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Is Darren Rovell Even Human?

It says here no: "When do you become a brand? Some people say it's for people who achieved something. I would argue that in some sense you become a brand the second you're born." [NYMag]...

Tyrus: The Greatest Of 'Em All

Originally published in the June 1915 issue of American Magazine and anthologized in the Library of America's new collection of Ring Lardner's stories. Reprinted here with permission....

It Isn't Easy Being Frank Sinatra Jr.

Over on The Stacks, we've reprinted Tom Junod's 1994 story about Frank Sinatra Jr., which will hit you right square in the feels....

Jonathan Chait is an otherwise excellent journalist who will sometimes mount a terrible, sentimental defense of the NCAA, seemingly as a sort of party trick, like a guy opening beer bottles with his teeth. Stop that shit, writes Scott Lemieux. [TAP]...

Some rhymes for your fan-pride video, courtesy Spencer Hall: "I rep Vandy, and roll candy/ paint on the drop, Anchor Down like your pops/ on your mom, your sis, and twice on your girl/ My degree gets paper like gheri gets curl." [EDSBS]...

Elmore Leonard's rules for writing: "The line of dialogue belongs to the character; the verb is the writer sticking his nose in." [The Stacks]...

Your morning cry: This story, about the drowning death of former Atlanta Hawks big man Dan Roundfield, is very, very sad. [NYT]...

Here's another big, pretty, award-baitingly tasteful New York Times project that everyone will pretend to have read: "The Jockey."...

Deadspin Up All Night: Thrills Me For Days And Days

Thanks for your continued support of Deadspin. Courage....

Funbag will run tomorrow, for some bullshit reason....

Posnanski does that great Posnanski thing on Drungo LaRue Hazewood, a minor-league folk hero who went hitless in five at-bats with the Orioles in 1980, his only stint in the majors. Hazewood died on Sunday. [Joe Blogs]...

Join us at 2 p.m. for a chat with Nate Silver, the new guy at ESPN....

The MMQB's David Epstein gets into the weeds on HGH testing. This is your monthly reminder that we're talking about a test of dubious efficacy for a substance of uncertain benefits. [MMQB]...

You're all right, Rex Ryan:...

Deadspin Up All Night: Hiding In The Shadows

Thanks for your continued support of Deadspin. Onward....

Nostalgia Done Right: The <em>Family Ties</em> Creator Who Gave Me A Shot

In the summer of 1991, I was sitting next to my sister in the back seat of my parents' Toyota Previa, reading a book about Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World." We were driving across country because my parents were afraid to fly, Hopewell Junction, N.Y., to Los Angeles, California, where ...

Not Every Dillweed Is A Murderer

There was some pushback to my post yesterday asking Peter King to please "Shut Up. Shut Up, Shut Up, Shut Up. Shut Up." I'll just put this here, because something tells me King's tweet about Aaron Hernandez—"He was the 113th pick in 2010 for a reason"—won't be the end of this particular vector of t...

Shut Up. Shut Up, Shut Up, Shut Up. Shut Up.

He was the 113th pick in 2010 for a reason....