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DraftKings Bans Automated Scripts, May Have Trouble Actually Doing So
Daily fantasy operator DraftKings has banned “the use of scripts and other automated means of interacting with our site,” as they put it in an email to players today. Instead, DraftKings now offers to all players a tool that allows them to set multiple lineups at once....
Read The Leaked Transfer Agreement Between Manchester United And Monaco For Anthony Martial
Manchester United paid Monaco €50 million ($54.5 million) in September for teenage striking sensation Anthony Martial, a fee that will almost assuredly rise to €70 million ($76.2 million) and could rise to €80 million ($87.1 million) in the next few years. This in the neighborhood of what was report...
It's Jonjo Shelvey's Time To Shine
Jonjo Shelvey has been on the verge of breaking out for five years. He played for every English youth international team, and was plucked from Charlton Athletic by Liverpool at 18. After a highly successful loan spell he began to make regular appearances in the squad, and his resemblance to club leg...
ESPN's "Black Grantland" Hires Writers, May Eventually Publish Something
Today, two and a half years after the project was first announced, ESPN issued a press release about a fresh round of hires at its black-interest site, The Undefeated. While the site doesn’t yet exist, properly speaking, its staff has nonetheless managed to produce nearly two blog posts per month ov...
Peter King Sounds New Depths Of Stoogery With Open Letter To NFL Players
For all the danger they purport to identify in the world, conspiracy theories, at bottom, are comforting. They’re orderly and symmetrical and closed, like a square dance, matching participants 1:1 to malign intents and thus to culpability. Either you are in the conspiracy by cynical choice and sinis...
David Moyes Sneaks Excuses For His Own Failure Into Comments Backing Louis van Gaal
When a team finds itself mired in a bog of bad results it can’t work its way out of, it’s perfectly common for illustrious figures from the club’s past to pop up offering words of support and encouragement to the current players and staff. What isn’t so common is a less-than-illustrious former manag...
Well, We Know Who Manchester United Fans Want Managing Their Team
Be careful what you wish for ......
Tom Cleverley's Long Header Beats Newcastle On Final Touch Of The Match
Everton downed Newcastle today 1-0 thanks to a 93rd-minute long-range header by Tom Cleverley that proved to be the final touch of the match....
Alex DeBrincat Earns Game Misconduct For Spearing
The U.S. is currently taking on Canada at the IIHF world juniors in Finland, and the Yanks will have to play the final two periods without potential NHL first-rounder Alex DeBrincat after the Michigan native delivered his stick blade straight into Flyers prospect Travis Konecny’s gut. Go USA!...
Pissed Off Louis van Gaal Demands Apology From Media, Storms Out Of Press Conference
Yesterday had to be an ... interesting experience for beleaguered Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal. At about this hour, Twitter exploded with rumors that he had been fired and that the club had already brought in José Mourinho as his replacement. What started as a prank soon snowballed as th...
Teddy Bridgewater Was Almost Perfect Today
The Bears aren’t a particularly tough defense anymore, but Teddy Bridgewater’s destruction of them this afternoon warrants some attention. The Vikings beat Chicago 38-17 at home today, and Bridgewater went 17/20 with four passing touchdowns and another on the ground. This line gives him the third-be...
Tim Roth: I Starred In FIFA's Awful Propaganda Movie For The Money
Tim Roth is a real and talented actor who has been nominated for an Academy Award, among other recognitions of his good work, which made it very strange to see him starring as Sepp Blatter in the FIFA-financed propaganda film about the organization’s history, United Passions. FIFA spent about $27 mi...
The Horse People Are Mad Online
This morning, Sports Illustrated announced that Serena Williams is the magazine’s sportsperson of the year. Williams took home the title despite losing to racehorse American Pharoah in the fan vote, and people who like horses are very mad about this....
Bournemouth Score On Manchester United Directly From A Corner Kick
Manchester United is starting a bunch of inexperienced youngsters against Bournemouth today due to a series of injuries and suspensions. The mighty Cherries took advantage and scored just two minutes in thanks to a wonderful Junior Stanislas Olimpico and a helpful gust of wind....
Europa League Team Thinks It Can Buy Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, And Gareth Bale
Oh, Manchester United. Haven’t we been over this already?...
Don't Blame The Vikings For Trying, Blame Them For Failing
If you believe in moral victories, the young, upswinging Vikings hung tough with one of the NFL’s best teams, were thisclose to tying the game in the final seconds, and QB Teddy Bridgewater bounced back to have one of his sharper games as pro. If you believe in crushing losses, the Vikings were soli...
Now Is Not The Time, Pepsi
Promoted tweets are never good, but they’re especially bad... here....
Manchester United Have An Off Day, Get Bounced From Champions League
This didn’t seem that difficult. Go into Wolfsburg, get out with at least a draw, and guarantee a spot in the Champions League knockout rounds. Instead, Manchester United couldn’t hold onto their early lead and have been bounced from the competition and into the Europa League....
Referees Disallow Manchester United Goal On Controversial Call
Jesse Lingard thought he scored Manchester United’s crucial equalizer against Wolfsburg in the Champions League, only for the refs, after a long discussion, to take his goal away in controversial fashion....