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Ashton Agar's 98 Runs In The Ashes Set A New Test Match Record
An email from reader Tim:...
Ilya Kovalchuk Retires From NHL
Thirty-year-old Devils star Ilya Kovalchuk will "retire" from the NHL, most likely to return to Russia and the KHL. It's a big day for CapGeek....
“Runs Adeptly”
Jeter gets infield single, runs adeptly to 3d on Cano's single and scores on Wells's sac fly to RF. Huge smile as he bumps fists in dugout....
ESPN Gets Defensive About Ratings Drop
Earlier this week we told you about ESPN's recent ratings woes. The numbers dropped significantly in the second quarter this year. They were down in the first quarter, too, and they were flat last year. Now that the news is getting around, ESPN PR—which usually projects an air of lordly remove in t...
“D-Day, Which Will Live In Infamy”: June's Local TV News Screwups
June was relatively quiet for local TV news apologies, at least compared with the previous disastrous month. Still, there's plenty of war-related doozies as well as the usual collection of misidentified criminals, innocent businesses targeted as dangerous or fake, and pit bull panic....
Everybody Street
Over at Lomography, Cheryl Dunn talks about this cool-looking new documentary about New York City street photographers....
Derek Jeter Is Back
With a heavenly choir and a rainbow stretching from Hunts Point to Riverdale, the True Yankee has returned....
<em>Fox & Friends</em> Anchor Throws Basketball Into Baby's Face
And not just any baby! No, this is the very same baby whose awful shooting form somehow turned him into an internet sensation a few months ago....
That's An Excellent Question
Send stories, photos, and anything else you might have to [email protected]....
Brandon McCarthy Does Not Take Kindly To Mitch Williams's Stupidity
On last night's episode of MLB Tonight, analyst Mitch Williams said something stupid. That's not necessarily noteworthy, because Mitch Williams says stupid things all the time, but on this particular occasion his stupidity involved Diamondbacks pitcher Brandon McCarthy....
Patriots’ Alfonzo Dennard Arrested On Suspicion Of DUI
Patriots cornerback Alfonzo Dennard was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving early this morning in Lincoln, Neb. It could be worse than the usual DUI punishment for Dennard, who's projected to start for New England this season—he's still on probation for punching a cop last year....
It's What You Do With The Gift That Counts
There was a good story by John Le Carre in theNew Yorker earlier this year (subscription required) about the making of his novel The Spy Who Came in From the Cold. The piece centered on the tense relationship between the film’s director, Martin Ritt, a left-wing Jew who’d been blacklisted, and its s...
As I Was Saying---
Dan Barry takes the mickey out of John Sterling in the New York Times:...
The Streetwalker of New York
Check out this New Yorker "Talk of the Town" item (May 1, 1943) by Joseph Mitchell....
The "My Little Pony Convention 2013 Highlights" Video Is Amazing
What can we say about this video, other than it comes to us via several of our dearest commenters? It is so utterly bizarre, sad, funny, and horrifying that you will either immediately look away or watch it 25 times in a row....
Brazilian Soccer Player Injures Self Celebrating First-Ever Pro Goal
In what we can only term "pulling a Gramatica," 19-year-old Internacional striker Maurides found himself on a stretcher tonight after a celebratory backflip turned his first goal as a professional into a painful injury....
Behold: The Future
Jenny Dell did not make the trip out west with the Red Sox—who are currently playing the Mariners—but think this kid cares? He's either Jamie Erdahl's biggest fan or he's super excited that David Ortiz became the all-time hits leader at the DH position. ...
Lamar Odom Went Nuts On The Paparazzi
Lamar Odom went kind of bonkers on the paparazzi today, pawing through the backseat of a photographer's car and throwing all of his shit, including camera equipment, in the middle of the street. ...
Andrew Bynum Will Take Hair And Bowling Talents To Cleveland
Oft-injured, oft-hilarious, ridiculously-coiffed tall person Andrew Bynum will sign with the Cleveland Cavaliers, according to Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski. He'll also be a cheap gamble—even if the Cavs end up having to pay more than the scant $6 million they're guaranteeing him....
Young PSV Eindhoven Fan Leads Stadium Chant
PSV Eindhoven is a club from the Netherlands playing in the Eredivisie, the highest division in the country. This video was uploaded yesterday and appears to be from a friendly between PSV and FC Eindhoven the same day....