The Mets lost to the Brewers tonight by six runs. Aside from Eric Thames’s big dinger, what happened on the field was not particularly notable (the Mets lose all the time.) However, right next to the field, Mr. Met provided the highlight of the night when he flipped off a fan who was videotaping the interaction.
The Penguins and Predators were knotted in an ugly and contentious Game 1 for two periods, until a stunning flurry of goals turned the once-dramatic game into a blowout within a matter of minutes. Jake Guentzel scored on Pekka Rinne just 10 seconds into the third period after Rinne deflected a shot straight into his…
Warriors coach Steve Kerr only coached two games of the Warriors’ playoff run before complications from his 2015 back surgery forced him to leave the team and seek treatment. Mike Brown took over and the Warriors have yet to drop a game in the playoffs, but Kerr has been hurting. He went to Duke Medical Center during…
Tiger Woods was arrested Monday morning and charged with a DUI in Jupiter, Fla. The police report for Woods’s arrest noted that the golfer was found asleep in his car, which was parked in a bike lane, with the brake lights on and a turn signal flashing. Officers reported that Woods exhibited slurred speech and said…
For a limited time, Amazon will sell you three pouches of Tide HE-compatible laundry detergent (totaling 144 ounces or 93 loads) for just $14. These pouches are designed basically as refills for plastic Tide bottles, but as long as that doesn’t bother you, this is a fantastic price-per-ounce for any detergent, let…
Players have to practice for hours on end every day to stay competitive, but with that level of play comes risks. Repetitive motions and poor habits can lead to strains and injuries, and left unattended, could end careers prematurely.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver joined Mike and his friend Mike on ESPN’s Mike & Mike this morning, where he spoke about the forthcoming NBA Finals, competitive balance in the league, and, of course, the basketball world’s slide magnate du jour, LaVar Ball. His son Lonzo will likely be a top-two pick in next month’s NBA…
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Less than a week after Australian tennis champion turned preacher Margaret Court threatened to boycott Qantas airlines because its CEO supports same-sex marriage, she gave an interview to Vision Christian radio station in which she spewed a whole mess of other homophobic and transphobic shit including the claims that…
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That’s Todd Archer, ESPN’s Dallas Cowboys beat man, just up and taking off on Hannah Storm during today’s 10 a.m. Eastern edition of SportsCenter. Just a hunch, but from the way he appears to reach into his pocket and glance at his phone before ghosting, Archer may have gotten a call (from a source?) he just had to…
Current Houston Texans and former Michigan State receiver Keith Mumphery is banned from his alma mater’s campus until 2019 as the result of a university investigation into a report of sexual assault, the Detroit Free Press reported today. The ban was a stipulation of Mumphery’s 2016 expulsion from Michigan State for…
Police are investigating a racial slur spray painted this morning on the front gate of a Los Angeles house owned by LeBron James, who prepares for tomorrow’s Game 1 of the NBA Finals. At his press conference this afternoon, James addressed the incident for the first time.
The Astros swept the Twins in Minnesota this afternoon, hitting six home runs in the process.
Over the past decade, a clear pattern has emerged in Hollywood: direct a successful, small movie and get a large blockbuster in return. That small movie doesn’t even have to be that successful, either—it just has to be good, and your next film can have a budget up to 200 times the size. And also, you pretty much have…
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Both the superstars in utero—Alexander Zverev, fresh off his first Masters title, and Nick Kyrgios, dealing with a hurt hip—drew tough first-round matchups. One flamed out while the other sailed through in straights, but the results reversed expectations: if you couldn’t identify the very frustrated arms above, they…
This piece was originally published in the February, 1990 issue of GQ. It is reprinted here with the author’s permission.
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We’ve seen too many instances of helpless referees getting punched, smacked, kicked, jumped, stomped out, and even killed by bad soccer men mad over some call or other. So it’s a nice change of pace seeing this referee, overseeing a match in Argentina’s Copa Santa Fe, fighting back for once.
In the year 350 AD, to paraphrase the historian Robin Fleming, Britain was as Roman a place as anywhere in the Empire. It had a dense network of roads and ports, luxurious villas with mosaic floors and private bathhouses, a profusion of small, prosperous towns that served as markets for regional trade, and a massive…
Our simulation of tonight’s Stanley Cup Final matchup between Nashville and Pittsburgh is LIVE. NHL ‘94 on Sega Genesis, CPU vs CPU, with some help from NHL ‘94 expert Naples39.
Barstool Sports, a blog for dipshits, by dipshits, caught hell Tuesday after senior director of editorial strategy and growth—this does not sound like a real job—Chris Spagnuolo wrote a blog about how Rihanna might be fat. Spagnuolo believed the criticism came because no one read past the headline, which was “Is…
Albert Pujols is one home run away from joining baseball’s 600 home run club. He’ll become just the ninth player in the history of the game to achieve the feat. Do you care?
After a decade off, I decided that I needed to start golfing again. My girlfriend thought I was having a midlife crisis.
Power tools make great Father’s Day gifts, and you can get four Black & Decker 20V tools for just $99 on Amazon. That gets you a drill/driver, a circular saw, a reciprocating saw, a work light, and two batteries to run them. Needless to say, that’s an all-time low.
The Phillies head into their game tonight at Marlins Park with a record of 6-21 in May. If you’re keeping score at home, that’s not very good. In fact, it’s atrocious.
Robin Haase, a Dutch professional tennis player ranked No. 46 in the world, drew Rafael Nadal in the second round of the French Open on Tuesday, ending things at 6-1, 6-4, 6-3. He was 30.
One more big name has emerged from the recent round of 100 or so layoffs at ESPN: Longtime NFL Insider John Clayton is out. The news was first reported by Sporting News.
Last year, the great though recently slumping Novak Djokovic started doing a unique post-match celebration: He beckons the ball kids to his side, turns to the crowd, and then, in sync, they all do a shoveling motion which has been repeatedly and aptly described as throwing their boobs into the stands. Djokovic directs…
The Detroit Free Press reported Tuesday that Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio decided not to renew the contract of Curtis Blackwell, a football staff member who was previously suspended with pay the same week that three separate investigations were initiated to look into a reported rape.
Pittsburgh cops are turning the arrest of Jake Waddell into a catch and release.
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This summer’s transfer window isn’t even officially open yet and we’re already seeing some crazy, record-breaking fees being thrown about. Like Paul Pogba a year ago, the source of the (arguably) biggest, most (relatively) eye-popping fee that (not quite) everyone is talking about is the record-smashing amount…
Over to you then, Morgs, Stokesey, lads. No pressure. Just remember to play without anxiety, without pressure and without the fear of losing. Particularly – and this is very important – when you’re most anxious, when the pressure is on and when you really can’t afford to lose right now.
After a buildup of unusual intensity The Champions Trophy is upon us, with England’s team of white-ball buccaneers kicking off things against Bangladesh at The Oval on Thursday morning. The early signs are of course good. Players, coaches and surrounding hierarchy have had a distinct unity of purpose about them for the past two years, perhaps for the first time before a global 50-over tournament.
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Run hot for the next five games and this team really will start to gain the wider traction the ECB craves
Continue reading...The Predators fan who threw a catfish on the ice in Pittsburgh and was later arrested and charged with various crimes, including “disrupting a meeting,” said on a Nashville radio show he has vowed to fight the charges.
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Hafþór Björnsson—the strongman who has a tiny dog, eats a lot of food, and plays The Mountain on Game of Thrones—came in second at the 2017 World’s Strongest Man competition over the weekend. Coming in second is nothing to be ashamed of, but there is controversy afoot, because The Mountain believes he had the title…
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The federal office that investigates universities accused of discriminating against female students—including reports that schools are intentionally ignoring or downplaying allegations of sexual violence—is poised to lose 46 full-time employees under the proposed Trump administration budget, or 8 percent of its staff.
The NHL has a “third man in” rule, which penalizes a player who jumps into a fight with a game misconduct. MLB has no such formal rule, but it sort of worked out that way anyway. Michael Morse, the third man in on the Bryce Harper-Hunter Strickland fight that cleared both benches on Monday, was leveled by the fourth…
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It is encouraging and correct that tennis players are prepared to comment on issues from homosexuality to sexual harassment, and occasionally politics. Sport doesn’t have to exist in a vacuum. It is not that their opinions matter more than those of everyone else but it is good to know they are not Daleks.
Maybe other sports will follow the example of Andy Murray and others who have spoken out here this week, for instance, about Margaret Court’s antediluvian outrage over gay marriage.
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Continue reading...The US had to contend with hostile crowds in their own backyard and players not used to outdoor football as they attempted to make Mexico ‘86
Thirty-two years ago today, and a good half hour after arguably the most disappointing loss in US soccer history, a devastated Rick Davis sat slumped at his locker, head in hands. The Murdock Stadium locker room in Torrance, California, was silent. The United States had just been eliminated from contention for the 1986 World Cup after a 1-0 home defeat to Costa Rica.
“We can’t play much better than that,” a somber Davis said. “It’s a shame it wasn’t supposed to end that way. We were playing for US soccer – for its reputation and recognition in our country. It’s another setback. We missed a golden opportunity.”
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Continue reading...More than 30 years ago, Bob McAdoo moved teams to win a title. He doesn’t understand the spite his fellow MVP has received after joining the Warriors
More than three decades before Kevin Durant became a Golden State Warrior, another 6ft 9in high-scoring, former NBA MVP joined the league’s most explosive team in the hope of winning a title. Bob McAdoo was not scorned for this. In fact, no one seemed to think it was a bad idea.
Instead, McAdoo – a three-time NBA scoring champion – signed with the Los Angeles Lakers from the New Jersey Nets before the 1981-82 season, embraced a secondary role to stars such as Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and gleefully scored 16 points in the clinching game of the following spring’s finals. And he would do it all over again.
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Continue reading...On balance the manager’s extended stay is welcome but changes will still be required behind the scenes – and in the Emirates Stadium stands
So the banners, the YouTube videos and the fly-over planes have failed. The “Wenger Out” campaign has been ferocious in recent months, even becoming a global meme, but, alas, the manager has agreed a two-year contract extension at Arsenal.
A new deal seemed improbable between February and April when Arsenal were losing against Watford, West Bromwich Albion and Crystal Palace in the league, and enduring two 5-1 humiliations against Bayern Munich. More and more fans began to demand Arsène Wenger’s head, swathes of empty seats became a feature of home matches, and the man himself seemed on the brink of tears in post-match pressers.
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Continue reading...With 160 million people, an insatiable zest for the game and improving infrastructure, Bangladesh loom as world cricket’s next major force
It was at the Adelaide Oval in 2015 that Bangladesh cricket’s rise became undeniable. With two full, straight and swinging deliveries, Rubel Hossain knocked England out the World Cup, ensuring Bangladesh’s quarter-final berth.
Ahmed Sajjadul Alam Bobby was there, just as he has been throughout Bangladesh’s journey, working in everything from logistics, tournament organising and marketing for the board since 1978. “Watching that game was a privilege,” he says. “Beating England in an away venue meant a lot.”
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Continue reading...For a while, this basebrawl was suitably wild without exceeding the bounds of a typical melee. During a Sunday game between the West Michigan Whitecaps and the Dayton Dragons of the Class-A Midwest League, Whitecaps shortstop Daniel Pinero stepped on Jose Siri’s ankle after he stole second. Siri and Pinero got in each…
Last summer, Rio de Janeiro put on an Olympic Games that should serve as a blaring warning siren to any potential host city stupid enough to want to pay billions for the rights to the Games. Before the Games had been out of town four months, Rio de Janeiro had to declare bankruptcy because they were $31 billion in…
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Rick Ogden, seen exiting stage right straight through the ropes in the following video, hasn’t had much a professional career. The poor dude has lost all eight of his professional fights by knockout and seems to have been fed to a number of debutantes around the Midwest. One of those dudes is Mikey Dahlman, who sent…
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After a fight like the one that Bryce Harper and Hunter Strickland kicked off this weekend, a raft of suspensions was inevitable. MLB announced this evening that Harper would be suspended for four games and Hunter Strickland will have to sit out six. Both players will appeal the decisions and both received fines.
The North Carolina Diamond Heels went 47-12 and earned the second overall seed in the NCAA tournament, which starts on Friday. They’ll get to host tournament games until they are eliminated or make the College World Series and travel to Omaha. One may assume that this is because they are stocked with skilled hitters…
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