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Wale And The ESPN Assignment Desk: A Four-Tweet Comedy

Rapper Wale is helping in Washington's courtship of DeSean Jackson, the two of them hitting the club last night along with Pierre Garcon and DeAngelo Hall. Wale posted the above photo to his Instagram, and ESPN took notice....

NCAA Confiscates Reporter's Cat Mug

This may shock you, given its mission as a nonprofit devoted to the needs of its student-athletes, but the NCAA will fucking cut you if you threaten its corporate sponsorships. Those extend even to the drinking vessels used by media sitting courtside for tournament games. One intrepid Wall Street Jo...

Commas Are Your Friends

New Zealand Rugby Celebrations Are Beastly

New Zealand's rugby team, the All Blacks, won the Hong Kong Sevens tournament on Sunday with a 26-7 victory over England. To celebrate, they performed a Haka dance—a traditional Māori dance they typically try to intimidate their opponents with before the match—in the middle of a rain storm and creat...

Here Is A Dog That Looks Like Jim Leyland

Jim Leyland retired after the ALCS last year and has since been replaced by Brad Ausmus this dog in the Tigers dugout. The dog is doing a pretty good job pulling off the part, but it kind of looks like he's just been informed that management will no longer negotiate with Scherzer. ...

The Brilliant Dirty Tricks Behind <em>Esquire</em>'s Famous Ted Williams Profile

Below you'll find Alex Belth's fun story about the making of Richard Ben Cramer's famous Esquire profile, "What Do You Think of Ted Williams Now?" We shared this over earlier today, but I wanted to draw your attention to one section in particular. It's about Cramer's efforts to restore 1,500 words t...

Bill Self "Disappointed" By Naadir Tharpe's Boobsy Photo [NSFW]

This photo of Kansas junior PG Naadir Tharpe has been floating around. (We first got sent it on Saturday, and were told that it had already been circulating "for days.") KU coach Bill Self has seen it too, and he's not pleased....

Welington Castillo Took A Foul Ball Right To The Dick

Happy Opening Day, Welington Castillo. Sorry about your nards....

Ryan Braun Gets Cheered In First Appearance Since PED Suspension

Milwaukee fans gave Ryan Braun a standing ovation for his first at-bat since serving a 65-game suspension for his role in the Biogenesis scandal. This shouldn't be a surprise—Crowd Cheers its Team's Best Player—but some folks seem to have forgotten how this thing goes....

Columnist Angry At The Imaginary Murders DeSean Jackson Has Witnessed

You thought Phil Mushnick couldn't get any more Mushnick on your ass than he already has? Ohhhh, people. Oh, how you underestimate that cagey old fucker. Because today, Mushnick hopped into the Andy Rooney machine and set it to Full Bushy Eyebrow. Join me as he carefully evaluates the plight of ...

Bryce Harper Got Kicked In The Head

It's not officially baseball season until Bryce Harper goes through a concussion exam. So, it's baseball season....

How Much Does It Cost To Propose In Each MLB Ballpark?

Over on Swimmingly, Molly Fitzpatrick reached out to every MLB team and figured out how much it costs to publicly propose at each MLB ballpark, as well which services each ballpark offers to make your awkward public proposal as magical as possible....

Behold, The "Ya Jeets" License Plate

This was inevitable. As soon as that Derek Jeter groupie gossip that we desperately want to believe hit the internet, we all knew some proud Yankees fan was going to get this license plate....

Aaron Harrison's Game-Winner Made $329,166 For His Coaches, AD

Aaron Harrison's game-winning three that put his team into the Final Four may very well end up being the iconic shot of this tournament. It was also a shot that that put a lot of money in a lot of people's pockets, and none of them is named Aaron Harrison....

Dick Vitale GIF Better Sans Context

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The Homecoming Of Willie Mays

Slide on over to the Daily Beast and check out this terrific 1972 Esquire story on Willie Mays by Murray Kempton:...

Did Tucson Police Go Too Far In Putting Down Arizona Riot?

Despite Tucson police praising their handling of an unruly UA crowd following Saturday night's Wildcat loss to Wisconsin in the Elite Eight, its department of internal affairs will investigate video showing one officer violently blindsiding a female student who was reportedly just trying to get out ...

Dennis Rodman Looks Pretty Much How You'd Expect

International diplomat Dennis Rodman showed up to the Buenos Aires leg of the Legends of Basketball Tour looking like a survivor of the cyberpunk apocalypse because of course he did. Eyeliner and lipstick on the basketball court? Sure. But it's hard to imagine that playing with so many ear/nose/lip ...

Cop In Riot Gear Violently Blindsides Girl During Arizona Riots

While police dealt with disorderly Arizona students in Tucson, one video's surfaced of an incident away from the main activity. In the clip, a police officer in riot gear comes out of nowhere to check a girl into a bench, for no clear reason....

Kentucky Heads To The Final Four On Aaron Harrison's Game-Winning Three

Kentucky's Aaron Harrison sank the game-winning three with 2.6 seconds remaining to take down Michigan, 75-72 and send the Wildcats to the Final Four. Holy crap....