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WWE's Talent Development System Has A Serious Identity Crisis
In a promotion not known for underselling, few WWE projects have been more relentlessly touted than the reimagining of the company’s talent development program in 2013. Before that reinvention, the process usually worked like this: a local promotion and its wrestling school would be contracted to he...

WEEI Will Shut Down For A Day To Teach Its Hosts Not To Be Hateful Shitheads
Boston radio station WEEI has had a rough go of it lately: Alex Reimer called Tom Brady’s kid a “pissant” and hasn’t been heard from since; Christian Fauria giggled as he did a racist accent of Brady’s agent Don Yee, and was suspended five days; and Kirk Minihane’s still employed. In an effort to re...

Kevin Garnett Met Some Contortionists And It Was Great TV
During last night’s NBA broadcast on TNT, Kevin Garnett’s Area 21 segment featured a performance by a squad of contortionists. Garnett, wearing his magical hood, was forced to stand there and provide commentary while the contortionists did their thing, and he did the best he could in what was probab...

Weird Statues Of The Olympics, Ranked
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea—I was supposed to cover Mikaela Shiffrin’s probably podium-worthy slalom run this morning. In the perpetual riddle of trying to predict where the bigger story will be on any given day at the Olympics, I went to the ski slopes to see Shiffrin instead of watching Shaun White’s...

Dogs That Should Have Won The Westminster Dog Show Instead Of This Silly Fluff Ball
Behold! The winner of the 142nd Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show: none other than Flynn the bichon frise, pictured above. A very good dog—aren’t they all?—and yet, from my point of view as an idiot completely uneducated on the subject, not the best dog. Clearly not the best dog. Flynn, like any bich...

Deadspin Up All Night: More Than The Truth Is At Stake
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Barstool Radio Host Can't Resist Calling 17-Year-Old Olympian Chloe Kim A "Little Hot Piece Of Ass" [Update] <em></em>
Barstool Radio’s newest Sirius XM talk show, Dialed-In with Dallas Braden, hit a bump in its second episode today when co-host Patrick Connor (who also has a show on KNBR) called 17-year-old snowboarding gold medalist Chloe Kim a “little hot piece of ass.”...

Saudi Arabia Has Turned Sports Into A Public Relations Machine
In November 2016, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia decided to start investing in sports. Its government ordered the General Authority of Sports to create a Sports Development Fund, which bolstered sports activity in the country and provided financial assistance to clubs across the nation. The objectives ...

Elise Christie's Suspicious Short Track Crash Is As Frustrating As It Gets
British speed skater Elise Christie is one of the fastest women in the world on the short track, and she’s probably the most likely athlete to win a gold medal for Team GB in Pyeongchang. She owns the world record in the 500-meter, has a pair of World Championship gold medals, and has won several Eu...

Jerry Lawler Wrote A Really Dumb Letter To Prosecutors In His 1993 Rape Case
Jerry Lawler is one of the most legendary figures in professional wrestling history, an all-around talent who is not just a local legend in Memphis and the surrounding areas, but also beloved by wrestling fans around the world. He’s worn various hats during his decades in the sport and has done most...

Steve Kerr Let His Players Coach The Game And It Worked
Okay, yes, maybe he gets points deducted for pulling this move during a game against the pitiful Suns, but Warriors head coach Steve Kerr did something genuinely cool and unexpected last night: he let his players run every timeout huddle. The Warriors won 129-83....

Slovenian Snowboarder Tit Stante Has A Message For The World
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Report: IOC May Consider Statue Of Liberty A “Political Symbol,” Force Its Removal From USA Hockey Goalie Masks<em></em>
The IOC has reportedly contacted the U.S. women’s hockey team about removing the Statue of Liberty from goalkeepers’ masks because the image may count as a political symbol....

Deadspin Up All Night: Tunnel Music
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An Interview With A Good Boy
The 142nd annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show goes down today and tomorrow in New York City. In lieu of a preview, Deadspin arranged an exclusive sit-down with a 5-year-old black Labrador retriever named Zeal—one of the favorites in the obedience competition—and his owner, Petra Ford....

College Tennis Player Ducks Handshake After Opponent Seems To Spit In Hand
Texas A&M freshman Patrick Kypson is a talented men’s tennis player—he’s among the top 100 performers in the sport on the sixth-ranked team in the nation. He’s also the goober you see hocking a juicy loogie into his own hand in the above photo. ...

For Black History Month, Boston Police Pay Tribute To White Man Who Coached Black Guys
Boston’s reputation as a city oblivious to racial issues is undeserved, I tell you....

Flames Pest Ryan Lomberg Takes On A Much Larger Opponent, Eats Many Fists
The reason why the tale of David and Goliath is notable is because most of the time, Goliath should win. Put a 5-foot-9, 175-pound AHL goon against a 6-foot-5, 235-pound counterpart, and who do you think will usually come out on top?...

Report: Former MLB Pitcher Esteban Loaiza Arrested With 20 Kilos Of Cocaine Or Heroin
According to jail records obtained by Yahoo Sports reporter Jeff Passan, former MLB pitcher Esteban Loaiza was arrested in San Diego last Friday while in possession of 20 kilograms of cocaine or heroin....

Floppy Ear Ends Touching Underdog Story
The best underdog story at the Westminster Dog Show came to an abrupt end this morning when Fanucci the German Shepherd was pulled out of the competition due to “a hematoma on his left ear that caused it to flop.” Fanucci was a favorite to win his breed, and victory would have capped a tremendous co...