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Extra! Ali Throws Punch, Hurts Man!
When Muhammad Ali beat Sonny Liston in their May 1965 title-bout rematch in Lewiston, Maine, a legend was born. Or, more accurately, a legendary controversy was born. Ali (who ditched his Cassius Marcellus Clay "slave" name for his Elijah Muhammad-sanctioned Muslim moniker after defeating Liston in ...

Here's Boxer Adrien Broner “Pooping” Money, Flushing It Down The Toilet
Adrien Broner has a lot of money. A quick search reveals that he doesn't have an insane amount of money, as star athletes, go, but he likely has more than you and all your friends. He is, however, a young and flamboyant and attractive and great fighter, so barring tragedy or magic, Broner will osten...

Zodiac MF Takes On An Epic Boston Ladybrawl
Welcome to Tuesday Night Fights, a weekly celebration and analysis of street-fight videos found on YouTube. Tonight's fisticuffs: "Boston chicks Fight Club." Tonight's commentator: ZODIAC MOTHERFUCKER. (Coming next week: TBD.)...
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Source: Lolo Jones Fights With Daughter Of Bobsled Official [Updates]
According to one athlete with knowledge of the situation, Olympic hopefuls Lolo Jones and Aja Evans were involved in a fight at a Lake Placid bar last Friday night that pitted the two against the stepdaughter of a US Bobsled and Skeleton Federation hall of famer....

Driver Slams Car Into Motorcyclist, Because Russia
Just another dashboard-cam reminder that Russia and driving don't mix. Good thing this guy stops to check the damage to his vehicle first....

Tiny Robot Does Quadruple Backflip, Sticks The Landing
The robot army gets yet another foot soldier for its inevitable war against the humans. This little guy is the world's preeminent mechanical gymnast, and can execute a perfect quadruple backflip off the horizontal bar. ...

Marrying Television, Football Gained An Audience But Lost A Game
Dig Sherry Kafka's 1973 Texas Monthly article on Don Meredith: "Tuning In Dandy Don":...

Infographic: Where Is ESPN The Magazine Hiding Athletes’ Naughty Bits?
The 2013 Body Issue of ESPN The Magazine hit newsstands last Friday, managing its typical trick of publishing sultry near-nudes while simultaneously patting the reader on the back for admiring the athletic form (just like the ancient Greeks!)....

Remembering Occupy Tebow: Jewel Of ESPN's Dying Comments Section
The ESPN comments section will no longer exist in its current form after today. The cesspool that allowed sports fans to anonymously post their unpunctuated thoughts about sports while hiding behind the shield of anonymity is being replaced by a system that will force users to tether their comments...

How Many Consecutive Pitches Can A Typical Baseball Fan Watch?
As you know, Deadspin has lately been documenting the amazing spectacle of the bored fan, the baseball enthusiast who finds a seat at the yard to be the best possible place to crochet, read the newspaper, play a baseball video game, or what have you....

Hey, the All-Star Game Is Finally Here! I Said, the All-Star Game Is Fi ... Oh, Forget It
No one who was playing professional baseball the year that I last watched an entire All-Star Game from start to finish is still playing today. Not one single player. Which is a fancy way of saying that I haven't watched an All-Star Game in decades. Now, I understand that literally hundreds of baseba...

Pump, Pump, Pump, Pump It Up
Paul Solotaroff had a terrific piece on the original Gold’s Gym and the rise of bodybuilding in the February, 2012 issue of Men’s Journal:...

Jon Heyman Got Videobombed
When last we touched base with Jon Heyman, he was the victim of a hilarious and entirely twitter-induced typo. Fun times. Now we find Heyman falling victim to another new-media blight: the videobomb. More fun times!...

The Longest Day Of Sugar Ray: A Boxing Great Becomes A Sideshow Freak
Originally published by True magazine in 1964. Reprinted here with the author's permission....

The Newest Celtics Look So Very Sad
Every single quote from the introductory press conference for Kris Humphries, MarShon Brooks, and Keith Bogans just leads you further down into the pit of infinite sadness....


Darkness On The Edge Of Town: A Good Man Is Hard To Find
Here's Flannery O'Connor reading her story "A Good Man is Hard to Find."...

A Champ Looks At A Champ
From Leonard Gardner's 1971 New York Times review of the Jose Torres book, Sting Like a Bee: The Muhammad Ali Story:...

“I Think That ‘E’ Made The Whole Fucking Difference”
From Hollywood: Stars and starlets, tycoons and flesh-peddlers, moviemakers and moneymakers, frauds and geniuses, hopefuls and has-been, great lover and sex symbols, Garson Kanin's appealing, gossipy memoir:...

Jeffery Taylor's Poster Dunk Is The Highlight Of Summer League
You've probably never heard of Jeffery Taylor, because Jeffery Taylor is a second-year role player for the Charlotte Bobcats. Well, now he's also the guy who detonated Aron Baynes with this spectacular dunk during a summer league game over the weekend. Now you know....