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Evangelista Santos To Give Away Donations He Received After Suffering Skull Fracture
After MMA fighter Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos suffered a gruesome skull fracture in a Bellator fight against Michael Page, his ex-wife set up a GoFundMe page to raise money for his medical bills. Santos ended up not needing that money, and now he’s giving it to a good cause....
José Mourinho Is Back, And He's His Old Shit-Talking Self
The José Mourinho Era at Manchester United officially kicked off today as the Portuguese manager was finally unveiled for the job he’s not-so-secretly pined after for years and we’ve all known he would get for months. Judging by the track suit he slipped into for the photo op on Old Trafford’s pitch...
Joe Maddon Used Some Advanced Tactics
The Cubs needed 15 innings to beat the Reds last night, finally putting them to sleep with a Javier Baez grand slam. But before that, Cubs manager Joe Maddon, everybody’s favorite crafty old baseball man, did some fun things with his lineup....
Croatia's Insane, Late Winner Turned The Euro 2016 Bracket Inside-Out
Until the 87th minute of this afternoon’s match against Spain, the biggest news Croatia had made at Euro 2016 was when fans threw a bunch of explosives and flares onto the pitch during a game against the Czech Republic. Croatian fans were reportedly planning another attack during the 30th minute tod...
Safe To Say Scott Van Pelt Won't Be Missing Skip Bayless
Tonight’s conclusion of the NBA season also means the imminent conclusion of Skip Bayless’s tenure as a polluter of ESPN’s airwaves. Many of his co-workers, it seems, are happy to see him leave....
Just How In The Hell Did This Guy Not Crash?
For some reason, the Tour de Suisse decided that a good place to stick a finish line was 100 meters after a 90-degree corner. When Danny van Poppel tried to squeeze past Peter Sagan on the inside corner, he clipped wheels and was on course to eat shit into the barrier until he made a miraculous save...
Another Vanderbilt Rape Retrial Has Begun
Another retrial has begun for one of the former Vanderbilt football players originally convicted of rape last year. It was more than a year ago when a jury found Cory Batey and Brandon Vandenburg guilty on all charges for their parts in raping an unconscious woman and recording the attack on cell ph...
Jeff Van Gundy Tells Incredible O.J. Simpson Chase Story
After seeing a promo for ESPN’s upcoming O.J. Simpson documentary, Jeff Van Gundy decided the time was right to tell an incredible story about the O.J. Simpson white Bronco chase, one that he and Pat Riley apparently held onto for two decades. I don’t know that I believe it, but I desperately want t...
It's Matt Murray Or Bust
On his very last day as a 21-year-old, on the very first shot he saw, Matt Murray allowed a goal. Then he got an early birthday present: a coach’s challenge showed Jonathan Drouin had been offside by the merest fraction of a second. It was back to 0-0, and Murray got down to business....
Who's Behind The Louis van Gaal Smear Campaign?
We’re reportedly only hours away from Manchester United’s beleaguered manager Louis van Gaal finally getting the ax, and maybe only days away from the similarly inevitable announcement that José Mourinho’s ass will replace van Gaal’s in that gilded though bloodstained manager’s seat at Old Trafford....
Vanderbilt Once Again Pulled Off The Rare Triple Steal
Auburn pitcher Justin Camp must have a notoriously slow windup or Ethan Paul must be an exceedingly brave baserunner, because during the seventh inning of this afternoon’s Auburn-Vanderbilt baseball game, Paul took off and stole home on Camp. Vanderbilt’s two other baserunners also managed to advanc...
Move Over Hank The Dog, There's A New Baseball Dog In Town
Hank the Dog, the Brewers’ pooch who may or may not be a hoax, was the most famous dog in baseball until this week, when the Savannah Bananas found this good doggy abandoned in their stadium parking lot. Her name is Daisy and she’s extremely good and handsome....
MLS Player Knocked Unconscious After Getting Flattened By Keeper
Vancouver Whitecaps forward Masato Kudo was going for a long ball when Matt Lampson lit into him with a vicious hit, flooring Kudo and rendering him temporarily unconscious while trying to scoop the ball up....
Hating-Ass West Ham Owner Thinks Leicester's Title Was All Luck
If this were any other year, West Ham would be one of the biggest stories in the Premier League. Here’s a club playing some of the prettiest soccer in the league, paced by hidden diamond Dimitri Payet, and has performed so well so consistently that they are still pressing for a Champions League spot...
Louis van Gaal: Hair-Pulling Is Only Cool When You're Fucking
During yesterday’s Manchester United-Leicester City match, professional agitators Marouane Fellaini and Robert Huth got into the little tiff you see above. Huth grabbed a handful of Fellaini’s ‘fro and gave it a yank, which Fellaini responded to by throwing an elbow and a slap toward Huth’s head....
Vancouver Whitecaps Fan Throws Popcorn At Player, Fights Security
MLS fans agitating players and getting into fights in the stands? Maybe they really are getting the hang of this soccer thing, after all!...
Professional Cyclist Gets Six-Year Ban For Using An Illegal Motor In Her Bike
Three months ago, in a muddy field in Belgium, cycling’s newest boogeyman first showed its face when 19-year-old Belgian cyclocross racer Femke Van den Driessche got caught using an illegal motor inside her bike. Since then, there have been a variety of murky reports on electromagnetic wheels, a tru...
The Pistons Are Never Going To Get Those Calls Against LeBron
It all fell apart rather quickly for the Pistons in Game 1 against the Cavaliers. For most of the game they acquitted themselves about as well as an 8-seed can hope to, sticking close to the favorites all the way into the final minutes of the fourth quarter. Then Reggie Jackson got mad....
All Hail Peter Sagan, Who Is Too Strong For Tactics
Halfway between the Paterberg and the Tour of Flanders finish line in Oudenaarde, Peter Sagan was slowing down....