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The FBI's NCAA Sting Has Already Cost Auburn A Five-Star Recruit 

The fallout from the this week’s FBI crackdown on shady college basketball recruiting tactics is only just beginning. Several college coaches, basketball-adjacent businessmen, and Adidas employees were charged with fraud and bribery on Monday, and the hammer has yet to truly drop on many of the prog...

Report: Louisville Fires Rick Pitino After One Too Many Scandals

Louisville fired Rick Pitino Wednesday, according to ESPN, shortly after letting go athletic director Tom Jurich, who reportedly refused to fire Pitino himself. The axing follows yet another scandal for the Cardinals head coach, this one involving payments made to a recruit by Adidas officials in ex...

Ray Lewis Says He Dropped To Two Knees During Anthem Because Of Jesus

Former NFL player and noted nonsense-talker Ray Lewis, who has previously been critical of Colin Kaepernick’s decision to kneel during the national anthem to protest police brutality, linked arms with several Ravens players and went down to two knees before Sunday’s game in London. The act seemed li...

Yankees Fan Ejected For Tipping Pitches

With a 6-1 win over the Rays, the Yankees clinched home-field advantage for the wild card game, likely against the Twins. But the most drama came in the eighth, when a fan sitting behind home plate was ejected from the stadium for trying to tip pitches with Gary Sanchez at bat....

Packers Ask Fans To Link Arms During Anthem, Shift Focus From Diversity To "UNI-versity"

Behold, another move to co-opt a crude outline of Colin Kaepernick’s protest, divorce it of any meaning or purpose, and cash it in for a branding opportunity. The Green Bay Packers released a statement tonight asking their fans to link arms in a display of unity during the national anthem before Th...

Lou Holtz: I Basically Know What It's Like To Be A Black Man Targeted By Police<em></em>

During my nightly viewing of Fox News, a familiar nasally, barely comprehensible voice called out from the abyss, mumbling, I have opinions about black people protesting!...

Joel Ward: "I've Experienced A Lot Of Racism Myself In Hockey," May Kneel For Anthem

Sharks winger Joel Ward said that he may kneel in protest during the national anthem in a San Jose Mercury News interview focusing on his experience as one of hockey’s relatively few black players....

Cops Announce Jarvis Landry Will Not Face Battery Charges

Miami Dolphins wide receiver Jarvis Landry will not face charges stemming from an August investigation into alleged domestic battery, per the Broward County State Attorney’s Office, which announced it would be looking into possible battery charges against Landry early last month. The investigation s...

Hopefully he’s all good now....

Alejandro Villanueva Didn't Want Any Of This

Steelers offensive lineman and former Army Ranger Alejandro Villanueva, who stood for the national anthem before Sunday’s game even though head coach Mike Tomlin had stated all his players would stay in the locker room to avoid making any sort of statement, said Monday that he deeply regrets how his...

Fans Cheer Bruce Maxwell In First At-Bat Since Kneeling For Anthem

In his first plate appearance since he began kneeling for the national anthem, Oakland A’s catcher Bruce Maxwell was greeted with a round of cheers from the crowd as he went to bat in the second inning of tonight’s game against the Mariners:...

Dallas Sportscaster On NFL Players Taking A Knee: "All Of Us Should Protest How Black Americans Are Treated In This Country"<em></em>

Sportscaster Dale Hansen of Dallas ABC affiliate WFAA—whose excellent work we have shouted out before—offered a beautifully strong and clear defense of the national anthem protests on his segment tonight....

Cowboys Try To Please Everyone By Kneeling Before Anthem, Accomplish Nothing<em></em>

The Dallas Cowboys, including the team’s coaching staff and owner Jerry Jones, decided to collectively kneel before tonight’s Monday Night Football game—but before tonight’s national anthem performance, while nothing was happening, in a flimsy attempt to please everyone by taking the imagery of prot...

Jessie James Decker Claims Husband Eric Decker Was Tricked Into Staying In Locker Room For National Anthem

The Titans and Seahawks decided to stay in their respective locker rooms during the national anthem before yesterday’s game, with Tennessee declaring the gesture a display of unity. But according to Jessie James Decker, wife of Titans wide receiver Eric Decker, that unity wasn’t absolute: She claims...

Cycling's Governing Body Is Not So Sure About Paying Women

Today, the UCI announced that they’d be raising the minimum wages for some professional cyclists. The lowest paid male riders at the WorldTour and Pro Continental level will now make around €2,000 and €650 more per year respectively, with guaranteed salaries of €38,115 for WorldTour racers and €30,8...

Gregg Popovich Goes Off On Trump: "Our Country Is An Embarrassment In The World"

This afternoon at San Antonio Spurs media day, coach Gregg Popovich addressed Donald Trump’s recent comments on Steph Curry, as well as the broader reaction to NFL players taking a knee en masse. Popovich has been giving thoughtful and eloquent responses to questions about politics since the electio...

Stop Using Pat Tillman

In the 13 years since Pat Tillman was killed by friendly fire near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, he has become a symbol of the supposedly tight bonds between American football and American militarism and American patriotism. There’s no clearer evidence of Tillman’s symbolic potency than Donald Tr...

Here Are Jets And Patriots Fans Booing The National Anthem [Update]

National anthem demonstrations became the story at NFL stadiums around the country on Sunday. But at Texans-Patriots in Foxboro, Mass., at Dolphins-Jets in East Rutherford, N.J., and at Raiders-Washington in Landover, Md.,* the players who protested were met with jeers and boos from thousands of fan...

Jaguars Junction: Week Three

“Taking a knee?” Yes—in the end zone among other places. ...

Billy Hamilton Was Picked Off At First And Still Scored A Run

Billy Hamilton, who leads MLB in stolen bases, was a little too eager to get another one Sunday against the Red Sox, as the Reds’ center fielder found himself in a pickle after he jumped on a pickoff throw. Dustin Pedroia’s error, however, not only bailed Hamilton out, but allowed him to get all the...