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Dead Letters: The Best Fans In Baseball Respond
Welcome back to Dead Letters, the feature in which we reprint our favorite reader mail. We’re devoting this edition to the response generated by Drew Magary’s “Why Your Cardinals Suck” post on Thursday. Behold, the best fans in baseball....
The <em>League Of Denial</em> Reporters Are Here To Take Your Questions
Last night, PBS premiered the Frontline documentary on the NFL's head-injury crisis, League of Denial. The principal investigative journalists featured in League of Denial, ESPN reporters (and brothers) Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru, are here to answer your questions....
Here's Sad Peter Laviolette Pumping His Own Gas
A new entry for our series of photos of newly fired Philly coaches returning to civilian life. The person who tweeted this says it was taken in New Jersey, where it's still illegal for motorists to pump their own gas. But the exact location isn't important. That's Peter Laviolette, axed this morning...
Flyers Fire Peter Laviolette
Just three games into the season, the Flyers have parted ways with head coach Peter Laviolette. Surprisingly, he could not win given a garbage roster and some guys they pulled off the street in net....
Two Coaches, One Review
Tom Coughlin reacts to a wasted challenge when refs uphold a questionable call on a LeSean McCoy catch on the sideline....
Running Uphill Is The Worst, But You Should Probably Still Do It
I am now mere weeks away from some kind of buffalo/cow/large land-mammal-themed relay race in Kansas City and a few weeks more removed from the Wine and Dine half-marathon in Florida. I'm also going on a booze sabbatical. Things are terrible lately. Come, join in the misery and music. Here's the Spo...
Gah, So Close!
What looked like a no-doubt-about-it interception wound up being a 56-yard hookup between Michael Vick and DeSean Jackson. LeSean McCoy punched it in shortly thereafter for a 13-7 lead midway through the second quarter....
Old Photo: Dr. J And John Havlicek, Shirtless And Wearing Sombreros
We know nothing about the origin of this photo of Julius Erving and John Havlicek, but we love it. It was tweeted this morning by SLAM associate editor Adam Figman, who says it shows the two retired NBA legends "chilling very hard in Mexico, 1977." And that much is demonstrably true: The Doctor and ...
Flyers Bro Tries To Start Shit In The Bathroom, Gets Shut Down
A heartwarming scene from a Wells Fargo Center restroom. A man in a Flyers cap and Bruins shirt attempts to use a urinal, but is accosted by guy in a "Pizza Hut shirt" who clearly wants this to turn into a Thing. Every other person in the room immediately turns on Pizza Hut guy, telling him to chill...
How Roger Goodell And ESPN Use Each Other
The NFL Network may not be the monolith the league once envisioned, but Roger Goodell likes having it around for what it forces others to do, particularly ESPN. Goodell alluded to this on Monday while speaking to Hearst employees—Hearst owns 20 percent of ESPN—during the media company's regularly he...
Terrell Suggs Says Roger Goodell Caused The Super Bowl Blackout
Terrell Suggs recently sat down for an interview that will air on tonight's episode of E:60, and he talked some shit about Roger Goodell. Specifically, he blamed Goodell for the blackout that delayed the 49ers-Ravens Super Bowl for 34 minutes....
Eagles Respond To Peyton Manning Audible By Yelling "Papa John's!"
Peyton Manning and hard-drinkin' Papa John Schnatter have long been engaged in a lucrative business relationship. This fact was not lost on the Eagles' defense, which attempted to disrupt Manning's audibles during yesterday's game by screaming, "Papa John's!" at him. ...
Chip Kelly Emotional Overload: Your Week 4 Late Games Roundup
Broncos 52, Eagles 20: Who can stop the Broncos this season? Denver didn't care how quickly Chip Kelly and the Eagles ran plays; the Broncos scored 38 straight points over three quarters. Peyton Manning threw for four touchdowns and 327 yards. This game was decided early, and the Broncos look near-i...
This Was Not The Best Sideline Report Of Pam Oliver's Career
Hey, at least she gritted her way through it....
What The Hell Is This Eagles-Broncos Preview Video?
The Philadelphia Eagles tweeted this preview of tonight's game against the Broncos a few days ago. It's goddamned weird....