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Mike Tyson Talks About Sex In Jail And Florence Henderson
Mike Tyson stopped by The Arsenio Hall Show this week. Tyson and Hall talked about partying, life in jail—Tyson had more experience than Hall for that one—and how one of Tyson's prosecutors came to see his one-man show, Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth. Having sex in jail also came up. "I was very fort...
Sports Figures And Sports Books Are No Longer Notable
Grant Wahl noticed today that the New York Times found no nonfiction sports titles among its 100 notable books of the year ... for the third straight year....
The Golden Age Of Thanksgiving
Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Email Drew here. ...
Bo Jackson Surprises Paralympian Who Idolized Him As A Kid
Blake Leeper was born with his legs ending at the knees. Today, he's a Paralympian, earning medals in the 2012 Paralympic Games and 2013 IPC World Championships. Also relevant: he loves Bo Jackson....
BC's Andre Williams Runs Like He's Got A Super Mario Invincibility Star
Boston College running back Andre Williams leads all FBS running backs with 2073 rushing yards, good for an average of 6.5 yards per carry. The senior's a potential Heisman finalist, and to help his case, someone put together a video of him bowling over opponents to the Starman music from the Super...
A League Of His Own
If you've never read Dave Meggysey's classic Out of Their League it's worth hunting down. ...
Chart: LeBron James Is Outdoing Himself
Kevin Durant is your NBA scoring leader through one month of basketball, averaging 28.6 points per game. You need a lot of opportunities on the floor to put up that many points, and the more you use possessions, the harder it is to be efficient. So is Durant the most efficient high-usage, high-scori...
<em>Sports Illustrated</em> Goes Long On The Quarterback Who Couldn't
A 15,000-word piece about Tim Tebow is such a self-evidently bad idea that you would assume, not having read it, that this Sports Illustrated #longform offers something special to justify its claims on the time and attention of readers: fresh reporting, uniquely elegant writing, original ideas....
The Foodspin Thanksgiving Reader
Hey whoa Thanksgiving is here! This means you will have to provide some victuals for some people, or else they will finally have the excuse for disowning/defriending/excommunicating you that they have always secretly wanted. Below you'll find all the Thanksgiving-relevant Foodspin action you'll ne...
Does Manny Pacquiao Have Any Money Left?
Manny Pacquiao claims he has had to borrow tens of thousands of dollars to send relief to victims of Typhoon Haiyan, because his bank accounts have been frozen by the Philippine government as it pursues $50 million in back taxes it claims he owes....
Requiem For A Welterweight
I'm late on this but in case you missed it do yourself a favor and check out Brin-Jonathan Butler's portrait of Manny Pacquiao for SB Nation Longform:...
The Time This Kid Realized He Was Waving A Turkey Leg
The waving of the turkey leg — sure, cute, but we've all been there. Having only two hands can feel so limiting, so of course, you're watching Okie State piss-pound Baylor back into the MaybeNextYear.com Bowl, and everyone else starts some kind of en masse arm swing, and what option do you have but ...
Cheap Bourbons, Ranked
Each year around mid-August, publicists start burying everyone in the food journalizing racket with ideas for Thanksgiving coverage. Most of their emails concern ways in which a client, usually a lesser television chef or an agricultural marketing board, can enhance your stuffing with this or that u...
How To Draw Athletes The Ed Emberley Way
I didn't know from Ed Emberley's Drawing Book: Make a World when I was growing up and I'm not exactly sure how I missed it. Drawing was something I could do well from an early age. But while I was reading Richard Scarry's books and the story about Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel, Emberley was tea...
Cowboys Player Celebrates Win By Smearing Fake Blood All Over His Face
This is what Cowboys defensive tackle Jason Hatcher looked like right after his team's 24-21 victory over the Giants. That's fake blood all over his face, because Jason Hatcher likes to celebrate victories like a totally normal person, obviously....
Manny Pacquiao Is Back, But Will Manny Pacquiao Ever Be Back?
Manny Pacquiao worked Brandon Rios over for 12 rounds early this morning in a fight that more resembled sound check at a reunion tour than a match in contest. Whether or not that's enough to launch Pacquiao back into the realm of "men who might actually be able to knock Floyd the hell out" remains t...
Auburn Fans Are Already Lining Up For Next Week's Iron Bowl
The annual Iron Bowl between Auburn and Alabama is next week and these folks decided to use vacation time to drive their homes to a field and have themselves a nice little week-long staycation at the alma mater....
But Seriously, What Was Southampton's Keeper Doing On This Goal?
Southampton keeper Artur Boruc received a pass in the 22nd minute against Arsenal today. Unable to pick up the ball, he then attempted to, like, dribble Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud or something, for some reason. It didn't work....
