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Aw, This Career Minor Leaguer Tearing Up Over Making The Phillies' Roster Is GreatBrock Stassi is 27 and has spent his six-year career in professional baseball bouncing around the Phillies’ minor league system. He found out today that he’d get his first taste of the big leagues with a spot on the team’s Opening Day roster, and his reaction was very earnest and very sweet with ple...

Here Are Some Adorable Fox Terrier Puppies Hanging Out With A BunnyIt's been a pretty bad couple of days in sports, with lots of people acting terribly. There's no need to ignore all that and pretend the world is perfect, but there's no need not to take a minute to watch these puppies playing....

Jeff Green Hugged His Heart Surgeon After Making Game-Winning LayupHere's a wonderful picture of Jeff Green, moments after sinking a game-winning layup at the end of last night's Cavs-Celtics game, giving a big hug to Dr. Lars Svensson. Dr. Svensson is the man who performed open heart surgery on Green to fix an aortic aneurysm over a year ago, saving Green's life a...

Update: Alleged Weed-Eating Rabbits Were Not Actually Eating Weed

An email from a reader about Deadspin's coverage of that burgeoning scourge, athletes trying to eat their weed:...

A Softball Diamond Is Probably Not What She Had In Mind

A Cincinnati-area softball coach proposed to the coach of his rival team before their game Wednesday. Somehow, I don't think their players will be following suit (not in Ohio, anyway). [Enquirer]...

Love And Football. The Return Of The Jamboroo

Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Find links to more of Drew's stuff at his Twitter feed....

To Watch Tonight

What to watch as Michael Vick's dogs learn to love again... • 6 p.m. - 6 a.m. — Super Bowl Highlights marathon, leading you right into the Mike and Mike in the Morning special. Why even bother sleeping? [ESPN2] • 8 p.m. — Movie: National Lampoon's Van Wilder. An original idea by National Lampoon abo...

Unassisted Triple Plays Are So Easy, Even A Kid Can Make One

-Lady Andrea...