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Lenny Shecter is best remembered as the man behind Jim Bouton’s classic Ball Four but for a generation of sports fans who followed Shecter’s columns in the New York Post in the late Fifties and the early Sixties he stands as one of the great sports writers of them all. He had a quick-witted, thought...
Corey Crawford's Speech At The Blackhawks Parade Was Short And Profane
Is this one of the best victory speeches in recent memory? Fuckin' A right it is....
How Much Money Did The Knee Injury Cost Nerlens Noel?
If we assume that a healthy Nerlens Noel goes first or second in an historically thin NBA draft, he lost somewhere between $4 million and $5 million over the next three years—all because he vaporized his knee in February while playing amateur basketball as a nominally unpaid intern at Kentucky....
Third Man Wanted In Aaron Hernandez Murder Case Has Been Identified
Massachusetts state police last night issued an alert for another one of Aaron Hernandez's alleged accomplices in the execution-style murder of Odin Lloyd....
The Sounds of Silence
Check out Thomas McGuane's 1969 Sports Illustrated story: "The Longest Silence":...
Former Jet: Sanchez Needs Someone To Stop Him From Doing Stupid Things
Now that we've all seen Mark Sanchez's bare ass, it's probably time to wonder what took so long. According to a former Jet, Sanchez has a habit of removing his clothes or otherwise getting up to foolishness, but he's always had someone there to save him from himself....
Lance Armstrong: Tour De France "Impossible To Win Without Doping"
It's a whole new Lance! A "nothing left to lose" Lance. An "I'm a scoundrel, like all the rest" Lance. An "I don't need or want your fucking love" Lance. And he's here to drop some truth bombs....
A Day in the Life
...Of the Baltimore Sun back in the 1970s. Check out Helen Whitney's classic short, First Edition:...
Just A Fire In A Light Tower During A Game At Nationals Park
No one was injured, and the fire never spread beyond the light tower up in right field, so go ahead and laugh!...
Honey's Play Me Close Like Butta Play Toast
Via Egotrip, dig this fun from Jay Roeder....
A Supercut Of David Stern Getting Booed And Loving It
Soon-to-be-retired commissioner David Stern presided over his final NBA draft last night, and as has been the case throughout his career, he was enthusiastically booed each time he appeared on stage. ...
Patrick Sharp's Daughter Is The Cutest Sports Baby
Babies with the Stanley Cup are almost as much of a tradition as bodily fluids in the Stanley Cup, but just slightly more adorable. ...
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Nice piece by Jim Dwyer in the Times on Louis Requena, a fixture of the New York sports scene for decades:...
Put the Needle to the Groove
Soulful Sixties Sounds—for anyone who loves '60's Soul, R&B, Jazz, Latin and Boogaloo Sounds, man, this tumblr site is the gift that keeps giving. ...
Rivers: "I Would Like To Call (Simmons) An Idiot"; Simmons Fires Back
On one hand, Bill Simmons' metastasis into a Stage V Pundit is more grave than previously observed, and Doc Rivers is passive-aggressively taking shots on ESPN. On the other, whoa, is this a gripping minute of television....
Here Lies Boston Sports Guy: Bill Simmons Reacts To Celtics/Nets Trade
The primary gift and curse of ESPN's coverage of this 2013 NBA draft has been the presence of Bill Simmons, one full year into his mid-career renaissance as a talking head/typing head combo pundit. Getting the world's most vocal Celtics fan to react in real time to the Celtics trading Kevin Garnett ...
Report: Celtics Will Trade Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce To Nets
It is reportedly the end of the Big Three in Boston....