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American Defender Matt Miazga Fined For Honking Opponent's Dick
Not long ago, exciting young American center back Matt Miazga was out in England effectively ending the Chelsea careers of legendary players John Terry and Radamel Falcao. The defender is now in the Netherlands honing his craft with Vitesse on loan from Chelsea, and he’s still threatening to end car...
The Scale Of The Olympics Is Staggering
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — The Olympics haven’t even started yet and already I’m sure that I underestimated their sheer scale. That should have been impossible, because there’s nothing about the size and scope of this that ever gets downplayed. When you’re watching at home, the effect is to be, perh...
The Only Thing That Works About The NFL Is Football
My friend tackled Shaun Alexander. Not recently, I should note. This was years ago, and years before the brief period during which Alexander was the best running back on earth. Alexander led the league in rushing in 2005 and was voted NFL MVP by the Associated Press, and then was out of the league ...
Everyone Looks Bad In The Josh McDaniels Mess
Following in the footsteps of his still-boss Bill Belichick, Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels changed his mind about becoming Colts head coach, pulling out of the job after the Colts had announced it and scheduled an introductory press conference for Wednesday. It’s a delicious story, b...
Breaking Down The Philly Gas Station Looting Footage<em></em>
The Philadelphia Eagles are Super Bowl champions, and the city is still here....
Russell Westbrook Magically Fouled By Floor, Own Feet
At the end of the third quarter of tonight’s Thunder-Warriors game, Russell Westbrook benefitted from a bizarrely bad foul call that was triggered by nothing but tripping over his own two feet, no meaningful contact from Golden State necessary:...
Giannis Jumped Over A Guy And It Ruled
It’s been a sad night for the Knicks and for Michigan basketball players, so why wouldn’t Giannis Antetokounmpo make things even more intense by jumping the fuck over Tim Hardaway Jr. on a fast-break alley-oop? Honestly, he slammed it so hard that nobody anywhere can feel anything other than breathl...
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Kristaps Porzingis Helped Off Court After Ugly Knee Injury [UPDATED]
Kristaps Porzingis left tonight’s game against the Bucks in the second quarter after suffering an apparent knee injury while dunking on Giannis Antetokounmpo. He was helped off the court by teammates, clearly not putting much weight on his left leg after spending some time in visible pain under the ...
Report: Suspended Kentucky Player Went To A Party With Armed Student Bodyguard
Sophomore Kentucky basketball forward Tai Wynyard was suspended indefinitely from all team activities on Tuesday, with a Kentucky spokesperson explaining the punishment by using the always vague “violation of team rules” reason. Wynyard, who before coming to Kentucky played as a non-contract player ...
Barstool Employee Unhappy About Being Filmed In The Shower By His Boss
On Saturday, Barstool Sports president and short-tempered Adderall pill Dave Portnoy posted a video of one of his employees, Adam Smith, naked in the shower. Portnoy published the video to Twitter and then deleted it because, he said, Smith “cried like a baby about his dick being on the internet.”...
Nick Foles Called The “Philly Special” Play Himself
The “Philly Special”—the trick play at the end of the first half of Super Bowl 52 when backup tight end Trey Burton took the ball on an end around and threw a touchdown pass to quarterback Nick Foles—is already etched in the mind of every Philadelphia sports fan....
We Ate Lutefisk And Didn’t Die<em></em>
So this is lutefisk, and it sucks. It’s fish that been preserved in lye and broken down into a strange jellylike texture, which is exactly as appeitizing as it sounds. We bought it because we were in Minnesota and it seemed like a very Minnesota thing to do even though virtually NO Minnesotans eat t...
Malcolm Butler Releases Statement, Denies Missing Curfew
Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler, who remained mysteriously benched for the Super Bowl while the Patriots surrendered 538 total yards to the Eagles, has released a statement denying thinly sourced reports that he was held out of the game because he missed curfew....
Let's Play Broomball: The Other Ice Sport!
Any asshole can play hockey, but the delightful Minnesotan sport of BROOMBALL is for TRUE ICEBOYS. ...
Burger Boy John Podhoretz Needs His Burger!
Being on Twitter for an extended period of time is guaranteed to make you a worse person. Most people, as they become bad, begin to exhibit the characteristics of few familiar archetypes: smarmy scold, aggressive moron, screaming sadist, wised-up industry knower, etc. It’s not good for you, but it i...
What Will Giannis Do To The Knicks Tonight?
To the very long and constantly growing list of Giannis Antetokounmpo’s skills, please add “Knick-killer.” Last year, in three games, he averaged 28.0 points, 10.3 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 2.3 steals, and 3.7 blocks. (Terrifyingly, this year these are starting to look like normal Giannis numbers again...
Gerard Deulofeu Is Back Where He Belongs
It only took a couple months for everyone to realize what had seemed obvious from the outset: that Gerard Deulofeu had made a big mistake coming back to Barcelona. Despite the Neymar departure and Barça’s subsequent struggles to lock down a replacement opening up an unexpectedly perfect avenue for D...
Someone Please Stop Ernie Grunfeld From Considering This Very Stupid Trade
I can think of no harsher or more depressing condemnation of the, god, coming up on 15 years Ernie Grunfeld, a cartilage-brained nincompoop who never saw a ruinous short-sighted midseason trade he didn’t like, has spent as the head personnel honcho of the Washington Wizards than that the following s...
This Fake Childish Gambino Rap Is Genius
A brief trailer for the new Star Wars movie starring some fucking guy as Han Solo and Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian aired during the Super Bowl. That was enough to inspire internet genius Demi Adejuyigbe to make a fake rap as Childish Gambino, the name Glover uses while rapping:...
Report: Foxboro Police Called To Rob Gronkowski's House For Reported Burglary
Police were called to Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski’s house this evening for a reported burglary, according to Boston 25 News....