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It's Ain't Me, Laaaaaady
Martin Short as Jerry Lewis doing Bob Dylan. (Yeah, SCTV was good.)...
And Say Children, What Does It All Mean?
The Little Flower reads the comics....
Los Angeles Lakers Amnesty Metta World Peace
This sucks. ...
Deadspin Up All Night: Don't Look Back
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Nice place, isn't it? The night crew will be around to entertain you shortly....
Andrei Kirilenko Signs Inexplicable Deal With Brooklyn Nets
What the hell, Andrei Kirilenko? After opting out of his contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves, which would have paid him $10 million during the 2013-2014 season, AK47 has decided to sign with the Brooklyn Nets—for just $3.1 million. ...
Rae Carruth, The Women Who Loved Him, And The One He Wanted Dead
Originally published in the May 2001 issue of GQ. Reprinted here with the author's permission. His annotations appear throughout the story (click on the asterisk and wait a moment for his comment to appear). Illustration by Sam Woolley....
This HOA President Takes His Job Way Too Seriously
Members of the Westwind Home Owners Association recently received an email—which was forwarded to us by a helpful tipster—from their organization's president, who has had it up to here with people not cleaning up after dogs who poop in the neighborhood. But don't worry, this HOA president has a fool...
The Evolution of Bicycles
From Gizmodo: 100 Years of Tour de France Bikes mapping the evolution of cycling....
Greg Oden Brought His Swag To Last Night's Justin Bieber Concert
Greg Oden is looking at Dallas, Miami, San Antonio, and Cleveland as potential landing spots for his NBA comeback. But that's not the real Greg Oden news that's out there today. Turns out he's a Belieber!...
Brain Game
If you've never read "Game Brain," Jeanne Marie Laskas' 2009 GQ story, do yourself a favor. It's a good one:...
Everybody Street
Over at Lomography, Cheryl Dunn talks about this cool-looking new documentary about New York City street photographers....
The Art Of Storytelling: Celebrity Profiles
Check out Tom Chiarella's essay in the Indianapolis Monthly about writing celebrity profiles:...
That's An Excellent Question
Send stories, photos, and anything else you might have to [email protected]....
It's What You Do With The Gift That Counts
There was a good story by John Le Carre in theNew Yorker earlier this year (subscription required) about the making of his novel The Spy Who Came in From the Cold. The piece centered on the tense relationship between the film’s director, Martin Ritt, a left-wing Jew who’d been blacklisted, and its s...
As I Was Saying---
Dan Barry takes the mickey out of John Sterling in the New York Times:...
The Streetwalker of New York
Check out this New Yorker "Talk of the Town" item (May 1, 1943) by Joseph Mitchell....
Report: Dwight Howard Wanted The Lakers To Phase Out Kobe Bryant
So, take this with a grain of salt as you would any other sourced report, but it jibes with public comments from both players as well as common sense: ESPN claims that a big reason Dwight Howard left the Lakers was because he didn't want to play with Kobe Bryant for another five years....
Lamar Odom Went Nuts On The Paparazzi
Lamar Odom went kind of bonkers on the paparazzi today, pawing through the backseat of a photographer's car and throwing all of his shit, including camera equipment, in the middle of the street. ...
Andrew Bynum Will Take Hair And Bowling Talents To Cleveland
Oft-injured, oft-hilarious, ridiculously-coiffed tall person Andrew Bynum will sign with the Cleveland Cavaliers, according to Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski. He'll also be a cheap gamble—even if the Cavs end up having to pay more than the scant $6 million they're guaranteeing him....