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Martín Pérez Killed And Ate The Bull That Injured Him: "Good Meat"

One of the stranger injuries of baseball’s offseason was Texas Rangers pitcher Martín Pérez’s broken elbow, the result of a bull that startled him and caused him to fall on his ranch in Venezuela. ...

The New Tax Bill Could Unintentionally Force Sports Teams To Pay Taxes On Trades

A single word in the sweeping tax bill that House Republicans passed in December could lead to a host of unintended consequences for American pro sports teams when making trades, according to a report from Jim Tankersley in the New York Times. ...

Sebastian Aho Gets A Penalty For Hooking Sebastian Aho

Sebastian Aho plays for the New York Islanders. Sebastian Aho plays for the Carolina Hurricanes. Yes, there are two players named Sebastian Aho in the NHL, in what appears to be hockey’s useless but mildly interesting equivalent of the NFL’s “Antonio Gates played basketball in college.”...

Alabama Is Dead And Mikal Bridges Killed Them

Employing a merciless onslaught of Mikal Bridges three-pointers and suffocating defense, Villanova turned a five-point halftime lead into a 25-point advantage in just six minutes of second half play, sending Alabama home in pieces in the process. ...

UConn Scored 94 Points In One Mind-Blowing Half

If a mercy rule is ever created for college basketball, it should be called the Geno Auriemma rule. Auriemma’s UConn Huskies dynasty hit new heights this afternoon, beating St. Francis, a 16 seed from Pennsylvania, 140-52 in their opening game of the NCAA Tournament. Somehow, that 88-point victory d...

Glen "Big Baby" Davis Arrested With A Quarter-Pound Of Weed And $92,000 In Cash [Update]

Glen “Big Baby” Davis, arguably the most entertaining player on the Celtics 2010 Finals roster, was arrested in February on seven counts of marijuana possession and distribution....

Caleb Martin Lost His Damn Mind In Nevada's Overtime Win Against Texas

Nevada came back from a 14-point deficit to send Shaka Smart’s Texas squad packing, with guard Caleb Martin providing the final boost the Wolf Pack needed to advance to the second round. ...

PSL Holders Sue The Jets For Screwing Them Over

Personal seat licenses are a racket, and a common feature in NFL stadiums. PSLs were instituted across much of the league when the new stadium boom took off around the dawn of this century. They allow teams to offset construction and financing costs by forcing fans into paying a fee just for the ri...

Vontaze Burfict Earns Suspension Without Hurting Anyone, For Once

Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict, who is constantly getting suspended for being a dirty player, has been suspended once again. This time, however, he’s managed to earn a ban without trying to intentionally injure anyone....

Pitt Basketball Players Are Abandoning Ship

A week after Pitt fired unsuccessful basketball coach Kevin Stallings, a whole bunch of players want out. Freshman stud Parker Stewart requested his release yesterday, and ESPN’s Jeff Goodman reports today that over half of the Pitt roster has done the same. Pitt’s top recruit is also steering clear...

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Report: UConn Trick-Shot QB-Turned-Trump Valet Was Fired For Gambling Habit

Johnny McEntee—who first got our attention with his sweet tricks as a backup quarterback at UConn back in 2011 and more recently took the job of personal assistant to President Donald Trump—was reportedly fired from his White House gig because of a gambling problem....

MLB Tells Aaron Judge To Stop Saying Nice Things About Manny Machado<em></em>

Speaking to reporters before yesterday’s spring training game between the Yankees and the Orioles, Aaron Judge praised Orioles star Manny Machado and said he’d sort of limply recruited Machado. “Adding him to our lineup that we already got would be something special,” Judge said. “I told him he’d lo...

For Kelvin Sampson And North Carolina's Native Americans, The Fight Never Ends<em></em>

Kelvin Sampson has been in the basketball business for some time, and if you pay attention to the game his name will ring some bells. Maybe you remember him coaching Washington State, or Oklahoma, or Indiana; maybe you saw him looming over a huddle as a NBA assistant. Given that he’s got the Univers...

Video Emerges Of Former Astros Prospect Beating His Girlfriend After 2016 Practice

Former Houston Astros prospect Danry Vasquez has been released by his current Atlantic League club after video of a domestic violence incident became public this week. The video shows the player hitting his girlfriend multiple times after a practice with the Corpus Christi Hooks, the Astros’ Double-...

Shaq: Put Cops Around And Inside Everything<em></em>

Someone asked Shaq, an occasional cop, what to do about school shootings. His take? Just build the school out of cops. Sure! ...

Sky Sports Suspends Jamie Carragher For Rest Of Season After Drive-By Spitting

After video emerged of ex-Liverpool star Jamie Carragher hocking a loogie at the car of a taunting driver and his daughter last weekend, Sky Sports announced that it had suspended Carragher—now one of its pundits—indefinitely while the company investigated the incident. Today, Sky has handed down it...

Bucs And Manchester United Owner Ed Glazer Will Host A Big Trump Reelection Fundraiser

Ed Glazer, whose family owns the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Manchester United, will host an exclusive fundraiser for Donald Trump tonight at his house in Beverly Hills. The President’s schedule and plans in Southern California are shrouded in secrecy, but he’ll spend the evening at Glazer’s $22.7 mill...

It's Bad To Waterboard People

This seems like it should be pretty self-explanatory....

Now We Get To See If Kirk Cousins Is Really Worth A Shit<em></em>

So… Kirk Cousins. It is extremely difficult—impossible, even—to evaluate Kirk Cousins solely as a quarterback when, for the past six seasons, he has plied his trade in the middle of Dan Snyder’s never-ending diarrhea rodeo. He was drafted by Mike Shanahan in the fourth round as an insurance policy f...