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New ESPN Ombud Finds Breezy Forgetfulness Over Broussard Fracas
Robert Lipsyte's first column as ESPN's ombudsman dissected the squirmworthy Chris Broussard-LZ Granderson showdown when Jason Collins came out. It's just as ombudsy as you like it, 3,300 words of media-ethics spinach. Lipsyte swings his prose like a lead pipe when he sees a deserving target; his re...
Nostalgia Done Right: The <em>Family Ties</em> Creator Who Gave Me A Shot
In the summer of 1991, I was sitting next to my sister in the back seat of my parents' Toyota Previa, reading a book about Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World." We were driving across country because my parents were afraid to fly, Hopewell Junction, N.Y., to Los Angeles, California, where ...
Help! My Fiancée Is Orange And So Is My Bathroom
Jolie Kerr is a cleaning expert and advice columnist. She'll be here every other week helping to answer your filthiest questions. Are you dirty? Email her....
Report: Celtics Will Trade Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce To Nets
It is reportedly the end of the Big Three in Boston....
Browns Rookie Charged With Attempted Murder
It's a banner day for the NFL!...
LeBron Won A Stanley Cup Too, It Seems
That sonovabitch. [Instagram]...
Straight, No Chaser
Last week, we featured an excerpt from Eliot Asinof's fine baseball novel, Man on Spikes. Today, here's more on Asinof....
Here's Allen Iverson Talking About Playing Russian Roulette
On a recent episode of Adrien Broner's online reality show, About Billions, Broner and his crew ran into Allen Iverson while they were partying in Atlanta. Above is Iverson's brief cameo—flagged by Grantland's Jay Caspian Kang—and it will make you miserable. ...
LeBron Nearly Beheaded A Couple Times During Heat Parade
Miami's championship parade was today. Double-decker buses. Tall men. Overpasses. Tragedy repeatedly and hilariously averted by inches....
Paulie Malignaggi Vs. Adrien Broner: A Master Class In Macho Posturing
Imagine being a Brooklyn kid, born and raised in Brooklyn, representing Brooklyn, wearing "Brooklyn" clothes and yapping about Brooklyn! your whole life. And finally they build a big world-class stadium in Brooklyn, and you, the Brooklyn kid, get to headline a night of boxing there, and when you ge...
Russell Westbrook Helped A Fan Propose To His Girlfriend
Russell Westbrook did a pretty cool thing on Friday when he helped a total stranger pull off a marriage proposal. A few weeks ago, Charlie Bright reached out to Westbrook on Facebook and asked the Thunder point guard if he wouldn't mind helping him pop the question to his girlfriend. Westbrook—likel...
Here's Every Single Shot LeBron Made In Game 7 In One GIF
So. Awesome. ...
Man Fatally Shot Trying To Rob People Waiting For New LeBron Sneakers
According to Atlanta police, a man was shot and killed outside a clothing store while customers waited for the release of Nike's new LeBron X EXT sneakers early Saturday morning. The man was trying to rob a group in line when another man waiting for the sneakers pulled a gun (for which he apparently...
Broner On Win Over Malignaggi: "I Left With His Belt And His Girl"
Adrien Broner carried on his pre-fight shit-talking throughout the fight and into the post-fight interview after winning a split decision against Paulie Malignaggi in the Barclays Arena Saturday night....
Miami Heat Nation Encompasses More Than Brats, Ghouls, And Idiots
When the Miami Heat won its only LeBronless title, in 2006, I was living outside Fort Lauderdale. My building fees included basic cable, which was enough to get just about every Heat game and virtually nothing else worth watching. My girlfriend at the time could tolerate basketball well enough — bet...
Undead And Uptight: <em>World War Z</em>, Reviewed.
1. At this point, the zombie movie has gone through just about every permutation possible, from its low-budget schlock horror roots all the way into the world of comedy, faux-documentary, Western, even romance. The one thing we haven't seen yet from the zombie genre, at least until the release of W...