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Al Neuharth's Scant Positive Journalistic Contributions Were To Sports
Al Neuharth’s obituary in the New York Times was notable as much for what it did say as what it didn’t. What it did say: The founder of USA Today and driving force behind Gannett’s dubious rise to “a communications Leviathan” profoundly changed the newspaper industry. What it didn’t say: Anything mu...
Fat-Guy Quarterback Scores Fat-Guy Two-Point Conversion
Ordinarily we only get to see a fat guy score because of a mistake—an interception at the line of scrimmage, a fumble into the hands of the nearest lineman who rumbles for the endzone—but Notre Dame has provided a game-changer: 340-pound nose tackle Louis Nix. That's him, intentionally lining up as ...
Byron Scott Says Cleveland Cavaliers Didn't Give Him A Fair Shake
On Thursday, the Cleveland Cavaliers fired Byron Scott after three relatively miserable post-LeBron seasons. Scott was hired just before James took his talents to South Beach, and he was tasked with rebuilding a team that had just lost the best basketball player on the planet for virtually nothing i...
Czech Republic Denies That It's Chechnya
A very important statement from the Czech Republic's ambassador to the U.S.:...
Rick Telander Doesn't Realize That Baseline "Raptors" Sign Isn't Real
It's been two seasons since Toronto introduced their 3D, optical illusion "Raptors" sign underneath each basket. It was sort of cool at first, and even now good for a moment of "oh yeah," whenever you catch a Raps game. But at least we all understand how it works. One Sun-Times columnist does not....
Are Men More Likely To Stand On The Subway Than Women?
Welcome to Dataspin, a weekly data visualization of whatever the fuck....
Kris Humphries And Kim Kardashian Are Finally Divorced
This one's for everyone who laughed about Kris Humphries's and Kim Kardashian's sham marriage. Sure, she filed for divorce after 72 days. But because of their drawn-out legal battle, which finally ended today, they were husband and wife for one year, eight months, and nine days. That's 618 days of t...
Look, Up in the Sky
From Leigh Montville's wide-grin of a book, Evel: The High-Flying Life of Evel Knievel: American Showman, Daredevil, and Legend, here's a two part excerpt....
Boston, Newtown, Challenger: How To Talk To Kids About Awful Things
I was in fourth grade at Myrtle Schumann Elementary School in Orono, Minn., when the Challenger exploded. I didn't see the shuttle explode live on TV. We were in our class doing our usual lessons as word of the disaster spread. I remember a little kid named Jason broke the news to me personally....
NFL Draft Prospects' Wonderlic Scores Leaked; No One Gives A Shit
Just yesterday, we realized that the NFL Draft is almost upon us, and not a single Wonderlic score had leaked out. We emailed league PR guy Brian McCarthy to ask if there had been any special emphasis on confidentiality this year. "No," he wrote back, "we didn’t do anything differently." Today, thre...
Jon Stewart: CNN Has "Figured Out A Way To Shit In Their Own Mouths"
CNN's Boston bombings derpfest was ripe last night for The Daily Show's picking: "Just out of curiosity, did any of your sources end their tip-offs to you with the phrase, 'A Baba Booey'?"...
Margaret Thatcher's Granddaughter Runs College Track For Richmond
The woman you see here is reading a passage from the book of Ephesians earlier today at the funeral of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher. It's Thatcher's 19-year-old granddaughter, Amanda, and she's apparently a hit with the UK papers. Gawker's got a pretty good rundown on who Amanda T...
David Luiz Scores A Thunderbolt Goal From Way Outside The Box
Luiz scored this beauty in the 29th minute of today's Premier League match between Fulham and Chelsea. A goal like this just seems unfair....
Still Diggin': Welcome To The Stacks
I don't consider myself a backward-looking person by nature but I've always been fascinated with 20th Century American pop culture. Ever since I was a kid I've been curious about painters and musicians, actors, playwrights and athletes. It started as a way to connect with my father and his family. ...
Baseball Tonight Is Proud To Introduce The Instrument Of Your Death
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Andre Iguodala Gets A Big Block, Finishes The Break With A Dunk
This one of just a handful of impressive plays that Andre Iguodala had during yesterday's Trailblazers-Nuggets game. It starts with him climbing the ladder to reject J.J. Hickson at the rim, and it ends with him receiving a nifty drop-off pass from Ty Lawson before throwing down a dunk. ...
Man Gives Kid Foul Ball, Kid Immediately Throws It Back On The Field
Baseball fandom has its unwritten rules too, and toward the top is If you catch a foul ball, give it to a small child sitting near you. Maybe it's time to rethink that one, because kids are ingrates....