This Boring-Looking Thermostat Includes Most of the Features of a Nest for $75

No, this Honeywell thermostat doesn’t look like a futuristic work of art like a Nest or Ecobee. But that’s easy to forgive when you realize that it still includes Wi-Fi, meaning you can program it from your phone, order it around with your Echo, and even program it with IFTTT recipes for just $75.

Read more…

Powered by WPeMatico

Dan Duquette: Orioles Fans Hate Jose Bautista, Prefer "Working Class" Players

Over the summer, Orioles general manager Dan Duquette told then-free agent outfielder Jose Bautista that the O’s weren’t in a position to sign him because of how despised he is by Baltimore fans. In an interview with MLB.com yesterday, Duquette reiterated that theory and went one step further, explaining specifically…

Read more…

Powered by WPeMatico

Eating Like an NBA Star Is Easier Than You Think

I am not a huge fan of athlete-designed or endorsed foods and diets, mainly because I am not an athlete, but I also hate the joyless, clinical approach so many of these “diets” take. (In fact, when Tom Brady released his absurd, overpriced “nutritional manual” last year, I was incensed.) But the NBA has a meal plan…

Read more…

Powered by WPeMatico

NFL Developing New Way To Drain All Joy From Sport For No Reason

The NFL will develop “an educational training video” on how to celebrate a fucking touchdown, according to a tweet this morning by executive vice president of football operations Troy Vincent, who if this was not the most embarrassing thing he has ever announced in public has had an extremely awful life.

Read more…

Powered by WPeMatico

Colin Kaepernick donates $50,000 to Meals on Wheels (Yahoo Sports)

FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2016, file photo, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick warms up before an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears. Spike Lee said on Instagram Sunday, March 19, 2017, that it was

Meals on Wheels has confirmed a $50,000 donation from former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick. The group that provides food for seniors in need thanked Kaepernick for his donation on Tuesday. It came a day after President Donald Trump took a swipe Kaepernick during a campaign-style rally in Kentucky by taking credit for the lack of suitors for the free agent.


Powered by WPeMatico

We're Getting Ever Closer To The Las Vegas Raiders

NFL owners are now expected to vote at next week’s league meetings in Phoenix on the future of the Raiders, who have filled out the paperwork to move to Las Vegas and who recently locked down financing for a $1.9 billion stadium, including a record $750 million in public money. And it sounds like it’s actually going…

Read more…

Powered by WPeMatico

Grab Some Discounted Denim During Amazon's One-Day Levi's Sale

Levi’s is a classic American denim brand, and they make your favorite pair of men’s jeans (no surprise there). Amazon is marking down a bunch of Levi’s styles, from denim to outerwear and beyond, today only. With prices like these, a Canadian tuxedo may even start to look appealing.

Read more…

Powered by WPeMatico

Team USA Makes WBC Final For The First Time Thanks To Mishandled Grounder

Tonight’s low-scoring World Baseball Classic semifinal between Japan and Team USA had none of the playful braggadocio seen in other World Baseball Classic games this year, but the Americans eked out a 2-1 win to advance to the WBC final for the first time.

Read more…

Powered by WPeMatico

Raptors Finally Defeat Bulls, Ending One Of The NBA's Weirdest Streaks

After overcoming a 16-point lead, four threes from career 30 percent three-point shooter Rajon Rondo, and 37 points from Jimmy Butler, the Toronto Raptors beat the Chicago Bulls tonight. It took them 122 points and five minutes of overtime to do so, but for the first time in 12 matchups, the Raptors won.

Read more…

Powered by WPeMatico

Italian Soccer Guy Playing In England Misses Pasta And The Sun

Italy’s Andrea Ranocchia joined Premier League stragglers Hull City this season, hoping to work his way back on to the Italian national team. In the meantime, he’s doing his best to adjust to life in England, but there a couple things from Italy he really misses. Namely, pasta and sunshine.

Read more…

Powered by WPeMatico

Brook Lopez Punctures Pistons' Playoff Chances With Graceful Buzzer-Beater

The Brooklyn Nets are in a weird place. They aren’t in a position to go for wins, since they are the worst team in the NBA, but they also don’t have an incentive to tank, since they owe their pick to the Celtics. All they have to play for is the development of their young players.

Read more…

Powered by WPeMatico

Serge Ibaka And Robin Lopez Throw Actual Punches At Each Other

A chest-to-chest staring match in the NBA actually popped off into a real actual fight tonight. The Raptors and Bulls don’t like each other, and in the third quarter with the Bulls up big, Serge Ibaka and Robin Lopez got into it after Jimmy Butler nailed a jumper. Unlike most other incidents where players “get into…

Read more…

Powered by WPeMatico

The Latest Evidence That Vince Carter Is An Ageless Wonder

Vince Carter just turned 40, yet he’s still playing 24 minutes per game for the Grizzlies and has recently joined the starting lineup as Memphis lurches down the stretch. His 18th season hasn’t been short of cool highlights, and this evening, he drained a half-court shot before casually dunking it between the legs.

Read more…

Powered by WPeMatico

Sidney Crosby Hits Guy In The Dick, Scores Incredible One-Handed Goal

In the opening minutes of the Pittsburgh Penguins game against the Buffalo Sabres, Sidney Crosby whacked Ryan O’Reilly right in the dick and balls with a casual nonchalance that would make Draymond proud. Seeing how O’Reilly crumpled to the ice, though, this didn’t look like much of a love tap:

Read more…

Powered by WPeMatico