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Kyle Seager And Carlos Ruiz Shouting Animal Names At Each Other Is The Best Pregame Ritual

Impassioned speeches, elaborate handshakes, and weird meals are all played out. The new hot thing in pregame rituals is taking a firm grasp of your buddy’s hand, looking deep into his eyes, and shouting in Spanish the names of as many animals as you can think of. Allow Kyle Seager and Carlos Ruiz to...

Packers Fan Suing Bears Gets On Soldier Field In Atlanta Falcons Jersey

The Packers and Bears resume the oldest rivalry in professional football tomorrow night, with the Bears visiting Lambeau Field for the teams’ 195th meeting. (The series, amazingly, is currently tied 94-94-6.) One man who will be in attendance for the game is Russell Beckman....

Carmelo Anthony Owns Knicks One Final Time, Will Start At Power Forward For OKC

Carmelo Anthony will be Oklahoma City’s starting power forward, according to coach Billy Donovan and Melo himself. This gives the Thunder a very cool and good starting five with tons of switching fluidity on defense; much more importantly: LOL....

Ray Lewis Says He Dropped To Two Knees During Anthem Because Of Jesus

Former NFL player and noted nonsense-talker Ray Lewis, who has previously been critical of Colin Kaepernick’s decision to kneel during the national anthem to protest police brutality, linked arms with several Ravens players and went down to two knees before Sunday’s game in London. The act seemed li...

Yankees Fan Ejected For Tipping Pitches

With a 6-1 win over the Rays, the Yankees clinched home-field advantage for the wild card game, likely against the Twins. But the most drama came in the eighth, when a fan sitting behind home plate was ejected from the stadium for trying to tip pitches with Gary Sanchez at bat....

Lynx Hold Off Sparks Comeback To Take Game 2 Of The WNBA Finals

The Minnesota Lynx staved off a second-half comeback by the Los Angeles Sparks in tonight’s Game 2 of the WNBA Finals—with the Sparks squandering two key opportunities in a wild and messy final minute before losing, 70-68, to even the series at one game apiece....

Lou Holtz: I Basically Know What It's Like To Be A Black Man Targeted By Police<em></em>

During my nightly viewing of Fox News, a familiar nasally, barely comprehensible voice called out from the abyss, mumbling, I have opinions about black people protesting!...

Sheffield Wednesday Manager Smashes Money To Prove His Team Doesn't Suck

Carlos Carvalhal, the manager of underachieving English second-tier club Sheffield Wednesday, faced some tough questions from the media following a 4-2 defeat to crosstown rivals Sheffield United. Rather than answer simply with words, a testy Carvalhal pulled out a 20-pound note and gave reporters a...

Joel Ward: "I've Experienced A Lot Of Racism Myself In Hockey," May Kneel For Anthem

Sharks winger Joel Ward said that he may kneel in protest during the national anthem in a San Jose Mercury News interview focusing on his experience as one of hockey’s relatively few black players....

Report: Dwyane Wade Signs One-Year Deal With The Cavs

Fresh off his buyout from Chicago, Dwyane Wade is headed to Cleveland, signing a one-year, $2.3 million deal with the Cavs, according to The Vertical’s Shams Charania....

Hopefully he’s all good now....

Carson Wentz Said He’d Give His Game Check To Jake Elliott If He Made 61-Yard Game-Winning FG

Jake Elliott’s big kick not only won the game for the Eagles Sunday. It might’ve won Elliott a big payday....

Michael Beasley Just Wants To Know Who The Real Brain Genius Is

Michael Beasley is new to New York. Already he has said that he is “your favorite player’s favorite player” and that he, at 28, can still be “one of the best in the NBA.” Slow your roll, Beez. There are at least two more reasonable goals for you to achieve first: starting small forward(???) for the...

Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week: Cam Newton's Wobbling

Welcome to Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week, a recurring feature in which we celebrate the worst quarterback play the NFL has to offer....

Four College Basketball Coaches Charged With Bribery And Fraud [Updated]

Four college basketball coaches have been arrested after being charged by the Manhattan U.S. Attorney with various counts of bribery and fraud. The arrests resulted from a nearly two-year investigation that examined the shady links between college basketball coaches and outside businesses, including...

Fans Cheer Bruce Maxwell In First At-Bat Since Kneeling For Anthem

In his first plate appearance since he began kneeling for the national anthem, Oakland A’s catcher Bruce Maxwell was greeted with a round of cheers from the crowd as he went to bat in the second inning of tonight’s game against the Mariners:...

Dez Bryant's Superhero Touchdown Delighted The ESPN Deportes Announcing Team

Dez Bryant’s 15-yard touchdown catch that saw him singlehandedly beating half the Cardinals defense gave the Cowboys a seven-point lead and gave ESPN Deportes announcers Álvaro Martín and Raúl Allegre the ride of their lives....

Cowboys Try To Please Everyone By Kneeling Before Anthem, Accomplish Nothing<em></em>

The Dallas Cowboys, including the team’s coaching staff and owner Jerry Jones, decided to collectively kneel before tonight’s Monday Night Football game—but before tonight’s national anthem performance, while nothing was happening, in a flimsy attempt to please everyone by taking the imagery of prot...

<i>Jeopardy!</i> NFL Category Goes Horribly Wrong

If you ever thought you could cruise on Jeopardy! if you were fortunate enough to face a sports category, you’d be right. Tonight’s group of competitors failed to come up with the correct response on any of the questions, and were only saved from further embarrassment by the clock running out on the...

Cycling's Governing Body Is Not So Sure About Paying Women

Today, the UCI announced that they’d be raising the minimum wages for some professional cyclists. The lowest paid male riders at the WorldTour and Pro Continental level will now make around €2,000 and €650 more per year respectively, with guaranteed salaries of €38,115 for WorldTour racers and €30,8...