Hannity Guest: Janay Rice "Knocked Herself Out," Ray Is "Bigger Victim"

Allie Jones · 09/12/14 09:09AM

A. J. Delgado, a National Review columnist whose best-known work is titled "Crying Rape," was a special guest on Sean Hannity's radio show this week. Hannity got her take on the video of NFL star Ray Rice knocking his then-fiancée Janay out cold in an elevator, because why not? Here's Delgado's theory: Ray is the "bigger victim of domestic violence," because actually, Janay "knocked herself out."

Can Radio Shack Save Itself?

Hamilton Nolan · 09/12/14 08:46AM

Radio Shack, also known as "The Shack" or "The King of Replacement Parts for Electronic Items that No Longer Exist," is teetering on the verge of bankruptcy. Can the good old "We Sell Modern Products Now—We Swear!" find itself a reason to exist?

Drake's Head Is Appearing on Wheelchair Signs All Over Toronto

Jay Hathaway · 09/11/14 04:50PM

Aubrey Graham is internationally famous for rapping and crying (and the winner of a Grammy for same), but although the world now calls him Drake, his hometown of Toronto will forever know him as "Wheelchair Jimmy" Brooks.

LSU Frat Bros "Sorry" About Their Michael Sam Gay Sex Joke Banner

Allie Jones · 09/11/14 04:42PM

LSU's Delta Kappa Epilson chapter is awful sorry about the banner they hung from their frat house this weekend for the game against Sam Houston State, which read "Michael isn't the only Sam getting the D tonight." While "satire" was the goal, DKE brothers say, "crossing the line and causing offense to others [was] never the intent."

The Non Sports Fan's Guide to the Abuse Scandal Engulfing the NFL

Jordan Sargent · 09/11/14 03:25PM

Even as Barack Obama all but declares war on militants in Iraq, the biggest story in America is the scandal enveloping the National Football League. But for sports fans, this story has been lengthy and complicated, with new information nullifying what we thought we knew. Here, for the still uninitiated, is the story that could undermine our country's biggest sport.

Why White Men Can't Be Disruptors

Jason Parham · 09/11/14 02:54PM

Yesterday, when Vanity Fair released its New Establishment list—which first debuted in 2008 as "a collection of kingmakers and innovators"—it included a sub-list of nine men and two women. Among the herd were Andrew Ross Sorkin of the New York Times, Bill Simmons of Grantland, Ezra Klein of Vox, and Gawker's own Sam Biddle. This apparently new breed of swashbuckling, journo-entrepreneurs was dubbed News Disruptors.

I Wish I'd Never Loved Football

Miranda Popkey · 09/11/14 01:45PM

I don't remember how old I was when I watched my first football game; under the age of five, certainly. It was, throughout my youth, the activity that made sympathy with the male members of my family possible: three hours of peace on a weekend otherwise dominated by door-slamming fights with my dad; an easy topic of conversation at Christmas with my gruff, raspy-voiced grandfather.

Hamilton Nolan · 09/11/14 01:33PM

The ozone layer. Remember that? Well, it's back. Yeah! Retro as hell. Now bring back He-Man, Tony! Toni! Tone!, and California's water supply.