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NFL RedZone Previews, Part 3: The Quad BoxersEvery week during the season, NFL RedZone is packed with action from across the league, and there are some stalwarts who carry the action every Sunday afternoon from 1 to 8 Eastern....

In recent coaching trend, NBA stood for No Blacks Allowed... That MUST changeThe NBA is finally back in the Black. In coaching, that is....

Larry Bird Complains After Artist’s Mural Makes Him Seem Too InterestingArtist Jules Muck recently painted a mural of Larry Bird in the Fountain Square section of Indianapolis, which features the image of Bird in his Indiana State jersey doing the “Shh!” gesture, similar to the Nov. 28, 1977 cover of Sports Illustrated. This time, though, Bird is doing the shushing inst...

Let's Fix All The Bird Logos In Pro Sports

There are 12 teams across the Big Four leagues named after birds, and to be honest, it’s a pretty raw deal for the birds. The teams get, for free: an entire graphic identity based around attractive and charismatic wildlife to put on shirts and hats and stuff to sell for a ton of money. The birds, ea...

Is There Artistic Merit In This Painting Of A-Rod Sitting On His Toilet? An Investigation

The picture of former Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez sitting on his expensive, curtain-less Manhattan loo has become such a powerful cultural image that a tipster sent us a painting of it....

Did Cal Ripken Jr. Sign This Painting Of An Oriole By John Wayne Gacy?

For those of you clamoring for the autographs of both a serial killer and a Baseball Hall of Famer, here’s a way to, well, kill two birds with one stone. You can buy this “original acrylic painting of an Oriole by John Wayne Gacy, which prominently features the autograph of Cal Ripken Jr.” for $9,99...

The Innocent Man Freed From Prison Because Of His Golf Artwork Is Making A Career Out Of It

Valentino Dixon tells a story in front of a packed house for his first solo art show, and the crowd is enraptured. He went to prison in 1992, and after he was released in 2018, his daughter bought him his first smartphone....

Here’s a really great interview with the artist who painted the Blades of Steel box cover, which caused Sports Illustrated’s lawyers to come after him. [Puck Junk]...