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Here Is Your 2015 Women's World Cup Final Liveblog
Here we go. The United States women’s national team is taking on Japan in the World Cup final. Follow along as we yell and jingoistically babble our way through the game while the Americans attempt to Do The Whole Shit for the first time since 1999....
Helen Mirren Reads "Where The Sidewalk Ends" In Awesome Fox Promo
Fox’s Women’s World Cup coverage has been hit or miss, but this intro featuring Academy Award-winning actress Helen Mirren reading Shel Silverstein’s “Where the Sidewalk Ends” is simply outstanding. That’s Explosions In The Sky’s “Your Hand In Mine” as the music bed....
LeBron James Is Still Trolling Dan Gilbert And It's Hilarious
So there’s one free agent we haven’t heard much from this offseason, and it’s none other than LeBron James! James opted out of his contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and is technically free to sign with any team in the league at this very second. ...
Matt Stonie Shocks World, Defeats Joey Chestnut
Matt Stonie consumed 62 hot dogs and buns en route to a stunning upset of eight-time hot dog eating champion Joey Chestnut, who officially consumed 60 in ten minutes. Our old pal Tim “Eater X” Janus came in third with 35. Anyway, look how happy Stonie appears to be!...
Trevor Bauer Imitates Three Teammates' Batting Stances In One At-Bat
Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer had some fun last night with his rare opportunity to make some plate appearances, and made the most of his third trip to the plate in Pittsburgh by mimicking three of his teammates’ batting stances: Mike Aviles, Jason Kipnis, and Ryan Raburn. How well did he do? We place...
DeAndre Jordan Signs With Mavs, Is A Better GM Than Doc Rivers
Center DeAndre Jordan will sign a four-year, $80 million-plus max contract with the Dallas Mavericks, reports ESPN’s Marc Stein. Jordan was reportedly deciding between accepting Dallas’ offer and one from his now-former team, the Los Angeles Clippers....
Kevin Johnson Sues Sacramento, Hides Behind Group That Hates Him
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson is suing his own city and a local reporter to prevent the release of his emails. But officials of a mayoral group that the former NBA star and controversy magnet claims to be representing in his lawsuit say they’re not on his side....
Kings' Slava Voynov Pleads No Contest, Sentenced To 90 Days In Jail
Los Angeles Kings defenseman Slava Voynov was in Los Angeles Superior Court today to take a plea deal for his felony count of corporal injury to spouse with great bodily injury from the Oct. 19 alleged assault on his wife. Voynov pleaded no contest in order to reduce jail time, though he still could...
Korean Baseball Player Makes His Bat Flip Count
For Hwang Jae-gyun’s 21st home run, he held his bat out for a good four seconds before finally flipping it and trotting the bases. The Lotte Giants third baseman made sure the ball was fair so as to not squander such an excellent bat flip....
Justin Turner's Future Self Shows Up In Arizona
Is this the twin of Baseball Sasquatch Justin Turner, or a time-traveling version from the future? Either way, the two didn’t talk....
Jet Li's <i>Fist of Legend </i>Is One Of The Best Fight Movies Ever Made
In the very first scene of Fist of Legend, a group of Japanese karate students burst into a college engineering classroom. They’re mad because there’s one Chinese student in the class, and they think Japan should be for Japanese people only. Their idea, I guess, is that they’re going to find that on...
Phil Kessel And Leafs Fans Deserve Better Than The Toronto Media
The only value in the Steve Simmons column that everyone’s talking about this morning is the news that Phil Kessel eats a street hot dog every damn day. Personally, I think that’s funny and humanizing. Toronto’s troll-columnist-in-chief uses it as a fat joke, and exhibit A in the case for Kessel bei...
Tennis Player CoCo Vandeweghe Thinks Carmelo Anthony Is Soft As Hell
I have no idea why pro tennis player CoCo Vandeweghe was asked for her opinion on Carmelo Anthony and the Knicks, other than the fact that her uncle is former NBA player and GM Kiki Vandeweghe, but I sure am glad it happened. ...
Chicharito Fractures Collarbone, Could Miss Gold Cup
Mexico will be without their starting striker for much of the Gold Cup. During last night’s friendly against Honduras in Houston, Chicharito left in the 40th minute after suffering an apparent fractured collarbone. Chicharito was fouled while tracking down a wayward pass, landed on his shoulder awkw...
Larry Bird And The Pacers Don't Look Great In This David West Interview
David West surprised just about everybody when he opted out of the final year and $12.5 million left on his contract with the Indiana Pacers. Tonight he had an extensive sit-down with longtime Pacers reporter Bob Kravitz, and the upshot of the interview is that the Pacers organization is a low-rent ...
<i>Magic Mike XXL </i>Wants To Be A Feminist Fantasy, And Almost Succeeds
I was fully prepared for the bulges, for the leather thongs that wagged and bounced with every pelvic thrust from one of Magic Mike XXL’s stripper superheroes. I was ready for the more impromptu gyrations, too, like when Mike uses his rippling arms to drill nails into a workshop table, or when the c...
Kevin Love Is Staying With The Cavaliers
In a post on the Players’ Tribune, free-agent forward Kevin Love announced that he will be returning to the Cleveland Cavaliers this season. ...
Jim Harbaugh, Colin Cowherd Combine For A Disastrous Interview
Jim Harbaugh called into drive-time ratfuck Colin Cowherd’s radio show this morning for an interview, and it was spectacularly awful. Cowherd was throwing every possible question at the Michigan football coach, and Harbaugh couldn’t generate any semblance of dialogue. Cowherd ended up cutting the in...
Maybe <i>Creed </i>Can Help Everyone Forget About <i>Rocky Balboa</i>
Rocky Balboa, the sixth of the Rocky movies, may have been financially successful and critically acceptable, but man, it felt really dated with a 60-year-old Sylvester Stallone shuffling around with Antonio Tarver. Creed is clearly intent on extending the franchise with a new, young boxing protagoni...
Anthony Davis Agrees To NBA's Richest Deal
At midnight last night, NBA teams were allowed to begin negotiations with their players. One minute after that, the Pelicans and Anthony Davis agreed to a max extension that could keep the 22-year-old star center in New Orleans through 2021. One minute after that, Davis announced the news:...