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Report: Auburn Softball Players Allege Sexual Harassment And Manipulation Under Retired Head Coach

A Title IX complaint and a subsequent letter from a former player describe Auburn’s softball program under recently retired head coach Clint Myers as one where players were subjected to a pattern of inappropriate, sexualized attention by the coach’s son, according to an ESPNW report....

My Five Favorite Moments From The Yankees-Tigers Brawl

Yesterday saw the weirdest and most interesting game of the season, a 10-6 Tigers win over the Yankees that saw eight ejections, four batters hit by pitches, three bench clearings, and a whole bunch of legitimate punches....

Benches Clear After Miguel Cabrera And Austin Romine Have A Legit Fight At Home Plate [Updates]

Most baseball fights are a bunch of meaningless posturing, but Yankees catcher Austin Romine and Tigers DH Miguel Cabrera exchanged actual punches and rolled around in the dirt during today’s game in Detroit....

Ian Kinsler Thinks Angel Hernandez Needs A New Job: "It's Pretty Obvious That He Needs To Stop Ruining Baseball Games"

Tigers second baseman Ian Kinsler got himself ejected very quickly yesterday, after saying what appeared to be just a few choice words to umpire Angel Hernandez about a first-strike call. (Yeah, a first-strike call, evening the count at 1-1 with no one on base and one out in the fifth inning. Very t...

Tiger Woods Had Vicodin, Dilaudid, Ambien And More In System During DUI Arrest

Tiger Woods had Vicodin, Dilaudid, Xanax, Ambien and THC in his system when arrested on suspicion of DUI on May 29, according to a toxicology report obtained by ESPN....

LSU's Danny Etling Likes A Good, "Plump" Butt On His Centers

College football players have made it abundantly clear that they know and enjoy a good butt; whether it be just for pokin’ or actual strategy, they’re thankfully none too shy about letting reporters in on the secrets of the tush....

Do The Astros Need Justin Verlander?

Justin Verlander’s contract is so big that the Tigers had no fear any other team would want it. After the traditional trade deadline passed at the end of July, Verlander and the $28 million he’s owed in each of the next two years easily cleared revocable waivers, making the 34-year-old Tiger still e...

Justin Upton Defeated By His Own Helmet 

There are many productive ways to deal with frustration. Here, for example, is a handy-dandy guide from our colleagues over at Lifehacker. And here is a decidedly unproductive way of dealing with frustration: slamming your batting helmet down after grounding into an inning-ending out, only to watch ...

Why'd You Dress Up?

I see you. Spandex. Spiderman. I see you there. What are you doing? ...

Tigers Officially Become Sellers, Send J.D. Martinez To Arizona

Pretty much every good player on the Tigers has been thrown out as a potential trade candidate this month, but Detroit made its first official move of the season Tuesday night, sending J.D. Martinez to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for three prospects....

OK, Fine, Tread On Me

Miguel Cabrera Is, Frankly, Sick And Tired Of Your Trade Rumors

The upcoming trade deadline sees the Tigers in the same narrative that’s been chasing them for years—the window is swinging shut for a roster of aging stars on huge contracts, and this can be the time to deal. The front office has made no secret of their desire to cut payroll while the team’s big na...

Florida Wins College World Series After LSU Misses Out On Tying Run Due To Interference

Florida defeated LSU to take home its first College World Series title with a 4-3 win yesterday and a 6-1 win tonight in the best-of-three series. The Gators jumped out to an early 2-0 lead off of a pair of unearned runs, and the score stayed that way until LSU began mounting their comeback in the s...

Salvador Perez Hit A Ball 427 Feet And Mikie Mahtook Robbed Him

Royals catcher Salvador Perez seemed like he had a sure hit. When the ball travels a recorded 427 feet, why wouldn’t he feel good about it? Tigers outfielder Mikie Mahtook dashed his hopes tonight:...

Reports: Nationals To Add Struggling, Volatile Reliever To Struggling, Volatile Bullpen

The Nationals’ success this year has been possible only despite their bullpen, which has seemingly tried very hard to make victory impossible as one of the worst relief corps in baseball. Their front office’s latest attempt to change that should do very little—the reported signing of Francisco Rodri...

Police: Mizzou Employee Causes $100,000 In Damages While Joyriding Through Basketball Arena

A 23-year-old (presumably former) University of Missouri employee drove his Volkswagen Passat through a gate outside Mizzou Arena early Sunday morning. According to the St. Louis Post Dispatch, the driver then somehow managed to steer said car onto the basketball court inside the arena, causing roug...

Jarrod Dyson Bunts To Break Up Justin Verlander's Perfect Game In The Sixth Inning

For a while tonight, Justin Verlander looked as sharp as he ever has. Through the first out of the sixth inning, he was perfect, with 10 strikeouts for his stat line and the cushion of a 4-0 lead. And then Jarrod Dyson decided that he was okay with flouting convention in order to give himself the be...

The Tigers' Window Has Closed, But They Could Reopen It Soon

Thursday’s Detroit Tigers game felt like a quintessential performance from the team’s two pillars. Justin Verlander started in his 366th career game for Detroit, going up against the Rays and pitching seven solid innings as he put himself in position to get the win. But the team lost its 3-2 lead wh...

LSU's Reported Recruiting Pissing Contest With Texas Is Petty And Cruel

Ed Orgeron was hired to be LSU’s head coach on Nov. 26; Tom Herman signed on for the same position at Texas on Nov. 27, reportedly after turning LSU down. Both are now in the midst of their first full spring heading up their programs, which consists of spring practices, hitting the recruiting trail,...