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How will the College Football Playoff Committee shock and upset everyone tonight?It’s Tuesday, which means it’s College Football Playoff rankings day, which means the CFP committee is getting ready to royally screw things up again, because that’s how this works....

A Transformer Exploded In New York And The Videos Rule Extremely HardI am told this spectacular light show over New York City tonight was caused by a transformer explosion at a power station in Queens, and not by a massive meteor burning up in the atmosphere, nor by slimy space aliens parking their city-sized mothership over the city and preparing the invasion. One t...

The Return Of The Triple Back Somersault In Men's GymnasticsMONTREAL, Canada—Here is something amazing: I saw a triple back somersault on floor exercise....

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Jet Skiing The Streets Of New York After The Hurricane

To be precise, this is Lawson Boulevard in Oceanside, just beyond the Queens border. The low-lying ground and nearby beach were the ingredients for devastating flooding, but for one enterprising soul, it was the chance of a lifetime....

How A Regular Angels Fan Found Himself In The Owner's Private Bathroom

The Orange County Register has the cool story of how Mike Langdon, pump salesman, found himself in Arte Moreno's suite. If you guessed it involved four-time AL All-Star (ed note: really?) Mark Langston, well, you're right. But we'll get there....

Roberto Clemente's 3,000th Hit, In Glorious Graphic-Novel Form

The following is excerpted from Santiago's 21: The Story of Roberto Clemente, a gorgeous graphic-novel biography of the martyred baseball great. Clemente got his 3,000th hit on Sept. 30, 1972, three months before he died in a plane crash. You can watch video of No. 3,000 here; Santiago's rendering b...