Since mere words cannot describe Barack Obama’s Democratic National Convention speech from last night, here is the video in full:

Last week, the New York Times ran a giant article on The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart under the banner headline “Is John Stewart the Most Trusted Man in America?”. While some may say that a comedian hosting a fake news show on basic cable can’t possibly be that influential, The Times backed it up with [...]

From The BBC:

Georgia’s Brazil-born players beat Russia in a beach volleyball game that turned sour after the recent fighting between the two countries.
Christine Santanna and Andrezza Chagas took up an invitation to represent Georgia after missing out on Olympic qualification for their native Brazil.
The Russians accused their opponents of parading under a flag of convenience [...]

Awesome, ballsy–not to mention extremely interesting–statement from Lebron James: that he would consider playing in Europe for $50 million a year or more. With Josh Childress and Carlos Arroyo jumping across the Atlantic for more money, this statement by James could blow open the NBA, European, and World market. At the very least, he has [...]

 
What a fucking drama queen. Can I see highlights of some actual games please??

Obama dominating 3-on-3 basketball:

If this isn’t a reason to vote for him, I don’t know what is.

The world record holder for the marathon Haile Gebrselassie announced today he will not be participating in the Beijing Olympics marathon this summer, claiming the air pollution is so bad in China that it would be an undue risk to his health. He suffers from exercise induced asthma but will still run in the shorter [...]

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SPORTS
Lebron gets busted for going 101 MPH, then scores [...]

Can someone tell me why Terry Francona continues to pitch Curt Schilling like he’s 25 years old? I mean this guy is forty-fucking-two and Francona just lets him pitch into the 7th and 8th innings every time he has a lead. I mean, as much as I dislike Schilling as a human being, it’s obvious [...]

NBA referee Tim Donaghy resigned Tuesday following allegations by the FBI that he was involved in a mafia-run gambling ring, bet on NBA games, and affected the point spreads in contests that he personally officiated.
Phoenix Suns fans, still smoldering over the Spurs Playoff Series because the fallacious and lopsided suspensions of Boris Diaw and Amare Stoudamire [...]

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