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Report: Former USA Gymnastics Doctor Larry Nassar To Plead Guilty In Sex Abuse Cases
Larry Nassar—who has been accused by more than 140 women and girls of sexually abusing them under the guise of medical treatment while he was a doctor with USA Gymnastics and Michigan State—is scheduled to plead guilty in two of his criminal cases, the Lansing State Journal reported today. According...

The Dumbest Motodoping Scandal Yet Has Gotten Dumber
Former professional cyclist Phil Gaimon recently wrote a book, in which he dropped an offhand comment about all-time great Fabian Cancellara and how he believed accusations that Cancellara cheated with an illegal motor in his bike during the 2010 season. That’s a fairly spicy rumor to resurface, tho...

The Celtics Are Sitting Pretty
The early part of the NBA season has featured plenty of exciting young players and highly watchable teams, but there hasn’t been a whole lot of greatness to go around. The Warriors are still dominant, but the Cavs have looked downright bad at times, and the Thunder are still in beta testing. The Roc...

Stan Van Gundy: Athletes Protesting Inequality Are "Role Models Of American Patriotism"
Stan Van Gundy praised the work of Colin Kaepernick and other athletes who have protested racial injustice in an op-ed for Time magazine today, complete with a list of specific policy proposals on the subject....

Look At This Doofus
There were a lot of different ways to own the libs this past week, from smashing inefficient coffee makers to stuffing your face with depressing slices of tomato-sauce-covered bits of drywall. But for the outraged true American looking to save a few bucks on his political statement, look no further ...

Nothing Lasts Forever, Not Even The Mikes
After 18 years, Mike Golic (Big Mike) and Mike Greenberg (Little Mike) will conclude their ESPN radio show Mike & Mike on Friday and go their separate ways, though they’ll both remain at the network. Big Mike will start a new show with his son, Mike Golic Jr. (New Mike), and Trey Wingo, who is not a...

Girthy Goalkeeper Has A Much Smaller Man's Ball Skills
By physical appearance, you’d probably assume this chubby keeper playing for PS Sakiet Eddaier in Tunisia’s third division was something like a plumber or a short-order cook at a mid-tier chain restaurant. But judging by his frankly jaw-dropping tekkers, you’d be forgiven for thinking this roulettin...

Tennessee State Player Expelled From School For Punching Out Coach During Game
Tennessee State defensive end Latrelle Lee was kicked off the team and then kicked out of the university altogether, after twice punching the Tigers’ head strength coach T.J. Greenstone during Saturday’s game....

Sweden Knock Italy Out Of World Cup Qualifying
For the first time since 1958 and only the second time ever, the Italian national team will not qualify for the World Cup. A 0-0 draw with Sweden in the second leg of the European play-off round sealed their fate, after the Azzurri lost 1-0 in the first leg on Friday....

Our Dear Sweet Wonderteen Christian Pulisic Is Very Sad About Missing The World Cup
Once the rage subsided within the proud hearts of American soccer fans in response to the USMNT’s humiliating failure to qualify for next summer’s World Cup, the feeling that settled in has been one of profound sadness. Mostly, this sadness has centered on what was stolen from us—namely, the opportu...

Notre Dame Fans Get Into Slippery Brawl With Miami Fans
While the Notre Dame Fighting Irish were getting their asses kicked by the Miami Hurricanes on Saturday, a passel of fans reenacted the scene on the concourse of Miami’s stadium near sections 129 and 130. All was technically peaceful, until an offscreen Miami fan flung a beverage at the dude in the ...

The Sports Highlight Of The Day Is This Maryland Fan's Refusal To Lose At Musical Chairs
In a game of musical chairs, what do you do if someone gets to the last chair before you? Do you try to remove them from the chair, or do you, as this Maryland basketball fan did, remove the chair from them?...

JuJu Smith-Schuster Regrets His Sloppy Post-TD Performance As Choking Victim Jalen Ramsey
The Steelers have put together a strong portfolio of touchdown celebrations this season, but they had a bit of a stumble Sunday against the Colts. After receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster scored in the third quarter, he celebrated by reenacting one of Week 9's NFL fights. Smith-Schuster portrayed Jalen Ra...

LeBron James Won't Ruin This For Me, Dammit
After the Cavs escaped the clutches of the league-worst Mavs—it was a two-point game with 36.8 seconds to go—LeBron James decided to offer a compliment so narrow in scope that it could reasonably be interpreted as an insult:...

Aubrey Huff <i>Almost</i> Has Thoughts On Evolution
“Look at the dumb thing this idiot tweeted” feels like a very circa-2013 blogging approach, but there are times to make exceptions. So look at the dumb thing Aubrey Huff tweeted:...

Jaguars Junction: Week Nine
The last time we checked in on the Jacksonville Jaguars, football, they possessed a record of three wins and two losses. And now? ...

CFL Team Raises Bar For Touchdown Celebrations
Up north in the CFL playoffs, the Ottawa Redblacks outdid any NFL team this season with a limbo celebration after a first-quarter touchdown by Diontae Spencer, who was the limbo stick after scoring. And one end is a guy named Rhymes!...

Vontaze Burfict Triumphantly Exits Field After First Career Ejection
Vontaze Burfict caught what was surprisingly his first-ever NFL ejection in the first half of today’s Bengals game against the Titans. He didn’t seem to mind:...

Stefon Diggs Flagged For Pretending To Be A Plane And Jumping Into The Goalposts<em></em>
The NFL relaxed its touchdown celebration rules this year, but some things are still verboten. For example, Le’Veon Bell was penalized earlier this year for punching the goalposts like Vai Sikahema....

The Thrills And Spills Of Watersports
Let’s discuss a slippery topic....