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ESPN Wants Everyone To Know They're Not Actually Liberal And They've Got Math To Prove It
Amid absurd claims that ESPN’s so-called liberal bias has caused a drop in viewership in recent months—an opportunistic and disingenuous reading of the network’s financial troubles, which were primarily provoked by the Worldwide Leader’s failure to adapt quickly enough to technological innovations ...
UFC All-Timer Demetrious Johnson Mocks Bald Clown Dana White<em></em>
Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson is perhaps the greatest MMA fighter of all time, and yet he’s not a star....
Over 1,500 Juventus Fans Injured In Turin Crowd Stampede
The injury toll has risen to 1,500 people from a crowd stampede at a Turin public watch party for Juventus fans yesterday, per the BBC and others....
Smoke 'Em If You've Got 'Em
It’s not going well for the Italian side in the second half. ...
Juventus Equalize On Mario Mandžukić<em></em> Overhead Golazo Off Stunning Passes
Mario Mandžukić’s overhead stunner came off a series of volleyed passes to draw Juventus even with Real Madrid in the first half of today’s Champions League final; this one absolutely must be heard with the Fox Deportes commentary, because it is manic commentating done to perfection....
Coworker, Athletes Give Jason Whitlock Shit For Criticizing LeBron On Racism<em></em>
Jason Whitlock, a Fox Sports 1 employee whose purpose is to make Colin Cowherd look somehow pleasant by comparison, had quite an angle on police reports that a racist slur was spray-painted on LeBron James’s Los Angeles home. The All Takes Matter host called it a “disrespectful inconvenience” for Ja...
Big Baby Davis To Austin Rivers: "You're A Fucking Bum Who's Been Given The World"
Time to catch up on an amusing, low-grade NBA beef....
Margaret Court Says "Tennis Is Full Of Lesbians" And A Whole Bunch Of Bigoted Shit
Less than a week after Australian tennis champion turned preacher Margaret Court threatened to boycott Qantas airlines because its CEO supports same-sex marriage, she gave an interview to Vision Christian radio station in which she spewed a whole mess of other homophobic and transphobic shit includi...
Report: Michigan State Banned Texans' Keith Mumphery From Campus For Violating Sexual Misconduct Policy
Current Houston Texans and former Michigan State receiver Keith Mumphery is banned from his alma mater’s campus until 2019 as the result of a university investigation into a report of sexual assault, the Detroit Free Press reported today. The ban was a stipulation of Mumphery’s 2016 expulsion from M...
The Astros Keep Jacking
The Astros swept the Twins in Minnesota this afternoon, hitting six home runs in the process....
Reports: Jeb And Jeets Are Splitsville
Folks, our worst fears have seem to have come true: Jeb and Jeets have reportedly gone their separate ways, bringing an end to their joint pursuit of the Miami Marlins....
The Astros Scored 11 Runs In One Damn Inning
The Astros walloped the Twins yesterday in a 16-8 game that turned in Houston’s favor with an 11-run eighth inning, in which the team batted around (and then some) to take a 13-8 lead into the ninth. It was not ideal for the Twins; it was a very good day for the ‘Stros....
Russian Olympic Committee Reassures Fans That Gymnast Wearing "Feminist" T-Shirt Is Still Pretty
Russian gymnast Angelina Melnikova, the 2017 European champion on floor and a member of Russia’s silver medal-winning Rio Olympic team, recently posted several pictures of herself wearing a t-shirt that reads, “Everybody Should Be A Feminist.” At a time when grandmothers are wearing pink “pussy hats...
Iconic Sports Writer Frank Deford Dead At 78
Frank Deford, the legendary sports writer who worked for Sports Illustrated and NPR for decades, died yesterday in his home in Key West. Deford wrote some of Sports Illustrated’s most celebrated profiles, and he began to work as a correspondent for NPR’s Morning Edition in 1980. He retired from the ...
Devastating Punch Leaves Fighter Stumbling Around "Like A Freshly Born Horse"
Serbian Bojan Velickovic took a third-round win by TKO when his counterpunch left Sweden’s Nico Musoke so brain-scrambled that he stumbled around the ring for several moments at today’s UFC event in Stockholm. (Velickovic later landed a punch straight to Musoke’s forehead before referee Kevin Sataki...
President Of Belarus Calls National Hockey Team "Absolutely Spineless" For Missing World Championship Playoffs
Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, wasn’t happy with the national hockey team’s performance in the recent world championships. He has no qualms about letting people know that. ...
Injured Rugby League Player Miraculously Healed Once Punches Start Being Thrown
Today’s English rugby league championship match between Oldham Roughyeds and Rochdale Hornets ended in fisticuffs sparked by a head injury to Rochdale’s Danny Yates—a blow levied by his own teammate’s elbow, left a visible hematoma on Yates’s skull, but one that didn’t keep the scrum-half from enter...
More Gymnasts Testify About How Larry Nassar Sexually Abused Them
The preliminary hearing in the criminal case against former Michigan State and USA Gymnastics physician Larry Nassar continued today in a Michigan court, with four victims testifying about how they say the doctor sexually abused them under the guise of medical treatments. This hearing was a continua...
On The Women's Side, The French Open Is Anyone's
If the men’s winner of the French Open is a certitude—Rafael Nadal looks like a lock for his 10th title at Roland Garros—the women’s side is the opposite. Featuring an injured Simona Halep, the triumphant return of Petra Kvitova, Serena Williams off somewhere growing a human, no Maria Sharapova (co...
Get To Know Josh Sargent, American Soccer's Next Hot-Shit Prospect
The United States U-20 national team has plenty of big names on respected clubs. Cameron Carter-Vickers will probably get to feature in the vile (and admittedly decent) Tottenham first team next year. Before suffering a devastating ACL injury, Gedion Zelalem looked set to flirt with playing time at ...