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Everybody Loved GrantlandExcerpted from Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter....

And Now TMZ Turns Tiger Woods Into Lionel Richie With One Fateful PostHere we go: "Tiger Woods did not suffer facial lacerations from a car accident. They were inflicted by his wife, Elin Nordegren — according to a conversation Woods had Friday after the accident." And when he tried to get away......

Sports Fella's Fantasy: A Scrappy Little Web Site That Competes With The Likes Of, Say, ESPNBill Simmons muses: "Part of me can't shake the temptation of being the underdog again — like, launching my own sports site, hiring some talented writers and designers and trying to compete with the big guns." [Huffington Post]...

The Learning Curve: So Yoked

This segment is called "The Learning Curve" where you, young blog proprietor, will get a link to your new site on Deadspin. Any and all questions you may have about being a successful blogger will (hopefully) be answered....

A One-Day Study On Use And Variance Of "Pussy" Uttered By Brian Urlacher

First Bobby Wade said that Brian Urlacher called new teammate Jay Cutler a pussy. Urlacher denied it. Then Urlacher said the radio stations starting this nonsense were the pussies. Explanations and clarifications disrupt a quiet Wednesday in the Windy City....

In Which We Attempt To Translate British Journalism

If the English language isn't yet universal, then the verse of sports should be. I've never understood, then, why it is that I can't comprehend a word of 19th-century British newspapers....

Diana Taurasi Was Really, Really Drunk

So says the Phoenix PD. The Mercury guard blew a .17 and was going 55 in a 35 on the night she was pinched. She's pleading not guilty to any and all "extreme" DUI charges. [SI/AP]...

Nicole Bobek Made Fast Friends In Prison

The New York Daily News published a comprehensive rise-and-fall on the meth-peddling former figure skater but NJ.com gets the real gravy: Bobek endeared herself to inmates through tube-top wizardry. [NJ.com]...