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In the realm of football and the NFL, it’s currently one of the most insane times of the year: combine season. Sports writers, GMs and coaches all make the annual pilgrimage to the holy land of Indianapolis, forget their basic understandings of how society normally work, and try to determine the superstar potential of…Read more...

It wasn’t until the fourth(!!) period of overtime between the Bulls and Hawks on Friday that one team started to separate itself from the other. I’m talking, of course, about the Hawks, who began to separate themselves as the worst of the two on the court with less than two minutes to go in what eventually became the…Read more...

New York state police found 60-year-old Robert Brandel on Wednesday afternoon with a rope tied around his neck, and duct tape around his hands and ankles while in the backseat of his Ford F-150 truck parked on a Niagara County road.Read more...

February consolidated power in the Eastern Conference. There’s still plenty of dreck down low, but after that trade deadline, it’s getting a little frothy up top. The Bucks acquired another flamethrower in Nikola Mirotic, the Raptors added large hirsute playmaker Marc Gasol, the Sixers rounded out their insane starting…Read more...

Today TMZ Sports published a video which shows San Francisco Giants CEO Larry Baer standing over his wife Pam in a public plaza in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley while she sits in a chair. Larry reaches to grab what looks like a phone out of Pam’s hand, she resists, and in his effort to get the object, he pulls her out…Read more...

We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.

It is not unreasonable for people to get mad at rude emails from strangers. Some people process them differently than others. What prompted me to send one to New York Times columnist Bret Stephens in May of 2018 was that I thought his column on the Gaza border protests, in which Israeli soldiers killed dozens of…Read more...

When news broke Thursday that the Phillies had signed Bryce Harper, it came as a shock. Not that he came to Philadelphia, but that he actually signed somewhere.

The Utah Jazz ran out to a big lead over the Nuggets Thursday night, then held on for dear life during a late Denver surge and escaped with a 111–104 victory. A win over the Nuggets is a good win; a win over the Nuggets in Denver is, these days, almost unheard of. The Jazz did it while missing Ricky Rubio, Dante Exum,…Read more...

The crowd in Acapulco booed Nick Kyrgios all through his upset of Rafael Nadal, and kept that energy for his quarterfinal against three-time major winner Stan Wawrinka. When Kyrgios tripped in the first set and required treatment for a nickel-sized, oozing wound on his hand, they booed. When he hit a good serve and…Read more...

The Kawartha Cooler Bag is what the cooler always should have been. It embodies simplicity, versatility, and convenience, no wheels required. It’s an adaptable cooler bag that you can bring anywhere, from the cabin to the tailgate, from the park to car camping. Or, if you’re determined to drink in seclusion like me,…Read more...

Almost three years after being indicted on second-degree sexual assault charges, former Baylor defensive end Shawn Oakman was acquitted by jurors in Waco’s 19th State District Court yesterday. Oakman was accused of raping a Baylor graduate student on April 3, 2016, at his apartment, an encounter he claimed was…Read more...

Liubou Charkashyna, the president of the International Gymnastics Federation’s athletes’ commission—which was created to represent gymnasts’ interests—used a recent interview with Belarussian media to express skepticism about the frequency of abuse in sports and victims’ motives.Read more...

Tristan Thompson kissed Jordyn Woods, she says, on her on the way out of the party where she reportedly gave him a lap dance and got too cozy with him. Woods opened up about Thompson, the party, and the aftermath on Jada Pinkett Smith’s Red Table Talk earlier this week, in an episode that aired Friday. Throughout the…Read more...

Last week, WWE announced that the D-Generation X stable would be the headline inductees at the 2019 WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony over WrestleMania weekend in April. This week, The Honky Tonk Man was added to the lineup of honorees. If the WWE Hall of Fame is going to exist, it should have all those wrestlers in…Read more...

Update: We posted these earlier in the week, but now, they’re actually cheaper, including the first time we’ve ever seen the 55" model drop below $1000.Read more...

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What can a highlight truther truther when the highlight has no dribbles? Let’s find out. Brandon Beidleman tried to take it to the rack as his Zebulon B. Vance Cougars played the West Charlotte Lions in Charlotte, N.C. on Thursday night. Lions senior Patrick Williams swatted that shit, sending the ball directly into…Read more...

It’s hard to label anything the nadir for a franchise that always somehow manages to sink even lower, but call this week’s trade deadline the cap of a lost decade. After moving forwards Mark Stone, Matt Duchene and Ryan Dzingel, the Ottawa Senators’ failures are laid bare. Gone are our three top scorers, who generated…Read more...

The fallout from Robert Kraft’s solicitation charges has set the stage for a ham-handed response from the NFL, as well as fueled the larger conversation around sex work, but now it’s affected the team he owns, in that a guy whose contract expired had a strong opinion on what Kraft did.Read more...

The last time we saw Bryce Harper’s name linked to the Philadelphia Phillies, we were told he hated Philadelphia, the shambolic organization, and especially manager Gabe Kapler, who is supposed to be as mad as a brush.

When it comes to having a corner on the market, nothing really compares to Nike. And right now, use the code SAVE20 and take an extra 20% off their entire clearance section for both men and women. Over 3,000 already-discounted items are even cheaper now, and everything you could need for a good workout wardrobe is…Read more...

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Warning: This article includes discussion about suicide and sexual assault. The subject sometimes speaks about sensitive mental health topics with language that departs from best practices.Read more...

Bryce Harper is a Phillie, finally. It was a long, drawn-out process that turned fans insane and made reporters stupid. But the seeming interminability of it all ultimately served Harper’s purposes: It wasn’t until this last week that the Phillies offered record money or a 13-year contract. Harper and Scott Boras…Read more...

Several dozen otherwise normal adult human beings waited for several hours in a Phoenix grocery store Wednesday night for an opportunity to meet and score an autograph from utterly unremarkable Suns second-year forward Josh Jackson. The deal, arranged through the team, had it that fans who showed up and bought a…Read more...

John Tavares is playing his first game in Nassau Coliseum as a member of the visiting team Thursday night, after he signed a seven-year, $77 million contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs on the first day of free agency back in July. Islanders fans, you can probably guess, have saved up quite a lot of bitterness for…Read more...

In the first lap of the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships’ 3,000-meter race, Harvard distance runner Kieran Tuntivate abandoned his left shoe when it came loose around 300 meters into his run. Electing to go without the shoe meant that Tuntivate had to complete the rest of that competition while exposing the skin on…Read more...

We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.

First it was the upset stomach, then it was the wrapped knee, then it was the taped-up back. Ordinarily just one of these is a sufficient reason for Nick Kyrgios to pack it in and retire from a match, especially if it’s some rando across the net who doesn’t fully capture his fickle attention. But against Rafael Nadal …Read more...

The World Bridge Federation announced today that Geir Helgemo, the world’s top-ranked bridge player, has been suspended after testing positive for two banned substances: synthetic testosterone and clomifene (a female fertility drug).

Two weeks ago, Bre Tiesi-Manziel—fitness Instagrammer, model, and wife of former CFLer Johnny Manziel—ran what she says was her first half marathon, in what she says was less than two hours. Tiesi-Manziel and her friend Khloe Terae, a model for Playboy and Maxim, came in at 1:58:22 in the Run Like A Diva half marathon…Read more...

The Monday Night Football booth just got a little smarter. Color commentator Jason Witten is hanging up his headset after one season to return to his previous gig: tight end for the Cowboys.

There was never a firm or formal plan for Drew and me to do this entire Deadcast in our hideous groaning froggy Robert Kraft voices, but I would be lying to you if I said that the prospect was not discussed. At some length, if I am going to continue being honest, and with some seriousness. But for your sake and ours,…Read more...

After a long, stupid, painful process in free agency, Bryce Harper will be staying in the NL East. Jon Heyman first reported that the ex-Nationals outfielder will be going to Philly, and several other prominent baseball reporters confirmed it shortly after. Harper and the Phillies were reportedly “significantly apart”…Read more...

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When it comes to the sneaker-and-activewear space — let’s be honest — nothing really compares to Nike. And right now at Nordstrom Rack, you’ll find a whole lot of newly marked down Nike styles for men, women and, kids. So if you’re in need of new sneakers and/or workout gear, well, you know just what to do: it.

There hasn’t been a strike in Major League Baseball for nearly 25 years. Not coincidentally, MLB’s owners and front offices are at this moment in arguably the strongest position they’ve occupied since before the Major League Baseball Players Association existed. They’re using it to implode free agency, openly tank…Read more...

It’s not at all rare for a contending NHL team to say “Fuck it” and go all-in at the trade deadline. God knows the window of opportunity to win a Cup is small and it makes sense, rather than overvaluing the potential of prospects and draft picks, to acquire the One Final Piece that will put you over the top in the…Read more...

On Wednesday night, Anthony Davis showed the Lakers what they missed out on by, uh, offering their entire team to a chaotic New Orleans front office that had no desire to let its superstar move to California: in just 21 minutes of *cough* injury-mandated *cough* court time, Davis went 10-for-14 from the field for 22…Read more...

A Dutch oven, air fryer, Anker projector, and kitchen essentials lead off Thursday’s best deals.Read more...

Ex-Packers head coach Mike McCarthy, who was fired with four games remaining last season, can’t yell at NFL officials anymore. He’s apparently filling the void by shouting at and chasing high school basketball refs instead. And there’s video.Read more...

Do you have a kitchen? Yeah? Then you should check out this one-day Amazon sale, featuring a grab bag of kitchen accessories from KitchenAid, Amco, Faberware, and more. You should head over to Amazon to check out the sale, but here are a few favorites of ours.

Most screens in basketball, and roughly one hundred percent of the good ones, are used to help an offensive player gain a little separation from a defender who is crowding his space. The screen from Bucks guard Malcolm Brogdon that injured the knee of terrific Kings rookie Marvin Bagley III was not that:Read more...

The Heat beat the Warriors Wednesday night in Miami, 126–125, in an outrageously fun basketball game. The Heat led by as many as 24 points, but the Warriors, who very often cruise distractedly through big chunks of regular season games, roared back into it and had the lead in the final minute of regulation.Read more...

New Jersey Devils defenseman Mirco Mueller was taken out of tonight’s game against the Flames on a stretcher, after he crashed into the boards behind the net during the third period.Read more...

The Suns recently snapped a team-record and almost-season-worst* 17-game losing streak. They have won fewer than a fifth of their games this season, and once again they are the worst basketball team in the NBA. Their ongoing, endless dysfunction has finally risen to the level of “a concern for the NBA,” according to …Read more...

Over the past handful of years, Real Madrid have demonstrated what can only be described as a superpower for winning ugly. Specifically in knockout competitions, and specifically in the Champions League, time after time Madrid have labored for the greater part of 90 minutes against an opponent playing the game of…Read more...

Watch out. Chelsea’s dumb meltdowns are apparently contagious.Read more...

Brandon Nimmo was not scheduled to play Wednesday for the Mets in early Grapefruit League action, but he was excused from showing up for work due to what was initially reported to be a “stomach bug.” Speaking after the Mets’ 14-6 win over the Marlins, manager Mickey Callaway clarified that Nimmo’s ailment was less a…Read more...