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Leroy's Revenge: Two Dogs, Father And Son, Fight To The Death
Originally published in the August 1975 issue of Texas Monthly. Reprinted here with permission. As the author explains in the postscript, names have been changed, and the final scene is a composite. ...
Here's A Dog Dressed As A Hot Dog, Eating A Hot Dog
Yesterday was the annual "Bark in the Park" day in Atlanta, the only time—other than when the Reds are in town—when ticketholders must show proof they've been vaccinated against Parvo and Bordetella....
Help! The Goddamn Cat Peed On My Loafers
Jolie Kerr is a cleaning expert and advice columnist. She'll be here every other week helping to answer your filthiest questions. Are you dirty? Email her....
Here Is A Dog Riding A Scooter At A Baseball Game
It's been awhile since we checked in on our favorite baseball "sideline" reporter Jim Knox, but he's once again finding the weird and wondrous at Texas Rangers baseball games. Tonight? A dog that rides a scooter....
They Should Make A 30 For 30 About This Corgi
What if I told you a Welsh Corgi, that diminutive knave of the canine kingdom, one day rose up to be top dog?...
The Arizona Sundogs Enter Day 6 In Their Sky Prison
Yesterday we brought you the story of a minor league hockey ticket promotion that has turned into a test of endurance. The sun has risen, we've hit hour 115, and the prisoners remain aloft until the Sundogs can hit their season ticket quota. But they're oh-so-close....
When Minor League Hockey Promotions Go Wrong
On Sunday, an Arizona minor league hockey team's owner, GM, captain, and marketing director perched themselves atop a scissor lift. They would not come down, they declared, until the team sold 300 season tickets. It has been 94 hours. The team has not sold 300 season tickets. They are still up there...
Olympic Organizers: Ugh, Fine. We Won't Kill 2,000 Stray Cats And Dogs
Getting a city ready to host the Winter Olympics is not an easy task. Stadiums have to be built, snow has to be hoarded, scores of innocent animals have to be mercilessly slaughtered. It's all just such an ordeal....
The Yale Bulldogs Are Your 2013 NCAA Hockey National Champions
Yale over Quinnipiac, in Pittsburgh, 4-0. That's it. Yale wins the championship. I assure you, it's been a long time coming....
Here's Vin Scully Going Off On Hashtags And DogTV
This is what happens when you try to brand everything and force stupid fan interactions during sporting events: you upset and confuse our most treasured senior citizens. ...
Bob Knight Won't Speak About Mike Rice, And ESPN Says No Problem
This has been a terrific week for ESPN. Outside The Lines's bombshell on Mike Rice on Tuesday still has legs two days later. ESPN investigative reporter Don Van Natta delivered even more goods today, detailing inconsistencies in Rutgers AD Tim Pernetti's statements to the press and the fact that Ri...
Wichita State Stuns, Overwhelms, Flabbergasts, Bewilders, Dumbfounds Top-Seeded Gonzaga
Wichita State became only the seventh 9-seed in history to defeat a 1-seed, knocking off Gonzaga 76-70 in a result only hacky headline writers would call "shocking."...
This Is The Face Of A Man Stricken With March Madness
Update! It's now a Photoshop contest. PNG below:...
The 13 Most Annoying Men Of March Madness
We've done enough loving on March Madness this week. March Madness is a wonderful time of the year, but it is also to be hated on: The fluffy mascots dancing around like they own the place, the pepped-out pep squads cheering like they actually believe in something, the crabby coaches, the clueless a...
We're Still Murdering Sled Dogs
Earlier this month, in the middle of the 1000-mile Iditarod sled dog race across Alaska, a five-year-old husky mix named Dorado was left behind at a checkpoint. His musher, rookie Paige Drobny, decided he was suffering from sore muscles, and dropped him at Unalakleet, an Inupiat village on the Beri...
A Bizarre Sexting Scandal Has Cost An ESPN Partner His Job
The executive who oversees Hearst's ESPN interest (Hearst is the publishing company that owns—the often forgotten!—20 percent of the network) has quit his job amid an odd horndoggery scandal....
Alabama's Trevor Releford Beat The Georgia Bulldogs On A Nice Little Floater From Beyond Half-Court
At this point, it's useless to compare buzzer-beaters. This one's the best, that one's the best, the one with the chunky Canadians is the best—it's all relative. But if you're a fan of unexpected end-of-game twists, graceful floaters from about 55 feet away, and jubilant hometown crowds, we recomm...