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Billionaire octogenarian apparently not embarrased to ask for $1B in taxpayer moneyAnother day, another billionaire casually asking the taxpayers of his city for a billion dollars so he can get even more money than he already has. ...

Kenny Smith ruined Sabrina Ionescu's momentLet’s take a look at a few of the comments after Steph Curry and Sabrina Ionescu squared off in a 3-point shooting contest on Saturday night, Curry topping the Liberty star by just 3 points, 29-26, both shooting from the NBA arc....

USA Hockey hiring Bruce Guerin feels wrong; Edmonton still haunted by this ghost

As you may have heard after considerable wailing from players and at least the Canadian fanbase who need anything to feel good about themselves these days, the NHL has finally reinstituted an international calendar for not only the Olympics but eventually a World Cup the next few years. The latter w...

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The NHL is back in the Olympics for 2026, 2030

The NHL will announce its official return to the Olympics, according to TSN and Chris Johnston. The move marks the league’s first time back in the games since 2014. ...

Joe Dumars turns his back on NBA defenses

NBA executive vice president Joe Dumars has to say everything is fine while standing in front of a fiery explosion of scoring. And, of course, he’s going to be anti-load management. He is a shill for the league and has to toe the company line on the state of the game. However, it’d just be nice to a...

Draymond Green's days in Golden State may also be numbered

Years of incidents both on and off the basketball court have finally caught up with Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green. It was announced Tuesday that Green would not be part of Team USA at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Green’s suspension history played a role in the decision according to...

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NCAA-ESPN's new broadcast deal is great for women's sports

The NCAA and ESPN agreed to an eight-year, $115 million annual deal to broadcast 40 different championships including the women’s college basketball tournament....

by Mackenzie Meaney|

|Thu Jan 04 2024

This week in the sports world: NFL refereeing under fire again; Biden goes to bat for indigenous Olympic team

You do have to appreciate that the officiating crew on the league’s Sunday Night game, supposedly the marquee matchup of the week where the entire NFL world tunes in, was able to pack in so much moron-acy into one final drive. The density of clueless officiating in the last minute of Kansas City Chi...

by Deadspin Bot|

|Sat Dec 09 2023

Biden supports Indigenous Olympic lacrosse team

With lacrosse being added to the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, it is only right that the group of people who invented the sport get an invite too. ...

by Mackenzie Meaney|

|Wed Dec 06 2023

Gary Bettman teases NHL changes

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman addressed the media at the conclusion of the NHL’s Board of Governors’ annual meetings. Bettman teased some big changes to the league in the near future, the biggest of which would be an in-season international tournament....

by Mackenzie Meaney|

|Tue Dec 05 2023

The NHL is pawing at international competition again

While admitting I’m completely clueless as to the detailed logistics of constructing an international hockey tournament, the overall idea of it isn’t complicated. While the actual hockey is probably better before the NHL season when players are fresh and teams have a chance to practice and shape the...

by Sam Fels|

|Tue Nov 21 2023

This time the Cubs can't blame Billy Goat

Though I no longer belong to the Wrigleyville parish, it doesn’t mean I have any more patience for tired and overused narratives about the Cubs. I do not find “#Cubes” any more entertaining or pertinent than I did when I bled blue. Most, if not all, should have been washed away by the 2016 World Ser...

by Sam Fels|

|Wed Sep 27 2023

Bobsledder Aja Evans is the latest Olympic athlete to accuse a trainer of sexual abuse

I was once discussing the Catholic Church abuse scandal with some friends. The main thrust of the conversation was this: Is there something about the Church that specifically causes priests to abuse children? Or are predators attracted to the Church because they know they can abuse there? We never c...

by Julie DiCaro|

|Thu Sep 21 2023

USA’s FIBA World Cup loss to Germany proves something needs to change before the 2024 Olympics

The Americans will leave this year’s FIBA World Cup without a title....

by Eric Blum|

|Fri Sep 08 2023

Team USA must play like this for the rest of the FIBA World Cup

Americans don’t care when Team USA wins non-gold medal games. But they do give a damn if they lose them....

by Carron J. Phillips|

|Tue Sep 05 2023

Rondae Hollis-Jefferson has taken quite a star turn during the FIBA World Championships

It was a long shot for Jordan to qualify for the second round at the 2023 FIBA World Championships. They are 0-3 through three games and were throttled by USA, 110-62. However, through the defeats a player bloomed. The leading scorer in the FIBA World Cup is, unsurprisingly, Luka Dončić at 30 points...

by Stephen Knox|

|Wed Aug 30 2023

Let’s get this Balloon World Cup in the Olympics, pronto

The World Cup is the biggest sporting event for the most popular sport on earth when it rolls around every four years. It’s when most Americans who rarely pay attention to footie get to throw on their capes, pull out their flags, and cheer on the home team. There’s a new World Cup that seems to have...

by Criss Partee|

|Sun Aug 27 2023

USWNT captain Lindsey Horan said the quiet part out loud

It started to percolate during the latest Summer Olympics, delayed a year to 2021 because of the pandemic. The United States women’s national team — the former two-time-defending World Cup champions — not only looked vulnerable, but they also appeared average. Not average for the Stars and Stripes —...

by Eric Blum|

|Wed Aug 23 2023

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