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Rick Derringer performs at Oakland Stadium in Oakland, California - July 23, 1977

Arts And Culture

Rick Derringer Made Rock And Roll Fun

Kilkenny players return to the field before the Leinster Senior Camogie final match between Wexford and Kilkenny at Netwatch Cullen Park in Carlow.

Hurling

Dumbass Irish Rule Forcing Female Athletes To Wear Skirts Finally Repealed

Kilkenny players return to the changing room before the Leinster Senior Camogie final match between Wexford and Kilkenny at Netwatch Cullen Park in Carlow. The women had to return to the locker room because they wore shorts. There are no action pictures from this game at the request of the players.

Ireland To Consider Ending Sexist Dress Code For One Of Its Most Popular Sports

Jockey Umberto Rispoli crosses the finish line on Journalism #2 to ahead of jockey Luis Saez and Gosger #9 win the 150th Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on May 17, 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland.

Horse Racing

Journalism Finally Meets Its Deadline, Wins The Preakness

One Last Trip To Pimlico, A Dead And Damned Racetrack

Undisputed junior featherweight champion Naoya Inoue (R) punches Ramon Cardenas in the fourth round of their title fight at T-Mobile Arena on May 04, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Inoue retained his titles with an eighth-round TKO.

The Fights

Naoya Inoue And Ramon Cardenas Salvaged Boxing’s Meek Weekend

HBO Sports boxing commentator Jim Lampley provides commentary as he previews the upcoming WBC Heavyweight Championship fight for television viewers between James Toney and Hasim Rahman at Boardwalk Hall on March 18, 2006 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Jim Lampley Knows Friday Night’s Alright For Fighting

Turki Al-Sheikh and actor Jason Statham (left) at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Picture date: Saturday December 21, 2024.

Saudi Arabia’s Latest Boxing Spectacle Is A Times Square Fight Card With No Start Time And No Tickets

Chris Óg Jones of Cork in action against Gavin White of Kerry during the Munster GAA Football Senior Championship semi-final match between Cork and Kerry at Supervalu Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork.

Gaelic Football

Kerry And Cork Redeemed A Dour Season Of Gaelic Football With One Great Game

ELMONT, NEW YORK - APRIL 6: Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals celebrates with Wayne Gretzky and Gary Bettman after scoring his 895th career goal, passing Gretzky for the all-time scoring record, during the second period of a game against the New York Islanders at UBS Arena on April 6, 2025 in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Jess Rapfogel/NHLI via Getty Images)

I’m The Idiot Who Bet Against Ovechkin

My Friend Has Been Naming Shitty TV Characters After Me For 20 Years

Darrion Williams #5 and Kevin Overton #1 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders react after Williams scored a three point basket to tie the game during the second half in the West Regional Sweet Sixteen round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Chase Center on March 27, 2025 in San Francisco, California.

College Basketball

Texas Tech Made It Feel Like Destiny

Muhammad Ali smashes a right to the head of George Foreman.

George Foreman Got As Good As He Gave

Israel Daramola

Ray Ratto

David Roth

Lauren Theisen

John Paul Jones, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page from rock group Led Zeppelin perform live on stage at Earls Court in London on 24th May 1975. The image is in black and white; the Defector Music Club badge, at upper right, is not.

Music

Defector Music Club Is Getting The Led Out

France's wing Damian Penaud (C) holds the trophy while France's players celebrate winning the Six Nations international rugby union tournament at the end of their match against Scotland, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Paris' suburb, on March 15, 2025.

Rugby

France Deposes Ireland As Six Nations Champs While Disappointing Failed Imperialist Country Where Rugby Was Invented

John Feinstein Never Stopped Doing Everything

Antoine Dupont of France breaks to score a try that is later disallowed due to a knock on during the Guinness Six Nations 2025 match between Ireland and France at the Aviva Stadium on March 08, 2025 in Dublin, Ireland.

Ireland Stumbles In Six Nations, Rekindles Title Hopes For Failed Imperialist Country Where Rugby Was Invented

Gervonta Davis takes a knee in the middle of round nine due to the grease in his braids dripped into his eyes against Lamont Roach Jr. during their bout for Davis' WBA lightweight title at Barclays Center on March 01, 2025 in New York City. (

Boxing

Gervonta Davis Escapes With A Draw After Hair Care Debacle

Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School boys basketball coach Louis Wilson

High School Sports

High School Basketball Team Forfeits Season Over Violation, Is Still Eligible For State Championship

Dmitrii Bivol fights Artur Beterbiev as the headline act of Beterbiev v Bivol 2: The Last Crescendo at Kingdom Arena on February 22, 2025 in Riyadh.

We’ll Take More Bivol Vs. Beterbiev, Less Of Everything Else

Sam Prendergast of Ireland is tackled by Matt Fagerson and Rory Darge of Scotland during the Guinness Six Nations 2025 match between Scotland and Ireland at Scottish Gas Murrayfield on February 09, 2025 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Ireland Continues Moving Toward Historic Rugby Threepeat With Assist From Failed Imperialist Nation Where Game Was Invented

Bundee Aki of the Irish National Rugby team scores on a try while being tackled by Tommy Freeman of England during the first round of the Six Nations Rugby Championship

Ireland Moves Toward Historic Rugby Threepeat While Humiliating Failed Imperialist Nation Where Rugby Was Invented

A photo of Dallas Mavericks player Luka Doncic shurgging on court during a game

Mavericks Send Luka Doncic To The Lakers In Trade Best Described With Unhinged Obscenities

There’s No High School Basketball Like D.C. High School Basketball

Japan’s Naoya Inoue poses during the official weigh-in in Tokyo on May 5, 2024 ahead of his super-bantamweight title boxing match against Mexico’s Luis Nery.