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Jeffrey Taylor suffered through a horrible, terrible, no-good, very bad Thursday.  Police in East Lansing, Michigan, arrested the Charlotte Hornets forward on domestic violence and other charges early Thursday morning. He made bail. At 7:29 p.m. on Thursday, the East

NFL fans don’t agree with Eric Holder, Keith Olbermann, and Hillary Clinton on the Washington Redskins. A Sports Illustrated/Marketing & Research Resources poll of 500 NFL fans found that 79 percent of them do not consider the nickname of Washington’s

The Great One is becoming a grandfather. Can we call him the “great” grandfather? Paulina Gretzky announced on Instagram that she and troubled golfer Dustin Johnson are expecting their first child. Johnson left the PGA tour earlier this year amid

“It was the worst abuse I’ve ever seen in state or city government since I took over as Inspector General,” observes Gregory Sullivan, the Massachusetts taxpayer’s watchdog under governors Mitt Romney and Deval Patrick. Last season, in the hours after

“That’s going to eat me up,” Jameis Winston said of his suspension earlier this week. “I want to be out there on the field.” The reigning Heisman Trophy winner wanted to be out on the field so badly that he

Embattled NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell pledged to “get it right and do whatever is necessary to accomplish that” in a New York press conference on Friday afternoon. “We can use the NFL to help create change,” Goodell announced, “not only

Andy Murray may have won a gold medal for the United Kingdom at the 2012 London Olympic Games. But his endorsement of Scottish independence from the UK has made foes out of former fans. Huge day for Scotland today! no

It turns out that the guys in the stands hit their wives a lot more than the guys on the field. But because TV cameras obsess over the activities of football players and not football watchers, the guys in the

Major League Baseball suspended umpire Joe West one game for grabbing Jonathan Papelbon. Major League Baseball had already suspended Jonathan Papelbon seven games for grabbing Jonathan Papelbon. How is that fair? Joe Torre, MLB’s discipline guru, addressed the outraged aftermath

“It’s never too late to get it right,” Vikings co-owner and president Mark Wilf said at a Wednesday press conference. “The fact that we’re getting it right now, it’s best for all parties.” The all-hands-on-deck presser, which featured the team’s

Arian Foster loves a Toyota Tundra towing the Space Shuttle. Anheuser-Busch lecturing the NFL on morality? He likes that about as much as he likes Caillou. “We are disappointed and increasingly concerned by the recent incidents that have overshadowed this

The Minnesota Vikings have placed Adrian Peterson on the “exempt” list in response to criticism of the team for activating the running back on Monday. A Montgomery County, Texas, grand jury indicted the 2012 NFL MVP on Friday on a

When Anheuser-Busch speaks, the NFL listens. The leading television sponsor of the last five Super Bowls has chastised the league for its handling of player misbehavior. Video of three-time Pro Bowler Ray Rice knocking out the woman he subsequently married,

The NFL prohibited Robert Griffin III from wearing a “Know Jesus, Know Peace” shirt to Sunday’s postgame press conference. With much of the country under the impression that narcotics users, child abusers, and wife beaters comprise an unhealthy percentage of

Fifteen years ago, a drunk driver left Ben Rothwell for dead. The Kenosha cage fighter–34-9 in mixed-martial arts (MMA), 1-0 against the Grim Reaper–now fights for a shot at the UFC heavyweight title. The long, rocky road to stardom started

Ray Rice lost at least $10 million for punching a woman in Atlantic City in February. Floyd Mayweather will earn at least $32 million for punching a man in Las Vegas tonight. When the Marquess of Queensberry approves, so do

A former executive tasked with boosting New York Mets ticket sales has filed suit against the franchise alleging that refusing to marry the father of her child resulted in the team firing her. The brief, filed in federal court in

The National Organization for Women, which stood by their men Bill Clinton and Ted Kennedy through their scandalous treatment of women, has called on NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to resign because of his handling of Ray Rice’s assault on his

A former exotic dancer allegedly responsible for taking those racy pictures of Jerry Jones with several strippers has filed a civil suit against the Dallas Cowboys and the team’s owner. Jana Weckerly seeks more than a million dollars in damages.

The new owner of the Buffalo Bills isn’t Donald Trump. That doesn’t mean fans increasingly projecting politics onto sports necessarily breathe a sigh of relief. Terrence Pegula, a Boca Raton businessman who made his billions in the oil industry, reached

Mashantucket, Conn.– Ben Rothwell felt his right arm break blocking an Alistair Overeem kick this weekend. He didn’t get to call timeout. The rules didn’t permit him to ask his coach to put in a substitute. He couldn’t go back

I’ve confirmed it with my sources. We live in a Monty Python movie. The Atlanta Hawks, on the selling block after news that their owner wondered in a memo if too many black people attending games scared away whites, meted

Hard running by Knowshon Moreno and a Dolphin defense that improved as the game progressed powered Miami to an opening-day victory over division rival New England. Miami burst out of the gate before slowing in the first half. Undrafted rookie

Mashantucket, Conn.–UFC brawlers took theirs chances at Foxwoods Resort Casino on Friday night, dealing out bad hands all night long. The main card witnessed Joe Lauzon and Matt Mitrione hit the jackpot with highlight-reel stoppages, 4-1 longshot Ben Rothwell beat

Mashantucket, Conn.– The UFC invaded the Foxwoods Resort Casino for a cable-TV card that eclipsed its recent pay-per views in star power. What the undercard prepping the casino’s sold-out Grand Theatre for the likes of Alistair Overeem, Gergard Mousasi, and regional

Sir Charles knows controversy. He also knows the Nicomachean Ethics. Charles Barkley has ridiculed Michael Jordan’s facial hair on national television and divulged to Conan O’Brien that one of the richest men in sports is “cheap.” But the Round Mound

A service that tracks sports merchandising claims that sales for Washington Redskins gear has fallen 35 percent. SportsSourceOne believes that charges that the team wears a racist insignia and sports a racist name has hurt the brand. “People are having

Gloria Allred loves abortion (safe, legal, and rare, of course). Men? Not so much. Rich, famous men? Even less. So, filing a lawsuit against boxer Floyd Mayweather for posting the sonogram of the twins his ex-fiancee aborted seems a no-brainer

The family of Junior Seau has opted out of the NFL concussion lawsuit settlement. The deal grants the survivors of victims of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative brain disease that Boston University researchers report finding in Junior Seau upon autopsy,

The Dallas Cowboys have signed Michael Sam to their practice squad. “We felt like it was a good move for our football team right now,” Head Coach Jason Garrett explained. “I don’t like to talk about who’s on our board

“Redskins” isn’t a divider. It’s a uniter. In a divided America, one alleged controversy–the Washington Redskins–actually unifies. Very few people want the team nickname changed. An ESPN poll shows that more than seven in ten Americans support Washington’s NFL franchise keeping its

Michael Sam finds himself on the couch rather than on the defensive line as the NFL regular season gets underway this week. That doesn’t mean athletic opportunities remain closed to the former Missouri Tiger. The Montreal Alouettes have reportedly reached out

One of the more disturbing rituals of youth involved bigger kids at the local Boys Club stripping smaller kids of their towels after open swim to point, gawk, and loudly announce: “Saw you naked!” I watched one tough from the local

WORCESTER, MA–Edwin Rodriguez has fought in Madison Square Garden, gone the distance with the man some believe the best fighter in the world in Andre Ward, and won the Monte Carlo Million Dollar Super Four Tournament. But a strange sparring

The police report on Pittsburgh Steelers running backs LeGarrette Blount and Le’Veon Bell describes docile, doltish arrestees. Pot can have that effect on a man. “I didn’t know you could get a DUI for being high,” the police report alleges