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Don't Use Your Child As A Business Opportunity
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan did not write a letter to their daughter yesterday. They issued a press release, and called it a letter. I can point at my cat and call it a dog, but guess what, it’s still a cat. One of the richest entrepreneurs in the country took their daughter’s birth announcem...
I'm Alan Sepinwall, Author of <i>The Revolution Was Televised.</i> Let's Chat!
We’re now joined by Alan Sepinwall, author of The Revolution Was Televised, a fantastic book about the origins of The Sopranos, The Wire, Battlestar Galactica, and other dramas that laid the ground for the current golden age of television. It’s now out in a new edition, featuring new material on how...
Five Books For Your Nerd-Ass Friend Who Still Likes Reading Like A Nerd
Useful as they are for keeping tables level, impressing visitors, and the like, books—actual, physical books—are even better as gifts. While a lousy one makes for a perfectly fine present, there’s no real reason not to get a good one. Here are some that we liked, and that we’re pretty sure you or so...
Do Not Post Naked Pictures Of Your Toddler On Facebook
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Mississippi State Fans Celebrate Win By Punching Each Other
Mississippi State held on to beat Arkansas tonight 51-50 with a late blocked field goal, and Bulldogs fans celebrated by beating the shit out of each other in the stands....
<i>AP Stylebook</i> Declares Which College Teams Get To Go By Their Initials
I said this the last time I blogged about the Associated Press sports styles, and I’ll say it again: I find this stuff fascinating, and it’s my blog, so if you don’t like it you can just go right back to the toilet you came from....
14 Vodkas, Ranked
Americans drink more vodka than any other spirit, although whiskey has been gaining ground in recent years. Despite—eh, who are we kidding, because of—its mass appeal, vodka is disdained by most cocktail snobs, which is reason enough to celebrate its continued prominence. But vodka has uses far beyo...
College Football Is My Terrible Boyfriend
Excerpted from Diane Roberts’s new book, Tribal: College Football and the Secret Heart of America, now on sale....
Jason Gay's <i>Little Victories </i>Is The Perfect Advice Book For People Who Never Take Any
I don’t really believe in advice. That’s not to say other people can’t teach you anything useful about how to live, but sweeping, external principles handed down from on high are useless. It’s one thing to flesh out your personal moral code with examples from other people’s lives, but swollen mantra...
How To Play The Toughest Position In Sports
The following is excerpted from Take Your Eye Off the Puck: How to Watch Hockey By Knowing Where to Look, by Greg Wyshynski, out now from Triumph Books....
How <i>A Brief History Of Seven Killings</i> Embodies The Real Jamaica
Jamaica’s biannual Calabash International Literary Festival is held in Treasure Beach, on the southwestern coast of the island. It’s the kind of stereotypically beautiful place most people—especially tourists—think of when asked to picture Jamaica. Once a year, the town setting hosts readings from w...
Has An American President Ever Watched Porn In The Oval Office?
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Ice Fishing, Christmas Trees, And Booze: One Spy's Failed Infiltration Of The Black Sox
Excerpted from The Betrayal: The 1919 World Series and the Birth of Modern Baseball, by Charles Fountain....
How To Escape From An Automobile Trunk, According To An Ex-Navy SEAL
Retired Navy SEAL Clint Emerson conducted special ops all over the world for 20 years, attached to the NSA and the now-famous SEAL Team Six. He learned some highly specialized skills along the way, and he’s now collected them in a pocket guide entitled 100 Deadly Skills: The SEAL Operative’s Guide t...
Boomer Esiason Says Jets Swept Locker Room For Bugs Before Pats Game, Is Probably Full Of Shit
Former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason stirred some shit on his daily radio show this morning when he claimed that the Jets asked the NFL to sweep the visiting locker room for bugs before their Oct. 25 away game against the Patriots. That was quite a bomb for Esiason to drop, but it was probably bull...
How To Deliver A Devastating Elbow Strike, According To An Ex-Navy SEAL
Retired Navy SEAL Clint Emerson conducted special ops all over the world for 20 years, attached to the NSA and the now-famous SEAL Team Six. He learned some highly specialized skills along the way, and he’s now collected them into a fast-paced, pocket-guide entitled 100 Deadly Skills: The SEAL Opera...
Carlos Boozer Finally Explains His Sprayed-On Hair
Carlos Boozer has had a long and successful NBA career, but if there’s one thing he’s always going to be remembered for, it’s the night he played in a nationally televised game with what looked like an entire can of shoe polish smeared all over his dome. On yesterday’s episode of Highly Questionable...
It's Fall, So Invest In A Good Pair Of Boots
Buying a good pair of boots is kinda like buying a car. You want to find something that looks good, gets good mileage, and will last. You might have to spend a little money to get the most bang for your buck. It took me two seasons of buying the exact same pair of Aldo (a middle-of-the-road shoe bra...
Down Goes The Camera Op
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Junior College Game Suspended Before Halftime Due To "Violent Ejections"
East Mississippi Community College, which just a few weeks ago found itself involved in an incident where a referee got ejected, did not even make it to halftime in its game against Mississippi Delta Community College before the game was canceled due to a massive onfield brawl....