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The Fan Who Wasn't There
Ten years ago I interviewed my former employer Ethan Coen about baseball. As a man of few words it was a terse but revealing conversation. ...
Report: Aaron Hernandez Was With Victim On Night Of Homicide
While police continue to investigate the homicide of Odin Lloyd, a semi-pro football player who dated Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez's girlfriend's sister, MyFoxBoston is reporting that Hernandez and two other men were out at a bar with Lloyd just hours before he was killed....
Gale-Force Kayaking
From the Atlantic, here's a compelling 1995 story by Andrew Todhunter:...
Here's How The WNBA's No. 2 All-Time Scorer Announces Her Retirement
Here's a snippet of a Twitter conversation that the New York Liberty's Katie Smith, who is the No. 2 all-time scorer in WNBA history, had with one of her followers last month:...
Austin NBC Station Runs News Promo During Overtime, Misses Winning Goal
It's not exactly Heidi, but a major blunder by Austin, Tex. NBC affiliate KXAN deprived Lone Star State hockey fans the sudden-death goal that clinched Game 4 for the Blackhawks....
"Pacman" Jones Goes On ESPN To Explain Arrest, Says "Hoe" And "Fuck"
Adam 'Pacman' Jones is making the media tours to clear his name after a recent arrest that found him striking a woman he claims attacked him with a bottle. It might be smart for Jones to not say things like "Hoe, where in the fuck did you come from?" on live ESPN Radio, but that's exactly what he d...
Johnny Manziel Was All Pissed Off Because Of A Parking Ticket
When Johnny Manziel said something something on Twitter something something bullshit something something he can't wait to leave College Station something something, the world wanted to know what was bugging him before he deleted his words....
Chris Bosh Tells Heat Fans Who Left Early Not To Come Back For Game 7
You know who's done putting up with all of your bullshit, Miami Heat fans? Chris Bosh....
Tim Donaghy On Game 6: What Happened To Home-Court Advantage?
As he has done for us in years past, Tim Donaghy, the owner and operator of RefPicks.comand a former NBA referee who spent 11 months in prison for relaying inside information to gamblers, will review the performance of his former colleagues during the NBA Finals. Here's a quarter-by-quarter breakdow...
Super Tuesday: It's A Great Day To Be A Mets Fan
It's awfully hard for a baseball team to stand unquestionably, soul-crushingly outside of contention in mid-June. But the 2013 Mets, who have failed at most everything, have been up to that task....
Kendrick Perkins Sold His Dog On Twitter
Kendrick Perkins had been lying low since the Thunder were eliminated from the playoffs a few weeks back. His Twitter account, in fact, had been dormant since May 30. But last night, Perkins suddenly let his 55,000-plus followers know he had a dog to offer. And he was in a bit of a hurry to make a s...
Victim Identified In Murder Probe With Ties To Aaron Hernandez
The media have swarmed the North Attleboro, Mass., home of Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, who has been questioned in connection with the murder of a 27-year-old Boston man. WBZ said the victim is Odin Lloyd, a semi-pro football player whose body was found by a jogger on Monday in an industrial ...
Calling Ray Allen's Shot A Miracle Is An Insult To Ray Allen
Here's how Ray Allen explained his shooting approach to SBNation's Paul Flannery a few days before hitting the shot of his career with five seconds to go in Game 6:...
Ray Allen's Shot, Captured In Photos
If only one play could be said to define this scintillating NBA finals, it has to be Ray Allen's game-tying three-pointer from the right corner with 5.2 seconds to go to force overtime....
Serena Williams Says She's "Deeply Sorry For What Was Written"
Serena Williams said some regrettable things about the Steubenville rape case to Rolling Stone's Stephen Rodrick, and today she's released a statement apologizing, sort of....
The Best Thing About These Finals: There Are No Goats
When Game 1 of the NBA finals ended, we expressed a hope that this series would last forever. What we've ended up with is the next best thing: seven games, with last night's overtime, instant-classic, scare-the-cat-and-wake-up-the-neighbors thriller setting up a finale on Thursday that will be the c...
So Many Things Going On Behind Bill Simmons
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Into Thin Air
Over at Grantland, Bryan Curtis laments the demise of the "Sports of the Times" column in the paper of record:...
The Heat Force A Game Seven By Playing Fucking Ridiculously
It looked over. The jokes and criticisms were already being generated about LeBron James and the Heat as they found themselves down five with 28 seconds to go....