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These Emails Confirm That ESPN's Darren Rovell Is A Sensitive Penis
Remember when ESPN business reporter and post-human Darren Rovell narced out a guy on Twitter for cracking a joke at his expense? At the time, a lot of people figured Rovell was just blustering. Surely, they thought, he’s not so big a baby that he’d tattle on someone just for busting on him on the i...

How Marcos Maidana Almost Beat Floyd Mayweather
Floyd Mayweather and Marcos Maidana are not just different; they're near-perfect opposites, each possessing the inverse of the other's attributes. The clearest way this manifests itself is that Floyd Mayweather is the world's most masterful boxer, while Marcos Maidana fights like a man who has never...

Images From The 140th Kentucky Derby
[Horses round the first turn during the 140th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs on Saturday. AP Photo/Matt Slocum.]...

Wes Welker Was Passing Out $100 Bills At The Kentucky Derby
Broncos wide receiver Wes Welker was at the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, and he had a grand ol' time. It's pretty hard to have a bad time when you've got stacks upon stacks of cash in your hand....

Runner Takes Lead In Race, Is Trampled By Cows
As any high school coach will tell you, when you take the lead, never look back. And the reason is obvious: COWS AHEAD!...

Miami TV Station Reports Dwyane Wade Banned For Life
That's probably not true!...

What's The 404? The Digital Trials (And Errors) Of Lily Allen
This is the tale of two very different pop songs called "22." The first, from 2012, is written and performed by one Taylor Swift, America's polarizing sweetheart, taking a break from mocking her ex-boyfriends' social inadequacies to indulge in a giddy, vaguely EDM-scented Girls Night Out pajama jam ...

Dogecoin Stock Car Gets Day In NASCAR Sun
Josh Wise's Dogecoin Ford is still running today at Talladega, and actually at the moment is in seventh place. That earned him some commentary on exactly how Doge ended up on a damned stock car....

Wil Myers Hit An Inside-The-Park Home Run
Wil Myers took his time going to first on his assumed homer, but when the ball didn't leave the park, he still reacted quickly enough to earn an inside-the-park home run against the Yankees....

Finland's Hockey Team Pulls Off The Worst Line Change
Teuvo Teravainen (No. 24) attempting to leap over the door of the Finland bench was mildly amusing at first, until it turned out to be only the beginning of a hilarious and horrendous line change by Finland's hockey team during a game against the Czech Republic. ...

Brazilian Soccer Fan Killed By Toilet Thrown Out Of Stadium By Rioters
According to police, a 26-year-old Brazilian man was killed when rioters ripped out three toilets from Arruda Stadium and threw them into a crowd of people during a match between Santa Cruz and Parana Friday night. One of the toilets struck the man and killed him instantly. Be warned, you can see o...

Jim Brown Destroys "Reprehensible" NCAA, Says "Come At Me"
While speaking to a group of fans at a Pro Football Hall of Fame fan fest, Jim Brown was asked about the NCAA and he didn't hold anything back. He said "[t]he NCAA is probably the most reprehensible organization God ever created." Putting aside the creationism for a second, these are strong words....

Johnny Weir, Clothes Horse
The hat has a name and it is called Pegasus. ...

How To Make Chili Oil, AKA Liquid Fun
The problem with condiments is that even if they're theoretically intended to enhance or complement the flavors of a given dish, too often they just swamp those other flavors instead. Take, for example, ketchup, the iconic condiment: It doesn't taste bad (and anyone who tells you it does is more in...

Spurs Use 6-On-5 Power Play Against Mavericks, Still Lose
The Dallas Mavericks held on at home to defeat the Spurs 113-111 and force yet another NBA playoffs Game Seven tonight, and they had to overcome some tough odds to do it. Specifically, 5:6 odds....

V. Stiviano Appears On <em>20/20</em>, Says Donald Sterling Is Not A Racist
While Donald Sterling spurned his date with Barbara Walters, V. Stiviano did appear on 20/20 this evening and told the ABC host that she believes the banned Clippers owner "comes from a different time," but is not a racist—and that they are still a couple. Other revelations: Sterling's been paying h...

Super Bowl Economic Impact Quantified
New Jersey Transit took a $5.6 million net loss on the Super Bowl for the honor of shuttling fans to and from New York, where they actually stayed and dropped their cash. Public funds well spent!...

Phil Mushnick: Donald Sterling Was Lynched
Look, is there anything even worth saying about this? New York Post hack Phil Mushnick, as we've previously reminded you, is a race-baiting troll whose job is basically to come as close to just filing a column consisting of the word "moulignan" written out 800 times as he can without getting fired. ...

The Comedian Who Loved Himself: Martin Mull When He Was Almost Famous
Originally published in New Times, January 1978. Reprinted here with the author's permission. ...