Adam McQuaid Gets 25 Stitches After Skate Slashes Neck, Cleared To Play Tomorrow

Time for another entry in the seemingly endless litany of stories proving the true toughness of hockey players, folks. Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid has been cleared to play tomorrow after taking a teammate’s skate right to the neck yesterday, which required something in the neighborhood of 25 stitches to fix:

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Gold Medalist Runs Away From Official Who Tried To Stop Her From Doing Victory Lap

After Great Britain’s Laura Muir won gold in the 1,500 meters at this week’s European Indoor Athletics Championships, she tried to do exactly what anyone wants to do after winning gold in anything: a victory lap. Before she could get started, however, an official tried to hold her back and make sure that she didn’t.…

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StarCraft Pro Topples Number One Player To Win IEM Katowice Championships

Jun “TY” Tae Yang doesn’t have the illustrious career of many other StarCraft pros. Despite playing the game for a decade, since the age of 12, Jun had never won a premier event until January. Today, at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice, Jun took his second-ever first place finish at a premier, besting the top player in…

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Russian Politician: Let's Legalize Fan Violence And Make It A New Spectator Sport

Back in June, when a group of Russian hooligans brutalized English fans at Euro 2016, most of the country’s politicians condemned the violence (even while playing coy about how it could have possibly happened). Igor Lebedev, deputy chairman of the Russian parliament, had a different perspective: “I don’t see anything…

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Angel Garcia Goes Off On Keith Thurman: "He Ain't From Philly, He Ain't Got A Big Dick"

Danny Garcia lost to Keith Thurman last night in a split decision, and his father and trainer, Angel Garcia, took the loss about as well as you’d have predicted he would. He used a post-fight rant to share some thoughts on the validity of Thurman’s win (he thinks it was disgusting), how he would have scored the fight…

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