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Padres Ball Girl Makes Catch Of The Year
(The year is young. Still a great catch though.)...
A Proper Dress Code For Getting Shitfaced At The Ballpark
Today our Tom Ley goofed on the silly new dress code restrictions for the St. Louis Cardinals Ballpark Village (i.e., a place where bros from Dardenne Prairie will get shitfaced after another triumphant Cardinals win against a morally inferior opponent). Ley pointed out that there was no shortage o...
Jared Remy's Horrifying History Of Second Chances
Jared Remy should never have been allowed near Jennifer Martel, the girlfriend and mother of his child, who the son of the longtime Red Sox broadcaster is accused of stabbing to death last summer. He should have been locked up in prison for any of his dozens of previous run-ins with the law, includi...
Andrea Pirlo Just Scored Another Incredible Free Kick Goal
This is Juventus's Andrea Pirlo. He's 100 years old, and, aside from the greatest flowing mane of hair to ever grace a human's head, looks older than that. No one has seen him move in earnest in six or seven years, but he scores stunning free kicks all the time. This is one of those times. ...
Andrew W.K. Was Once A Smoldering Male Model
Thanks to the Village Voice's Brian McManus, we now know that Andrew W.K. wasn't always the grimy party-dude who's always rocking out with a nosebleed. He was once a pretty kid with a strong jaw, just trying to break his way into the world of male modeling. ...
Police: Florida WR Andre Debose Thrown Through A Window In Altercation
Florida Gators receiver Andre Debose was a victim in an "armed confrontation" which occurred in Gainesville Saturday night....
I'm Sports Filmmaker Mike Tollin. Got Any Questions For Me?
Mike Tollin is a filmmaker and the co-chairman of Mandalay Sports Media. He has directed and helped produce films in ESPN's 30 for 30 series, and is the producer of the Baron Davis comeback videos that have been airing on TNT. His latest project, Summer Dreams, chronicles life in the NBA summer lea...
On The Anniversary Of His Death By DeAndre, Brandon Knight Dunks
One year ago last night, Brandon Knight got in the way of a DeAndre Jordan dunk and basically died. We haven't seen much of Knight since that fateful evening, but last night he marked the anniversary of the dunkpocalypse with a half-decent throwdown of his own. For that, we feel like he deserves a ...
Andrew Wiggins Turned A Blowout Into Something Spectacular
Andrew Wiggins scored 41 points in a furious comeback for Kansas that came up just short. He also had eight rebounds, five steals, four blocks and two assists. The Jayhawks freshman was pretty much unstoppable against the Mountaineers, who watched a 25 point lead dissolve into a 92-86 nailbiter win...
Yasmani Grandal: Top-Notch Video Bomber
Everything about this video bomb is perfect—the framing, Grandal's complete lack of hesitation, the timing, Seth Smith's obliviousness, the interviewer's ability to keep asking questions with a straight face—it's all so good. ...
Magic Act: The Making Of Earvin Johnson, AIDS Saint
Originally published in the February 1993 issue of GQ. Annotations by the author appear throughout. For more, check out E. Jean Carroll's story about NBA groupies, published in 1992 as "Love in the Time of Magic."...
Jan Vesely Appears To Believe He Is Guarded By Ghosts
The day we lost Andrea Bargnani for the season was a very sad day, because it meant we would no longer be able to watch our favorite player who very often loses control over his own body. But lo, a potential savior arises, and he is called Jan Vesely. ...
Marc-Andre Fleury's Stadium Series Mask Looks Like A Steelers Helmet
Honest-to-goodness NHL hockey is back tonight! (Sort of.) But if you need some novelty to ease the transition from the Olympics to the stretch run, Saturday marks the fourth and final Stadium Series game. The Penguins will take on the Blackhawks at Soldier Field, and as is tradition, both goalies wi...
How The Myth Of The NCAA "Student-Athlete" Was Born
Excerpted from Taylor Branch's The Cartel: Inside the Rise and Imminent Fall of the NCAA, published by Byliner and newly relevant today as Northwestern football players seeking to unionize argue before the National Labor Relations Board that they are employees of the school. Byliner has unlocked The...
Someone Stole $50,000 In Cash From Ed Reed's Car
According to Houston police, someone stole a bag containing $50,000 in hundreds from the front seat of 2006 Audi belonging to safety Ed Reed. What was he doing with $50,000 in cash? Buying a better car?...
Russian Curler Eats It
This morning, Russian skip Andrey Drozdov learned a valuable lesson about the momentum of curling stones and the slipperiness of ice. He learned it with his face....
Andrew Bynum Threw A Fantastic Tantrum In Cavs Practice
Back in December, Andrew Bynum was mysteriously suspended. No reason was given, and Bynum never played another game with the Cavaliers; he was traded to Chicago as cap relief, waived, and later signed with the Pacers. Now we know some of what doomed him in Cleveland, and it's hilarious. (Not so hila...
No, There's Not A Ski Jumper Named Cunty Spunkfuckshitpiss
Because the British have a notoriously elegant sense of humor, they've been quite taken with the names of Olympians like luger Semen Pavlichenko and ski jumper Andreas Wank. Wait 'til they get a load of this guy....
Marc-Andre Fleury Did Something Ridiculous
Marc-Andre Fleury turned in the single best glove save of the year so far, absolutely robbing Erik Karlsson and preserving a tie in what would be a 2-1 Penguins OT victory. I can't say enough great things about this save, and the flexibility and reflexes required to snatch that puck out of the air w...