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Rec League Softball Player Writes Inspirational Poem For His Team
Here's a rec league email that is a departure from the overwrought screeds we are accustomed to receiving. This softball player decided to send his teammates a motivational email the morning after a tough loss, but instead of chiding them for their lack of hustle or giving a strategic dissertation, ...

Laker Bros Featured In L.A. TV Celebration Of Being Named Bros Capital
Some website we've never heard of decided to rank the "best cities for bros," and Los Angeles unsurprisingly came out on top. After all, our favorite bros ever hail from the City of Angels. Laker Bros, indeed, found themselves featured this morning on KTLA's report about L.A. being named Capital Ci...

Cincinnati Columnist Remarkably Upset That Homer Bailey Said “Fucking”
Homer Bailey threw a no-hitter. Excited, Homer Bailey said "I just fucking walked a guy." Paul Daugherty of the Cincinnati Enquirer is still trying to soothe his virgin ears....

Portuguese Soccer Player Misses Brutal Open-Netter
This is how Portugal started its game against Ghana at the Under-20 World Cup in Turkey today. That's Alberto Aladje with a botched shot that's so incomprehensible that it's almost impressive. As the announcer points out, it's probably harder to miss from that range than it is to find the back of t...

Minor Leaguer Hits Walk-Off Single, His Team Loses Game
The Lansing Lugnuts, the Blue Jays Single-A affiliate, managed to lose a baseball game in the worst possible way when they took on the Great Lakes Loons on Monday night....

Vintage Interviews with Music Industry Legends
The Library of Congress presents the Joe Smith Collection. Includes interviews with Bo Diddley, Mick Jagger, Herbie Hancock, Dave Brubeck, Ray Charles, Ahmet Ertegun, B.B. King, George Harrison, Linda Ronstadt and more. ...


Flyers’ Offseason Becomes Hilarious Again
The Philadelphia Flyers—who missed the playoffs last year—were last seen doing everything they could to get under the salary cap. They used their two lockout-authorized buyouts on Danny Briere and Ilya Bryzgalov, who was in only the second year of a big-money nine-year deal....

Clippers Swap Eric Bledsoe For J.J. Redick In Three-Team Trade
Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski is reporting that the Clippers, Bucks, and Suns have finalized a mini-blockbuster of sorts. The Clippers are sending young stud Eric Bledsoe and Caron Butler's expiring contract to the Suns in exchange for Jared Dudley. The Bucks are shipping J.J. Redick to the Clips, and ...

The Grierson & Leitch Top 12 Movies Of The First Half Of 2013
Shockingly, we are more than halfway through 2013. As always, the best, most "prestigious" movies won't be released until November or December, because the people who vote on the Oscars are senile and cannot remember anything they saw more than 20 minutes ago. But there have been plenty of outstandi...

Grumpy Hater Jonathan Papelbon Doesn't Think Yasiel Puig Is An All-Star
Everyone loves Yasiel Puig, because Yasiel Puig has done nothing but be completely awesome since being called up by the Dodgers one month ago. Everyone except Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon, that is, who thinks that it would be "a joke" if Puig made the National League all-star team....



Shirtless Kid Shoots A Chicken Through A Basketball Hoop
I don't know, man. I'm just as flummoxed as you are....

Working Stiffs
I admire Elmore Leonard and Woody Allen because they just keep working. Elmore is 87, Woody is 77. And they don't stop. ...

Picture This: Little Leaguers Want Their Pants
Most everyone who has ever played a sport — even those of us who never played at a level beyond, say, high school basketball, football, baseball, soccer — most of us can recall at least one time, before a game, when everything just felt right. Maybe there was something in the air, or there was a loo...

Former MTV VJ Says Michael Jordan Tried To Win Her Virginity At Dice
The best thing about all the "MJ is a shit" stories is that, knowing what we know about him, every single one is plausible. There's not a tale that could make you sit up and say, "No way, Jordan couldn't have been that much of a jackass." Today's is a good one....

Kobe Bryant Wants To Play Three More Years, Is Still A Bit Crazy
Not too long ago, Kobe Bryant was making some noise about the impending conclusion of his career, implying to CBS Sports that the expiration of his current contract after the 2014 season would likely give way to his retirement. But now Bryant has changed his tune, telling Lakers.com that he feels li...
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Miguel Montero Tastes His Bats To Decide Which To Use [Update]
Superstition? Fetish? We honestly have no idea. Montero went 0-for-5....

Jaguars May Show RedZone Channel On Their Stadium Video Board
The Jaguars have a new logo, new uniforms, and by 2014, will have the NFL's largest video boards (once the city figures out how it'll pay for them.) But here's an intriguing idea floated by the team: using those screens to show other games....