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Never Buy New Sneakers In March. Never.
These are my new shoes. I have had them for, oh, a little longer than a week. They are muddy shit, now. I tell myself that I will clean them later, but we all know that even if that does happen—even if I do not forget; even if I am not overwhelmed by the obvious futility of such an enterprise—"cl...
So You Want Cream Cheese And Fish Eggs In Your Pizza Crust, You Say
Looks like you'll have to travel to get it (and also it looks like you might be a lunatic): Pizza Hut locations in Hong Kong are now selling the uncreatively named Fish Roe Salmon Cream Cheese Pizza. As its name suggests, this is a pizza with salmon-flavored cream cheese and roe inside its crust, w...
Here's LaMichael James Looking Terrified On A Roller Coaster
Don't know a damned thing about the story behind this photo, other than that it's 49ers running back LaMichael James, back in his Oregon days, being brought nearly to tears by a theme park ride. It was not the only time a roller coaster would do a number on James....
Miami Marlins Owner's Insane Book About <em>Peanuts</em> Will Melt Your Brain
When we speak of spring and baseball, we speak of renewal. New shoots of grass, possibility, the warm rays in Florida. We rarely mention the game's antipodal force that dwells there too, a darkness that consumes joy—its unblinking saurian eyes unevolved for 37 million years, unregenerate in its pred...
FSU Investigates Jameis Winston, Charges 2 Teammates In Rape Case
Weeks after leading the Florida State Seminoles to a national championship, quarterback Jameis Winston was quietly interrogated by university administrators, and two of his teammates were brought up on school conduct charges related to allegations that Winston raped a fellow student, according to a ...
Shirtless Idiot Crashes Pirates' Pierogi Race
During the Great Pierogi Race between innings of last night's Cubs-Pirates game at PNC Park, one fan hopped the fence and took off in hot pursuit of those savory, anthropomorphic dumplings. High-stepping across the outfield, shedding clothes as he went, he tried to escape over a low wall in right. H...
Die Already, King Joffrey
This Sunday, 114 million global HBO subscribers and roughly 250 million web-savvy HBO non-subscribers will join hands and avail themselves of the fourth-season premiere of Game of Thrones, a quasi-medieval Prestige Cable Network Battle of the T's and A's with way more T's, A's, leering ultraviolence...
No-Win Scenario: Errol Morris' Great, Infuriating <em>The Unknown Known</em>
On February 29, 2004, director Errol Morris won an Academy Award for The Fog of War. Subtitled Eleven Lessons From the Life of Robert S. McNamara, it consisted of a one-on-one interview with the former Secretary of Defense as he looked back at his management—and mismanagement— of the Vietnam War. ...
Pat Burrell's Still Got It
Baseball has been a much more boring sport ever since Pat "The Machine" Burrell decided to hang up the spikes. But Burrell hasn't left us completely behind. Now a scout with the Giants, Burrell showed up at yesterday's game to take a few hacks in BP. Wearing slacks and a pair of Vans, the ol' slugge...
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Paul MacLean's Doppelganger Is Back
It's been almost a year, but the Senators fan who's a dead ringer for coach Paul MacLean—"Paul MacClone," he's been dubbed—made his triumphant return to behind the Ottawa bench. We missed you, big guy....
Coolest Guy Ever Arrested For Doing Donuts At Churchill Downs
A Kentucky man was arrested Monday after he did some sweet-ass donuts in his Ford Mustang on the infield of Churchill Downs....
Fake Rich Guy Donald Trump Pretends He Wants To Buy The Buffalo Bills
Originally published at Bloomberg View...
Mike Francesa Wouldn't Shut Up About Paternity Leave Today
Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy is going to be away from the team for a few days on paternity leave, because his wife had a child and he wants to be with his wife and child. This is a thing that men in America, even athletes, do. Usually if they don't, it's because they're not lucky enough to hav...
A's Fan Eats It And Eats It Hard
This gentleman took a concrete bellyflop while chasing a foul ball at this afternoon's game in Oakland. He seemed fine afterward, so there's no need to feel bad about watching this for the 17th time....
Who Were The Tallest Athletes In History?
As part of the new collection Sportographica, the chart above shows the tallest players in history by sport/league/discipline. While there isn't a regular-sized human in there to give you context, consider this: If you stacked all these professional athletes on top of each others, the pile would str...
'Skins Grounds Crew Rear-Ends Cowboys Fan
Sometimes, the universe has a sense of humor when it comes to fender-benders. Take this afternoon, outsider a Fuddrucker's in Ashburn, Va., where members of the Washington grounds crew had carpooled for lunch. At some point during the meal, their truck slipped out of park and rolled into the car in ...
There Is A Half-Naked Frenchman Living In A Bear, Because Art
Have you ever wanted to stare at a live feed of a Frenchman's taint while he lays inside of a stuffed bear? Well then click this link right here, buddy....
Charts: Your Spending Habits Get Lamer As You Age
In a neat series of charts, NPR Planet Money looks at how spending changes over the course of an average American's lifetime. All the data are indexed against the average spending of 25-year-olds, which is when "Bars And Clubs" spending peaks, and not much else....
UGA Is Sending Recruits Hand-Drawn Portraits
Recruiting has always been cutthroat, but these days, you really have to do something unique to stand out from the crowd of suitors. (Even if that something is nothing at all.) To that end, Georgia has been sending potential recruits sketches of themselves, along with a semi-personalized message fro...