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Basketball Fans Treated To Ads Congratulating Republicans For Repealing Obamacare [UPDATES]
Basketball fans tonight in several Republican-adjacent TV markets are enjoying a series of ads, prematurely bought by the American Action Network PAC, inviting viewers to call their representatives to thank them for repealing Obamacare today—something that did not happen. ...
White Sox Prospect Yoan Moncada Eats Up To 85 Twinkies A Week
Twenty-one-year-old second baseman Yoan Moncada of the Chicago White Sox—the key player in a major trade the Pale Hose made last year that sent ace pitcher Chris Sale to the Boston Red Sox—is widely regarded as the best prospect in baseball. At 6-foot-2, 205 pounds, he’s a switch-hitter with a lineb...
Asdrubal Cabrera Got Ejected While Running To First
Spring training is a long, monotonous motherfucker, and playing meaningless games day after day appears can fry the patience of players and umps alike. During the fourth inning of a game between the Mets and the Nationals this afternoon, Asdrubal Cabrera managed to get himself ejected in the middle ...
Jeff Hornacek: We're Going To Keep Doing This Stupid Thing That Makes No Sense
Anything good that is ever created inside Madison Square Garden will eventually be dragged down 34th Street and dumped into the Hudson River, where it will somehow catch on fire. Remember when the Knicks were feisty and it was fun to sit around talking about how great Kristaps Porzingis was? That fe...
The Two Cinderellas Of Indian Wells Have An Early Dance In Miami
Of all the reasons Yoshihito Nishioka’s Indian Wells run to the fourth round felt like the high point of the tournament, the obvious was that he stands just 5-foot-7 in a game of bigs. Even if you knew nothing about the sport, your eyes told you he was an underdog. The 21-year-old came in unheralded...
We Got Jim Harbaugh’s Itemized Expenses And They’re Kind Of Lame<em></em><em></em>
We all know big boy Jim Harbaugh loves a tall glass of whole milk. Questions remain. Some, like How much does he love milk? are perhaps unanswerable. Others, though, like How much does the highest-paid public employee in the state of Michigan’s milk lust cost taxpayers?, aren’t. In an attempt to fin...
Yankees Player Owns Hairless Cat
With spring training no longer a novelty and no actual games to cover, baseball’s news cycle is stuck in a brief rut where it has to rely on waterskiing squirrels to stay alive. Today’s example comes to you in the form of a hairless cat named Mr. Delicious. He belongs to Yankees first baseman Greg B...
The Jets Are A Dynasty Of Quarterback Mentorship
By signing Josh McCown, the Jets have extended one of the NFL’s most enduring storylines: The Veteran Quarterback As Valuable Mentor. The team’s fans are no doubt delighted....
AFC East Cowers In Fear As Jets Sign Josh McCown
The AFC East has officially been put on notice. Josh McCown’s most relevant Jets-adjacent career highlight will no longer be getting owned while diving for the end zone two years ago, as he signed a one-year deal with the team today. ...
The Gifts Jimmy Breslin Gave Me
It is hard to realize just how far away New York is by every conceivable measure unless you are in Salt Lake City when you are introduced to the world Jimmy Breslin populated with characters, con men and crusaders. I felt the sense of distance for the first time more than half a century ago, and it ...
Jimmy Breslin Was New York City
Legendary New York City newspaper columnist Jimmy Breslin died on Sunday at the age of 88. This profile originally appeared in the November, 1987 issue of GQ and appears here with permission from the author....
They're "Fighting" In L.A.
A typical fake-ass NBA scuffle broke out in the third quarter of the Bucks-Lakers game as Nick Young and Greg Monroe earned ejections for their roles in justice-dispensation....
Cricket Reporter Tries To Pass Off iOS Calculator App As A "Light Meter"
Is it too dark for them to continue the South Africa-New Zealand test match? Not yet, according to this guy with a “light meter.”...
John Tavares Celebrates OT Winner By Punching Teammate In The Face
The New York Islanders’ John Tavares scored in overtime against the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night to give the Islanders the 3-2 win, and it was a beauty:...
Size Isn't Everything As Long As You've Got A Reliable Backhand
INDIAN WELLS, Calif.— The little guy had a problem, and knew it, running a hand through his sweat-damp sienna hair. All of 21 years old Yoshihito Nishioka is listed at 5-foot-7 and 141 pounds, straining credibility on both counts, and on Monday a heavy bandage swaddled something hurt under his right...
Should The Warriors And Cavs Be Getting Worried?
Here is a fun stat, courtesy of ESPN’s Marc Stein: In March the Warriors are 28th in the NBA offensive efficiency, and the Cavaliers are 29th in defensive efficiency....
Hi, Would You Like To See A Metaphor For The Coyotes' Season?
The 2016-17 Coyotes season highlight DVD will just be this on loop for an hour....
The Jets Sound Pathetic In Their Pursuit Of Dont'a Hightower
Desperation is the only emotion I sense when I read about what the New York Jets did for free-agent linebacker Dont’a Hightower during his visit. From Adam Schefter, via ESPN:...
Who The Hell Is Woody Kincaid?
Wiping sweat and spit from his face with his t-shirt, 23-year-old Woody Kincaid seemed to be trying hard not to sound arrogant, or stupid, or insulted by reporters’ surprise at his come-from-behind victory in a semifinal heat of last year’s Olympic Trials 5000 meters....
Lawsuit: Jets More Than Doubled Their Vicodin Usage In Just Two Years<em></em>
The New York Jets and the Indianapolis Colts distributed huge quantities of Vicodin and the powerful anti-inflammatory drug Toradol to their players, according to court documents unsealed today. The documents are part of an ongoing federal lawsuit filed by several former NFL players who say the team...