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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....

The Movie Love Bookshelf
Here’s a good read for the movie nerd in your life. Thomson is a lot of fun to read even when you don’t agree with him....


It's Good To Be The King
From “The Age of Movies,” here’s P. Kael on History of the World, Part I:...

It's Ain't Me, Laaaaaady
Martin Short as Jerry Lewis doing Bob Dylan. (Yeah, SCTV was good.)...

Jets Lineman's Palestinian Heritage Is A Dog Whistle For Bigots
New York Jets fifth-round draft pick Oday Aboushi, the 22-year-old offensive lineman from the University of Virginia, is a physical freak. He's 6-foot-6 and weighs over 300 pounds, which is one of the main reasons why he's in the NFL. He's also a Palestinian Muslim, which is why the worst of us—th...

Bored Baseball Fans Play Baseball Video Games At Baseball Game
We've got two bored baseball fans to share today, both of whom find virtual baseball games played on one's smartphone to be more compelling than actual baseball. The image above comes to us from a recent Cubs-White Sox game....

David Ortiz Got Champagne And A Sad Note On His Record-Breaking Night
Red Sox slugger David Ortiz became the all-time hits leader at the designated hitter position last night. What kind of gift did the Red Sox get him to celebrate the occasion? Based on the photo above, which came from teammate Jacoby Ellsbury's Twitter account, all he got was some champagne and what ...

Everybody Street
Over at Lomography, Cheryl Dunn talks about this cool-looking new documentary about New York City street photographers....

And Now We're Going To Return To The Classics
From my man Eric Nusbaum:...

Competitive Wii Bowling Leagues Exist, And These Seniors Are Undefeated
Bowling leagues' popularity hit its zenith sometime in Ronald Reagan's first term, but they appear to be making a comeback among the elderly in competitive leagues played on Nintendo's Wii console....

David Booth Is Studying Theology At Oxford This Offseason
When last we checked in with the Canucks winger, he had freed the Kootenays from the terrible reign of the Goatbeast. Booth's offseason activities this year swing to the other end of the spectrum—that of the mind and of the soul....
