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Pouya Dianat's Gorgeous Baseball Photography
Slide on over to the New York Times and enjoy this slideshow of Pouya Dianat's beautiful photography. ...
Some Jagoff Celebrated The Pirates' Win By Jumping Off A Bridge
The Pirates did a lot of shit in the last 21 years to make their fans want to take a flying leap and end it all. But that's all in the past. Tonight, the Buccos won the NL wild-card game, and this dumb Yinzer—not to be confused with this dumb Yinzer, or these dumb Yinzers—decided it was just the rig...
Brandon Bass Has The Time Of His Life Learning How To Swim
The Boston Celtics' Brandon Bass doesn't know how to swim, so he's learning how in a class filled with students roughly as tall as his legs in. Adorable....
This Story About Bob Cousy Mourning His Wife Will Break Your Heart
Marie "Missie" Cousy, the wife of NBA legend Bob Cousy, passed away last week. The two had been married for 63 years. After Missie started suffering from dementia about a dozen years ago, Cousy dedicated most of his time to taking care of her....
Deadspin Up All Night: Getting Nowhere Fast
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. I hear there's a ballgame on tonight....
J.R. Smith Delayed Knee Surgery Until After He Signed His Contract
J.R. Smith had a pair of knee surgeries this summer, and could miss the start of the season. It wouldn't be an issue if he had the procedures done soon after the Knicks; season ended in mid-May; instead he waited until July 15th, a week after he signed a three-year $18 million extension. ...
Sugar Ray Robinson Busts A Move
Sugar Ray and Gene Kelly....
Dream A Little Dream With Joan Didion
Found online: Joan Didion’s famous 1966 piece for the Saturday Evening Post, “Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream.”...
Bob Gruen's Rock n Roll Photography
Rock and fuggin Roll. Pictures by Bob Gruen over at Everyday I Show....
Should NFL Players Have Their ACLs Pre-Operated On?
I was at the gym shower today when I reached out and grabbed my towel from the hook, only I grabbed the wrong towel and started to dry myself off with another guy's towel, which was alarming because A) What if he had syphilis and wiped that syphilis onto his towel? and B) What if he noticed that I u...
Kevin Garnett: Howlin' Wolf
A knock on a hotel room door at two o'clock in the morning in the first week of May 1995 was the beginning. Eric Fleisher, the sports agent, got out of bed, walked across the floor and looked through the peephole. Who could be here at two o'clock in the morning? Through the tiny opening Fleisher saw...
The Taxonomy Of Brewing: 500 Beers On One Ridiculous Chart
Updating their 2010 and 2011 offerings, Pop Chart Lab has released "The Magnificent Multitude of Beer," a 60'' x 40'' print/chart detailing dozens of brewing styles and sub-styles, as well as over 500 individual beers (click here for a larger version)....
Brian Scalabrine Showed Up To Media Day With A Black Eye
Big Scal is a Warriors assistant coach now, but the White Mamba isn't slowing down. In this photo from Golden State's media day, Scalabrine sports a mysterious shiner. You should see the other guy....
Nothing Says I Love New York Like Tattoos of Lou Gehrig and Patrick Ewing
I saw this dude on my subway ride to work today and asked if I could photograph the artwork on his arms. Every piece was about New York....
Deadspin Up All Night: Got You
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Rays-Rangers and Dolphins-Saints tonight. Sean will be with you momentarily....
Infographic Of Mariano Rivera's Career
The most talented Craig Robinson looks at Mariano Rivera's career....
Drake And Rob Ford, Together At Last
There was a press conference in Toronto today to announce that the city will be hosting the 2016 NBA all-star game. Crack-smoking mayor Rob Ford was there. Toronto native Drake was also there, because Drake is now some kind of "global ambassador" for the Toronto Raptors, whatever that means. We're j...
Death Of A Legend
I've learned more from reading Marcella Hazan's cookbooks over the years than I have from any chef other than Jacques Pepin. She was tough, unsparing, beautiful....
Nat Moore's Helicopter Catch
Leave it to Dave Tompkins to give us something surprising like this Grantland piece on Nat Moore, NFL wide receiver and Miami Bass pioneer:...