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Pep Guardiola Apparently Gave His Players A Sex Curfew

Pep Guardiola is notoriously exacting. The Manchester City manager used to regulate which cars his players were allowed to drive while he was coaching at Barcelona, so it’s no surprise then that Guardiola has takes on when he wants his players to do it (sex)....

Give Bill Walton His Damn Bike Back [Update]

Here are some facts about Bill Walton: He has a long history of serious injuries to his back and feet; those injuries and the 40-odd surgeries he’s undergone to manage them have caused him great pain, and at one point he said he contemplated suicide; he has a near-religious affinity for riding his b...

What It's Like To Wake Up And Find Yourself Working For Donald Trump

Career civil and foreign service employees in the U.S. government woke up last week to the prospect of having to work for Donald Trump. What are all these (publicly discreet) professionals actually thinking right now? We have a small glimpse....

Gregg Popovich Blasts Donald Trump's Election In Lengthy Monologue: "We Are Rome"<em></em>

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, who has long given well-thought-out responses to a host of social and political issues, spent six minutes of his press conference before tonight’s game against the Pistons harshly criticizing President-elect Donald Trump, and the fact that people voted for him after the c...

Donald Trump's Victory Speech: "I Am Reaching Out To You For Your Guidance And Your Help"

Donald Trump claimed victory tonight from New York City in a speech that featured the presumptive president-elect stating that his road to the presidency was “not a campaign, but a movement.” An uncorrected transcript from closed captioning follows:...

The Man Has Spoken

Please Help Leandro Barbosa Find His Very Good Doggie [VERY HAPPY UPDATE]

Suns guard Leandro Barbosa has a very sweet looking dog named Maya, who apparently left his Paradise Valley, Ariz. home today and got lost....

The Thunder Are Locking Up What They Have

The Oklahoma City Thunder still have to figure out how to be a consistent playoff contender without Kevin Durant anchoring the roster, but they made two moves today that have given the future (the near future, at least) a more defined shape....

High School Team Beats Opponent In Victory Formation By Successfully Swiping The Snap

Friday night’s Goddard-Artesia high school game in New Mexico ended with a winning field goal after Goddard players successfully snatched the snap away from the center as Artesia attempted to kneel in victory formation:...

Gregg Popovich Offers Touching Story Of His Friendship With Steve Kerr

In his first game without Tim Duncan since the Mesozoic Era, Gregg Popovich got wistful and told a touching story about his relationship with old friend Steve Kerr....

John McCain Promises To Defy The Election Results

While Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is going off on paranoid rants about how the media and inner-city voters are trying to steal the election from him, his on-and-off supporter Senator John McCain has already moved on to the larger picture. Today, he pledged to ignore the result of th...

Do You Have To Define Your Relationship While You're Apart?

A reader asks:...

Gregg Popovich Lovingly Booted Boban Marjanovic Away From The Spurs

The Pistons have signed three former Spurs players in the past two offseasons. Aron Baynes signed in 2015, and Ray McCallum (most recently of the Grizzlies) joined the team this year. Additionally, 7-foot-3 Serbian Hulk Boban Marjanovic signed a three-year, $21 million deal with the Pistons in July....

Liveblogging The Vice-Presidential Debate Between Mike And Uh … Steve?

Tonight at 9 p.m., two men who are probably never going to be president will spend 90 minutes speaking to each other in firm yet respectful tones. I haven’t been able to sleep in weeks. ...

Novak Djokovic Visits The Bomb-Ravaged Tennis Club From His Childhood

Novak Djokovic livestreamed a visit Monday to some childhood tennis courts that were struck by the 1999 NATO bombing campaign in what was then Yugoslavia. Hiking through Kopaonik, Serbia, the No. 1 player pointed out three former clay courts, now overrun by vegetation, only a fence and net post rem...

Stan Wawrinka Says He Had An Anxiety Attack Before The U.S. Open Final

To watch Stan Wawrinka dispatch Novak Djokovic in the U.S. Open final last month was to see the physical toll the sport can take. Both men looked dazed and drenched in the heat of late-summer New York City, and Djokovic cramped severely and took an injury timeout for a blistered, bloodied toe. But t...

Tim Duncan Is The Spurs' New "Coach Of Whatever He Feels Like"

The Gregg Popovich-Tim Duncan relationship one has been magical for a long time:...

Aleksandar Mitrović Damn Near Kills Teammate In A Fit Of Ecstasy 

Newcastle fought back from a 3-2 deficit against Norwich yesterday with two stoppage time goals to snatch a 4-3 win. Obviously, this had everyone super fuckin’ amped. None more so than Aleksandar Mitrović, who was so caught up in the moment that he almost snapped the winning goalscorer’s neck in cel...

Gregg Popovich Explains America

If Colin Kaepernick wanted to get people talking—or, rather, to amplify the conversation for the benefit of those who wish to avoid it—he succeeded. Just about every sports figure has been asked their takes on the national anthem protests, and on the issues at stake, and yesterday, at Spurs media da...

No, Donald Trump's Camp Isn't Deleting His Stupid Climate Change Tweets

The following tweet went viral tonight; it’s a lie....