The Middle Eastern nation has been trying to increase its profile by bidding for hosting rights for a number of international sporting competitions.

Like usual, Rondo shoots (his mouth off) and misses (a game).

At least we know that this isn't another Adrian Peterson-type situation because Hamilton has never been a switch hitter.

The statement that Lindros did not want a rapport with Stewart is false and makes Lindros out to be unfriendly or hostile," Lindros's lawyers wrote in his pleadings.

Fair enough and that makes tons of sense, but I'm still going to laugh at it and not provide any of that context if I make a joke about it at some point in the future.

You may not realize this, but Gary Shandling left that show to sell insurance in character.

He's leaving the NBA to sell insurance because there is only so long you can have a name like Larry Sanders without becoming an insurance salesman. Bob Sanders is helping him get started.

Then we'll see if those front-office clowns still think it was a good idea to trade for a surly point guard who can't shoot

The signing just happened like 2 or 3 days ago and I remembered seeing it. Also I remember from last year how funny I thought it was that a team (the Sky) was under .500 for the regular season and was playing in the finals.

Love to hear Chicago feeling sorry for itself as if they didn't just resign the WNBA's 2014 Sixth Woman of the Year Allie Quigley to the defending Eastern Conference champions, the Chicago Sky. For multiple years no less! Spoiled much?

Today, at his first practice, the 38-year-old reportedly yelled at gruff Montenegrin center Nikola Pekovic for a lack of hustle:

Our updated helmet logo is reflective of today's modern Cleveland - the design honors the past while evolving into the future. The emptiness of the orange symbolizes what Cleveland looks like during nights and weekends after everyone has gone back to the suburbs, and the lines of white and brown down the center mirror…

If I was AP and my agent did some dumb stuff like this, I'd be switching my agent.

Only need to get 2 words into the headline to know it's something awful.

"So, from a pure baseball standpoint, he says the JRW team was clearly the country's best, and, title or not, that's something to be proud of," read Almonte from the statement prepared by an unnamed representative. "On a related note," he continued, "the same could be said of a football team who, hypothetically, was…

What, exactly, is wrong with a tall and strong person utilizing their physical attributes to make money?

"Damn, Dwight! At least when I touch someone unsolicited, I make eye contact."

"Im not getting that pop or that bounce [anymore]. So Im getting close to that point: Im going to pass the ball."

I'm sorry … that's almost beneath the commissioner's duties.

"Ugh. It's been weeks already. Can we drop it yet? Fucking bullshit."