Russian-American kickboxing specialist Justine Kish squared up with UFC veteran Felice Herrig in Oklahoma City during tonights UFC Fight Night event. Herrig won in a unanimous decision, although the previously undefeated Kish did an admirable job of wriggling out of a rear naked choke late in the third round and&
The Amazon Echo is arguably this decades iPhone, and if you still dont have one (or more) set up in your home, Amazons running an unprecedented $50 discount (if you dont count the early-access deal for invited Prime members), today only.
Clint Dempsey silenced a Portland crowdbriefly, before they picked up a chant telling him to fuck himselfwith a stoppage-time goal that earned his Seattle Sounders a 2-2 draw in their rivalry matchup against the Timbers.
Sennheisers HD 650 open back headphones are widely considered some of the best-sounding cans you can buy for under $1000, and the best chance to get them is when MassDrop drops a new shipment of the legendary HD 6XX.
The NBA offseason is the best and wildest of all sports offseasons, and by a long shot. Even the deals that dont get made are endlessly fascinating. To wit: In some parallel universe, a three-team draft-night trade got done that sent Paul George to Cleveland and Kevin Love to Denver.
At 3 p.m. Eastern the Hockey Hall of Fame will announce its class of 2017. Teemu Selanne is the only lock, but other possible inductees include Daniel Alfredsson, Jeremy Roenick, Mark Recchi, Dave Andreychuk, Alexander Mogilny, Paul Kariya, Chris Osgood, and Curtis Joseph. [NHL.com]
Youve encountered enough blog posts with video clips of NBA players goofing around at a basketball camp to know how this is supposed to go. A small child sizes up Victor Oladipo just beyond the three-point line, and you start to get ready for the child to have his shot swatted into the next court or pinned against&
The last time Deadspin really checked in on the Philadelphia Phillies, it was the end of May. And the Phillies were terrible! They went 6-22 in that month, a disappointing drop-off after a bad-but-not-horrible 11-12 April. Now were coming up on the end of June, and have the Phillies turned it around? No, they have&
Martha, a 3-year-old Neapolitan Mastiff, took first prize at the Worlds Ugliest Dog Contest, held annually at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in California. It was something of an upsetolder, smaller, often hairless dogs tend to win these. But Martha reportedly impressed the judges by farting and flopping down on the ground&
An AirAsia X flight from Perth, Australia, to Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, encountered some sort of technical problem yesterday, which made the plane start to wobble and vibrate for over an hour. Faced with such a dilemma, the pilot, normally a calm, collected voice over a loudspeaker, asked everyone to pray instead. Twice.
Forget the NES Classicthis is the vintage system weve been waiting for. Nintendo today announced the Super Nintendo Classic, which will be out on September 29 for $80 and come with 21 games including the previously unreleased Star Fox 2.
Rockies relief pitcher Adam Ottavino entered the seventh inning of Sundays game with two outs, two men on, and a two-run lead. He walked Dodgers second baseman Austin Barnes, and then everything fell apart.
Velcro cable ties can transform the rat king of cables behind your desk or home theater into something more manageable, and you can get 100 of them today on Amazon for just $6. Now, Amazon frequently lists these at $5, but as add-on items that only ship as part of a $25 order. Today, youll pay $1 more, but you can&
Yesterday, on Twitter, Peter King of Sports Illustratedindicated his agreement with the idea that health care should be guaranteed for everyone in the United States.
Rugby union is the closest sporting equivalent to a demolition derby. Why are they lifting each other up in the air? Why was that not a penalty for straight-up killing someone? Why am I hurting just watching it on TV?
Sundays UFC Fight Night 112 in Oklahoma City was a suitably silly affair, with Justine Kish getting decisioned after a rear naked choke plus an ensuing emergency defecation, hall-of-famer B.J. Penn getting embarrassed by an elderly German, and Johny Hendricks, the man who once stood toe-to-toe with Georges St-Pierre&
Fox Sports Ken Rosenthal published a report today about team chemistry issues that the San Francisco Giants are suffering through this season. The conclusion of the piece is that the Giants clubhouse culture is in rough shape because Mark Melancon annoys the rest of the bullpen and everyone else on the team is quiet&
The Chase Sapphire Reserve is the step up version of our readers favorite travel rewards credit card, the Chase Sapphire Preferred. If youre a frequent traveler, the Reserve is essential.
A 23-year-old (presumably former) University of Missouri employee drove his Volkswagen Passat through a gate outside Mizzou Arena early Sunday morning. According to the St. Louis Post Dispatch, the driver then somehow managed to steer said car onto the basketball court inside the arena, causing roughly $100,000 in&
Tonight, FS1 will broadcast all the hot 3-on-3 action that took place at the Nets arena in Brooklyn yesterday. The conceit of the Big 3 was pretty simple: Ice Cube rounded up a bunch of old NBA stars and had them play 3-on-3 hoops. The fact that they were all old really affected the quality of play.
When I take my mind back 10 years to the days and weeks right before and right after Chris Benoit murdered his wife and son, one thing in particular always jumps to the forefront of my thoughts.
In news that hits hard in the Michigan basketball world but barely registers as a blip anywhere else, Wolverines assistant coach Billy Donlon (not Billy Donovan) has taken his talents to Northwestern, taking over a similar position with a longtime friend, head coach Chris Collins. Donlons departure is a blow to a&
Former Packers running back Ahman Green was arrested yesterday in Ledgeview, Wisc., on one count of physical abuse of a child and one count of disorderly conduct.
Nick Fairley had the best season of his career last year for the Saints, racking up 6.5 sacks in 16 starts and earning himself a new $28 million contract with New Orleans. However, the Saints placed him on the non-football injury list this afternoon after doctors evaluated the heart condition that Fairley has been&
Former tennis superstar and current cranky Knicks fan John McEnroe put his foot directly into his mouth this weekend when he spoke with NPR and praised Serena Williams as incredible and the best female player ever, before clarifying that she was not the best tennis player ever because if she played the mens&
The Nationals success this year has been possible only despite their bullpen, which has seemingly tried very hard to make victory impossible as one of the worst relief corps in baseball. Their front offices latest attempt to change that should do very littlethe reported signing of Francisco Rodriguez, who was cut&