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Furious Cool
That's the title of a new book about the great Richard Pryor by Joe Henry and David Henry. Here's a Q&A with the author's over at the Atlantic. And a review of the book at the A.V. Club....
Dead Wrestler Of The Week: Chris Benoit
Excerpted and adapted from The Squared Circle: Life, Death, and Professional Wrestling (Gotham Books). For the Dead Wrestler of the Week archive, click here....
How To Turn A Big Mac Into A Linebacker: The 300-Pounder In The NFL
Football players are massive. But they weren't always. In a chapter from their new book, Newton's Football: The Science Behind America's Game, Allen St. John and Ainissa G Ramirez explain how we came to have so many 300-pound players, and why we don't have, say, 8-foot-tall quarterbacks. ...
How To Turn A Big Mac Into A Linebacker: The 300-Pounder In The NFL
Excerpted from Newton's Football: The Science Behind America's Game....
Best Redhead In NBA History? Bill Russell.
Your day will be instantly brightened if you just assume that Ron Boone answers all questions with "Bill Russell."...
Chart: A "Family Tree" Of American Whiskeys and Bourbons
You're probably aware that most popular beers come from just a few massive parent companies, but do you know who's making that delicious bourbon you're into? The chart above—an excerpt from Colin Spoelman and David Haskell's new book The Kings County Distillery Guide to Urban Moonshining that they p...
How Branch Rickey Invented Modern Baseball
Excerpted from Dollar Sign on the Muscle, named by Sports Illustrated one of the top 100 sports books of all time; postscript by Sam Miller. You can read more about the new Baseball Prospectus edition of the book here, or buy it in paperback or as an e-book....
Lady-Punching Jets Fan's Lawyer: "They Should All Have A Beer Together"
Attorneys representing Kurt Paschke and Jaclyn Nugent appeared in court yesterday to review some additional footage of a brawl that took place last month at Met Life stadium, which ended with Paschke punching Nugent in the face. The footage doesn't seem to have offered much more insight into who ins...
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Fugitive Comments On Own Most Wanted Photo On Facebook [UPDATE]
If the police are looking for you, it seems unwise to comment and argue on a "most wanted" photo of you circulating around Facebook....
"Make Way For Brother Mike!": When Tyson Left Prison The First Time
Excerpted from A Savage Business. Republished by permission of the author; his postscript follows....
Darren Rovell's Seventh-Grade Class Photo Is Exactly What You'd Expect
Long before he became a talking haircut, Darren Rovell made every attempt to #brand himself as Mel Kiper Jr.'s love child....
Hockey Player Assaults Opponent By Swinging A Stick At His Head
The YouTube uploader says this took place during a world invitational tournament held earlier this month in Chicago. At the 13-second mark, keep your eye on the top of the screen, where a player for the Toledo Cherokee reacts to getting elbowed to the ground by a player for the San Diego Jr. Gulls ...
The Two Rogers
Here is a memoir story I wrote last year for SB Nation. It is about my father and also about Roger Angell and Roger Kahn:...
Don't Turn Your Back On A Jealous Cokehead: A Mike Tyson Life Lesson
Excerpted from Undisputed Truth, available now from Blue Rider Press....
Coach K's Goofy West Point Yearbook Photo From 1969
This wonderful artifact surfaced on Imgur earlier today, and it will be enjoyed by people all over the world for years to come. If Duke haters have any sense at all, they will start referring to Coach K as "Mick Krizilonski" from here on out. ...
Rickey, Mattingly, And Racism In The Eighties
Have You Seen Your Brother, Baby, Standing In The Shadows?...
How To Make Bourbon Bread Pudding While Also Making Yourself Drunk
I want you to sit down for this, because a revelation like the one I'm about to share might cause you to collapse from shock and I would hate to bear the blame for your bruised tailbone: In order to make bread pudding, you'll need bread....
Keef Riffhard
Here's a good piece on Keith Richards' memoir by Rich Cohen:...
The '85 Bears At The Obama White House: A Historic Photo, Annotated
In 1986, shortly before the Super Bowl champion Chicago Bears were prepared to make the annual champions' trip to the White House and meet President Ronald Reagan, the Challenger exploded. The Bears' White House visit was canceled and subsequently forgotten—until, that is October 2011, when rabid Be...