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LeeRoy, He Ain't Here No More

Pete Dexter's 1980 story on LeeRoy Yarbrough for Inside Sports has a chilling lede:...

Awesome Little Kid To Shaq: “Don't Ever Disrespect Houston Again!"

This kid makes me want to root for the Rockets. H-Town, baby!...

Night-Shifting For The Hip Fleet

“Night-Shifting for the Hip Fleet,” by Mark Jacobson. From New York Magazine, 1975, this piece was the idea that spawned the TV show, Taxi:...

Here's Matt Harvey Asking New Yorkers What They Think Of Matt Harvey

Jimmy Fallon got Matt Harvey to do some man-on-the-street interviews with one goal: ask New Yorkers their thoughts on Matt Harvey. It goes exactly how you'd expect and it's just good, clean fun. Plus, it's always good to put a few dents in the myth of the Savvy New Yorker. ...

Mets Fans Struggle With High Fives, Obviously [UPDATE]

We have an update!...

The Knicks’ Newest Player Says Hello

A Champ Looks At A Champ

From Leonard Gardner's 1971 New York Times review of the Jose Torres book, Sting Like a Bee: The Muhammad Ali Story:...

Here's Old Footage Of Wilt Chamberlain Dominating College Basketball

This video comes to us from the same good soul who gave us old footage of Bill Russell jumping over a guy. This particular highlight reel features Wilt Chamberlain's performance during the last five games of his 1957 season with the Kansas Jayhawks. It is 20 minutes of Wilt destroying his hapless o...

Jeffery Taylor's Poster Dunk Is The Highlight Of Summer League

You've probably never heard of Jeffery Taylor, because Jeffery Taylor is a second-year role player for the Charlotte Bobcats. Well, now he's also the guy who detonated Aron Baynes with this spectacular dunk during a summer league game over the weekend. Now you know....

Only The Ball Was Brown

From his website, here's David Kamp's 2006 GQ story on Early Lloyd:...

The Jets Are Going To Ruin Geno Smith

So here's the pre-camp report from ESPN New York:...

The American Male At Age Ten

From the most-talented Susan Orlean:...

Mets Utility Player Reportedly Calls His Manager A Cocksucker

The saga of Jordany Valdespin, which began with him taking a fastball to the dick and peaked with him standing at the center of a very Mets-y controversy, has now ended with him apparently calling his manager a cocksucker. Hurray for the Mets!...

Ilya Kovalchuk Joins The KHL, And He's Getting A Raise

Four days after Ilya Kovalchuk's shocking retirement from the Devils, he's found himself a job. As expected, Kovalchuk's deal with SKA St. Petersburg of the KHL was made official today. Let's see how much he'll make, and then maybe we'll stop calling his NHL retirement "shocking."...

Never Underestimate The Importance Of A Good Blintz

Greg Cerio on a 2011 exhibition of Weegee's L.A. years:...

Teenager Jordan Spieth Finally Wins PGA Tour Event

Here's something to remember if you played 18 this weekend: 19-year-old Jordan Spieth won his first PGA Tour event on Sunday, outlasting David Hearn and 2007 Masters champ Zach Johnson at the John Deere Classic. And it was arguably a long time coming for Spieth. (P.S.: You're so old.)...

Chris Davis Hits Record-Tying Home Run

Chris Davis hit another home run Sunday, his fourth in as many days. He now has 37 on the season, which leads the league and ties Reggie Jackson's record for most home runs before the All-Star break. ...

I'll Tumblr Fuh Ya

Each week, I'll hip you guys to a cool Tumblr site....

Check Out This Frickin' Beer-Cup Tower English Cricket Fans Built

Sometimes Internet scribes write some perfunctory story when all they want to do is post a fun picture, such this shot of a beer-cup pipe project by cricket fans in Nottingham, England....