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I Have Had Enough Of These Damn Injuries, NBA
Tim McMahon of ESPN is reporting that Chris Paul will miss the next two to four weeks while recovering from a bruised left knee. Houston’s schedule over the next two weeks goes Mavericks, Grizzlies, 76ers, Hornets, Grizzlies, 76ers, Knicks, and Hawks, so they’ll be fine. More importantly, what’s wit...
Connor McDavid Sticks Out His Butt To Create A Beautiful Assist
Butts are quite important in all sports, but in hockey, they’re useful for creating separation with defenders. Connor McDavid stuck out his butt and played a huge part in the Edmonton Oilers’ first goal of Thursday’s 2-1 overtime win....
This Is Clayton Kershaw's Time To Shine
The Dodgers are going to the World Series for the first time in nearly 30 years and we already know who will be on the mound for Game 1 in Los Angeles. It will be the face of the franchise, Clayton Kershaw. It couldn’t be anyone else....
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The NFL Will Investigate Why Cam Newton Skipped His Press Conference Today
NFL rules stipulate that star players must hold court with the press each week before games. Cam Newton skipped out on his press duties this afternoon, and the NFL has apparently decided to investigate, according to a spokesman for the league. Neither the Panthers nor coach Ron Rivera said why Newto...
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The Sports Highlight Of The Day Is This Jackass Richard Spencer Fan Trying To Clear A Fence [Update]
Today self-proclaimed Nazi Richard Spencer spoke at the University of Florida in front of what appeared to be a crowd primarily made up of people who were there to shout him down. As one might expect, Spencer’s speech was met with large protests. After getting owned inside the auditorium, the few Sp...
Everton Supporters Join In Fight With Lyon Players
Today’s Everton-Lyon Europa League match at Goodison Park featured fan participation as a fight between players came close enough to the seats that some supporters themselves entered the fray to have a few blows....
ESPN Wanted Barstool Sports, But Without The Stench
This week, ESPN premiered a new show on ESPN 2 called Barstool Van Talk, hosted by Barstool Sports personalities and Pardon My Take podcast co-hosts PFT Commenter and Dan Katz. According to sources familiar with the situation, ESPN originally did not want the Barstool Sports name and logo associated...
Matt Martin And Mitch Marner Bond By Huffing Smelling Salts
Maple Leafs linemates Matt Martin and Mitch Marner indulged in smelling salts during Wednesday’s 6-3 win over Detroit, because huffing chemicals with a teammate is one of hockey’s most intimate moments....
The Spurs Will Be Fine
Kawhi Leonard missed the opener with a leg injury. Tony Parker is still recovering from a left quadriceps tendon surgery and is slated to return in November. Now, this may shock you, but it turns out that the loss of individual cogs may not hamper the Spurs too much as a whole, in part because they ...
Let It Be The Season Of Giannis
Kevin Durant? Corny in ways we are only beginning to understand. Kawhi Leonard? Boring. LeBron James? A bald dad. James Harden? Beards are out. Russell Westbrook? Okay, he’s still pretty cool, but what I am getting at here is this: we are headed, at this very moment, directly into the Year of Gianni...
Gordon Hayward Will Likely Miss The Entire Season
Given the graphic and shocking visual of the injury, it’s not actually so absurd to refer to the aftermath of Gordon Hayward’s injury as the “best-case scenario,” as Hayward’s agent called it. But that’s the truth: It could have been much worse. Instead, it’s a broken tibia and a dislocated ankle, s...
The Astros' Bats Continue To Lie Weirdly, Sadly Dormant
The Yankees are just one game from the World Series after tonight’s 5-0 win over the Astros—thanks to another strong starting pitching performance, sure, but also to Houston’s sudden and near-total impotence at the plate. ...
The Pistons Couldn't Give Tickets To Their First Game At Detroit's Dumb New Arena Away
There has been much fanfare in Metro Detroit about the $863 million new stadium downtown that serves as the new home for both the Red Wings and the Pistons, which was paid for in part by $324 million in public money from the city and the state. The stadium, which is named after cheap pizza, is by al...
Why Would This Time Be Any Different?
Here we are again in the midst of another news cycle involving a powerful man being accused of sexual assault and harassment and women sharing their own traumas in the hope that something—anything—will change the way men treat women and our bodies....
Tom Jurich Follows Rick Pitino Out The Door At Louisville<em></em>
Two days after the Louisville Athletic Association’s board canned men’s head basketball coach Rick Pitino, the university’s board of trustees voted Wednesday to fire athletic director Tom Jurich with cause....
Are The Celtics Still Good?
An item of conventional basketball wisdom is this: Generally speaking, if you can get a certain useful skillset in one player, that is better than getting it divided among, say, two or three players. That is why, when blockbuster trades go down, the default analysis favors the team that shipped out ...
At Least Jaylen Brown Is Up To The Task
The Celtics’ season was proceeding as planned for a total of six minute before Gordon Hayward obliterated his ankle Tuesday night, forcing the team to reorient itself without a player who figured to have an enormous role in the team’s offense. With Hayward’s ankle now shredded like carnitas, Boston’...
Muhammad Ali's Desperate Twilight
Excerpted from Ali: A Life, By Jonathan Eig....
Luke Schenn And Antoine Roussel Get Into A Truly Stupid Hockey Fight
Luke Schenn and Antoine Roussel waited only a minute and a half before they dropped their gloves in Tuesday’s Coyotes-Stars game. They absolutely should’ve kept them on....