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This Is A Very Yinzer Tattoo
Stillers, Pirates, and Penguins logos, all floating over the Pittsburgh skyline. Yes, this is a very Yinzer tattoo indeed....
Deals: Worx Lawn Tools, Fandango Movie Ticket, KitchenAid Mixer
Worx manufactures some of the best battery-powered lawn care tools out there, and they're selling a ton of refurbs at steep discounts today through their eBay storefront. [Refurb Worx Sale]...
No Name Is Really Sacred To Dan Snyder
Another day, another embarrassment for the Washington Redskins. The latest public relations headache for Dan Snyder's beleaguered team? A group of activists opposed to its nickname has written to FedEx to challenge the company's continued sponsorship, USA Today reports....
Watch The World Converge On Brazil, Using Facebook Data
The neat video above, from Facebook, shows how many non-Brazilians travelled to various World Cup cities from June 5th through June 16th. The site's data team built out the graphic using Facebook check-ins; each arc represents 20 people traveling from their home city to a city in Brazil, and the siz...
Messi Scores Off Free Kick To Give Argentina 2-1 Lead Over Nigeria
Lionel Messi's free kick goal in stoppage time of the first half sent Argentina to the locker room with a 2-1 lead over Nigeria. ¡Golazo!...
Argentina, Nigeria Score In First Five Minutes, Make World Cup History
So, Argentina and Nigeria are off to a good start. They're tied at one goal apiece, and have already made history. This is the first time two World Cup teams have scored within the first five minutes of any match in the tournament....
How Either Nigeria Or Iran Can Join Argentina In The Next Round
Starting at noon Eastern, Argentina play Nigeria and Iran play Bosnia-Herzegovina in the final matches of Group F. Here's a chart showing all the paths to qualification still possible in this group....
Colombia's Four Goals Mean Four Instances Of Amazing Announcing
Colombia put four balls in the net yesterday, which means we have four instances of Javier Fernández Franco going berserk and four instances of the awesome Caracol heavy metal celebration song. Here's everything from Colombia's Caracol TV, and the rest of the goals scored yesterday as heard in the h...
Umpire Takes A Foul Ball To The Chest, Flexes
MLB umpire/country music singer Joe West wasn't nimble enough to avoid Stephen Vogt's foul line drive in Tuesday night's A's-Mets game, so he ended up taking a ball right to the chest. West didn't have the protective equipment of a home-plate umpire, but he was fine....
Nigeria vs. Argentina & Bosnia vs. Iran: Live Online Streaming Links
Time to gear up for two big matches kicking off at noon Eastern. Here's how to watch Nigeria-Argentina or Bosnia-Herzegovina-Iran on TV or streaming....
How Michael McDonald, The Affable Captain Of Yacht Rock, Lost His Voice
Even 28 years after his last hit, Michael McDonald can still trigger laughter and tears. Though he's still a fixture on the R&B/soft rock nostalgia circuit (catch him with Toto and Kenny Loggins this summer), that sui generis voice has been touring without him, so to speak, for decades. Recently, th...
30 Years After Whiffing On ESPN, Time Inc. Starts Digital Sports Network
Time Inc., parent company of Sports Illustrated, has launched a new digital sports network that will seek to "plug into the soul of digital and move at the speed of Twitter," according to the network's president, Jason Coyle. The venture is called 120 Sports, and on first glance it seems like a grow...
Adrian Beltre Gets 2,500th Hit, Unwanted Head Touching
Adrian Beltre collected his 2,500th hit in Tuesday night's game against the Tigers. (That's pretty impressive! He's only the seventh third baseman to reach the mark.) Miguel Cabrera was at first base to give him the ball and a quick touch on the head. Beltre, a man who hates having his head touched,...
Ian Kinsler Homers, Mocks His Former Teammates
Remember when Tigers second baseman Ian Kinsler turned his ESPN The Magazine profile into a platform from which to hurl molotov cocktails at his former team, the Texas Rangers, after he was traded to Detroit? It does not appear that time has done much to erode the animosity that Kinsler feels toward...
But Spain Were Dead Already
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<em>Jeopardy!</em> Vs. <em>Wheel of Fortune</em>: Which One Makes You Feel Dumber?
I am a Thought Leader of Television, and so I've been asked to ruminate on the Big News that Jeopardy!—yeah! the exclamation point! is officially part of the title!—beat Wheel of Fortune in the ratings a coupla weeks ago, the first time in over a decade, and is this perhaps an indicator that maybe A...
The NBA Misplaced A Point For 20 Years
Occasionally, from week to week, a league will go back and adjust the statline in a game. Yu Darvish gives up a hit, or LeBron loses a rebound, or Jamaal Charles loses three yards and everyone in your fantasy league ends up in last place. This is more or less like that, except 20 years after the fac...
Young Marlins Fan Gets On Camera, Completely Loses His Mind
At a recent Marlins game, the camera panned through the stands and lingered on one small fan, putting him on the jumbotron. Fans often notice when this happens, and they get excited and wave at the camera and everyone has a nice time. This kid, though, took things to another level, creating the grea...