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Report: Cleveland Browns Still A Huge Mess
The Browns are bad and hilarious, and it sure looks like they will never stop being that way. The latest report on the team’s persistent, ingrained dysfunction comes from ESPN reporter Tony Grossi, and it reveals that GM Ray Farmer’s practice of texting members of the coaching staff during games was...

Batman Is A Corny Dingus, And Superman Should Whomp His Ass
As the title suggests, the upcoming stupid-ass movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice will feature Batman and Superman opposing each other, at least for a while, before they inevitably come together to form what will become the Justice League of America. I do not follow this garbage film franchise...

USA Rugby cut former captain Todd Clever from its Pacific Nations Cup squad for “multiple squad conduct violations.” Know any more? Email us at [email protected]. [USA Rugby]...

The United States Lost At Baseball
Stupid Canada....

Nuggets Trade Point Guard Ty Lawson To Houston Rockets
The Denver Nuggets will trade point guard Ty Lawson to the Houston Rockets, according to ESPN’s Marc Stein and Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski. ...

Oops, She Did It Again: Dibaba Sets World Record At 1500 Meters
Ethiopian Genzebe Dibaba crushed a field of the world’s best women in the 1500 meter business yesterday, July 17th, at a Diamond League meet in Monaco. She scorched the three-and-a-half lap race in 3:50.07, shaving nearly half a second off Qu Yunxia’s 22-year-old mark of 3:50.46 and improving her ow...

David Beckham Will Build His Soccer Stadium Next To Marlins Park
David Beckham’s Miami Football Club appears it will finally have a stadium to call home. After a 17-month, back-and-forth process, Miami mayor Tomas Regalado announced Friday a tentative deal to build Beckham’s soccer stadium on land adjacent to Marlins Park. ...

Ty Lawson Will Enter Alcohol Treatment Program
Denver Nuggets point guard Ty Lawson, who was arrested Tuesday for suspicion of driving under the influence in Los Angeles, will enter a 30-day residential treatment program Saturday for his alcohol issues, his lawyers said Friday. ...

Bruins Rookie Jake DeBrusk Is Already Showing Off
The Bruins’ 14th overall draft pick Jake DeBrusk is already getting notice for his skills in development camp. The 18-year-old winger pulled off an impressive behind-the-back flick on goalie Zane McIntyre today....

Even Paul Rudd Can't Save <i>Ant-Man</i>
1. If you’re going to make a movie about a superhero whose superpower is being able to shrink to the size of an ant and then command ants to do his bidding, it’s fair to say that having a good handle of the ridiculous will come in handy. This is an Ant-Man! That’s the dumbest superhero power ever! H...

Andre Iguodala Is Going Back To The Bench
Andre Iguodala started every game of his NBA career until last season, when he didn’t start a single one until Game 4 of the NBA Finals. You know how that went, even if his Finals MVP award remains unthinkable. But when the Warriors take the court next season with pretty much the same roster, coach ...

<i>Road House </i>Is Patrick Swayze's Finest Hour, And Also America's
Here’s something fun: Imagine the conversations that Terry Funk, the eternally grizzled pro wrestler, and John Doe, the co-leader of the great art-punk band X, had on the set of Road House. By 1989, the year that this beautifully ridiculous action flick hit theaters, those two were legends in their ...

NBA Players' Union: Adam Silver Is Full Of Crap
On Tuesday, in response to a question at a press conference after a Board of Governors meeting, NBA commissioner Adam Silver asserted that a “significant” number of NBA teams were losing money. This mirrored what Silver said at the beginning of the season, which the league repeated two months ago....

Here's The Best Sports Highlight Of The Day
There aren’t many good sports highlights for you today, so here’s a dorky bird knocking a soccer ball into a small goal. The bird also dances....

Move The Minnesota Vikings To Pluto
Thanks to the New Horizons probe, the world’s seeing marvelous new photos of dwarf planet Pluto and its moons this week. The 10-year trip cost approximately $720 million, and as WCCO’s Pat Kessler pointed out in a lighthearted way, the Minnesota Vikings’ new stadium will require more money and not c...

Five Years Ago Today, Bengie Molina(!) Hit For The Cycle
Baseball’s still on a break, so take a second to remember an unexpected feat that happened five years ago today: Bengie Molina hit for the damn cycle....

<i>Teen Mom 2</i> Is Back: Why Are We Still Watching This Shit?
The sixth season of MTV’s Teen Mom 2 is upon us, disrupting our Thursday nights with the usual turmoil: custody battles, problematic exes, run-ins with the law, souring relationships, and so forth. At this point, the four young stars of the series, who we first met in 2010 on the network’s flagship ...

Reports: Colin Cowherd To Leave ESPN, Join Fox Sports
Notable smegma man Colin Cowherd is ending his tenure at ESPN and apparently bringing his show to Fox Sports. (While a deal isn’t yet finalized, that seems like a formality.) The Big Lead’s Ryan Glasspiegel first reported the move....