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Why Your Supermarket Only Sells 5 Kinds Of Apples
Over at Mother Jones, here's Rowan Jacobsen's story about one man's quest to bring hundreds more back: ...
Witness: Joe Paterno Would Say Jerry Sandusky “Was A Sick Guy”
The preliminary hearing for the three Penn State administrators accused of covering for Jerry Sandusky began this morning in Harrisburg, Pa. Mike McQueary, the former PSU assistant coach who saw Sandusky sexually abusing a boy in a football building shower in 2001, was the first witness. During his ...
New York Red Bulls, Real Salt Lake Play MLS Game Of The Year
You can skip ahead to 4:12 in these highlights of the New York Red Bulls' 4-3 win over Real Salt Lake on Saturday night. Everything after that made the game probably the best we'll see this MLS season....
Hey, Look! Francisco Liriano Is Really Good Again
Where the hell has this Francisco Liriano been? You know, the dependable middle-of-the-rotation guy playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates who's currently holding down a 2.23 ERA? How'd this happen?...
Vince Young Forced To Auction Off His Stuff To Satisfy Debt
It's come to this for Vince Young. Constables came to his home in Houston earlier this week to take inventory of his possessions. Most of his stuff will be sold at a sheriff's sale because Young still has an outstanding debt on a high-interest loan he took out during the 2011 NFL lockout....
Puttin’ Heads To Bed
On this day in 1989, EPMD and the Beastie Boys dropped their sophomore albums: "Unfinished Business" and "Paul's Boutique."...
Kolton Houston Cleared By NCAA After Three-Year Drug Test Ordeal
Georgia lineman Kolton Houston failed an NCAA drug test during his freshman season in 2010. He then failed dozens more in the three years since. Now, finally, Houston's been cleared to play by the NCAA....
Because “Bitter Smell Of Vicious, Cynical Self-Loathing” Would’ve Been A Hard Sell
Here's my pal Emma Span:...
Reporter Who Saw Video: OSU RB Carlos Hyde “Appeared To Slap” Woman
And now comes a report that conflicts with a report about whether Ohio State running back Carlos Hyde assaulted a woman at a Columbus nightclub over the weekend....
After The Fall: The Story Of Zola Budd
From Runner's World, Steven Friedman's 2009 story on Zola Budd:...
Happy Derrick Rose Makes A Sad Dunk
This video from his recent Euro tour makes it official: Sad Derrick Rose isn't sad anymore. He jumped off his left foot! He put the ball between his legs in the air! He dunked! He smiled! So that rim was only eight feet high? So what? Don't be a party pooper. Happy Derrick Rose is back!...
Report: Ohio State RB Carlos Hyde Won't Be Charged In Alleged Assault
Yahoo's Charles Robinson reports that Ohio State running back Carlos Hyde is not expected to face charges for the alleged assault of a woman at a Columbus nightclub over the weekend....
Jimmy Butler Does Not Support “Pussy, Money & Weed”
This picture of Bulls forward Jimmy Butler has been making its way around the internet today. That's a pretty snazzy shirt! Unfortunately, Butler is afraid that not everyone will find it so snazzy, so he took to Twitter to apologize and clarify his stance on pussy, money, and weed....
Hey, Baseball, You Can Stop Overcorrecting Now
So baseball suspended Ryan Braun for the rest of the season because he... well, because he did SOMETHING, gosh darnit. And this suspension was met with a collective roar of clucking approvals from Hot Sports Take providers all across our fair nation. Christine Brennan and her colleagues got their ...
Pittsburgh Fan With Sign Sculpted Into His Body Hair Invades D.C.
This just in to Yinzerspin. Mark Zuckerman of CSN Washington spotted this guy a few minutes ago at Nationals Park, where the Pirates are getting set to play the Nats in about 30 minutes. Is this the same jagoff who shaved something similar into his body hair at a Penguins playoff game a few months b...
One Ohio State Player Dismissed From Team, Other Arrested
The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that top Ohio State running back Carlos Hyde has been dismissed from the team by head coach Urban Meyer. Hyde was reportedly named as a person of interest in a case regarding a woman who was assaulted in a Columbus bar this weekend. At this point, Hyde has not been...
Hey, It's Mike Tomlin And Some Tattooed Woman On The Hood Of A Car
My goodness, the unbridled Yinzerness of this image. The Steelers' coach, wearing a Steelers cap, on the hood of a convertible outside some dive bar, in the arms of a smiling woman who looks like she never wants to let go. There's even a guy wearing jorts cargo shorts in the background. To borrow on...