Sports
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With General Manager Daryl Morey Following Mike D'Antoni Out the Door, What's Next for the Houston Rockets?
After years of stability, the Houston Rockets are in flux. In September, former coach Mike D’Antoni didn’t even wait for the team flight to land to announce his departure from the Rockets. And now nearly a month later, general manager Daryl Morey has decided to follow suit after his tumultuous 13-year tenure with the team.…
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As the Coronavirus Continues to Play Musical Chairs With the NFL, the Colts Practice Facility Closes While the Falcons Re-Open
Despite President COVID-45’s insistence that the coronavirus is “disappearing,” this pandemic is still very much alive—as evidenced by the fact that 21 states have just set record weekly averages for new cases this week. That being said, participating in a full-contact sport is probably one of the last things anyone should be doing right now. But…
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Ty Lue Is the Man for the Job, but He's Got a Lot of Work to Do to Fix the Clippers
After one of the biggest implosions in NBA history, in which the Los Angeles Temecula Clippers (the franchise has since relocated to Temecula after the team was ran out of town by rioters bearing torches and pitchforks) somehow blew a 3-1 series lead in the Western Conference Semifinals with one of the most loaded rosters…
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Melvin Gordon Facing 3-Game Suspension After Getting Charged With DUI
The Denver Broncos are cursed. Between devastating injuries to star players like Von Miller, Courtland Sutton, Phillip Lindsay and damn near everyone else worth a shit on their team, lingering uncertainty at the quarterback position and their schedule turning into a cruel game of Jenga due to the coronavirus wreaking havoc on the entire league,…
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Jared Dudley Details Life Inside the NBA Bubble, Admits the Lakers Laughed at the Clippers Just Like the Rest of Us
Los Angeles Lakers forward Jared Dudley will never make an All-Star game in his life, but if we’re picking an All-Star squad of the best personalities in the entire league, he’s absolutely a lottery pick. On the latest episode of The Bill Simmons Podcast, Dudley did what Dudley does: tap into his lengthy experience as…
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The New York Jets File for Divorce From Le'Veon Bell Citing Irreconcilable Differences
There is nothing simple—or easy—about divorce. There are ugly custody battles, alimony payments to figure out and a host of other shit to sort through when it’s time to divide the pie. But sometimes, love does not conquer all. So the Jets lit a cigarette, threw on some Mary J. Blige, and after a good…
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Padres Outfielder Tommy Pham In 'Good Condition' After Stabbing Outside of Strip Club
Strip clubs have never in life been my ministry, and it’s stories like these that remind me why I choose to abstain. From NBC News: Tommy Pham, an outfielder for the San Diego Padres, was stabbed in the back outside a strip club in the city on Sunday night. The 32-year-old was stabbed at least…
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Alex Smith Returns, Dak Prescott Bows Out and Other Takeaways From Week 5 of the NFL
This weekend was a lot, so let’s get to it. In April, curiosity got the best of me. So like millions of other people, I watched ESPN’s Project 11, which documented Alex Smith’s improbable quest to return to the field after suffering one of the most catastrophic injuries in professional sports: a compound fracture in…
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For Kobe: After Suffering One of Its Biggest Tragedies, Los Angeles Achieves Arguably Its Most Meaningful Triumph
Less than an hour before the Game 6 of the NBA Finals showdown between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Miami Heat, the Heat gave me a glimmer of hope: Goran Dragic Active for Game 6 Heat guard is listed active for tonight’s do-or-die game vs. Lakers after tearing his plantar fascia in Game 1.…
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Another Day, Another NFL Team Incurs the Wrath of the Coronavirus as New York Jets Shut Down Team Facilities
Stephen A. Crockett Jr., your senior editor at this very website, and I have a running bet that the NFL won’t last until Week 8—I mean, Week 7—due to its inability to circumvent COVID-19. And if today’s news is any indication, we should probably bump that up to Week 6. From ESPN: The New York…