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What More Details Do Rafael Nadal And Novak Djokovic Need To Cancel Their Saudi Arabia Exhibition?

As of now, world No. 1 Rafael Nadal and No. 2 Novak Djokovic are still slated to play in a December exhibition in Saudi Arabia, and have yet to decline the invitation even as details about the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi continue to emerge. Nadal and Djokovic cited the duration of their com...

Boban Marjanovic Can Ferociously Dunk By Just Kinda Leaning Back

As a general rule, garbage time is unfun to watch—just a bunch of guys scrimmaging out in the public sphere, the actual game long reduced to a formality. The large exception to that rule is named Boban. There will never be a time when 7-foot-3 center Boban Marjanovic is on a basketball court and doe...

Thank God The Boban Show Is Back

Nothing changes the complexion of an NBA game, or the welfare of its hoop apparatus, faster or more decisively than the release of Boban. The Nuggets knew this, but had no one who could impede him. The Clippers knew it, but they also know that Boban’s is a power that can be harnessed only for precio...

Novak Djokovic Is On A Blistering Tear

At Wimbledon, Novak Djokovic reascended, and he’s more or less stayed there ever since. It took awhile to fully jar himself out of his blue period, but the Serb is back to dominating in all in the old ways, barely leaving so much as a scrap for anyone else. When Novak Djokovic is in full flow, he ta...

Rafael Nadal And Novak Djokovic Look Forward To Being Pawns In Saudi Arabia's Shameless Image Rehab

On Oct. 7, one day after Reuters first reported the alleged murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who Turkish officials later said was tortured and dismembered by Saudi agents in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, Head of Saudi Arabia’s General Sport Authority Turki Al-Alshaikh announce...

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No Man Under 30 Has Won A Tennis Major<em></em>

Happy birthday to Marin Cilic, who turns 30 today, and thanks for making tennis history. As of Sept. 28, no men’s tennis player under the age of 30 has won a major. This has never occurred before in the sport. Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Stan Wawrinka, Juan Martin Del P...

If This Really Was Bryce Harper's Last Home Game As A National, VICTOR ROBLES VICTOR ROBLES

There are two kinds of people in the world: those who get misty while reading about Bryce Harper walking around in his uniform more than three hours before what could be his last home game as a National, and those who have no time for sentimentality because they’re too busy drooling over what Victor...

Boxer Victor Ortiz Turns Himself In On Rape Charges [Update]

Boxer Victor Ortiz, who has been charged with multiple counts of sexual assault, including “forcible rape,” turned himself in Tuesday, as the Ventura County Star first reported....

How <i>Golf Digest</i> Started A Movement To Free A Man Wrongfully Convicted Of Murder

Golf Digest is not a political publication. Recent stories include “2018 Ryder Cup frequently asked questions” and “Web.com Tour introduces the Evans Scholars Invitational to schedule, with all proceeds aiding caddies’ college scholarships.” Many of the cover lines in the monthly print issue are ab...

Michael Bradley Might As Well Retire After Zlatan Ibrahimović Ethered Him

Zlatan Ibrahimović scored what might have been the greatest goal of his life last Saturday in the L.A. Galaxy’s game against Toronto FC. Somehow, that goal—the 500th of his career—might not have been the most ruthless thing he did that day....

Roger Goodell Is Every Bit The Overcompensating Dipshit He Seems To Be

Excerpted from Big Game: The NFL In Dangerous Times, out today from Penguin Press....

Why Don't More Soccer Teams Scoop Up Easy Goals From Cool Free-Kick Routines Like This?

PAOK scored the first goal of their Champions League qualifying match against a superior Benfica team off of a neat little coordinated free-kick routine. Watch the goal above, because it’s cool, and then ponder the following: What is it about free goals that have the big tough soccer boys afraid of ...

Boban Plays Tennis

Boban Marjanovic appears to be spending some of his offseason back in his native Serbia, which has produced tennis stars like reigning Wimbledon champ Novak Djokovic and former No. 1 Ana Ivanovic. As tall, smooth-moving players with big serves increasingly find success in the men’s game, it’s become...

Novak Djokovic Wasted No Movements In This Racket Destruction

Cue the well-deserved praise for Stefanos Tsitsipas, the fast-rising Greek 19-year-old who today convincingly dismissed Wimbledon champ Novak Djokovic from the Rogers Cup, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3. Instead of lingering on this teenager’s breakout victory, or the searing forehand winner he hit to consolidat...

That Time An Ass Exam Scuttled The Sixers' Chances Of Signing Pete Maravich

Basketball what-ifs can be a fun game to play, so here’s one that wouldn’t have significantly changed the course of NBA history but is nonetheless odd: Did you know an in-his-twilight “Pistol” Pete Maravich might have picked the Celtics over the 76ers because of a threatened ass exam?...

Report: Novak Djokovic Split Up With Hug-Loving Spiritual Adviser To Bring Back Old Coach

Newly crowned Wimbledon champ Novak Djokovic might look a lot like his old dominant self, but he’s still coming off a two-year major title drought and psychological slump. During that span, his support staff was constantly churning....

Novak Djokovic Is Novak Djokovic Again

A fatless and notably tall-headed man going by the name “Novak Djokovic” spent a lot of his time on tennis courts over the last 18-odd months, and succeeded even in being granted entry to some important professional tournaments. There he beat some solid tennis players, even though, off the court, h...

Novak Djokovic Decisively Puts Away Kevin Anderson For Fourth Wimbledon Crown

Kevin Anderson tried his hardest to upset Novak Djokovic in the men’s Wimbledon Final, but the Serbian wasn’t having any of that. No. 12 Djokovic effortlessly defeated No. 8 Anderson in three sets, 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (3), capturing his fourth Wimbledon title and 13th Grand Slam title....

Wimbledon's Tall Men Semifinal Might Be Dull, But Don't Miss A Novak-Rafa Classic

Back by popular demand, Various Tall Men have thrived once again at the Wimbledon Championships: Kevin Anderson and John Isner will face off in a men’s semifinal. The universe is stupid and cruel, so it is not possible to rule out the outcome that Isner will win that match, then serve 120-something ...