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Bout Stopped After Boxer's Ear Nearly Torn Off
Stephen Smith took a loss tonight in Las Vegas in his super featherweight bout against Francisco Vargas when his left ear became dangerously close to being entirely ripped off. The video is gross; this GIF is grosser: ...

Steph Curry Out For At Least Two Weeks With Sprained Ankle
Stephen Curry ended the night on crutches after rolling his right ankle in the final minute of Golden State’s game against New Orleans yesterday. Today, the team has announced that Curry is out indefinitely, with at least two weeks until doctors re-evaluate his injury....

Stephen Curry Leaves Locker Room On Crutches After Rolling Ankle
Stephen Curry left the court during the final minute of tonight’s Warriors-Pelicans game after rolling his ankle—able to walk off on his own, but not comfortably:...

Miami Dolphins Announce New Fund To Address Social Justice Issues
Saturday night Miami Dolphins players and Dolphins owner Stephen Ross announced the creation of a yearly fund with the purpose of advocating for and sponsoring social justice programs in South Florida. There are a lot of bullet-pointed details in there, and I urge you to read through the whole thing...

Lance Stephenson Slaps LeBron In The Dick And Balls
Cleveland must have experienced some bizarre time warp tonight, because it’s the year 2017, and the Pacers’ Lance Stephenson is still making life extremely unpleasant for LeBron James. This time, the meme-able bench player came at LeBron as he drove down the lane, waving his right arm in wild desper...

Stephen A. Smith Has Manufactured Another Insane Feud With A Professional Athlete
ESPN shit-for-brains Stephen A. Smith recently shared some, umm, thoughts (?) on his radio show about the new Nike NBA warmups, which come with comfy hoods. Certain players have taken to wearing the hoods during pregame warmups, and when sitting on the bench. Smith, in full-on psychotic raving mode,...

Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant Ejected In Warriors Loss To Memphis
Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant finished the game in the locker room as the Warriors took their second loss of the season in a 111-101 loss to the Grizzlies. Curry was ejected for throwing his mouthpiece; it’s unclear what earned Durant the heave-ho, though both ejections came in the final minute of ...

Stephen Strasburg Was Electric
Stephen Strasburg wasn’t supposed to pitch today. After a ridiculous 24-hour news cycle in which he was alternately said to be unable to start because he pitched a Tuesday bullpen session, to have actually pitched that Tuesday bullpen session on Monday, to really only be unable to start because he w...

After All That, Stephen Strasburg Might Start Game 4
What the hell is wrong with the Washington Nationals? Jon Morosi reports that Stephen Strasburg, whose inability to start today’s Game 4 against the Cubs has been the subject of a brewing shitstorm, is now in fact likely to be taking the mound....

Oh God, There's A Stephen Strasburg Controversy Brewing
A rainout pushed yesterday’s scheduled NLDS Game 4 to today, and as we now know, that game won’t be started by Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg, despite the fact that he would be pitching on regular rest. Why exactly this is the case keeps getting more and more confusing....

Nationals Are Gifted Rainout, Will Still Start Tanner Roark Over Stephen Strasburg, Have Mold Problem
It can be very, very easy to see the decisions surrounding a rainout as far simpler than they are. If it looks like it’s going to rain all evening, but a team refuses to either move up first pitch or call the game—you fucking morons. If it is maybe going to rain later but definitely is not raining n...

The Nats Wasted A Brilliant Night From Stephen Strasburg, Because Of Course They Did
There is nothing more frustrating on earth than watching a lineup featuring Trea Turner, Bryce Harper, Anthony Rendon, Daniel Murphy, and Ryan Zimmerman get completely blanked by a guy who throws an 87 mph fastball. Unless you are a Cubs fan, in which case, screw you right in the ear....

Stephen Hauschka Wants White Players To Get Involved In Discussing Racial Inequality
Buffalo Bills kicker Stephen Hauschka says he thinks “it’s important for white players to stay involved in the conversation” about racial inequality, per a story by Buffalo News columnist Kimberley Martin....

Stephen Jackson Has "No Respect" For Kevin Durant After His Deeply Lame Twitter Behavior
Some people feel that Kevin Durant’s sneak-dissing of his former Thunder teammates and coach through the apparent attempted use of a dummy Twitter account to argue with Twitter randos shows Durant’s humanity, his normalcy, his relatability. Others, like former NBA star Stephen Jackson, have correctl...

Stephen A. Smith, Teddy Atlas Lose Their Minds Arguing Canelo-GGG Outcome
ESPN boxing analyst Teddy Atlas went berserk arguing the future of boxing with Stephen A. Smith tonight after judge Adalaide Byrd once again turned in a bizarre and suspicious 118-110 scorecard in favor of Canelo Álvarez at the end of the bout that was officially judged a split draw....

Sloane Stephens Dominates Madison Keys To Win U.S. Open Women's Final
After doing the damn thing against Venus Williams in the semifinal, Sloane Stephens crushed Madison Keys 6-3, 6-0 this afternoon to win the U.S. Open Women’s Final, her first Grand Slam victory....

Sloane Stephens Knows What She Has To Do
QUEENS, N.Y.—It was after 10 p.m. in interview room one, in the basement of Arthur Ashe stadium, and Sloane Stephens was dutifully answering questions about her three-set U.S. Open semifinal win over Venus Williams. The press conference would go longer than usual, a PR guy said, because there would ...

Sloane Stephens Did The Damn Thing
After the first set, Sloane Stephens’s U.S. Open semifinal against Venus Williams looked like it was going to be easy. She won smoothly, 6-1, in just 24 minutes. With 17 unforced errors, Williams was all over the place. This looked like it would be over soon. ...

The U.S. Open Women's Semifinals Will Be All-American
For the first time since 1985, a major event will feature an all-American women’s semifinal. ...

Root For Sloane Stephens
CoCo Vandeweghe, Madison Keys, Venus Williams, Sloane Stephens: Half of the remaining players in the U.S. Open are Americans, and as the draw is set up, it could be an all-American semifinal on Thursday. You should root for Sloane Stephens. ...