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In the city that's too busy to hate, but where our most-cherished rivalry is considered "clean, old-fashioned hate," let The Hater find the latest in sports that just needed to be hated on.
NCAA school with unsalaried workers for wildly profitable sports business alleges unfair labor practices by Adidas
While the Syracuse University men's basketball team seeks to build on the $11.7 million in profit it made last year thanks in large part to low labor costs secured in collusion with other NCAA schools, university administrators are taking a principled stand against what it calls unfair labor practices by ...
Matt Doherty calls out Charles Barkley for being Charles Barkley (video)
http://youtu.be/SNWLYwaQNKo NBA fans know how it works. Charles Barkley, holding court on the NBA on TNT set, says something outlandish because he's just clowning or talking out of his behind. Most folks laugh, take it for what it's worth and move on. Not so with NCAA basketball fans watching Barkley's ...
Indiana coach Tom Crean celebrates victory by kissing teenage son on mouth
The Hater already told you Indiana basketball coach Tom Crean is petulant with a punchable face. We also know he's a clown. Now, from the picture to the left, we can deduce that he's also kind of strange. The image, which is making its way around the Web and social ...
Georgia Southern to jump at chance to lose money, more games in FBS
Back in 2009, Georgia Southern commissioned a study on reclassifying its football program from NCAA FCS (formerly Division I-AA) to FBS. The executive summary of that study states: "The experience of the schools that have reclassified from FCS to FBS is one of growing deficits in their intercollegiate athletics program. ...
People who were never married to Tiger Woods upset by Nike ad
After Tiger Woods won at Bay Hill Monday to regain the world's No. 1 golf ranking, Nike released the ad above on Twitter and Facebook. Mashable points out that the ad caused some controversy among that normally thick-skinned and level-headed group of people, Internet commenters. Many of them took Nike ...
Terence Newman would like his agent to call him, please, so he can get an NFL job
A few days ago NFL cornerback Terence Newman's agent, Ben Dogra, said his client was giving “strong consideration” to signing a free-agent contract with the Raiders. Maybe that gets done if Dogra actually does his job. Via USA Today, Newman took to Twitter to call out his agent, writing: “If ...
Minnesota Gophers, bless their hearts, think they can do better than Tubby Smith
The University of Minnesota has fired men's basketball coach Tubby Smith and bought out his contract, according to CBS Sports. One report says Smith wasn't informed of his ouster before the news broke and another says the Golden Gophers already have an agreement with Smith's (unnamed) replacement. From this episode ...
No team has ever killed your NCAA bracket like the Georgetown Hoyas (video)
Each year, Georgetown sits there in your NCAA bracket with a high seed after another impressive regular season. Sure, they've disappointed a few times in the tourney, but you figure this will be the year the Hoyas stop peeing down their legs and go ahead and pick them to win ...
Bruce Bowen somehow keeps straight face while chiding Hawks' Dahntay Jones for undercutting Kobe Bryant (video)
http://youtu.be/ihq0xxIlkaU Kobe Bryant is not happy about the play above that happened at Philips Arena late Wednesday. Bryant thinks Hawks defender Dahntay Jones walked under him as he faded away on the shot, causing Bryant to suffer what the team called a severe ankle sprain that will keep Bryant out ...
Herschel Walker, 51, thinks UFC heavyweight fight is good idea
Dawgs legend Herschel Walker is 51-years old but still ripped. He won a couple mixed-martial arts fights back in 2010 and 11. But that was in a since-folded minor series of the sport and Walker hasn't had a match since. So this is just crazy talk: Walker says he wants ...
Tom Brady or someone who knows him mad because Broncos didn't give Wes Welker enough money or something
Wes Welker reportedly has left the Pats to sign with the Broncos, and Tom Brady apparently is not happy that New England didn't match Denver's offer. Or someone “close” to Brady is not happy that New England didn't match Denver's reported two-year, $12 million contract. Or maybe the person close ...
Suspended NASCAR driver reinstated after making racist remark and then learning it's racist
NASCAR has reinstated Nationwide Series driver Jeremy Clements after it suspended him for using a racial slur and thus damaging the sport's reputation for racial tolerance and inclusion. Clements used the “n-word” at Daytona in a conversation with MTV blogger Marty Beckerman, who never revealed exactly what Clements said. Clements ...
Georgia's Caldwell-Pope is best player in SEC to miss NCAA tourney
The college basketball conferences have finished handing out their awards. The Hater would like to take a moment to congratulate Georgia sophomore Kentavious Caldwell-Pope for being named the SEC's best player by coaches a few days before the Dawgs watch the NCAA Tournament on television. That's not quite right. There's ...
Hawks GM Danny Ferry not hated as much as you'd think for his Duke days
Danny Ferry, current Hawks GM and forever Dukie, is not the most hated college basketball player of the last three decades. He's not even more hated than Austin Rivers. That's according to first-day voting in Grantland.com's Most Hated College Basketball Player of the Last 30 Years tournament. Ferry, a three ...
Glen Davis thinks Magic fans might take it to the streets with Dwight Howard
ATLien Dwight Howard is back in Orlando tonight for the first time since the Dwightmare. After insulting his former teammates a few days ago, Howard is trying to play nice with Magic fans in an effort to mend fences. Apparently, Magic big man Glen “Big Baby” Davis is having none ...
Erik Ainge mad that millionaire Derek Dooley lived in mansion while coaching Vols
Derek Dooley made about $4 million in his two years as Tennessee's football coach. That's a lot of money, so it's no surprise that Dooley could afford to live in a mansion. Now that Dooley has moved on to the Dallas Cowboys after the Vols fired him (and bought him ...
'Don't laugh at Brandon Knight' say people who are no fun
Brandon Knight has been the subject of relentless clowning on social media and elsewhere since DeAndre Jordan nearly killed him with a dunk late Sunday night. But now there's also been a predictable backlash against that bashing. Yahoo Sports scribe Adrian Wojnarowski is the lead contrarian. He managed to remove ...
Atlanta native Josh Smith says it's tough playing in a bad sports town
Josh Smith, ATLien and Hawks free-agent-to-be, recently told Stefan Bondy of the (New York) Daily News (via Slam Online) that it's tough playing in a bad sports town like Atlanta. “It is a little difficult (playing in Atlanta),” said Smith, an Atlanta native. “Last year like I was telling everybody, ...
Yankees GM Cashman wants Chipper Jones, who so far has not laughed in his face (Update: Chipper responds)
Could Braves legend Chipper Jones be persuaded to come out of retirement and join the Evil Empire? No, but it plays in New York, so the heck with it. According to New York Post baseball columnist Joel Sherman, Yankees GM Brian Cashman said today that he wants to sign Jones ...
Indiana's classy, charming Tom Crean confronts Michigan assistant after game
The Hater told you this guy is petulant and punchable. After Tom Crean's Indiana team beat Michigan to secure the Big Ten title last night, Crean decided to confront Michigan assistant Jeff Meyer, a former IU assistant. WRTV (via MLive.com) has the episode on video; Crean can be heard telling ...
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