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Anti-<em>Gravity</em>. <em>All Is Lost</em>, Reviewed.
1. I never got to write about Gravity in this space—Grierson took that for us—but I found it as terrific as most people did. Dizzying, awesome, disorienting, terrifying: It's earned all the praise it has received. But I couldn't get past one thing: Didn't the Sandra Bullock character's backstory se...
A Cleveland Browns Tailgate Featured A Beer-Drinkin' Toddler
We've said it before: Giving babies beer to drink is not necessarily the "responsible" thing to do. And the same goes for toddlers. But there was no stopping this kid. He came to party....
Cruelty Unchained. <em>Twelve Years A Slave</em>, Reviewed.
1. Twelve Years a Slave is a devastating movie experience, one that will leave you shaking with anger. This is not an attempt to shed new light on the shame of slavery, or, heaven forbid, a winky postmodern re-imagining of slavery as a self-referential cinematic revenge fantasy. (After seeing Twelve...
Report: A-Rod's Lawyer Tried To Fight Anthony Bosch's Lawyer
You know what this Alex Rodriguez appeal case has been missing all this time? A lawyer fight! Thanks to Rodriguez's attorney, Joe Tacopina, we finally got one. Someone hold Tacopina's cuff links, because he's ready to swing....
Lighten Up, Francis
A trip to the SI Vault brings us this gem on David Cone by my man John Ed Bradley. From the 1993 Baseball Preview issue:...
The Thad Lewis Era In Buffalo Is Off To A Surprisingly Pleasant Start
Tom Brady couldn't score a touchdown against the Bengals last Sunday. Thad Lewis just did. Therefore, Thad Lewis is better than Tom Brady. Can't argue with the facts....
Awkward Local Commercials With Athletes, Ranked
After sharing this Thursday night, many of you shared your favorite weird local commercials with athletes. We've ranked some of them....
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....
Why Clowney's Ribs Are An Existential Crisis For College Football
Each week during college football season we put the conventional polls to shame by ranking every FBS team from 1-125, by whatever standard we see fit. As always, last week's rankings were not consulted....
Contained Space: <em>Captain Phillips,</em> Reviewed.
1. There's a moment in Paul Greengrass' United 93, one of the best films of the last decade, in which we are invited not to sympathize with the hijackers of Flight 93, exactly, but at least take a look at them as humans, if just for a moment. They're monsters, but they're people, on that plane, too,...
Another Raccoon Runs Wild In Stands During Bengals Game
Raccoons apparently cannot get enough of Paul Brown Stadium. For the second year in a row, here's a raccoon scurrying around the stands during a Bengals game. ...
Here's A Thrice-Tipped Game-Winning Circus Catch
To complete the day's trilogy of "crazy shit that happened in high school football over the weekend," we check in with Fairfield (Conn.) Ludlowe HS, and WR Mike Arman hauling in a ridiculous catch for what would be the game's go-ahead and last touchdown....
The Deadspin Twitter -100*: The 73 Worst Accounts In Sports
Last week, SI.com published its third annual Twitter 100, a list of the Twitter feeds that Sports Illustrated staffers purportedly consider "essential to your daily routine for finding news, information and entertainment from the sports world."...
Look How Much LeBron's Hairline Receded From NBA 2K13 To NBA 2K14
Some thanks for flinging off the headband and using your forehead as one of those Super Mario invincibility stars for that entire fourth quarter, huh? Jerks. Though I guess the real question is why video game LeBron looked like that last year in the first place. ...
The Unexpected Films Of Alfonso Cuarón
Some directors never make the same film twice. They move around between genres, challenging audiences to try to figure out the connections between their very different movies. A great example of this is Alfonso Cuarón, who's made children's movies (A Little Princess), sexy coming-of-age tales (Y Tu ...
Wait, Is SEC Football Actually Fun Now? 125 FBS Teams, Ranked
Each week during college football season we put the conventional polls to shame by ranking every FBS team from 1-125, by whatever standard we see fit. As always, last week's rankings were not consulted....