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Please Stop Praising The Idiot Football Men For Dressing Poorly In Cold Weather<em></em>
As you might have heard, it’s cold outside in large portions of the country today. It’s so cold that (PSA: there is no punchline forthcoming) the National Weather Service has warned citizens of Chicago that frostbite can set in after just five minutes of exposure to such extreme temperatures. Has th...
Floyd Mayweather's "Fight" With A Japanese Kickboxing Prodigy Was Dumber Than Anyone Could Have Hoped For<em></em><em></em>
Last night in Tokyo, Floyd Mayweather fought 20-year-old kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in an altogether embarrassing sham “exhibition” boxing match which was announced in early November, then unannounced two days later, and finally un-unannounced after that, with a strange set of rules and no convincin...
Floyd Mayweather Changes His Mind About Fighting Japanese Kickboxing Phenom
Remember two days ago when Floyd Mayweather held an hour-long press conference in Tokyo to announce that he would be fighting 20-year-old kickboxing genius Tenshin Nasukawa in Japan on New Year’s Eve? Ha ha, it was all a misunderstanding, according to Mayweather, who announced in a lengthy Instagram...
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Fighting A Japanese Kickboxing Prodigy Makes Absolutely No Sense
After flirting with fights of various natures against Khabib Nurmagomedov, Manny Pacquiao (again), and Conor McGregor (again), world-class asshole Floyd Mayweather Jr. has come out of retirement for either the third or fourth time and booked his next fight, which will take place on New Year’s Eve i...
It Is Brutally Hot In Jacksonville
The Jaguars’ home opener is a rematch of the AFC Championship, and the kickoff temperature for that one was a balmy 48 degrees. But that was at Foxboro. This is Jacksonville, a.k.a. Satan’s armpit, and temperature at kickoff is 97 degrees—with the humidity making it feel more like 107. It is the hot...
Floyd Mayweather And Manny Pacquiao Will Stage History's Least Wanted Rematch
Who knows what to make of this. Floyd Mayweather said on Instagram Saturday that he will come back from retirement this year for a rematch of the insanely boring 2015 “mega-fight” with Manny Pacquiao....
Heroic Bullpen Catcher Rescues Helpless Bats From Ballpark Flood
It rained just a bit in Pittsburgh this evening, forcing the postponement of tonight’s Brewers-Pirates game. But before Milwaukee bullpen catcher Marcus Hanel returned to the safety of his hotel room, he made the courageous, selfless decision to rescue some powerless equipment from the terrifying fl...
Blue Jays Game In Jeopardy (Update: Canceled!) Because There's A Damn Hole In The Roof
It’s been a rough weather weekend for MLB, with six games postponed yesterday and two more today. That list might grow to three, because not even a climate-controlled dome is safe....
Peterborough United Desperately Sweeps To End Snow Delay
Snow days were great, and if you have the opportunity to get one as an adult, you should absolutely take it. But props to third-tier English soccer team Peterborough United for powering through and doing the absolute most they could do to avoid going home early on account of the late-February flurri...
Floyd Mayweather Sr. Turns Himself In After Being Charged With Battery For Punching Woman
Floyd Mayweather Sr. was charged with battery last week for an incident that took place after the Canelo Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin fight on Sept. 17, 2017, according to Clark County court records. An arrest warrant was issued on Jan. 16; he turned himself in today and pleaded not guilty. ...
Oklahoma Celebrates Domestic Abuser With No Clear Connection To State
It’s been one week since Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin’s office issued a citation recognizing Jan. 17 as a day for boxer Floyd Mayweather, a move that made and makes no sense. ...
Floyd Mayweather Offers The Most Predictable Take On "Me Too" Movement<em></em>
Floyd Mayweather, a moron and serial domestic abuser, is hanging around the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas hawking some sort of virtual reality boxing setup, which he says—oh God, who cares. Men’s Health interviewed the semi-retired boxer and he somehow stayed on topic for most of it, dodging a ...
Mike Trout Can't Stop Texting His Wife About The Bomb Cyclone
Many athletes present first and foremost as carefully crafted public brands, but we know at least one thing to be true about Mike Trout: this dude really, earnestly loves the weather. Not a specific season, like most normal people who love swimming in the summer or wearing sweaters in autumn. No, Tr...
Donnie Jones Puts On A Show Before Punting
If you haven’t noticed by the ice forming in your water glasses, it’s very cold up north and out east today, and it’s messing with at least a few NFL players. One of them was Eagles punter Donnie Jones, who went out to punt while still wearing his warm-ups, then had to treat fans to a little show....
Dana White Is Boasting About Signing Floyd Mayweather To A UFC Contract
Floyd Mayweather, a boxer who lies about being retired, has taken all of four months to start speculating about his next fight. He recently said that he has an offer from the UFC, and Dana White talked to ESPN’s Brett Okamoto today to continue hyping up a mixed martial arts debut for the famously br...
Chuck Pagano Gets Lost In <i>Groundhog Day<em></em></i> Metaphor During Press Conference<em></em>
Somebody should check up on Indianapolis Colts head coach Chuck Pagano, who reacted to a question about how his team is faring its horrible season with a rant about Groundhog Day, Twitter, Sonny and Cher, and storms coming in off the coast of Africa....
Cameraman Is SO MAD At Bus That Blocked View Of Georgia Dome Implosion
The Weather Channel was one of many outlets that aired this morning’s implosion of the Georgia Dome. The Weather Channel was the only outlet thats camera was set up in the exact wrong spot for this MARTA bus pull up at the exact wrong time to ruin the shot. After 40 minutes of unobstructed streaming...
It's Going To Be Hot As Balls For The Start Of The World Series
Ah, the Fall Classic. Overcoats and mittens and brisk walks through parks filled with trees showing off their fall colors. It’s World Series time, baby, and the forecast predicts a high of 101 degrees tomorrow in Los Angeles. Seems totally reasonable. Doesn’t seem at all like we’ve fucked up the pla...
Japanese Playoff Baseball Game Turns Into A Mud Bowl
In the first round of the Nippon Professional Baseball playoffs in Japan, the Hanshin Tigers and Yokohama DeNA Baystars battled through absolutely absurd conditions to play an entire baseball game in the mud. The result was unlike any baseball game I’ve ever seen. To watch the highlights with the fu...