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Who cares if the Stanley Cup got yet another dent? [Narrator: Montreal cares, very much]
Any team that wins a championship deserves a huge parade in their hometown in front of thousands of their adoring fans. They deserve to party the night away and celebrate what they were able to accomplish....
Under-the-radar sports you should check out during the Tokyo Games
There are certain sports that are staples of the Olympics, the ones that get on in prime time and take hold of the sports world when they’re going for the gold. It used to be that those sports, like gymnastics, swimming, and track, would only really show up on your TV every so often. Maybe you’d cat...
Paige Bueckers is showing white women how to be allies
“Celebrating other people’s success doesn’t diminish yours.”...
Flying Ant Day 2021: What time is the Euro 2020 Final?
Christmas in July is now firmly enough entrenched in culture that the Hallmark Channel has an annual programming block and movie release based around it. The holiday’s sprawl is massive, claiming an entire summer month to go along with its traditional footprint of December and decades-long encroachm...
NBA trainer ‘Lethal Shooter’ is persistent on improving your jumper in needlessly laborious ways
Before we begin, let’s look at how we got here. (Then we’ll get to the why.)...
Don’t be surprised if Kevin Love is really good in the Olympics
Experience matters and Kevin Love has it....
The HR Derby field is set so who’s going to take the crown?
Yesterday, the bracket for the 2021 Home Run Derby at Coors Field (the field Home Run Derbies were made for) was filled out when Washington’s young superstar Juan Soto and Texas Rangers slugger Joey Gallo announced that they’d be competing in the annual slugfest....
NWO at 25 gives us cause to remember other great heel trios of sports
Twenty-five years ago today, the New World Order was formed at WCW’s Bash at the Beach....
Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo continue hilarious bromance chemistry
Apparently, Dwyane Wade is setting his old teammates up to fail. And the result is comical, if nothing else....
The Greatest Game 1 NBA Finals performances of the 21st century
And now for our second NBA Finals in about nine months....
Steve Ballmer and other admirably stupid celebrations of sports team owners
Did you ever have a reason for an impromptu joyous celebration and decide, in that moment, the thing you’re going to do with the people closest to you is… grab their thighs?...
The Baltimore Orioles are a beautiful mess that makes absolutely zero sense
The Orioles are not a good team. They haven’t been a consistently great team since the late ’90s. Sure they had that one season in 2014 where they got swept in the ALCS after winning their first division title in 17 years, but were only good for that one season. The Orioles have finished either 4th ...
A report about the NBA wanting to add games, on the same day Giannis got hurt? The irony
Less is more, even if it causes you to leave money on the table....
Kyle Schwarber is as consistent as chunky peanut butter
“Kyle Schwarber is a powerhouse!” says the Cubs fan after Schwarber’s first season in the bigs. ...
The NFL is faking as if it cares, again – this time it’s about gay people
Gay people have been around a lot longer than football. But don’t tell the NFL that, as “gay” has become the latest bandwagon the league has jumped on after short stints of acting as if it cares about social and racial justice, breast cancer, and patriotism....
No, you don’t fix the Yankees by trading Aaron Judge
Trade season is underway in baseball, with the Blue Jays acquiring Adam Cimber and Corey Dickerson from the Marlins, while the White Sox pursue Diamondbacks infielder Eduardo Escobar. The deadline is back to its usual date of July 31 this year, and over the next month, plenty of teams will try to pa...
Even the freaking emperor of Japan is 'extremely worried' about Olympic COVID surge
The emperor of Japan doesn’t have any political power, but he is a symbol of the state — a fairly popular one, for what it’s worth. Today, that symbol said he is fearful of COVID cases surging as a result of the Olympics. ...
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Both Team USA Basketball squads looking super stacked [Updated]
Yesterday, the Team USA women’s basketball squad announced its full 12 for next month’s Olympic Games in Tokyo, and the men’s roster, while yet to be finalized, is taking shape....
‘Sticky stuff’ enforcement theater captivates baseball world as press buries real issues
Major League Baseball’s crackdown on sticky stuff began on Monday, and the program already is a sweeping success....
The track athletes on this U.S. team are easy to root for
There’s something special about seeing other people’s dreams come true....