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The Dawn Staley-Missouri Beef Is Finally Over, And It Will Cost Mizzou $50,000

South Carolina women’s basketball head coach Dawn Staley settled her lawsuit against Missouri athletic director Jim Sterk on Thursday. The decision comes four months after Sterk went on a radio show and accused the Gamecocks coach of promoting a hostile fan atmosphere—back in January, when the two ...

LSU Pitcher Rips Two-Out, Two-Run, 12th-Inning Double In First Collegiate At-Bat

Boy, that’s a lot of hyphens. LSU sophomore pitcher Todd Peterson crushed a 12th-inning double that drove in what proved to be the winning runs in his very first collegiate at-bat tonight against South Carolina at the SEC tournament....

Brian Dozier Got A Ball Stuck In The Outfield Wall

Twins second baseman Brian Dozier was a few inches short of a dinger in his first at-bat against the Tigers Wednesday afternoon, but pulled off a much more unique feat instead. Dozier’s long drive to center field wedged itself perfectly between two of the outfield wall panels, suspending the ball in...

This High School Baseball Team Wins Every Championship, And Even They're Sick Of It

One of the most enduring dynasties in schoolboy sports history goes on display tonight in the championship game for the DCIAA, Washington’s public school sports league. Barring rain and/or the end of days, Wilson High School will win its 26th consecutive DCIAA baseball title. Even more bizarre: Wit...

Missouri Outfielder Leaves Field On Stretcher After Crashing Into Brick Wall At Full Speed

Missouri’s Cade Bormet tumbled into an unpadded brick wall during the Tigers’ home game against Georgia tonight while trying to field a foul ball, causing the freshman outfielder to be removed from the field on a stretcher by emergency personnel. ...

Leonys Martín Hits Dong, Then Hits Dong

Leonys Martín led off today’s Tigers-Pirates game with a big home run, but it came at a price. On the fourth pitch of the game, Martín ricocheted a pitch off the plate into his dick and balls. He rolled around for two minutes afterward and had a hard time standing back up....

Arkansas Women's Tennis Team Schedules Six Matches In One Day Against Cupcake Opponent To Earn Tournament Eligibility [Update]

Arkansas women’s tennis had a surprisingly strong run in the SEC Tournament last week, making it all the way to the semifinals despite finishing 11th in regular season conference play. It was enough of a run to give the school hopes of an at-large bid in the upcoming NCAA tournament, if not for one ...

Ron Gardenhire Says MLB Knows It Screwed Up The Tigers' Replay Review [Update: MLB Says It Didn't]

The Detroit Tigers had an Opening Day walk-off win taken away from them Friday when what looked to be a safe, 10th-inning slide into home from Nicholas Castellanos was overturned on review. If you believe Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire, MLB admitted the call was botched....

Tigers Win On Walkoff, Then Return To Field After Bullshit Replay Reversal

For every normal fan watching extra innings of today’s game between the Pirates and Tigers, it looked like Detroit won 11-10 in the 10th on a walk-off hit by JaCoby Jones, which scored Nicholas Castellanos on a thrilling play at the plate. The Tigers rushed out of the dugout and onto the field to ce...

This Is The Video You Show A Child To Teach Them How To Slide, If You Hate That Child

The Tigers are up 2-0 on the Pirates in the early going of opening day for both teams, and Detroit got their rally going with a Mikie Mahtook leadoff double in the second. Mahtook’s slide was a thing of beauty, in a way. Ugly, awkward beauty. How do you even put that many parts of your body in conta...

Tom Hallion Puts On A Ridiculous Spring Ump Show With Five Silly Ejections

Spring training is long. By this point, just about everyone is tired of it. Umpire Tom Hallion was apparently especially tired of it Thursday. Hallion ejected five guys—in three separate incidents, none of them particularly meaningful—in yesterday’s Tigers-Phillies game....

Wichita State Did The Right Thing For Alex Lomax

I’ve got a treat today: a rare story in which a college program isn’t trying to totally dick over a player who wants to transfer....

Michael Porter Jr. Is Back, And That Might Be Enough For Mizzou

On Thursday afternoon, a few but probably not too many minutes after 3:45 p.m. EST, Michael Porter Jr. is going to jog onto the court for just the second time this season. This matters because Porter is one of, if not the single most promising prospects in the upcoming NBA draft. Before the season t...

Perennial Quitter Tubby Smith Says NCAA Transfers "Teach Players How To Quit"

Memphis men’s basketball coach Tubby Smith, who quit his job at Texas Tech to take his current position in 2016, went off on NCAA transfer regulations following the last game of his regular season on Sunday, saying that relaxed transfer rules “teach (players) how to quit.” ...

South Carolina Coach Sues Missouri AD For Defamation Over Fan Spitting Comments

First reported by WISTV’s Caroline Hecker, South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley filed a defamation of character lawsuit against Missouri athletic director Jim Sterk on Thursday....

Auburn Loses Anfernee McLemore With Horrific Ankle Injury<em></em>

Auburn sophomore forward Anfernee McLemore suffered a grotesque injury late in the first half of the Tigers’ SEC matchup at South Carolina just days after putting up one of the best performances of his career. Warning: the video is graphic. ...

Travis Wood Fucked Up His Finger In A Crossbow Accident And Damn It Looks Gross

Lower in this blog post is a really heinous photo of Tigers pitcher Travis Wood’s finger. It’s bad! I’m warning you here. I’ll even type some more words to force it further down the page so you don’t see it unless you’re trying to....

Grambling beat Prairie View tonight 90-85 to move into a first-place tie in the SWAC. They now have a nine-game winning streak, five years after completing the worst college basketball season in history. ...

Michael Porter Jr. Still Wants To Play Again For Mizzou

Last November, Michael Porter Jr., Mizzou freshman and one-time favorite to become the top pick in the 2018 NBA Draft, was forced to undergo surgery on his back. He played just two minutes of college ball, and at the time, it seemed that he would miss the rest of the season recovering from the injur...

Missouri Athletic Director Says South Carolina Fans Spit On Women's Basketball Players, Used "The N-Word"

The South Carolina and Missouri women’s basketball teams have played and split two heated games this month, and in each match-up, fans from both sides have been accused of increasingly shitty and racist behavior. In the first game, a Missouri fan reportedly called USC players “thugs.” In this past S...