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How Good Was The Lakers Bench Last Night?
Last night's Lakers win was unusual for any number of reasons, but the biggest story is the unlikely performance by LA's bench. How well did they play last night? Here's a very quick—and slightly unique—look at the numbers of the five players on the court for the fourth quarter. ...
Charles Barkley Has The Most Accurate Playoff Picks
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Watch Iman Shumpert Get A Very Somber Haircut
Iman Shumpert shaved off his signature flat top a few weeks ago, and everyone was kind of bummed about it. But nobody took the event more seriously that Shumpert himself, as evidenced by the extremely earnest vignette above....
How Many NBA Name Drops Can You Pick Out In This Song?
Here is "Jumpin' Out The Gym," a song from Migos, Riff Raff, and Trinidad James. Not only does the new video (which you can watch here, it's not embeddable) feature tons of NBA highlights, the song itself is littered with NBA name drops. See how many you can pick out!...
The Unlikeliest Lakers Win The Battle Of Los Angeles
Human sacrifice, cats and dogs living together, and the Lakers bench dominating the Clippers starters in the season opener. The NBA is back, and it is weird....
Adventures Of The Cardinals' Six-Hour Plane Delay
The St. Louis Cardinals' trip to Boston today for tomorrow's World Series game hit a snag after a mechanical delay kept their plane on the runway for six hours. A few players chronicled their experience through tweets. Pizza played a key role....
You Can Get Away With Acting Like Dez Bryant If You're Tony Romo
On Sunday, Dez Bryant was accused and immediately convicted on national TV of excessive gesticulation. This was based mainly on long-distance exegesis of Bryant's body language during a couple of sideline exchanges, the first with Tony Romo and the second with Jason Witten. Here's the first one, fol...
NFL Betting Lines, Visualized: Week 9
Here is your early betting info for Week 9 NFL; we'll update on Thursday with money lines and spread movements for these 12 games and add Eagles-Raiders (this line opened late). Two small tweaks from last week: Each team's actual record is included, and the games are once again ordered by start time...
Garry Kasparov Battling Post-Soviet Alien Abductee For Chess Presidency
Garry Kasparov, the former World Chess Champion, Pussy Riot supporter, and probably the most famous living chess player, is running for the presidency of the World Chess Federation. His opponent—the incumbent—is a guy who believes in aliens....
A Christmas Carol And The Yankee Stadium Ticket Stub
Today gives a choice find over at Forgotten Bookmarks. ...
Let's Talk About What Should Constitute Male Rights
Did you know that there is a such a thing as mens' rights activism? It's true! According to this article, there is a small (three inches?) group of HARDCORE BROS who have had it up to here with the ongoing vaginization of America, and they're not gonna take it lying down (unless they got a chick o...
Chris Bosh Is Getting Ornery For Some Reason
The NBA season starts tonight, so journalistic outlets the world over are publishing stories on the Miami Heat, because last year they repeated as champions, and this year they could three-peat as champions, and LeBron James and Michael Jordan and legacy and narrative. ...
NBA Stat Guru Kevin Pelton On Greg Oden, The Fraudulent Knicks, And More
Kevin Pelton is one of the smartest guys covering the NBA, and his SCHOENE projection system is one of the best predictive tools in NBA analytics. He was nice enough to answer a few questions about the upcoming NBA season....
Matt Stafford Was Mic'd Up During The Lions' Comeback Drive
Thanks to this video, we can now hear what Matt Stafford was saying while he led his team on a thrilling, game-winning drive against the Cowboys on Sunday. ...
Rare Photos Of Musial Remind Us That He'll Always Be The Man
People liked Stan Musial. And he liked them. His teammate (and badass competitor supreme) Bob Gibson once said, “Stan Musial is the nicest man I ever met in baseball. And to be honest, I can’t relate to that.”...
How An Achilles Tear Affects NBA Players (Or, Why Kobe Is Screwed)
The Lakers season begins tonight with their home opener against the Clippers, but Kobe Bryant won't be playing. Bryant tore his Achilles tendon on April 12, and while he's still "ahead of schedule" in his six-to-nine-month recovery, he still hasn't begun running. He will miss at least the first seve...
This Week In Soccer Fisticuffs: Players <i>And</i> Referees Throw Punches
A referee punched a player in Kuwait and a high school player here in the States punched a ref; it's been a busy week here at the People-Punching-Each-Other-While-Playing-Soccer Desk. Let's get down to business....
Nicki Minaj Performed At Villanova's Hoops Mania
An elderly basketball coach sits at a desk in his home study. Framed pieces of netting adorn the walls and 60 Minutes is on the television as he reads scouting reports. His attention turns to the computer. An email from Jay Wright....
The Art of Storytelling
Check out the Something to Write Home About series over at the beautiful site, Pictory Mag....