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The Pistons should be sending thank you cards to the Lions
The Pistons should be sending thank you cards to the LionsMidway through January of 2024, Detroit exists at the cross-section of grief and euphoria. Grief for the terminally ill Detroit Pistons and euphoria towards the Detroit Lions reanimating. Nothing encapsulates the circle of life and sports quite like the present-day 313. There’s even a dash of relief...
The Giants And Phillies Become Model Of Teamwork And Selflessness While Fighting Wind-Blown Tarp Together
The Giants And Phillies Become Model Of Teamwork And Selflessness While Fighting Wind-Blown Tarp TogetherA few East-Coast ballparks have come up against their arch-nemesis this afternoon—falling water—as an onslaught of thunderstorms have conspired to threaten, at least, an ongoing game in the Bronx and an upcoming one in Philadelphia....
Jaguars Barely Defeat Tarps
Jaguars Barely Defeat TarpsBlake Bortles and the Jacksonville Jaguars are going to play a real, actual NFL playoff game the first weekend in January. (Still a weird fact to write.) Although the team’s stadium has a capacity of about 84,000 for college football games, the Jags usually limit their games to 67,000, with parts of...
There's One Tiny Business Behind All Those Giant Flags
It has become impossible to ignore the American flag at sporting events. This is, in part, because of the increasingly elaborate performance that is the pregame ceremony for the national anthem, in which the flag works as symbolic shorthand to represent whatever you want it to about the country, the...
The Tarp Always Wins
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Prayers Up For The Pirates' Tarp Man
As the Pirates’ grounds crew struggled to spread the tarp on the field in inclement weather Tuesday night, one man was nearly consumed by the polyethylene menace before Andrew McCutchen and Sean Rodriguez came to help. Before today’s game, someone created a respectful memorial for Tarp Man....
It Takes A Village To Secure An Infield Rain Tarp
The grounds crew at New Three Rivers Stadium was handed a nearly impossible mission Tuesday night, tasked with unfurling the rain tarp in the face of pounding rain and gusting wind. As you can see, one unfortunate soul almost paid the ultimate price, as the tarp demon did its best to take him to bas...
Former Mavs Big Man Roy Tarpley Passes Away At 50
Roy Tarpley, the talented Dallas Mavericks power forward who flamed out of the NBA due to substance abuse issues, died Friday, at the age of 50. According to The Dallas Morning News there was no official cause of death, but multiple Mavericks officials were informed he had liver failure. ...
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Russian Tennis Prez Fined For Calling Venus & Serena "Williams Brothers"

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Texans Linebacker Reveals He Had Brain Surgery Two Years Ago

Texans Linebacker Reveals He Had Brain Surgery Two Years Ago

Wed Dec 25 2013
"I Am A Little Worried To Be...On The Electronics": Thunder Storm Terrorizes Professional Baseball Grounds Crew

"I Am A Little Worried To Be...On The Electronics": Thunder Storm Terrorizes Professional Baseball Grounds Crew

Mon Jun 17 2013
The Kansas City Royals Tarp Crew Is More Entertaining Than The Kansas City Royals

The Kansas City Royals Tarp Crew Is More Entertaining Than The Kansas City Royals

Mon Jun 17 2013
Tarp Surfing Is Neat, Pointless

Tarp Surfing Is Neat, Pointless

Mon Jun 17 2013
The Washington Nationals Season In A Tarp-Covered Nutshell

The Washington Nationals Season In A Tarp-Covered Nutshell

Mon Jun 17 2013
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