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I Found Michael Jackson In A Brazilian Favela
From Dave Zirin's newest book, Brazil's Dance with the Devil: The World Cup the Olympics and the Fight for Democracy, available now. We'll be running excerpts throughout the World Cup....
Did The Rangers Hang Dan Girardi Out To Dry?
Work backwards through the sequence preceding nearly any goal, and you'll find one really basic error that led up to it. You didn't have to look very far for last night's winner: A slapstick turnover from Dan Girardi left Justin Williams all alone in front, and just like that—four seconds from whiff...
Screencap Classix: Ray Allen's World Of Mystery And Surprise
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My Anger Therapy
Here's an excerpt from Bosnian-American writer, MacArthur "genius" fellow, and Howler contributor Aleksandar Hemon's new e-book, The Matters of Life, Death, and More. It'll give you a little taste of how seriously this World Cup debutante nation takes its soccer....
Jon Jones Trolls The UFC, Fans, The World
Last year, Jon Jones, the best fighter alive, defended his light heavyweight title against Alexander Gustafsson. It was great! The Swede couldn't pull out the win, but he became the only challenger ever to give Jones real trouble. Everyone wanted to see a rematch....
The Unsentimental Mr. Angell
Nice profile of Roger Angell by Sridhar Pappu over at Women's Wear Daily:...
Wake Up, Asshole
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How Josh Donaldson Became One Of The Best Players In Baseball
If I asked you to name the player who has accumulated the second-most WAR over the last calendar year, you'd probably flip a coin in your head to decide between Mike Trout and Miguel Cabrera. Or maybe you'd get a little creative, and name Yasiel Puig or Andrew McCutchen. One guy who probably wouldn'...
Playing For Keeps
Ah, yet another sure shot from our pals over at Longform. Dig this excerpt from David Halberstam's book about MJ, Playing For Keeps:...
Dan Marino Says He Sued The NFL By Accident, Withdrawing Lawsuit
Yesterday, word made its way out that Dan Marino would join a suit against the NFL over the effects of brain trauma suffered during his career. Today, word from the Sun Sentinel is, Whoops, my bad guys. ...
Lethally Blonde: Miranda Lambert's Cheerful Country-Radio Revolution
You approach a Miranda Lambert song called "Automatic" with certain expectations—by not approaching it at all, really, instead crouching behind a desk, or a wall, or a Camaro, or something, braced for a cleansing, delightful hail of epithets and flames and bullets. She's a Texan country superstar wh...
This Is Not How You Motivate A Player
Bogdan Bogdanović, a Serbian shooting guard predicted to go in the second round of this year's NBA draft, ran afoul of his coach during a crucial game yesterday. But worry not: His coach insists it was an educational choke....
Dan Marino Sues NFL Over Concussions
Noted jury-duty-skipper and production-assistant-humper Dan Marino, as well as 14 more former players, joined the more than 5,000 players suing the NFL over the effects of concussions during their time in the league. ...
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Colombian Striker Radamel Falcao Will Miss The World Cup [Update]
It's official: Radamel Falcao won't play in this summer's World Cup. Colombia's superstar captain tore his ACL while playing for his club, AS Monaco. He wasn't able to recover in time, and today, we found he was left off of his nation's final, 23-man roster going to Brazil. ...
Dan Le Batard Savages The Pacers And All Of Indiana In His Latest Rant
We've long been fans of Dan Le Batard's rants, which he chooses to unleash whenever the Miami Heat have finished conquering a rival team or city. This year, Le Batard set his sights on the Pacers and the entire state of Indiana, spending nearly 10 minutes gloating over the Heat winning the Eastern ...
The Mets Ate A Sickening Number Of Cheesesteaks
In perhaps the only significant victory of their season, the Mets shattered the one-day record for cheesesteaks consumed in the visitors' clubhouse in Philadelphia. ...
Japanese Pitcher Throws An Insane Eephus Pitch
This is Kazuhito Tadano, a pitcher for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of the Japanese Pacific League, uncorking what is likely the purest eephus pitch you will ever see. ...
Work Horse On Ice
Dig this day-in-the-life story about Gordie Howe from 1959. Written by the great W.C. Heinz for the Saturday Evening Post:...
Donald Sterling Attends Black Church Service
For some reason, Donald Sterling thought it would be a good idea to attend a black church service on Sunday. According to the Associated Press, he went to a service at the Praises of Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles and received a "warm welcome" from the congregation. I think the guy on...
The Land Of The Free, And The Home Of Fried Chicken
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