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The Season In NBA Bench Celebrations
Well, this is fantastic. The NBA has put together a compilation of the year's best examples of benches losing their minds....
Bat Boy Has A Helluva Story About George Brett's Pine Tar Game
The 30th anniversary of the infamous George Brett pine tar game is July 24. The Royals are currently back in the Bronx to play the Yankees, and Brett is back with the Royals as their interim hitting coach, with a press conference planned for today so he can talk more about it. But the Wall Street Jo...
True To The Game
Thanks to Kottke I came across this excerpt from Brett Martin's new book Difficult Men. This piece goes behind-the-scenes on HBO's classic, The Wire:...
This Sure Looks Like Ike Reese Passed Out At A Bar In Philly
Either that, or he's just resting his eyes a bit while out on the town. Look alive, Ike! ...
Bud Selig, Interim Commissioner For Life: A Dialogue
The Same Old Game is the third issue of The Classical Magazine. In addition to this piece, it features writing by Carson Cistulli, Eric Freeman and more, as well as nine artists including Craig Robinson, Dmitry Samarov, and Amelie Mancini....
B.J. Upton Shits Out A Double, According To Typo
The Associated Press would later correct its caption on this photo of B.J. Upton's fourth-inning double against the Marlins, but not before the original version was published verbatim in at least two outlets: ESPN's game HQ and on the website of the Aiken (S.C.) Standard....
Here's A Bored Baseball Fan Playing With A Rubik's Cube
Our tipster tells us that this picture was snapped at a Nationals game, shortly after Ryan Zimmerman clubbed a grand slam. I hope he solved the cube. I've never been able to figure out how to finish one of those damn things....
I Wonder If I've Run Into The Person Who Killed Nicole
Case you've never read it, here’s Pat Jordan’s 2001 New Yorker profile of O.J. Simpson:...
Carlos Gomez Steals Go-Ahead Home Run On Leaping Catch For Final Out
This is a pretty impressive way to end a baseball game. With two out in the top of the ninth and closer Francisco Rodriguez on the mound for the Brewers, Joey Votto sends K-Rod's 2-2 offering deep to center field for what looked to be a two-run home run that would give the Reds a 5-4 lead. ...
Kanye West Was At <em>The Decision</em> And Fell Asleep
Fansided has a very detailed account of one former ESPN studio stage manager's experience on the set of LeBron James's Decision, which is three years old today. The most revelatory passage concerns Kanye West, who was not only present for some reason but also fell asleep while LeBron And Jim Gray ga...
Here's The Letter That Helped Get Aaron Hernandez Drafted By The Pats
Before the 2010 NFL draft, Aaron Hernandez and his agents wrote a letter to Patriots personnel executive Nick Caserio, assuring him that if the Patriots drafted Hernandez they would not have to worry about him smoking weed while playing in the NFL. It was Hernandez's alleged marijuana use while at F...
Police: Anna Benson Stormed Kris's House With Gun And Bulletproof Vest
The saga of Kris and Anna Benson, which last July we thought had come to an unhappy-but-not-especially-terrible resolution with the couple's divorce, appears to have indeed come to that especially terrible resolution, one involving guns and bulletproof vests and the police....
A.J. Burnett Is A Menace To Rosin Bags Everywhere
He did it back on Opening Day in Pittsburgh, and he did it again during the fourth inning yesterday afternoon in Chicago, in his first start since he came off the DL. Grounds crews around MLB are hereby advised to be on the alert....
That Time Babe Ruth Ran Into The Wall And Knocked Himself Out
Here's a wonderful photo, pulled from the archives by historian Michael Beschloss—Babe Ruth knocked completely unconscious by a collision with a concrete wall....
Patriots Fans Trade Aaron Hernandez Jerseys For The Usual Suspects
More than 2,000 Patriots fans lined up outside Gillette Stadium in 90-degree temperatures, as the Patriots gave fans two days to trade in their Aaron Hernandez jerseys for something a little less criminal. But who would be the most popular replacement?...
Nobody Knows Anything
Via Cinephilia and Beyond, check out this post about William Goldman. It features the following interview with Goldman and John Cleese: ...