How do you feel? Do you feel way up? Do you feel blessed? You should, because the NBA is back. The 2015-16 season tips off Tuesday, and everything will be okay. See also: Flashback to '95: Reliving the NBA of 20 seasons ago Just yesterday, we were in love with Mike Scott's emoji tattoos , the future-champion Warriors were in love with the coco and practically the entire league had devolved into an emoji war over the services of a free agent center. But that's all in the past. Now, 32 teams begin the 2015-16 NBA season with clean slates and fresh hopes. What are the new basketball year's most intriguing storylines? Where can we find excellence, and where can we find schadenfreude? Who should you keep an eye on this year, and who's got next? Here are 10 of our favorite reasons to get pumped up for the 2015-16 NBA season. 1. Steph and the Warriors go for back-to-back Steph Curry was a revelation last year, earning the NBA MVP award, and the Warriors ended a … [Read more...] about The NBA is back! 10 blessings that have us up for the 2015-16 season
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Paramount Plus: Everything to know about CBS All Access’ streaming revamp
Paramount Plus is the subscription streaming-video service set to replace CBS All Access , costing $10 a month ad-free when it launches Thursday in the US and 18 Latin American countries. Paramount Plus will include live news and sports as well as on-demand shows and movies, including originals -- all of which leaning into parent company ViacomCBS ' brands like CBS , MTV , BET , Comedy Central , Nickelodeon and Paramount Network, plus movies from the Paramount Pictures studio. But Paramount Plus won't have the one show most associated with the Paramount name: Yellowstone . The first three seasons of the cowboy drama are streaming exclusively on rival service Peacock . Down the line, Paramount Plus will have exclusive Yellowstone spinoffs, like the prequel Y:1883 expected later this year. Paramount Plus will have a library of more than 30,000 episodes and 2,500 movies, plus 36 original series debuts this year. Among those originals will be a revival of … [Read more...] about Paramount Plus: Everything to know about CBS All Access’ streaming revamp
25 of YouTube’s Funniest Sports Fails
1. Golf Cart Fail This runaway vehicle wreaked minor on-field havoc following a high school football championship in Texas last December. But a heroic bystander hopped aboard and put on the brakes. No casualties occurred, and the clip immediately became Internet legend. 2. Penalty Kick Fail Watch out for the ricochet, goalie! This kid gets it in the right in the chops. 3. Mascot on Rollerblades Fail What happens when you put an inflatable dinosaur on rollerblades and ask it to skate down a flight of stairs? Amazingness, that's what. 4. Flopping Fail In sports, to "flop" is to exaggerate the force of contact in hopes of drawing a favorable call from officials. But you've got to time it much, much better than this guy does. 5. Hockey Celebration Fail Apparently, if you hug a member of the opposite team after scoring a goal in hockey, you will get punched in the face. 6. Innocent Bystander Fail This kid is just in the wrong … [Read more...] about 25 of YouTube’s Funniest Sports Fails
Knicks take Porzingis in NBA Draft, fans promptly freak out
Appropriately enough, 19-year-old Latvian hoop-dreamer Kristaps Porzingis got a proper Bronx cheer to welcome him to his new home. The New York Knicks took Porzingis fourth overall in Thursday night's NBA Draft in Brooklyn, and were promptly met with a stew of anguish and outrage from their fans, who rained boos down on Porzingis at the Barclays Center. See also: Analyzing the top NBA Draft prospects by their favorite emoji NBA commissioner Adam Silver announced the Knicks' selection of Porzingis right around 8 p.m. ET on Thursday night. Let's check in on how Knicks fans reacted. These guys were both bitter and bemused: This kid may have been laying it on a little thick, but he was clearly not happy either: On Twitter, schadenfreude reigned supreme. Knicks draft Kristaps Porzingis. Spike Lee, on set of ``Chiraq,'' finds out. ``Got him on suicide watch,'' says source. — Rick Telander (@ricktelander) June 26, 2015 Knicks fans are gonna Porzingis one out … [Read more...] about Knicks take Porzingis in NBA Draft, fans promptly freak out
‘Downton Abbey’ drops jaws in midseason shocker
Note: This post contains information about Season 6, Episode 5 of Downton Abbey , which has started airing its final season in the UK. American viewers can watch the final season starting Jan. 3 on PBS. It's been a very dramatic few days at the Abbey. In fact, something extremely shocking happened in this week's episode - so shocking that I had to take a little walk after it was over. See also: 'Downton Abbey' recap: Double entendres lead to double the fun It was not an episode you could watch whilst cooking, or, as my friend unadvisedly did, look at your phone at the wrong moment. It required our full attention. After weeks of not much going on, we had an episode of intense action that ended with a dinner table full of blood and poor Robert Crawley in bad condition. HONESTLY CANT BELIEVE WHAT JUST HAPPENED TO ROBERT IN DOWNTON IN IN PURE SHOCK — spooky josh/27 (@thewhippasnappa) October 18, 2015 How? We'll get to that. But first, the other news: Love is in … [Read more...] about ‘Downton Abbey’ drops jaws in midseason shocker