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Gerald Wallace Badly Misses Uncontested Layup
Actually, if you're keeping score at home, Wallace has a possession for the ages here: He misses a jumper, fails to use the backboard as he misfires on the bunny, and then he gets whistled for a travel because he caught his own airball. This clip belongs in Springfield....
It's Scary What Steph Curry Can Do In Seven Minutes
Late in the first half, with Denver up and Golden State staring a potential Game 7 in the face, Warriors coach Mark Jackson pulled Steph Curry aside and said, "There's going to be a point in this game where you're going to take over because you're the best player on the floor." That's not being psyc...
Under Pressure
In the summer of 1968, Jack Olson wrote a series for Sports Illustrated about race (it was later turned into a book). Here is the first piece: "The Black Athlete: A Shameful Story." ...
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Westboro Baptist Got A Warm Welcome When It Protested The OKC Game
The Westboro Baptist Church's protest of last night's Rockets-Thunder game—in response to Jason Collins's coming-out, naturally—was sad and trivial, as the WBC's protests always are. Six picketers showed up. Many more were there to greet them....
So Put That in Your Pipe and Smoke it
Random baseball rap lyric of the day......
The Thunder Successfully Executed The Rare Double Flop
Down the stretch in the Rockets' 107-100 win, Oklahoma City turned to a “Hack-A-Whatever-His-Name-Is" strategy on Omer Asik. Before that though, the plan was apparently to get in the big man's way and go down like bowling pins....
Kevin Garnett Treats Us To Another Great Postgame Interview
OK, so this doesn't rate as high as the "BAR FIGHT!" or the "ANYTHING IS POSSIIIIIBLE!" interviews, but few things in this world do....
I'm Only Sleeping
Check out John Updike's short essay, "Never to Sleep, Always to Dream," written for Golf Digest back in 2001:...
Kevin Durant Finds That Life Without Russell Westbrook Isn't Much Fun
Comebacks from a 3-0 deficit have been done in hockey, and in baseball, but never in the NBA. It makes sense; those first two sports put an inordinate amount of weight on one person, a goaltender or a pitcher. But basketball is ostensibly the same starting five every night—except when it's not. Hous...
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The QB Class Of 2010 Shows College Loyalty Is A Myth
The knock on professional athletes is that they'll readily abandon their fans for a bigger contract. Not so for college players, who–ostensibly free from financial temptations–supposedly have true connections to their schools. So why can't colleges hold on to their top recruits?...
The Yellow Pages
The Elements of Style according to Jack Mann....
Feedbag: Should I Make My Own Baby Food?
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]. ...
Shane Battier Has A Cop Mustache Now
This is what happens when your team sweeps its first-round playoff series and you end up with a lot of free time on your hands. ...
...Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex and The San Francisco Giants
Woody's sex and baseball joke. ...
Shaq's Phone Goes Off, Chaos Ensues
Shaquille O'Neal forgot to turn off his cell phone before going on the air for TNT's pre-game show. He flings it away, dislodging his mic. The wheels come off from there. Watch the whole clip, it ends in hugs....