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Heaven Ain't What It Used to Be: Dick Young Goes To Hell
New York sportswriting legend Dick Young was a lot of different things. Among them, for reasons laid out in this classic Ross Wetzsteon profile, he was a man one could easily imagine having a great time filing his column from the depths of Hell. Warren Leight and Charlie Rubin ran with the conceit i...

Let's Watch Charles Barkley Grind With A Middle-Aged Lady
Ray Allen recently celebrated his 38th birthday with a party that successfully combined the vibes of an awkward high school dance and a boozy karaoke outing. In other words, it was a great party, as evidenced by Sir Charles getting his freak on with your mom, who is obviously enjoying her "girls tri...


Man Puts Head Inside Crocodile's Mouth; Crocodile Bites Man's Head
Don't watch this if you're squeamish, OK? OK....

Don't Believe Anything You Read About Alex Rodriguez
"Alex Rodriguez will cut a deal with MLB." Then, 24 hours later: "Alex Rodriguez will not cut a deal with MLB." This is a mess....


Miguel Cabrera Tries To Force-Feed One Of His Teammates
A sore hip flexor kept Miguel Cabrera out of the Tigers' lineup last night, so he had to find other ways to keep himself entertained. Did he read a book? Bust out his iPad? No, he tried to shove a cookie into Brayan Pena's mouth. ...

Prosecutors Seek To Charge Aaron Hernandez For 2012 Double Murder
The Boston Globe reports that prosecutors are arguing before a grand jury that Aaron Hernandez should be charged with the shooting deaths of two men outside a Boston nightclub in 2012, a previously unsolved murder in which Hernandez emerged as the prime suspect last month....

Keep on Joustin’ in the Free World
It lasted roughly a thousand years (give or take a few centuries). It generated mind-boggling advances in science, technology and medicine. It saw magnificent cathedrals rise at Chartres, Salisbury and scores of other cities and towns. It witnessed the first rumblings of a kind of proto-democracy in...

Death Of A Racehorse
Here's W.C. Heinz's celebrated 1949 column, "Death of a Racehorse." ...

TV Panel Erupts In Epic Screaming Match Over Aaron Hernandez
So, this is the best thing I've seen today. New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick is addressing press tomorrow, and people think he'll be speaking for the first time about Aaron Hernandez, who was arrested on murder charges last month. Of course, the press conference could be about anythin...

Yinzer Watches A Drunken Fist Fest That Would Disappoint Don Cherry
Welcome to Tuesday Night Fights, a weekly celebration and analysis of street-fight videos found on YouTube. Tonight's fisticuffs: "Two Drunk man - Funny Street Fight for ugly Girls." Tonight's commentator: Pittsburgh Penguins blogger Rich Miller. (Coming next week: Pearlman, on the Strong Island Ch...

Cops: MTSU's J.D. Jones Choked Woman On Camera As Teammates Watched
Middle Tennessee State defensive tackle J.D. Jones choked his girlfriend as teammates watched and filmed it, according to The Daily News Journal's story on a report from the school's police department....


Deadspin Up All Night: You Can't Depend
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Report: Ohio State RB Carlos Hyde Won't Be Charged In Alleged Assault
Yahoo's Charles Robinson reports that Ohio State running back Carlos Hyde is not expected to face charges for the alleged assault of a woman at a Columbus nightclub over the weekend....

A Young Karl Malone Once Fell For A Great Frank Layden Prank
The Salt Lake Tribune caught up with Karl Malone, who turns 50 tomorrow, a fact that ought to make any kid who followed basketball closely in the '80s and '90s feel really old. Malone tells the newspaper the story of his first visit to Utah in 1985, a little more than a month after the Jazz drafted ...

Lying and Charm: Woody Allen's <em>Blue Jasmine</em>, Reviewed.
Write and direct about 45 movies in the span of five decades, and there's a pretty good chance that certain themes will keep repeating themselves. Woody Allen's huge body of work is impressive both because of the number of gems he's produced—by dint of his work ethic, he has more great films to his ...
