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Cops Discover Meth Lab, Golf Cart Chop Shop In Retirement Community Garage<em></em>
The Villages, a hilariously-large retirement community in Florida, is the fastest-growing “city” in the country—with more than 117,000 people, 48 golf courses, geriatric sex (with a resulting high rate of STDs), and absolutely no children (they’re only permitted to visit for up to 30 days a year). R...
Intriguing Foreign NBA Second-Round Draft Picks, Ranked
1. Alpha Kaba (France, pick no. 60, Atlanta Hawks)...
Derek Carr Is Getting Paid
The Raiders took care of business with franchise quarterback Derek Carr, who was about to enter the final year of his rookie contract until this happened:...
Chris Carter Is Having A Rough Time And The Yankees Are Reeling
The Yankees have lost seven straight and have ceded first place in the AL East to the Red Sox, and right now the club seems powerless to change what isn’t working....
Man Grabs Briefcase In First-Ever Women’s Money In The Bank Match
The Money in the Bank ladder match was, both in storyline and in real life, created by Chris Jericho. It’s a simple take on the ladder match. But instead of a championship dangling from the rafters, wrestlers instead fight to grab a contract in a Halliburton-style briefcase. That briefcase can then ...
Brazilian Star Oscar Starts Massive Brawl In Chinese Super League Match
Brazilian international and ex-Chelsea player Oscar, who joined his countryman Hulk on Chinese Super League side Shanghai SIPG for an obscene amount of money in December, has managed to score only one goal in league play this season. But during Shanghai SIPG’s match against Guangzhou R&F yesterday, ...
Carlos Carrasco Is An Artist, And This Baseball In The Image Of José Ramírez Is His Masterpiece
“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.”...
NCAA Orders Louisville To Pay Back Millions In Tournament Money Over Prostitution Scandal
Louisville’s attempt to convince the NCAA that it should avoid punishment because it only hired cheap prostitutes that barely assisted their recruiting efforts has, predictably, failed. ...
Catcher Carlos Ruiz Pitched And Struck Someone Out
Carlos Ruiz had played 1,109 games in his career before Tuesday. The longtime Phillies catcher, now with the Seattle Mariners, had only played two other positions: An inning at third base during extra-inning games with the Phils in 2008 and 2011, and an inning at first earlier this season. Last nigh...
Toilet Warrior Lance Berkman Will Speak At Cardinals' Christian Day
Lance Berkman, the former baseball player and man who was previously terrified of “troubled men” sneaking into women’s bathrooms, will be the St. Louis Cardinals’ guest for the team’s Christian Day on July 30....
This Is Not An Ideal Way To End Your NASCAR Race
Timothy Peters found his Chevy upside down a lap away from finishing tonight’s NASCAR truck series race at Texas Motor Speedway. Despite rolling his vehicle, he walked away from the wreck....
Cam Johnson Granted Release From Pittsburgh, Eligible To Play For UNC Next Year
After going public with a damning critique of the NCAA’s transfer system, shooting guard Cam Johnson has been granted his full release by Pittsburgh and will be eligible to play for the University of North Carolina next season, per news that his father gave to reporters....
Rafael Nadal Is Two Wins From The French Open
Pablo Carreño Busta offered the only blip of diversity in a quarterfinals that was otherwise purely chalk: seeds No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8 were all still in play. As nice as it was to see one of those three-name clay courters edge past No. 5 Milos Raonic in five sets and make his way into this rar...
Scooter Gennett Blasts Four Homers As Reds Bury Cardinals 13-1
The Cincinnati Reds’ Scooter Gennett had himself a night....
Cam Johnson Commits To UNC, Calls Out Pittsburgh For Blocking His Transfer
Shooting guard Cam Johnson, a summa cum laude graduate of Pittsburgh, announced on Tuesday that he will be taking his talents to Chapel Hill to play for the Tar Heels during his final two years of eligibility; the question now—the question that’s been unanswered for months—is whether the Panthers wi...
Carl Yastrzemski's Silent Summer
This piece was originally published in the October 30, 1978 of the New Times. It is reprinted here with the author’s permission....
Hell Is Empty And All the Hedge Fund Managers Are At The Bellagio
Blue blazers. Blue checked shirts. Collar open. No tie. Brown shoes. Black shoes. Or Nike shoes. New, new, all new. Soft leather satchels with bold brass zippers. Good cufflinks. Good watches. Better than you know. Hundred dollar haircuts. Straight razored shaves. Shaped cuticles. Manicured nails. C...
Before He Brought Down Nixon, Carl Bernstein Was A Far-Out Rock And Roll Writer
Watergate and the Beatles are multimedia evergreens....
North Carolina Baseball's Secret Weapon Is This Dog
The North Carolina Diamond Heels went 47-12 and earned the second overall seed in the NCAA tournament, which starts on Friday. They’ll get to host tournament games until they are eliminated or make the College World Series and travel to Omaha. One may assume that this is because they are stocked wit...
Jay Howard, Scott Dixon Walk Away From Massive, Devastating Wreck
A wreck so destructive it led to a red flag for repairs to the catch fence claimed the cars of Indy 500 pole sitter Scott Dixon and Jay Howard 53 laps into today’s race in Indianapolis....