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Boston Marathon Time-Lapse Video: Joy, Panic, Process
Boston CBS affiliate WBZ's finish line camera provided us our first view of the marathon blasts as they happened, and to their credit they kept the feed going until well after nightfall. ...
Mets-Rockies Last Night Was Really, Really Snowed Out
It's April, right? Like, the month in which the crocuses pop up and the skies yield warm water every 20 minutes or so? The month in which, save for a few chilly nights, baseball is played at its proper temperatures, before summer stickiness sets in?...
Pirates Fan With Giant Novelty Glove Catches Foul Ball
They say you are supposed to stop bringing your glove to the park when you're an adult, but they never say anything about not bringing your giant-ass novelty glove with you. This wonderful Pirates fan—grown man that he is—chose to exploit that loophole at last night's Cardinals-Pirates game, and the...
8-Year-Old Boy Killed In The Boston Blasts Has Been Identified
That's according to the Boston Globe:...
<em>Chicago Tribune</em> Sports Page Pays Tribute To Boston
Here is the front page of today's sports section....
Here's Vin Scully's Story About His Job Interview With Branch Rickey
Vin Scully's a priceless living baseball artifact for myriad reasons. Not only does he call games in an accessible and enjoyable way—especially for those of us on the East Coast mellowing out after a long day—but he's a constant source of fantastic stories about his early days in the Dodgers organ...
Woman Records Explosion As She Approaches The Boston Finish Line
This is pretty frightening stuff....
Sean Hannity Set A Boston Marathon Disaster Montage To Dr. Who Music
We thought it was bad enough when Sean Hannity led off his Fox News program tonight with a montage of Boston Marathon devastation that looked and sounded like the trailer for a Bay/Bruckheimer collaboration. Then we learned where the music came from....
Bill Iffrig, The Man Knocked Down By Blast In Boston, Discusses Finish
Bill Iffrig was the 78-year-old man in the orange tank-top who was knocked down by the force of what he called a "deafening" explosion approximately 15 feet from the finish line at today's Boston Marathon. ...
Former Patriots Guard Joe Andruzzi Helped Rescue Blast Victims
We feared the worst when legendary NFL good-guy Joe Andruzzi wasn't heard from in the hours after explosions rocked the Boston Marathon. We knew Andruzzi's cancer foundation was a big supporter of marathon runners, and his Twitter suggested he was watching the race from a location very close to wher...
A Nice Thing Patton Oswalt Wrote After The Boston Marathon Bombing
In the wake of events like today's, there's always an outpouring of "thoughts and prayers" and other sorts of well-intentioned signs of support from people all over social media that you almost get numb to it, if you're not already numb from the event itself....
Ben Revere Makes Unbelievable Diving Catch
Catches don't get much more impressive than Phillies center fielder Ben Revere's second-inning, sprawling dive at the warning track in the Great American Ballpark tonight, robbing Cincinnati's Todd Frazier of extra bases. ...
Here's President Obama's Response To The Boston Marathon Explosions
President Obama acknowledged we know little about today's explosions at the Boston Marathon, but pledged "we will find out who did this and we will hold them accountable."...
Here's Video Of The Moment The Boston Marathon Bombs Exploded
It's very glitchy, but here's the moment the bombs exploded near the Boston Marathon finish line, from WBZ's camera mounted there....
The Warriors Hazed Rookie Festus Ezeli By Removing His Car's Tires
They also hid the tires in different spots, and even filmed Ezeli's reaction. Still not as bad as what they did last week to Kent Bazemore's car. Harrison Barnes and Draymond Green are hereby warned to keep an eye on their rides....
Dodgers Fan Who Was Forced To Change Shirt: D-Backs Owner "Is A Bully"
A Dodgers fan whose friends and family faced the wrath of Diamondbacks owner Ken Kendrick for wearing blue shirts says the episode was the worst experience she's ever had at a sporting event and that it left her 7-year-old daughter "scared and confused."...
Andre Iguodala Gets A Big Block, Finishes The Break With A Dunk
This one of just a handful of impressive plays that Andre Iguodala had during yesterday's Trailblazers-Nuggets game. It starts with him climbing the ladder to reject J.J. Hickson at the rim, and it ends with him receiving a nifty drop-off pass from Ty Lawson before throwing down a dunk. ...
Tony Gwynn Jr. Shows Us How Hecklers Should Be Dealt With
This video has been on YouTube for almost two years, but we've only just discovered it. And we are very glad that we did, because this may be the best way we've ever seen a baseball player handle a heckler. ...
If You Stole Jerome Simpson's Shoes And Tea Set, Please Return Them
Vikings wide receiver Jerome Simpson had a rough Sunday. While the rest of us were kicking back, having a few beers, and enjoying an exciting finish to the Masters, Simpson was getting a hard lesson in the cold and uncaring nature of our world. That's because some asshole stole two pairs of Air Jord...
That Famous Jackie Robinson Photo With The Cute Kid? It Was Staged
The photo above, in which Jackie Robinson looks bemusedly at a young autograph-seeker just before stepping onto the field and breaking baseball's color barrier on April 15, 1947, has long been one of the game's most iconic and enduring images. I mean, just look at how cute that kid is! There's only ...