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Report: Police Chief Tied To Jameis Winston Case Is Lecturing FSU Athletes About Rape
Florida State has started a mandatory leadership class for freshman athletes, and it includes discussion about rape. And the person serving as the guest instructor for that class, the Tampa Bay Times reported Friday, is FSU Police Chief David Perry. You might remember him as the guy who was accused ...
A Brief Guide To The Panama Papers
A big, bold news story, speaking truth to power. You feel compelled to pay attention, but also feel your eyes glazing over trying to process it all. In terms of sheer scale, the Panama Papers leak is a lot to digest, even for professional news digesters. So a summary for the lazy: the politically po...
Finland's Brilliant Baby Boxes Are Finally Coming To Countries That Need Them, Like Ours
Having a new baby sounds, to put it lightly, terrifying. I imagine this is especially true at first, when particularly helpless infants are sent home with necessarily inexperienced parents. Baby-wise friends and family members can help, but it’s still pretty dangerous to put a total neophyte—like yo...
Inside The Room For Tommy John Surgery, Baseball's Most Important Cut
The following is excerpted from The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports by Jeff Passan, available April 5 from HarperCollins....
All Hail Peter Sagan, Who Is Too Strong For Tactics
Halfway between the Paterberg and the Tour of Flanders finish line in Oudenaarde, Peter Sagan was slowing down....
Adrien Broner Tries To Call Out Floyd Mayweather, Turns Self Into Laughingstock
A D.C. crowd featuring mayor Muriel Bowser and Steve Francis scornfully mocked Adrien Broner after the boxer clumsily tried to call a ringside Floyd Mayweather Jr. back into boxing....
Man Smashes Pads
A man smashed some pads last night, or— as is apparently another way to say this—“blasted some mitts.” ...
You Should Have Sex to Maxwell’s <i>Urban Hang Suite</i>
There’s a handful of artists who universally earn a spot on everyone’s sex playlists. Janet, Sade, Prince, etc. Their slow jams, classic and fuck-to-able, are made for cramming between the likes of the new Rihanna (“Yeah I Said It”) and that one flawless Weeknd song you squirm along to (“Earned It”)...
Adrien Broner, A Dick, Misses Weight, Stripped Of Junior Welterweight Title
WBA junior lightweight champion Adrien Broner, who is a dick, failed to make weight ahead of tomorrow’s title fight against Ashley Theophane, resulting in him being stripped of his belt....
Xavier Basketball Player Accused Of Using Fake ID, Pulling His Pants Down At A Bar
Xavier men’s basketball player J.P. Macura was arrested this morning at a bar in Oakley, a neighborhood in Cincinnati. According to a police report obtained by WCPO, the 20-year-old Macura pulled his pants down at R.P. McMurphy’s Irish Pub and showed police a fellow Xavier athlete’s ID....
Lawsuit: Baylor Took No Action To Investigate Rape Involving Football Player
A former Baylor student is suing the university, saying that it took no action on her report that a football player raped her. That former player, Tevin Elliott, is serving 20 years in prison for his 2014 conviction for sexually assaulting her. The lawsuit also asserts that the university already kn...
Her Orgasm Is Not About You
As a sex therapist, I know that we all struggle with our relationships with sex, and I like to operate from the perspective that empathy and education can cure most issues. But there’s been something bothering me for quite some time now, and there’s no light way to approach this particular topic—one...
Pablo Sandoval Loses Starting Job To Some Guy
This is not to denigrate newly crowned Red Sox opening day third baseman Travis Shaw, because Travis Shaw has had a killer spring, and no one’s really quite sure what to make of him. But teams usually need more than a hint of promise to bench a guy owed $72.4 million over the next four years. Not th...
Report: Cops Called Butch Jones Before Searching Home Where Two Players Allegedly Raped A Woman
Phone records obtained today by the Tennessean show the flurry of calls made and received by Tennessee Volunteers head coach Butch Jones on the day in 2014 when a woman said she was raped by two members of his football team....
Do Any Couples Actually Have A Celebrity Cheat List?
It’s possible that the idea of a Celebrity Cheat List—five or so famous people that otherwise monogamous couples give a free pass on—predates season 3 episode 5 of Friends, aka The One With Frank Jr., aka the one where Ross meets Isabella Rossellini after opting not to put her on his list. But that’...
Popcorn Toppings, Ranked
Popcorn is good and good for you (probably; it’s a plant), and its greatest feature is its chameleon-like ability to be topped by whatever quasi-liquid or slush-based substance you have lying around. “But, I have so many possible toppings in my cupboard and/or well-stocked fridge?” you might ask, “W...
The Dadspin Explainer: Hitler
Here at Dadspin, we understand how difficult it is to explain certain subjects to your children. This is why we’ve created Dadspin Explainer, a handy running guide to teaching your children about really horrible shit. ...
Lacrosse Goalie Flattens Lacrosse Guy Who Tried To Bring That Weak Shit
Don’t you even think about bringing that weak shit near Alex Buque’s goal, or he’ll turn you into dust....