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Fernando Tatis is Defecating on Baseball’s ‘Unwritten Rules’ and it’s Spectacular
The custom of baseball, after some manager bitches about unwritten rules that he very well may have made up, is that everyone wants the whole conflict to go away as quickly as possible. You’ll hear some pregame quotes about going overboard or respecting the opponent or some other boilerplate horsesh...
RIP Dale Hawerchuk, a Really Good Player on a Team That Didn't Do Anything
Dale Hawerchuk was a man in the right time, but the wrong place....
Hornets Radio Play-by-Play Guy Somehow Tweets N-Word by Mistake
How do you accidentally type the N-word?...
If You Can Hit a Grand Slam, Do It
Last week, The Associated Press ran a feature on Fernando Tatis Jr., the 21-year-old San Diego Padres shortstop who is living up to the hype as baseball’s best prospect....
Of Course Two White Guys Got the Job
What must it feel like to be a woman covering football at ESPN to see this latest news from Bristol....
WWE’s Sonya Deville Targeted for Kidnapping as World Continues to Be Awful
In yet another incident demonstrating the hellscape the world has become, and especially for female athletes/performers/celebrities, WWE star Sonya Deville was forced to flee her house to escape a man attempting to take her hostage who had stalked her for months online....
Move Over LeBron, All Hail King Kawhi
When the dust clears on the 2020 NBA playoffs, there will be a new king in the Association....
Bad Day for the Cardinals’ Roel Ramirez, Who Gave Up Four Homers in a Row
The Cardinals’ season restart is running into more hurdles, but at least this time it’s on an actual baseball field....
The Problem With Mark Grace and Sports Media
Mark Grace has never come across like the brightest bulb on the tree....
The Best of Their Generation: Pop Lloyd and Oscar Charleston
This is a story about two great baseball players: Pop Lloyd and Oscar Charleston. They played in the Negro Leagues 100 years ago. Most stories about players like this rely on stories of old ballplayers and writers who saw them. Some of these stories are true, some are exaggerated and some are totall...
Even Daniel Snyder’s Ownership Partners Want Him to Sell
Everyone has had it with Dan Synder, including his ownership partners....
Why Should College Sports Shut Down? Ex-NFL-Almost-Rookie Kemah Siverand, That’s Why
Kemah Siverand went undrafted out of Oklahoma State, but the cornerback signed as a free agent with the Seattle Seahawks. On Tuesday, Siverand was cut, a move that ordinarily would draw little notice....
It’s Time to Cancel the Cardinals’ Season
If it’s a new day, it must mean that someone else in the Cardinals organization tested positive for COVID-19. And whaddya know.....
Big-Talking Coaches Boo-Hoo 'Let The Kids Play,' But Were MIA About BLM
If only these big-time college football coaches had the same energy for Black Lives Matter....
Dallas Becomes the Nexus of All Our Problems
On the same day that Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said that the Cowboys will play in front of their fans when the NFL season kicks off, it must turn his incredibly stretched skin red and close to rupture to know that another team in Dallas was the first to play in front of fans last night....
What’s Better Than a Little WrestleMania Tank Sex?
One of the best moments in pro wrestling history just reached a whole other level of legendary status....
What Are the Odds That 23,000 People Attending a Horse Race Is a Bad Idea?
Churchill Downs announced today that 23,000 people will be able to attend September’s Kentucky Derby in accordance with the track’s health and safety plan....
Bubble Dumb: College Football Coaches Are The Last People Who Should Be In Charge
It’s long been a truth to college football coaches that any problem can be solved by making sure players study their playbooks more. Creating a “bubble,” as they see it in their mind, is actually utopia to pretty much every college football coach. An environment where all a player can do is stay in ...
Hockey Playoffs Off to Excruciating 5-OT Start, Damien Lillard Joins Wilt in Rarefied Air
The official NHL Playoffs got started yesterday afternoon, and apparently won’t ever stop. For the first time in history, one NHL Playoff game had to be bumped to the next day because another NHL Playoff game squatted on the ice for just over six hours, the kind of thing you do before David Blaine t...
AEW Has Run Out Of Excuses for Its Women’s Division
When AEW came onto the scene about a year ago, it promised a lot of things. It promised a lot of things that would be different than the other wrestling/TV company, WWE. It would feature a bigger variety of styles and performers, it would have an actual tag-team division, it wouldn’t be afraid to be...