch in Monday night’s spring training game against the A’s....

The Rockets Are Driving Opposing Coaches Insane
Thursday night, after his Clippers lost to the Rockets in Houston, Doc Rivers described the officiating as “a complete joke” and all but chalked up the five-point loss to a 23-8 free throw disparity between the two teams. For this act of public criticism, Rivers was fined $15,000 by the league....

Why Richard Sherman's 49ers Contract Isn't As Bad As It Seems
After negotiating his own contract with the 49ers last week, Richard Sherman came in for some particularly heavy scrutiny:...

Free Agent Eric Reid Criticizes Owners' Reactions To His Activism
Former 49ers safety Eric Reid, one of the most prominent activist voices in the NFL last season, hasn’t been signed by a new team within the first couple days of free agency. Thursday night, Reid tweeted his disagreement with what he called a “ludicrous notion,” which appears to be the idea coming f...