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Reporting that Rafael Nadal won a match on a clay surface is a lot like reporting that the Mets lost a game, so we needed another angle on his 6-2, 6-2 win over Gael Monfils in the Barcelona Open quarterfinals today. Luckily, the cameras on hand for the match captured that angle for us. In the incredible career that is Rafa on clay, only one real adversary persists. [Deadspin] More »
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BYU has been held up as a symbol of all that's decent in college sports for its treatment of Brandon Davies, who violated the school's honor code by having sex with his girlfriend. The reality isn't so appealing. [Deadspin] More »
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]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5784998&view=rss&microfeed=true Felice Herrig has taken a punch from a man before. Many. She's also hit back. Hard. She's a mixed martial arts fighter, in a comparatively small population of women professionals, and, like it or not, in many gyms her only… [Kotaku] More »
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Animals play basketball, too.… [Deadspin] More »
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Basketball star Diana Taurasi tested positive for a banned drug, and her shot at the 2012 Olympics could be in jeopardy. But she swears she didn't take anything — we asked an expert if she could be telling the truth. More »
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Whether it's big and juicy or small with potential, there are many forms of blemishes, not limited to simply whiteheads and blackheads. Herewith, an examination of the different categories of pimples and their popping possibilities. More »
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Or at least that's what she says in her first interview since being cleared to run as a female. Though she was reportedly "shattered" by the controversy, she insists, "I'm not ashamed of being myself. I know who I am." More »
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The number of NFL teams still in the running toward becoming America's Next Top Big Tackley Dudes has been narrowed down to two, and both teams contain players with serious sexual assault allegations. What's a fan to do? More »
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After reports that Ashley Madison, the cheaters website, was angling to run a spot during the Super Bowl, we've finally heard: FOX rejected it. (Slightly NSFW) More »
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A female line official is causing one British football commentator to opine that all such officials should be women. The reasoning is interesting, but (mostly) wrongheaded. More »
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A former University of Iowa football player is accused of sexually assaulting a fellow student while she was unconscious, and after his friend had already assaulted her. But today, he was cleared of the most serious charge against him. More »
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Being a female sideline reporter just gets more fun all the time — on Friday, ESPN announcer Rod Franklin's sexist comments to reporter Jeannine Edwards got him pulled from a bowl game. And it's not his first offense. More »
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A group of friends from Miami, one a star NCAA baseball player, has been charged with the rape of two seventeen-year-old girls. Given that it involves athletes and girls getting drunk, brace yourselves for an extra-ugly fallout. More »
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Let's celebrate the blessed end of 2010 by visiting BallerAlert.com, an online groupie site "where jersey-chasing women often huddle to swap advice and scandalous dating stories." More »
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Although DC Universe Online is still in beta, there's plenty to be said about its avatar fashions. And while DCUO has many strengths in that area, it also has a glaring weakness: the exaggeratedly buxom shapes forced on female avatars. More »
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The high-school cheerleader who was kicked off the squad after refusing to cheer for her alleged rapist is going to the Supreme Court. More »
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Kayla Watkins, 12, was fine with being the only girl on a boy's hockey team — til she saw a meeting agenda item about her "Player Ability Limitations," including handwringing over her locker room changing, written by another kid's dad. More »
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Recently Gawker Media's servers were hacked; the security breach affected commenters across our entire network. And for that, we're deeply sorry. But now it's time for Judge Judy to take the secretive squad claiming responsibility—known as Gnosis—to task. More »
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Last night, the University of Connecticut Women's basketball team won its 89th game in a row, breaking a record set by a men's team. This obviously means that now the Battle of the Sexes Just Got Serious. More »
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Five former members of an Idaho high school basketball team are accused of imprisoning teammates and penetrating them with foreign objects as part of a horrible hazing ritual. Now they're facing sex crime charges. More »
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The St. Joseph County Prosecutor's Office has announced it won't prosecute the alleged sexual battery that led college student Elizabeth Seeberg to take her own life. Nor will the person who sent her a threatening text be charged. More »
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The group that helped kick "erotic services" off Craigslist is now going after Village Voice Media's Backpage.com for hosting child sex-trafficking ad — and they want a crackdown before the Super Bowl, traditionally sex trafficking's biggest weekend. More »
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The good news about ESPN's new site for women is that it's not pink, and so far there are no pedicures. But is it any good? More »
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An openly gay University of Minnesota golf coach is considering a discrimination lawsuit after she wasn't allowed to do her job, suggesting that homophobia can be a problem at secular universities, not just religious ones. More »
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Tennessee's Belmont University says its women's soccer coach resigned yesterday — but players say she was forced to leave after she came out to them. More »
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I just don't get cockshots. I don't get snow penises, either. Or dickflashing, including the non-predatory kind. But are they just different points on a spectrum of men wanting to be looked at the way women always are? More »
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Dear Elizabeth: I don't see what more you could have done. More »
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This Wednesday, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit will air an episode inspired by the Duke Fuck List. We got our hands on the script, penis-size bar graph references and all, and spoke exclusively to the writer and co-executive producer. More »
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A trio of teenagers adrift for two months in the South Pacific were found yesterday by a New Zealand fishing boat "in a lonely part of the ocean." They'd subsisted on rainwater, coconuts, and the meat of a single bird. More »
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The NFL's Chris Henry died last year after falling from a pickup truck during a fight with his fianceé. His mother Carolyn Glaspy opted to donate his organs, and recently met the recipients, reports CBS Sports. Grab your tissues. More »
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A study by The Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation has found, just in time for the holidays, that the smell of pumpkin pie "increas[ed] median penile blood flow by 40%." Ladies: to your kitchens! There's one catch... More »
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Oh, hello! My name is Katie Baker and I'll be here today attempting to assist the wondrous Jenna Sauers. I just thought I'd tell you a lil bit about myself. For starters, I am actually blogging from my mother's basement. More »
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"Is this one of us?" reads a message-board headline. Attached is that video of the woman confronting her subway flasher. But the board commenters aren't talking about her. Welcome to Dickflash, a twisted forum where flashers trade tips and tricks. More »
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It's not enough to make the cut to be a Playboy centerfold. Your nipples also have to be the right sort of pointy. Your butt has to have a "better curve." Enter Photoshop. Here, a rare view into the process. More »
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It's cool that ESPN: The Magazine put a female athlete on the cover of the Movie Issue, but why did Lindsey Vonn have to be photographed as Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct? More »
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A group of former and current professional cheerleaders, who have science-related day jobs, have formed a squad called the Science Cheerleaders. Their goal is to promote science education, but is sexiness the best way to lure girls into STEM fields? More »
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I bought a women's fitness magazine the other day and almost every page equated fitness with losing weight. Get bikini ready in seven days! Lose 12 pounds by tomorrow by doing these three exercises! Hungry? Eat seven almonds! Fuck that. More »
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A side-by-side comparison of fast food as it's pictured in advertising versus the food you actually purchase is even more of a fail than you'd think. More »
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