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The Pirates Win MLB's First Walk-Off Video Review
With two outs in the ninth in a tie ball game, Starling Marte tripled off the right field wall, and came home on a throwing error on the relay. He was called out at the plate. A year ago, this game would have gone to extra innings. But thanks to replay review, the Pirates got to enjoy some delayed g...
FSU Art Student Creates Painting Of Frat Bro Blowing Jameis Winston
A Florida State art major has made a piece involving the school's starting quarterback Jameis Winston in some, uh, interesting positions....
Oregon Basketball Players Suspended After Rape Investigation
Oregon Ducks freshman forward Brandon Austin and sophomore guard Damyean Dotson have been suspended and Dominic Artis is transferring, following a rape investigation involving all three men. After investigating and interviewing the victim, all three suspects and other witnesses, the district attorne...
NBA Rookies Were Historically Bad This Year
Michael Carter-Williams is the 2014 NBA Rookie of the Year. Except, everyone's pretty sure that this was a very bad year for rookies. So we thought we'd put into perspective just how bad this season's rookies were, if that's actually the case. ...
The Time Bill Murray Tried To Choke A "Medium-Talent" Comedian
Martin Mull was a lot of things—a brilliant comedian, a folk singer, an egomaniac—but one thing he will always be remembered for is almost getting himself killed by Bill Murray....
Rolling Bachelor Party Headed For Kentucky Derby Finds Dead Body In RV
A road trip to the Kentucky Derby sounds like a pretty cool bachelor party (for everyone except the driver, anyway). You get yourself some of your closest friends and put them in an RV with some beers and you've got yourself a weekend. This all presupposes, of course, that you don't find a corpse hi...
The Comedian Who Loved Himself: Martin Mull When He Was Almost Famous
Originally published in New Times, January 1978. Reprinted here with the author's permission. ...
The Derby Winner And The Vet Who Pioneered Racing's Doping Addiction
Originally published on ProPublica, republished with permission....
Tired of dumb sportswriting? Our pal Yago Colás and friends are raising funds for a site that will bring together sports and the academy, in service of addressing serious questions about class, race, gender, and all the rest. Check out their plans, and think about kicking them some money. [The Allro...
Frank Martin Is A Beautiful Flower
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Mavs Beat Spurs On Vince Carter's Three-Point Buzzer-Beater
The Mavericks beat the Spurs 109-108 on a Vince Carter three-pointer at the buzzer. Down 108-106, Carter got the ball off the inbounds with 1.7 seconds left, pump-faked Manu Ginobili into the stratosphere, and drained a three from the corner as time expired. The play was reviewed and upheld, and th...
Brenda Martinez Was Tough Right From The Get-Go
Do not mess with Brenda Martinez. She does not suffer fools or thugs or pretenders, and that's just a short list. The toughness she brings to Drake stadium tonight is just an extension of street skills she learned as a kindergartner....
Map: Over 200 Bars In NYC Worth Drinking At
The designers over at Pop Chart Lab have put together a sharp-looking, albeit somewhat arbitrary map of over 200 "distinguished" New York bars, broken down by category (click here for a larger version). If you have a lot of money and plan on living in the city for a couple years, you should check th...
R.I.P. Rubin Carter
Rubin Carter died yesterday. Here's Bill Nack's 1992 SI profile:...
Leonys Martin's Method Of Wooing Ladies Is Rather Endearing
Why are you looking at a shirtless photo of Rangers outfielder Leonys Martin? Is he in someone's living room? Who the hell took this photo?...
Bartolo Colon's Plate Appearances Are Baseball's Gift To All Of Us
We should treasure every time Mets pitcher Bartolo Colon has to take an at-bat. Baseball's giving us a present. Last night's game against the Braves was a special treat, as Colon swung so hard that his helmet flew off of his head. Yes, there's video....
David Green: The Story Behind My Bombing Photo Of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Last year was the first time David Green, CEO of a sports compression company 110% Play Harder, had run the Boston Marathon. The Ironman and ultra-endurance athlete had just crossed the finish line and was walking to meet some friends when the first bomb went off, then the second. He took a picture....
Martín Maldonado Tears Cover Off Ball, Gets Infield Single
When you hear the phrase "he tore the cover off the ball," you think about a blistering line drive or a towering home run. In the sixth inning of Milwaukee's 5-3 win over the Pirates, Brewers backup catcher Martín Maldonado literally tore the cover off the ball and it never made it out of the infiel...
Here Is A Chicken Playing Baseball
British Pathé, apparently seeking a permanent end to workplace productivity, recently uploaded an enormous amount of material, much of it previously unseen by the public, to Youtube. Among it is this clip of a chicken named Barnyard Casey playing baseball before a crowd of oddly well-dressed spectat...