Report: Josh Jackson Issued One-Game Suspension For Traffic Citation

According to the Kansas City Star, Kansas forward Josh Jackson has been suspended for the team’s first game in the Big 12 tournament. Provided the Jayhawks win their opening matchup against the winner of today’s Oklahoma-TCU clash, Jackson will be available to play in the semifinals.

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The Indian Wells Men's Draw Is One Big Clusterfuck

Today, out in the Coachella Valley, the Indian Wells Masters will begin. It’s the highest-profile tennis tournament in the world after the four Grand Slams, dropping a fat bounty of 1000 ranking points on its winners. Everyone in the tennis universe should be excited, except for Serena Williams and all her fans, after…

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MLB Execs Testify They Had No Idea Cuban Players Were Entering Country Illegally 

The federal trial of sports agent Bartolo Hernandez and baseball trainer Jose Estrada is hitting the home stretch. On Tuesday, their defense attorneys called five witnesses, including two executives from the Texas Rangers and one from the Miami Marlins, hoping their testimony would help punch holes in the federal…

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Gothamist Deleted Negative Coverage of Its New Owner

DNAinfo, the local-news organization owned by right-wing billionaire Joe Ricketts, announced today that it has purchased Gothamist LLC, a network of web sites covering cities from New York to Los Angeles. (In advance of the acquisition, DNAinfo laid off a slew of experienced editors and reporters.) At some point…

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Amazon's Running An Extremely Rare SONOS Discount, For Prime Members Only

SONOS discounts are exceedingly rare, and usually organized around a special event like Black Friday. But for whatever reason, the PLAY:3 is priced at $256 for Prime members, down from $300. We don’t know how long this will last, but if it’s on your wish list, you shouldn’t hesitate.

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The Buss Brothers Sure Don't Seem Very Competent Or Well-Liked

Five days ago Los Angeles Lakers president and part-owner Jeanie Buss went to court to prevent her older brothers, Jim and Johnny, from removing her as the team’s controlling owner. They claim the entire thing is a misunderstanding and that they were calling for the annual meeting to vote on the team’s board of…

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Hey Yo Don’t Put a Fucking Jungle Gym in a Movie Theater

If you have kids like me, you know that the optimal parenting situation is one where your children are close but not actively annoying you. Corporate America knows this, which is why they’ve gone to great lengths to accommodate parents who wants to experience the joys of the outside world without having to deal with…

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Are You Sure Russell Westbrook Should Be MVP? Consider These Stats

An NBA season is not a triple-double-getting contest. Yesterday, Albert Burneko argued that the discussion about who deserves the NBA Most Valuable Player award has lately gone off track—that Russell Westbrook, averaging a triple-double for the Oklahoma City Thunder, has been so thoroughly and overwhelmingly…

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