Nathaniel S. ButlerThe NBA used to be the land of milk and honey for bad-ass nicknames, blessed with magical monikers like “The Iceman,” “Chocolate Thunder,” and “Dr. J” (R.I.P, ABA). Sadly, that creativity started to die when we collectively decided “First letter of first name + first syllable of last night = nickname!” was okay, and perished when Kobe Bryant nicknamed himself and no one called him out for it. (Never forget.)
But, thanks to author Nick Kapur, sweet-sounding sobriquets have been resurrected.
Kapur, a historian of Japan and East Asia, decided to educate Twitter on the NBA nicknames that exist in China, one of the more basketball-crazed countries in the world.
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And the thread that followed was simply a delight:
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Welcome to another edition of The Grind, where we apologize to all the dads out there who we ever gave crap to for bailing on playing golf due to having young kids. My first round as a father was preceded by a hurried 5:30 a.m. feeding, a spit-up clean up, and a scatterbrained missed turn that literally had me racing to the first tee. Exhausted, embarrassed, but at least happy I avoided a speeding ticket, I then proceeded to shoot my worst score in years and somehow strain my forearm in the process. In other words, the USGA really should look into implementing some sort of dad handicap. So again, to all the parents I’ve played golf with, sorry. I get it. Now let's talk about some real golfers.
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Jason Day: Clearly, the Aussie doesn't need a dad handicap. Day picked up his second PGA Tour title of 2018 at the Wells Fargo Championship and then picked up his son Dash on the 18th green. Only one of those things is getting harder to do for him, and it’s not winning..

Vaughn RidleyThere is so much to digest here we're not sure to begin. First of all, let's be easy on the people of Toronto. Their team, coming into the NBA Playoffs as the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference, just got swept by the Cleveland Cavaliers and some epic performances from LeBron James. Poor Toronto. Their city's legacy for wilting in the playoffs continues to cement itself. It can't be easy to be a Raptors fan.
Probably the most famous of any Raptors fan is Drake, the rapper who made headlines last week for trying to fight the Cavaliers' Kendrick Perkins after a heartbreaking Game 1 loss in Toronto. Perhaps that was foreshadowing, as Drake again threw down with a member of the Cavs family. His latest target? A 13-year-old kid. LeBron's kid, to be exact. (Drake is 31, in case you were wondering.)
Yep, apparently Drake went back and forth with LeBron's son, LeBron James Jr., who apparently goes as Bronny (more on this later). You would think ..

John ShearerOn Monday night, a carefully curated selection of the world's most beautiful bipeds gathered on Manhattan's Upper East Side to show off how much expendable income they have to spend on cufflinks while simultaneously raising a couple of bucks for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. As you've maybe already guessed, it was the 2018 Met Gala—AKA “fashion's night out”—and this morning the internet is pouring over glittery red carpet glamour shots of [insert very popular, probably terrible person here], trying to figure out who it wore it best and, more interestingly, who didn't.
Oddly enough, that brings us to Tom Brady—all-American quarterback, traveling rabbit top hat salesman, and conqueror of Brazilian bikini models—who grabbed every Instagram feed in sports by the throat last night when he showed up dressed like The Man With the Golden Gun undercover as Wayne Newton performing lounge jazz covers of Metallica's Black Album. Embracing the evening&#03..

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Set down in the wild, rolling ranch land of eastern Oregon, there's a place called Silvies Valley Ranch. A luxury resort built on working cattle land, Silvies Valley, like Oregon itself, is a funky little paradox. There's your traditional spa, lavish “glamping” cabins, and a quartet of rustic, links-style golf courses snaking through the brushy bluffs and occasional pine stand. But dig a little deeper—or, better yet, book a tee time on the 7-hole McVeigh's Gauntlet—and you'll quickly see not everything is as ordinary as it seems.
Why? Because on McVeigh's Gauntlet, your caddie isn't some John Doe who's more interested in talking about his kids' grades than your yardage, it's a goat—a four-legged, bull-headed, actual freakin' goat.
The bi-products of Silvies Valley's American Range Goat breeding program (in case you're as confused as we are), goat caddies come with a host of goat-related complications, however, so we sat down w..

There was always a belief that Ichiro Suzuki could hit more home runs if he wanted. Even baseball's big fly king*, Barry Bonds, said Suzuki would win the HR Derby as recently as two years ago had he entered. But while the longtime outfielder's reserved power has become the stuff of legend, as Ichiro says goodbye to the game as a player (At least, for now), the fact remains he was one of baseball's most prolific singles hitters.
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Of Ichiro's 3,089 hits, 2,514 were of the one-base variety, equating to more than 81 percent. Home runs, on the other hand, counted for a scant 3.8 percent of his hits. If you followed the 10-time MLB All-Star's career, none of this should surprise you. Still, seeing where all his hits over nearly two decades wound up, is pretty mesmerizing. Check this out, courtesy of MLB's director of research and development Daren Willman:
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One would expect a backyard tennis court if purchasing a house owned by Chris Evert. But throw in a backyard golf hole as well? Talk about a lifetime sport oasis.
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Such is the case with the tennis legend's Boca Raton home that has been put on the market. According to the Wall Street Journal, in addition to a tennis court (Again, a must for a Chris Evert house), the property also has a “short par-3 golf course.” Judging by this photo from Siemens Group Realty — a co-lister with Douglas Elliman — the phrase “golf course” seems like a bit of a stretch, but still, it's a sweet spread:
FacebookPinterestIn addition to being able to play golf and tennis, the 5-acre spread in Horseshoe Acres has a pool, soccer field, a nine-car garage, and two guesthouses. There's also a horse barn that was converted into a gym and home theater. Unless you plan on training the next Kentucky Derby contender, we recommend keeping it t..

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