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Sounds Like The Hawks Despised Dwight Howard
Zach Lowe had Kevin Arnovitz on his podcast Tuesday to discuss the five most puzzling teams in the NBA, one of which was the Charlotte Hornets. The Eastern Conference is a lukewarm soup of bad teams, mediocre teams, and the Cavs and Celtics, which means the Hornets could plausibly finish fourth or 1...
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....
Andre Ward Announces Retirement
Andre Ward, the light heavyweight considered by many to be the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world, has announced his retirement....
Cam Newton's Brother Led The Largest Point-Spread Upset In College Football History
When Howard University’s football team kicked off against UNLV in Las Vegas last night, they did so as 45-point road underdogs. When the game ended, with Howard on top 43-40 after a brilliant performance from true freshman quarterback Caylin Newton, the Bison had pulled the biggest upset by point sp...
Ryan Howard Is Alive And Hitting Walkoff Home Runs (In The Minors)
As Giancarlo Stanton gets closer to 60 home runs, it’s worth looking back at the last National League player to get near that mark: Ryan Howard. Eleven seasons ago Howard, in his MVP year, had 58 jacks for the Phillies....
Opposing Coaches And Players Console Little League Pitcher After Walk-Off
In Little League World Series action last night, Venezuela defeated the Dominican Republic 3-2 on a two-run, walk-off triple by Omar Romero. A thrilling moment for the Venezuelans, but a crushing loss for Dominican pitcher Edward Uceta, who’d been nearly unhittable during the tournament....
Ryan Howard Is Alive And Playing For The Albuquerque Isotopes
Ryan Howard is still chasing that baseball dream. The 2006 NL MVP signed a minor-league contract with the Colorado Rockies over the weekend, and was assigned to the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes. ...
55-Year-Old Curler Glenn Howard Could Represent Two Countries At The Same Olympics
Glenn Howard has been one of Canada’s top curlers for years, and the four-time world champion is again attempting to represent Canada in the 2018 Winter Olympics. The master strategist and his team, ranked 17th in the world and 11th in Canada, qualified for the opening round of the Canadian curling...
It Sucks To Be The Utah Jazz
A little over eight weeks ago, before the Golden State Warriors summarily swept them out of the second round of the playoffs, you could squint at the Utah Jazz and see the outline of a team that might spend the next five years angling to lose in the conference finals, rather than in the first or sec...
Let's See How Jazz Fans Are Taking The Gordon Hayward Signing
After a few hours of genuine confusion, Gordon Hayward signed with the Boston Celtics last night. This is obviously a tough blow for the Jazz, who won 51 games last season and were looking to cement a place near the top of the Western Conference for years to come, with Hayward leading them. Now they...
Gordon Hayward Is Going To The Celtics (For Real This Time)
After a few glorious hours of confusion, Gordon Hayward has at last ended the speculation about his future by announcing that he will be signing with the Boston Celtics with an article on The Players’ Tribune....
Nobody Knows Where Gordon Hayward Is Going
What the hell is going on right now?...
Someone Fucked Up In Order For That Paul George Trade To Go Down
You knew it was coming the moment Ramona Shelburne broke the news on Twitter that Paul George had been traded to a team other than the Boston Celtics, and for a real dog of a return:...
Will The Han Solo Movie Suck?<em></em>
Last week the Star Wars braintrust shitcanned directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller from the upcoming Han Solo spinoff movie, and replaced them with longtime Ron “Opie Cunningham is a BASTARD” Howard. Should this concern the LEGENDARY FANS OF STAR WARS NATION, or does this movie still have a chance t...
Howard Eskin's So Excited About The Sixers' Trade, He Can't Type
What’s your favorite typo in this Howard Eskin tweet that seems like it was composed while the author was falling down the stairs?...
Reports: Hawks Send Dwight Howard To Hornets For Marco Belinelli, Miles Plumlee
Draft Week trade mania—it’s happening!...
Krushing The Krusher's Nuts
The first thing I did when I got to Vegas was put a bet on Sergey Kovalev. It seemed like the right thing to do at the time. You might say, “How could you bet against Andre Ward? One of the most polished pound-for-pound fighters in the world? An Olympic gold medalist? A world champion at two differe...
Jay Howard, Scott Dixon Walk Away From Massive, Devastating Wreck
A wreck so destructive it led to a red flag for repairs to the catch fence claimed the cars of Indy 500 pole sitter Scott Dixon and Jay Howard 53 laps into today’s race in Indianapolis....
The Jazz Got Vaporized By Golden State, But They Still Had A Great Season
The Golden State Warriors wrapped up a nice tidy sweep of the Utah Jazz tonight, winning 121-95 in Salt Lake to ensure themselves a decent chunk of rest before they take on one of two Texas teams locked in an internecine Western Conference semifinal matchup. The Warriors look as terrifying as they e...
The Braves' Brief Ryan Howard Experiment Is Over
Last week, former Phillies superstar Ryan Howard insisted that his wretched play with the Braves’ AAA affiliate did not signal the rapidly approaching end of his playing career. Howard joined the Braves minor league system this year after 13 seasons with the Phillies, and while he was a world-class ...