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Ice-Cold Beer Sucks (Except This One)
Happy June, hot stuffs! Let’s celebrate with a couple cold ones. But not too cold. According to this article by Chicago Tribune reporter Josh Noel, most of the beer we drink is at least 5 degrees colder than it should be. It seems most bars set their draft systems at 38 degrees, whereas beer-appreci...
Men Should (Usually) Not Wear Sandals
This is going to come as a surprise to some of you gentlemen, but you cannot wear the same ratty running shoes to everything. It’s summer now, and you’re going to have to put at least a little bit of (warm and sunny) thought into your footwear....
Fast-Food Guac-Off: Subway Versus Dunkin' Donuts
Sauces and adjectives are the coagulated lifeblood of fast-food “innovation,” because it’s relatively cheap and easy to spike ranch dressing with cayenne dust, refer to the resulting substance as Kickin’, and splort it onto a chicken patty. It’s a slimy move, but what do you expect them to do? Impro...
Former NBA All-Star Busted On "Massive Online Fraud" Charges
Police say Chris Gatling, whose 11-year NBA career saw him play for eight different teams, was the mastermind of a “massive online fraud” scheme that allegedly featured the 1997 All-Star stealing credit card numbers from people all over the country....
Atlanta Hawks Unveil New Logos
The recently eliminated Hawks officially revealed their new logos today, and the primary logo is mighty familiar. It’s a fleshed-out version of the “Pac-Man” logo the team began using as an alternate last season, which is itself an update of the one used for most of the team’s history....
Surging Into Adolescence With William Finnegan
William Finnegan’s new book, Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life looks like a choice read. Dig the excerpt in The New Yorker: ...
The Fuck You Looking At?
It’s a question for all occasions....
Oh, For The Love Of God!
For God’s sake, don’t do this!...
Bartolo Colón Hits Double
For only the second time in his career, Bartolo Colón has an extra base hit as the Mets pitcher laced an RBI double in the second inning today against Miami. (That’s in 195 plate appearances.) We’re as amazed as you....
Draymond Green Tweeted Some Mean Things About LeBron A Few Years Ago
Draymond Green has been the breakout player of the NBA this season, rumbling, defending and trash-talking his way into a potential max-contract this summer. ...
98th-Minute Long-Range Equalizer Is Your Latest NASL <i>Golazo</i>
We’ve previously called NASL the Home of the Golazo, and last night’s wondergoal by Indy Eleven’s Kyle Hyland adds to the legend of the most exciting soccer league in the United States, as his 98th-minute rocket proved to save a draw for his side at home against the Tampa Bay Rowdies....
Ow Ow Ow Ow Ow
Ryan Jimmo took a Francimar Barroso kick straight to the crotch, leading to a delay during their light heavyweight bout at tonight’s UFC Fight Night....
Missouri TV Station Airs <i>Branson Country USA</i> Instead Of Game 7
Hockey fans in Joplin, Mo. hoping to see an exciting Game 7 between Chicago and Anaheim tonight aren’t getting live Stanley Cup Playoffs hockey on NBC. No, their affiliate KSNF has the most redneckian of redneck shows on instead: Branson Country USA. The channel helpfully advises viewers looking for...
Deadspin Up All Night: I Won't Back Down
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Messi Opens Copa Del Rey Final Scoring With Marvelous Goal
Messi is unstoppable. There’s really no other words for this feat that put Barça up 1-0 on Athletic Bilbao in today’s Copa Del Rey final. ...
We Should All Be Watching More Pro Bowling
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Alexis Sánchez Puts Arsenal Up 2-0 With Unreal Strike
This really is as stunning as it looked live. Arsenal are on their way to claiming the FA Cup today as Alexis Sánchez has put the Gunners up 2-0 with this absolutely ridiculous strike:...
300-Pound College Pitcher Takes Internet By Storm
St. Thomas (Miami) pitcher Ben Ancheff got the whole Internet talking last night after starting in the Bobcats’ NAIA World Series game in Idaho last night against Lewis-Clark State. But it wasn’t his 5.40 ERA or his unimpressive 3-2 record that blew everybody’s heads off; it was his girth. So much g...
"Benjamin Franklin Is Killin' The Game!" Hockey Fan Must Be Seen
Before tonight’s Lightning-Rangers Game 7, CBC caught up with a fan who paid $4,500 for a seat along the glass. “Hundreds only. Benjamin Franklin is killin’ the game!” Give this guy a reality show; Hockey Night in Canada has its hero. ...
NASCAR Driver Wrecks, Goes Out On The Track To Yell At Somebody
Despite NASCAR banning drivers from leaving their vehicles and approaching other competitors on the track after the fatal Tony Stewart-Kevin Ward Jr. incident last year, Jennifer Jo Cobb stormed out of her wrecked truck during today’s race at Dover to yell at Tyler Reddick....