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NESN Suspends Anchor For Unleashing Stream Of Insults At Woman Who Told Him No [Updated]

Alyssa Labrie first posted on Facebook privately over the weekend, saying New England Sports Network anchor Marc James exploded at her in a string of angry text messages after she said she didn’t want to get drinks with him. Labrie told me that after she heard from people saying it needed to be kno...

Barstool Sports Asked Potential Employee To Sign Away Her Right To Be Offended<em></em><em></em>

This afternoon, former Fox Sports college football host Elika Sadeghi told a story about how she recently walked away from a job offer from a sports media company because it asked her to sign an agreement acknowledging that she would willingly work in an environment where she might be exposed to “nu...

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How UNH Turned A Quiet Benefactor Into A Football-Marketing Prop

The internet abounds in cheerful content, and last fall one of its most cheerful stories started like this: In a press release, the University of New Hampshire announced that an elderly librarian had died—and left the school a shocking donation of $4 million....

Isaiah Thomas Has Had It Rough

The new Lee Jenkins jam does what it usually does—suffuse its subject with a big old cloud of pathos—and his current subject, Isaiah Thomas, couldn’t be more deserving of the treatment. Thomas landed in Boston after languishing under-appreciated in Sacramento and Phoenix, made All-NBA teams, led the...

Report: Gary Andersen Was Fed The Hell Up With His Coaching Staff 

It’s been just over 24 hours since Gary Andersen abruptly stepped down from his post as Oregon State head coach, but the picture of the shitshow going on behind the scenes throughout the first half of a frustrating season for the Beavers is starting to take shape, thanks to the reporters at The Oreg...

How Did Jason Whitlock Do This?

Earlier today, All Takes Matter co-host Jason Whitlock sent a tweet that was genuinely mystifying:...

Hail Shapo

Eighteen-year-old Denis Shapovalov cracked the top 50 this week, becoming the youngest player to do so since an 18-year-old Rafael Nadal in 2004. Congrats to Shapo....

Harvey Weinstein Wouldn’t Take No For An Answer<em></em>

In an audio recording released today by the New Yorker, you can hear the true, common-as-all-hell approach Harvey Weinstein used against the women who say he assaulted them: Wear them down....

Falling From High Places Might Be Shane McMahon's Best Skill

You know what’s not fun? Watching a pro wrestling match in 2017 with a genuine fear that someone is about to be maimed....

A Day On The Set Of <i>Fat City</i>, John Huston's Cult Classic

Originally published as “Up In Fat City: On The Set With Keach And Huston” in the Rolling Stone in 1971, this feature appears here with permission from Lewis’s estate....

The FBI's College Basketball Investigation Made Simple

Even though the fallout from the FBI’s ongoing college basketball investigation is just in the beginning stages, the abruptness of the Department of Justice’s announcement made it difficult to keep tabs on just what or who is being investigated, let alone understand the sprawling effects this will h...

"Duck, Duck, Gray Duck" Isn't Just A Stupid Regionalism, It's A Better Game

A bunch of kids sit in a circle. One kid, who is “it,” walks the circumference, tapping the seated kids one by one, saying “duck, duck,” and then tapping a kid and saying something other than “duck,” and that kid has to chase and tag “it” before “it” makes it back around the circle to sit in the new...

Trevor Bauer Had A Rough Start And Then Went On A Twitter Blocking Spree

There were a lot of goats in Cleveland’s 7-4 Game 4 loss Monday to the Yankees, which makes them 4-17 in their last 21 potential clinchers dating back to that nightmarish Game 7 of the 1997 World Series. But even with the four errors committed by the Indians, this one was ultimately over after a fou...

Iceland's Soccer Warriors Do Thor Proud By Qualifying For Their First World Cup Ever

Iceland is a nation that for generations has gazed upon the horizon and seen dozens of armies gearing up for the battle that is World Cup qualifying, each one with infantry ranks wildly outnumbering their own. Yet in the face of this enormous challenge the mighty Icelanders sharpened their swords wi...

The Red Sox And Astros Got Bullpen Crazy In Game 4

This afternoon’s ALDS Game 4 between the Astros and Red Sox was wild and messy, and it’ll be a difficult one to top both in terms of drama and bullpen management....

Oregon State's Gary Andersen Resigns, Unnecessarily Gives Up Millions Of Dollars

In the midst of a third consecutive disappointing season, Oregon State and head coach Gary Andersen have parted ways; they’re now telling everyone that they decided to “mutually part,” with Andersen electing to forgo all the money he’s still owed per his contract....

Nick Kyrgios's Tantrum Was Rafael Nadal's Cue To Dominate

How was your weekend? I got myself a nice bowl of pasta but some new mosquito bites. Nick Kyrgios, too, had both good and bad times....

Leonard Fournette Wasn't Afraid Of The Steelers

Jags rookie running back Leonard Fournette finished yesterday’s win against the Steelers with 181 rushing yards on 28 carries. Those look like stats belonging to a running back who dominated the whole game, but that’s not quite what happened. Instead, Fournette gave the Steelers three quarters of ho...

Dutch Soccer Player Somehow Misses Wide-Open Goal 

The Harkemase Boys, of Holland’s fourth tier, were up 2-0 when Dennis van Duinen made a beautiful run, shook off a defender, beat the keeper, and faced a completely empty net. With glory a heartbeat away, he doinked the ball right over the crossbar....