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NBA Accepts Weak HB2 Repeal, Will Bring 2019 All-Star Game To Charlotte
The NBA announced on Wednesday that Charlotte will host the 2019 All-Star Game, fulfilling the league’s initial plan to return the event should North Carolina modify or repeal House Bill 2. Charlotte was initially slated to host this year’s All-Star event, but the NBA pulled the high-profile exhibit...
Claressa Shields Is The Real Million Dollar Baby
From the new anthology, Bittersweet Science, edited by Carlo Rotella and Michael Ezra....
French Gymnast Who Suffered Horrific Leg Break In Rio Is Making His Comeback
Less than a year after the Olympic Games in Rio, Samir Ait Said, the French gymnast who suffered a gruesome leg fracture during the men’s qualifications, is back to training....
Manchester City Defender Jason Denayer Regrets Kicking Man In Head During Street Fight
Manchester City back Jason Denayer, who played on loan at Sunderland this past season, was videotaped kicking a man in the head during a street fight outside a nightclub in Brussels over the weekend....
Show Me Your Favorite Marcus Smart Highlight
While watching the Cavaliers beat the Celtics in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals last night, I sent a rude tweet:...
Chelsea Cancel Victory Parade In Light Of Terrorist Attack In Manchester
Newly crowned Premier League champions Chelsea planned to hold a parade this weekend to celebrate their title, but have decided today to cancel the event due to fears about security following the bombing of Manchester Arena on Monday....
Kyrie Irving Put The Celtics In The Toilet
The Boston Celtics got real feisty tonight in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals and went on a decent little run at the start of the game. Despite not having Isaiah Thomas for a second straight game, Boston defied its true home (the trash can) and won the first quarter by 10 points. They saddle...
LeBron, NOOOOO
In the third quarter of Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals, Kevin Love heaved an incredible outlet pass the length of the court to a waiting LeBron James, who reared back for dunk, ready to shatter the backboard, and then doinged it off the rim....
The 2021 Super Bowl Will Move To Tampa Thanks To L.A.'s Stadium Construction Delay
After massive rainfall delayed the construction of the Los Angeles NFL stadium by one year, NFL owners voted today to give the 2021 Super Bowl to Tampa Bay and push L.A.’s Super Bowl back to 2022....
New Unassisted Mt. Everest Speed Record Set By <em></em>Spanish Ultramarathoner Kilian Jornet
Mt. Everest season is upon us, as climbers are flocking to the world’s tallest peak and trying to summit it before the spring window closes and the onset of monsoon season makes the summit unreachable. Many have reached the top already, although several mountaineers have died this year, including le...
The Raiders Robbed Las Vegas In America's Worst Stadium Deal
When the Las Vegas Raiders kick off in 2020, they’ll be playing in the most expensive stadium in the world. The total projected cost of the site checks in at around $1.9 billion, a number topped only by the Rams’ and Chargers’ new complex in Inglewood that will cost approximately $2.1B, though that ...
The Boston Celtics Have A Moral Obligation To Get The Fuck Out
The conference finals have been crud. In the West, what should have been the Golden State Warriors’ first true test became a joyless, perfunctory mercy-killing a little over halfway through Game 1, thanks to a goon doofus’s misplaced foot. In the East, meanwhile, what should have been a deliciously ...
This Video Of Rashard Mendenhall Doing Karate On A Tether Ball Is Actually Good
The great Sean Gentille of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has alerted us to the existence of a highly enjoyable video that can be found on the Twitter feed of former Steelers and Cardinals running back Rashard Mendenhall....
Homes Of Two PSG Stars And PSG's HQ Raided In Money Laundering Investigation
According to reports, tax authorities in France have raided the homes of Paris Saint-Germain players Ángel Di María and Javier Pastore as well as the club’s own offices today, as part of an investigation into possible money laundering on the part of all three parties....
The Warriors Are Playing As Well As They Have All Year And The Finals Await
The Warriors last lost on April 10, when the desperate Utah Jazz beat Golden State by six points in the final week of the NBA regular season. Since then, they have swept their way through three consecutive series, only ever running into occasional trouble and spending most of their time protecting h...
White Sox Announcers Have Inane Conversation
Chicago White Sox announcer Steve Stone has been one of the best color men in baseball for decades, and for half the year—the half he spends calling Sox home games with Jason Benetti—he remains one. During the other half of the year, which he spends calling Sox road games with Hawk Harrelson, he bec...
Nick Ritchie Tags Viktor Arvidsson With The Mark Of The Beast<em></em>
Viktor Arvidsson headed to the bench bearing a crimson R upon his forehead after being boarded by Anaheim’s Nick Ritchie. That’s great, but let us know when one of the Russian guys pulls this off in Cyrillic. ...
Steph Curry Calls Out Dewayne Dedmon For "Dirty Play"
The Golden State Warriors won Game 3 this weekend to set up a potential sweep against the San Antonio Spurs. The outcome of this series hasn’t been in doubt since Kawhi Leonard limped out of Game 1 with an ankle injury, but it’s seen more controversy than most uneven playoff matchups....
The NBA's Push For Parity Backfired With These Garbage Playoffs
The NBA playoffs, in theory if not always in practice, is the best postseason system in all of sports. After a bloated and distended regular season, the playoffs come around and pit the great teams against the merely good ones, the former whittling down the latter until all that’s left is the very b...