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CEO Of Redskins' Foundation Has History Of Swindling Native Americans

The Washington Redskins Original Americans Foundation—with which Dan Snyder promises to end Native poverty just to make sure he can keep using a racial epithet as a team name—is off a poor start. The foundation's CEO's is accused of bilking Native Americans out of $1 million in federal funds. ...

2014 Name of the Year: Round Two, And A Note On Middle Names

Before we get to the second round of our tournament, I'd like to share a tip we received from a reader named Jeffrey. Jeffrey is not himself a Name of the Year nominee, but he is a Brandeis alum familiar with Mingus Mapps, the Bulltron Regional's 8-seed and a Brandeis poli-sci professor....

Miguel Cabrera's Contract Is Madness

Pending a physical, Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera will reportedly sign an eight-year contract extension worth $248 million. Given the two years left on his current deal, and two reported vesting options in the extension, Cabrera could make $352 million over the next 12 seasons. This is, to use a tec...

76ers Lose 26 Straight Games, Are Impressively Dedicated To Sucking

The Philadelphia 76ers lost their 26th straight NBA game to the Houston Rockets tonight, 120-98, tying the record for the most consecutive losses not only in the NBA, but in any of the four major U.S. sports leagues....

How Bad Did The NCAA Committee Mess Up This Year's Seeding, Exactly?

Journalists, Vegas oddsmakers, and that one college friend who you only hear from this time of year all agree: The NCAA tournament selection committee did a god-awful job of seeding the tournament teams this year. But, did it really?...

Jiu-Jitsu Master Eddie Bravo Wants You To Know The Truth About 9/11

Eddie Bravo is a curious case, a serious jiu-jitsu player who some think is a crackpot and some think is the truth. Best known for training UFC commentator/living expression of Reddit Joe Rogan, he's also done some impressive stuff in competition—his win over Royler Gracie at an event the Abu Dhabi ...

2014 Name of the Year: Dragonwagon and Chrotchtangle Regionals, Round 1

We love it when our name-inees display some competitive spirit, so we were thrilled to receive an email in that vein last night from Bulltron competitor Bernie Wagenblast. Here's what he had to say:...

How Roberto Luongo Saved Vancouver

In time, any serious hockey market will destroy its $64 million goaltender....

Northwestern Players Win First Step Toward Union Recognition

The director of the National Labor Relations Board's Chicago district ruled today that Northwestern football players do qualify as employees, and as such are entitled to form a union. This is as big as it sounds, but there is a ways to go before amateurism as we know it is ended....

In College Basketball, The Rich Are Just Getting Richer—And Smarter

Hey, SportVU motion-tracking cameras are coming to college basketball. In fact, they're already there, the New York Times explains, in arenas at Duke, Louisville, and Marquette this season. This is good news for any number of nerdy, obsessive reasons, and laughable news because, once the technology ...

2014 Payrolls And Salaries For Every MLB Team

With opening day just days away, it's time to look at the payrolls and salary breakdowns for every MLB team. There are familiar faces near the top and bottom of the list, but a new franchise claims the spending crown for the first time in 15 years....

Georgia Men's Basketball Has Policies Against Orgies And Gangbangs

Thanks to a few University of Maryland journalism students' public records requests, we know what one collegiate athletic program expects from its players' fucking habits, among other activities....

Spurs Players Hear Spooky Noises During Stay In Allegedly Haunted Hotel

(Turn the lights off before reading for maximum effect.) ...

2014 Name Of The Year: Bulltron And Sithole Regionals, Round 1

The 2014 Name of the Year tournament kicks off today in the quadrants named after Assumption Bulltron, crowned the first-ever Name of the Decade, and Godfrey Sithole, the 1985 Name of the Year champion....

The Amazing, Vivid Sports Artwork Of Mickey Duzyj

Mickey Duzyj is an artist and designer living in Brooklyn. The Detroit native's work has been featured in the New Yorker, Rolling Stone, ESPN, Esquire and Grantland. ...

MLBers Say Mike Trout Is The Best—But Not Worth A Historic Contract?

The new ESPN The Magazine has an anonymous survey of 143 current MLB players, and 56 percent of them peg Mike Trout as the best player in the majors. Miguel Cabrera got 26 percent of the vote, and Clayton Kershaw got six percent. But they don't think he's that much more valuable, which isn't exactly...

Someone Named Quinton Ross Found Dead [Update]

Update: The Post has walked back its earlier report, and now claims that the body found in Queens this morning is that of another man named Quinton Ross, not the former NBA player....

ThinkProgress and others take issue with Roger Pielke, Jr., a new contributing science writer at FiveThirtyEight, who was last seen on the receiving end of a six-page thumper of a White House response about his positions on the California drought. Give this some time, but it hasn't gone great out of...

Doomsday Prepper Sells Heavy Metal Bed & Breakfast To Fund Marijuana Biz

My neighbor is a reality TV star. Brent Bruns II, who with his family appeared on such intelligent National Geographic Channel programs as Doomsday Preppers and Doomsday Castle, decided to settle down in our neighborhood and open a rock & roll-themed bed and breakfast. Alas, he's now selling it to g...

Mercer's Monty Brown Doesn't Remember Yesterday's Upset Over Duke

Mercer big man Monty Brown suffered a concussion yesterday and played only four minutes in the Bears' huge win over Duke. Brown was held out of the game after the hit you see above and will not play tomorrow. Rachel Nichols also reports that Brown can't remember anything about the game....