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Report: LeBron James Wants The Cavaliers To Increase Payroll

LeBron James’s ongoing displeasure with the Cavaliers is apparently over what he perceives to be not enough spending on payroll by team owner Dan Gilbert, according to a report from Brian Windhorst.

King Felix's Yankees World Series Ring Was A Replica His Son Got As A Ballpark Promo

Yesterday we wondered why Felix Hernandez had a 2000 Yankees World Series ring, recovered in a burglary bust in Bellevue, Wash. As it turns out, the reason is pretty funny and cute.

Dion Waiters Has The Perfect Quote For This, Just Give Him A Second

Miami Heat guard Dion Waiters has helped his team beat two opponents this week, both times with ill-advised, game-winning threes, and he’s feeling good. The situation reminds him of something a great thinker once said … hold on, it’ll come to him.

All the Best Movies Coming to and Leaving Netflix in February 2017

2017 is now in full swing, and Netflix is yet again bringing a ton of new original movies and TV shows alongside some decent stuff from other networks. That includes some real winners this month, like Finding Dory and The People v. O.J. Simpson.

Basketball Player's Eye Pops Out Of Socket In Really Gross Injury [Graphic]

New Zealand Breakers big man Akil Mitchell suffered a horrific and gruesome injury in a game earlier this morning, when his eyeball “puffed out of its socket” after being caught by an opponent going for a rebound.

The Stock Market Sure Is High

Exciting, the Dow closed over 20,000 yesterday for the first time in history. What is the best thing to do with this information? Uhhhhh…

Doomsday Clock Moves 30 Seconds Closer to Midnight and We're All Going to Die

It’s 2.5 minutes to midnight. We’re all fucked.

Louisville: Sure, We Hosted Sex Parties, But They Were Cheap And Didn't Help With Recruiting

Rick Pitino and the University of Louisville have accepted the majority of the NCAA’s accusations relating to their stripper recruiting scandal, but the two have singled out a few interesting points to push back on in their official responses.

Today's Best Deals: Athleticwear, Rechargeable Batteries, Hoover SteamVac, and More

A discounted Xbox Live Gold membership, athleticwear on Amazon, a Hoover SteamVac, and more lead Thursday’s best deals.

The Best Rechargeable Batteries Are Back On Sale

Eneloops are the best rechargeable batteries, and since you can never have enough of them, here are eight AAs for $18, the best price ever.

Jalopnik EPA Employees During Media Blackout: ‘There’s A Real Sense Of Dread’ | io9 The New X-Men TV

Jalopnik EPA Employees During Media Blackout: ‘There’s A Real Sense Of Dread’ | io9 The New X-Men TV Show Will Feature Some Familiar Mutant Heroes | Kotaku Today In Japan, Hundreds Of People Lined Up For….PlayStation VR | Two Cents The First Things You Should Do After Paying Off a Big Debt |

The Carmelo Anthony Saga Just Keeps Getting Messier

All of this is just so embarrassing for the Knicks, who for whatever reason just can’t seem to have a boring, dignified losing season like so many other teams. Oh no, this has to turn into open discord between their best player and the man running the shots, as a series of leaks have revealed that the Knicks have…

Don't Overpay For Xbox Live Gold – Here's 12 Months For 25% Off

Xbox Live Gold is basically a requisite add-on for your new Xbox One, but don’t get suckered into paying the full $60. While supplies last, here’s an entire year for $45.

Venus Williams Is Very, Very Happy To Be In The Final Of The Australian Open [Updated]

All evidence suggests that 36-year-old Venus Williams is feeling good about reaching the final of the Australian Open. She defeated CoCo Vandeweghe 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-2 to become the oldest women in a Grand Slam final since Martina Navratilova in 1994. And she’s pretty damn excited about that win.

The Bulls Are Melting Down

A whole season’s worth of frustration came to a head for the Chicago Bulls tonight. Chicago is 23-24, just a hair ahead of the Milwaukee Bucks for the eighth seed, and they have an indisputably worthy all-star starter in Jimmy Butler. Yet the team is clearly harboring some internal tensions and tonight they all came…

Dion Waiters Is A Clutch Genius Now, I Guess

Dion Waiters has never met a contested three-pointer that he didn’t want to kiss on the mouth, and somehow, that tendency has helped him knock in a pair of game-winners this week against the Golden State Warriors and the Brooklyn Nets, the opposite of the Golden State Warriors.

The Cavaliers' Bad Week Just Got Worse

What’s a bad way for the Cleveland Cavaliers to follow up a 2-5 lull and a very public callout of the front office?

Daniel Cormier Will Fight Anthony Johnson At UFC 210

Daniel Cormier, UFC light heavyweight champion, will take on Anthony “Rumble” Johnson, the weight class’s top contender, at UFC 210 in Buffalo. The title fight will happen on April 8, four months after the two were supposed to fight at UFC 206.

Malcolm Brogdon, The NBA's Second-Best Rookie, Has A Habit Of Dunking On People

Joel Embiid and his historic season aside, this class of NBA rookies hasn’t looked all that strong yet. One half of a season is not enough time to come to a conclusion about anyone’s career, but so far this class has been, as NBA.com’s Scott Howard-Cooper put it a month ago, bad. The number-one pick from last season…

Justin Tucker Nailed A 75-Yard Field Goal

The Pro Bowl is a meaningless spectacle that is only as valuable as the silly highlights it provides. For the first time, there will be a skills competition of sorts, which includes catching footballs dropped by a drone. That might be cool, but it probably won’t be nearly as impressive as Justin Tucker hitting a field…

Today is the 22nd anniversary of Eric Cantona’s infamous kung-fu kick, one of the strangest and most

Today is the 22nd anniversary of Eric Cantona’s infamous kung-fu kick, one of the strangest and most outrageous events in Premier League history. This makes Luis Suarez’s biting habit seem tame.

Mike D'Antoni Joins Ongoing Roast Of Alternative Facts-Peddler Sean Spicer

The Rockets have gone 3-5 over their past eight games, but if you look at those numbers in a different light, they’ve actually gone 8-0. Most cowardly media elites won’t tell you this.

Report: Trump's Example Of Voter Fraud Was A Bullshit Story About A German Pro Golfer Who Couldn't Vote For Him

Donald Trump has kicked off his time in the White House by watching cable news, pushing for a litany of ghoulish new policies, and lying profusely. One of his claims is that three to five million people voted illegally against him in the election in order to ensure that he lost the popular vote. Leaving aside the…

Deadspin Up All Night: Sitting On The Lincoln Four A.M. Thinking

Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Too much herbs and spices.

SB Nation Fires Writer For Social Media Conduct Following Domestic Violence Arrest

SB Nation fired part-time social media editor and blogger Jacob Price Wednesday after he went on a tweetstorm over the weekend about a May 2016 arrest for allegedly choking his then-girlfriend. The charges against Price have since been dropped.

English Soccer Team Produces Best, Dumbest Highlight Video For Canceled Game

Greenwich Borough FC are a tiny club that play in the Isthmian League’s Division One South. That’s the eighth division of English soccer and it’s mostly made up of semi-pro sides in London and southeast England. They played Hanwell Town yesterday, but the game was abandoned after 15 minutes due to a frozen pitch.

Police Investigating Report Of 16-Year-Old Girl Raped At Kansas Men's Basketball Dorm

According to multiple reports, police in Lawrence, Kan., are investigating a report that a 16-year old girl was raped in McCarthy Hall—an all-male dorm at the University of Kansas that houses 38 students, including the Jayhawks men’s basketball team. The report is currently under investigation by the university police…

Oscar De La Hoya Arrested For DUI

Former boxing champion Oscar De La Hoya was arrested for driving under the influence early this morning in Pasadena, Calif., after he failed a series of field sobriety tests.

A Brief Chat With Elon Musk About Climate Change, Rex Tillerson, and Donald Trump

Yesterday Elon Musk stunned us (and just about everyone else) by tweeting in support of Rex Tillerson, former CEO of ExxonMobil and likely Secretary of State under the Trump administration. Musk’s public image is that of a tycoon using his influence to innovate towards a techno-utopian future powered by clean energy…

Now It's Just Rafael Nadal And A Bunch Of Gorgeous One-Handers

Rafael Nadal dug around and exploited two glitches in the Milos Raonic serving machine—two successfully converted break points, that is—to win his Australian Open quarterfinal 6-4, 7-6 (7), 6-4. And now he’s surveying a field full of the prettiest one-handed backhands in all the land. Roger Federer’s got the regal…