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Yasiel Puig Pulled From Game For Taking His Sweet-Ass Time
What unwritten rule did Dodgers rookie/conga line dancer Yasiel Puig violate this time, leading to a mid-game benching and a round of paroxysmal I-told-you-sos from our nation's baseball columnists? Actually, this one's pretty justified....

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Johnny Manziel Suspended For 30 Minutes [Update]
As first reported by TexAgs' Billy Liucci, and confirmed by ESPN, Johnny Manziel will be suspended for the first half of Saturday's season opener against Rice....

Irritating bracket can't get geography right either: "Romantics will regard the Killers as this year's Gonzaga, or more recently, Butler — a mid-major with a solid program, and a dynamic man out front. ... Consider these similarities: the Killers' Las Vegas home base and those mid-majors' Southweste...

James Dolan Complained To The NBA About Mikhail Prokhorov's Bullying
Yesterday, the New York Post reported that the David Stern brokered a détente between the feuding owners of the Knicks and Nets last season, apparently because the league hates fun. But the more interesting part comes farther down: this meeting wasn't initiated by the NBA. Instead, Dolan went to the...

Old-School Big Blue: Rosey Grier Remembers
Actor, singer, ordained minister, political activist, author and NFL Pro Bowler the Rev. Roosevelt "Rosey" Grier has enjoyed a full and varied life....

Ring Lardner: An American Original
This week gives Ring Lardner who is being honored with a volume by the Library of America (edited by Ian Frazier). We'll run one of his stories from the collection tomorrow, and later today we've got a treat from his eldest son, John. Meanwhile, check out three of his most famous stories at the LOA'...

The Face Of USA Hockey
Let Team USA's photo day serve as your periodic reminder that Phil Kessel is part Ogre....

The History Of College Football In One Shiny Website
The fantastic, graphics-centric Sports Design Blog mysteriously stopped updating last fall, as its proprietor Steven Little began devoting more time to "other projects." One of those projects was finally revealed yesterday with the launch of Winsipedia, a data viz database of the history of college ...

Young Gun: Dempsey Pounds Willard
Slide on over to Deadline Artists for this look into the past—Grantland Rice's 1919 column on the Jack Dempsey Jess Willard fight:...

Reports: Johnny Manziel Meets With NCAA, Denies Taking Money
NCAA heavies traveled to College Station on Sunday and met with Johnny Manziel for nearly six hours, grilling him on allegations that he accepted money to sign autographs. Manziel reportedly maintained his innocence, setting up a collision course with the enforcement of an immoral yet immutable rule...

Borough to Borough: A Choice Hip Hop Mix CD
Around this time 13 years ago I got together with my friend Alan to make a mix cd of the rap records that has been released that year. A rash of good hip hop records came out in 2000, from major label and underground artists alike. There were joints from name brands like Jay Z, Snoop, Dre, Eminem, G...


The New MSG
Over at the New York Times' bookmark-worthy tumblr site, "The Lively Morgue," check this out:...

Report: Astros More Profitable Than Any Team Ever
The 2013 Astros have the worst record in baseball, the third-worst attendance, the lowest payroll of the century, and they are on pace to be perhaps the most profitable team in baseball history, taking in nearly $100 million after expenses. Who says you have to spend money to make money?...

ESPN Can't Deny It's A Joke Of Itself After This
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Rajai Davis Has A Magic Cap
Baseball and collision physics, man....


Panthers Player Ejected For Kick To The Groin
Running back Armond Smith is fighting for a spot on Carolina's depth chart, but his chances seem a little bleaker after being kicked out of last night's preseason game against Baltimore....

Lemonade Was A Popular Drink And It Still Is
Equal parts Gang Starr and Madlib gets you this:...