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Derek Boogaard's Family Is Suing The NHL For Wrongful Death
Almost two years ago to the day, Derek Boogaard died in his Minneapolis apartment. Late Friday afternoon, his family filed suit in Circuit Court of Cook County (Illinois) for his wrongful death. ...
A Special Mother's Day Message From "Get In The Hole!" Guy
The "get in the hole!" guy is pretty much the worst guy on any televised golf course, but even that guy has a mom, or a wife or a sister with kids. ...
It's Only A Matter Of Time Before Someone Says "Shushgate"
Aw, crap. It was me. ...
Titus Young Arrested...AGAIN
That would make it three arrests in one week for the former Lions wide receiver. One week ago today, Young was arrested twice in the span of 15 hours. Now comes word out of California that he was arrested Friday night and charged with breaking into someone's home. Oh, and he allegedly tried to fight...
Sometimes You Have To Shit In A Dunkin' Donuts
It is done. I ran a half-marathon, front-to-back, without having to stop to walk. I did have to stop to shit, though. Here's a Spotify playlist that helped me through it. ...
Watford's Premier Dreams Still Alive After Wild Finish
Watford saw its hopes for promotion to the Barclays Premier League go from dead to alive in a matter of seconds. In the 96th minute Leicester's Anthony Knockaert was awarded a penalty kick that would surely have tied the game, sealing Leicester's aggregate win and ending all hope for Watford's promo...
The Maloofs Still Want Nothing To Do With Sacramento
The Maloofs recently announced they have a "Plan B" up their sleeves if the NBA does not approve the latest offer made by the Seattle-based ownership group with whom they have been negotiating the sale of the Sacramento Kings: they're going to make things ugly....
A Feud Between Tiger Woods And Sergio Garcia Is Not Much Of A Feud
Golf feuds are different than most sports-related feuds. Like everything else with golf, the feuds are a bit more genteel than, say, Jeff Van Gundy hanging off the leg of Alonzo Mourning. ...
Pacers Don't Lose To The Knicks In Game 3
The Knicks shot marginally better than the Pacers, but both teams were still in 35 percent field-goals-made territory. The ugliness mercifully ended at 82-71: no one won that game. No one. ...
Washington Post Finds Retired NFL Players Broken And Uninsured
You might've wondered at some point in the past umpteen seasons of watching NFL football, Hey, who pays for the chronic and perhaps debilitating injuries these players are doubtlessly incurring? The Washington Post has your answer: Probably not the teams, possibly the taxpayer and, quite likely, no ...
Lee Westwood, Professional Golfer, Just Completely Whiffed On A Shot
He then insisted to everyone around him that it was a practice swing....
Ben Watson's Added-Time Header Delivered Doomed Wigan The FA Cup
Wigan entered today's FA Cup final as 17-2 underdogs, and are facing a major uphill battle to stay in the Premiership. That Ben Watson—a late substitution who broke his leg early this season—scored the winning goal for the Latics makes today's story that much more improbable....
The Meaning Of Convicted Rapist Mike Tyson's New Cartoon
Twenty years ago The Ring magazine asked the question, after Mike Tyson's rape conviction, "What If Mike Tyson Had Never Gone To Jail?" The cover story posed a counterfactual in which Tyson did not receive a guilty verdict on his 1991 indictment for rape, confinement and criminal deviant conduct....
Lampard Chelsea's Record Goal Scorer, Delivers Blues To Champions League
Today's Aston Villa-Chelsea match held many futures in its outcome: UEFA Champions League dreams for Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur, and attempts to avoid relegation for Villa. The day would end up being even more dramatic than that, though....
Let it Bleed
Head on over to the Columbia Journalism Review for this appreciation of Red Smith by his son, Terence Smith:...
This Is What It Looks Like To Be A College Baseball Catcher
South Carolina gave catcher Grayson Greiner a helmet cam for the Gamecocks' bout Wednesday against Wofford, and after some editing put the footage up on YouTube. ...
Roundup: Your Best Bird-Flipping Miami Fan Photoshop Contest Entries
Yesterday's Photoshop contest yielded a treasure trove of hilarity. Here is a selection of our favorite entries, including your winner....
Astros Fan Behind Home Plate Really Wants You To See His Fake Dong
We pride ourselves on vigilance to behind-the-plate fan frivolity, what with jackasses pantomiming blowjobs at Wrigley or dudes outfitting themselves in Marlins gear during non-Marlins postseason games. So when this fan at last night's Angels-Astros game kept standing up to show off his fake dong, ...
Searching for Bobby Fischer
In the mid-1980s, Bill Nack went searching for the chess master and recluse Bobby Fischer. He wrote about his experience for Sports Illustrated:...