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Lawsuit: Titans Player Beat Fan Unconscious After Arguing About The NFL Draft
The Tennessee Titans picked Western Michigan wide receiver Corey Davis with the fifth overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft. According to a lawsuit filed in United States District Court today, Titans players Tajae Sharpe and Sebastian Tretola were at Tin Roof, a Nashville bar, the night that the Titans...
The Celtics Have Taken Control
If the fifth game of a seven-game series is for making statements, then the Celtics wrote theirs in ten-foot tall letters using the Wizards’ blood....
Capitals Choke Yet Again
Through the first six games of their series with the Penguins, the Capitals were the superior team. They outshot the Pens by 11 shots per game through Game 6, and entered Game 7 on a high, winning the previous two games and scoring nine goals in the process....
Scott Wilson And Brooks Orpik Throw Hands In First Game 7 Fight In 24 Years
The Penguins kept a lid on the Capitals tonight, scoring two goals on Caps mistakes to win. Brooks Orpik tried to light a fire under his soggy team by tossing mitts with Scott Wilson late in the third period. As hockey fights go it was fine, but as the NBC broadcast noted, it was the first fight tha...
Let The Braves Show You How Not To Execute A Rundown
The Astros put the finishing touches on a two-game series sweep of the Atlanta Braves this afternoon, coming back and winning 4-2. The Braves have not been good this year, but they are very consciously rebuilding, and a team full of younger guys will make some mistakes. Like this one, where Marwin G...
Manu Ginobili And Boris Diaw Had An Adorable Dunk Competition
These days, neither Manu Ginobili nor Boris Diaw do much dunking—the former had just two in the regular season, and the latter managed just one. But after slamming one in Game 7 of the Jazz-Clippers series......
The Rock Is Totally Going To Run For President Against John Cena In 2024
This excerpt in Caity Weaver’s GQ profile of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson makes me believe that within a few years, he’ll at least run for office, if not president:...
The Patriots Will Soon Have To Choose Between Tom Brady And Jimmy Garoppolo<em></em>
Now that the draft has come and gone without a Jimmy Garoppolo trade, it’s time to wonder what the Patriots’ end game is here. Because they’re going to have one big-ass decision to make in the months ahead. Tom E. Curran of CSN New England calls what’s potentially brewing in Foxboro “a tsunami,” and...
Jim McElwain Elaborates On How He's Not The Nude Man Humping A Shark
The University of Florida told Deadspin Monday that head football coach Jim McElwain was not the nude man humping a shark in a photo that made its way around the internet over the weekend. The coach was asked again about it Tuesday at a speaking engagement....
Max Scherzer Kicked Ass And Was Not Open To Suggestions
Max Scherzer was dominant last night, holding the Baltimore Orioles to just two runs in eight innings while striking out 11. He carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning, and he also made it clear that he didn’t want to put up with any bullshit from his coaches....
Erik Karlsson Put The Senators On His Back
If you want a measure of how valuable defenseman Erik Karlsson is to the Ottawa Senators, all you need to do is look at how much they use him....
Old Man Manu Ginobili Saved The Spurs
Kawhi Leonard didn’t take the court for the Spurs’ final play of regulation. After Patty Mills inexplicably head faked James Harden with 0.4 seconds left and nailed a shot well after the buzzer, Leonard still didn’t see the court in overtime. The beating heart of the Spurs missed most of the game’s ...
Connor McDavid Enjoys Interaction With Fans
Young Oilers superstar Connor McDavid can’t get enough of hanging out with eager fans! He loves it!...
Manu Ginobili Dunks On Father Time
The Spurs and Rockets are locked in the best game of the playoffs right now, and Manu Ginobili provided its best moment. The 39-year-old Argentinian sliced through the lane late in the second quarter and banged one in with his off-hand. The bench’s reaction says it all....
Jim Tomsula Spotted At Western Pennsylvania Sports Hall Of Fame Induction
Former San Francisco 49ers head coach and doormat salesman Jim Tomsula was inducted into the Western Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame this weekend, along with LaVar Arrington and other notables. Tomsula, who is currently the Skins’ defensive line coach, gave a hell of a speech....
Maybe The Raptors Should Just Be Happy With What They've Got<em></em>
In a press conference today, Raptors president Masai Ujiri said, “I feel talking now is BS, why we need to do this today, might as well talk to me in a month,” but nevertheless offered some 6,303 words of speculation on his team’s future. Those words were interesting, if fogged in layers of nuance, ...
Bucs Draft Pick Had To Live Out Of His Car Because Of Dumb NCAA Rule
Stevie Tu’ikolovatu was just drafted in the seventh round by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after playing a year at USC, where he was the school’s 2016 defensive MVP and the MVP of the Rose Bowl. He also spent two months living out of a car and an SUV after he transferred from Utah—with his wife joining h...
Can My Employer Take Away My Unused Vacation Time?<em></em>
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Isaiah Thomas To Heckler: "I Will Fuck You Up, And You Know That"
We missed this gem at the time, but here’s Boston’s wee hero talking some smack to a mouthy Game 3 attendee....