Locker Page 1030 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Dead Letters: "If I Was Your Boss I'd Fire Your Sorry Ass"
Subject: Jordan Baker...
You Gonna Play Golf or You Gonna Fuck Around?
A Keeper: Charlie Pierce's 1997 GQ profile of Tiger Woods:...
Grand Master
Here's Rick Reilly on Jack Nicklaus' incredible performance at the 1986 Masters:...
JaVale McGee Filmed Himself Giving A Homeless Person $100
JaVale McGee: still the best....
Deadspin Up All Night: Learn Something
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Sean's around a bit later, so drop on by. Game 4 of the NBA finals tonight. Enjoy your evening....
Mookie Blaylock Gets Out Of Jail, Gets Put In Other Jail
Former Hawk Mookie Blaylock is facing a charge of vehicular homicide for a crash last month that killed a 43-year-old woman. After two days in jail, Blaylock bonded out late last night. He was immediately taken to a jail one county over....
What's Your Hurry, Joe?
Found combing through the excellent and most bookmark-worthy site The Sports Curator, I came across this 1941 column by Jimmy Cannon:...
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Tell Us About Your Horrifying Kitchen Accidents [Warning: Gore]
Here, watch, I am going to blockquote myself (from yesterday's Feedbag):...
S'Long Suckers
Lucky for us, the Baseball Almanac has reprinted John Updikes' celebrated 1960 New Yorker story on Ted Williams' last game, "Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu": ...
The KKK And Noisy Crickets Stopped Patrick Ewing From Going To UNC
NBA legend Patrick Ewing went on the Dan Patrick Show this morning to talk about his new position as an assistant coach for the Charlotte Bobcats, and the conversation eventually turned to reminiscing about Ewing's college days. In particular, Patrick wanted to know exactly why Ewing chose to atten...
Why'd It Have To Be Snakes?
Gordon Wright, another lover of classic sports writing, suggested this fun piece of work by Jeff MacGregor. From Sports Illustrated back in 1998, dig "Snakes Alive!"...
The Invisible Man
Peace to reader A.J. Travis for suggesting Wright Thompson's ESPN story, "Shadow Boxing":...
Good Old Sidney
Here's a story I wrote a few years ago about watching Dog Day Afternoon on TV late one afternoon with my Dad:...
Jason Kidd Hired As The Brooklyn Nets Head Coach
Jason Kidd has just been selected to take over as the next Brooklyn Nets head coach. According to Yahoo! Sports, he'll have a three-year, guaranteed deal with a fourth-year team option. Kidd, 40, announced his retirement shortly after the New York Knicks were eliminated in this year's playoffs. Toda...
Deadspin Up All Night: A Summer Song
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Greg will be joining you shortly for pucks and yuks. Talk down here....
The NCAA's Enforcement Division Is A Mess, And That's A Good Thing
This week's Sports Illustrated (print edition) includes a lengthy rundown of the bureaucratic troubles plaguing the NCAA's enforcement division. SI's take: That the ineptitude created by these troubles is preventing the NCAA from properly administering its rulebook. SI treats this as a problem, as s...
Feedbag: How Can I Make Caveman Food That Tastes Good?
Welcome to the Feedbag, where all the dumb questions about food, drink, cooking, eating, and accidental finger removal you've been embarrassed to ask can finally receive the berating they goddamn deserve. Also: answers. Send all your even-vaguely-food-related questions to [email protected] wit...
Never Give Your Kid A Cold Shower: Advice From The Worst Dad On Earth
Excerpted from Someone Could Get Hurt: A Memoir of Twenty-First-Century Parenthood, which makes a great Father's Day gift for foul-mouthed dads everywhere....
Tim Donaghy On Game 3: Swallowing Whistles For The Playoffs
As he has done for us in years past, Tim Donaghy, the owner and operator of RefPicks.com and a former NBA referee who spent 11 months in prison for relaying inside information to gamblers, will review the performance of his former colleagues during the NBA Finals. Here's a quarter-by-quarter breakdo...
Outrage Over Racist Tweets About Anthem Kid Overwhelms Actual Racism
So 11-year-old Sebastien de la Cruz performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" last night before the NBA Finals game in San Antonio, and did a wonderful job. Alas, his performance brought the racist morons of the social media world out of their #tcot caves, and everybody got mad....