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Tim McCarver Says Farewell. That's Another Word For Goodbye, Which Is A Thing People Say When They're Parting Ways.
Tim McCarver signed off for the last time on Fox last night. In the video above, Joe Buck says "I love you" three times. McCarver's last word on a national broadcast is "ditto." Let's all be nice and remember there was a time when McCarver was actually really very good....
Koji Uehara's Son Gave The Best Postgame Interview Last Night
If there's one thing about this World Series to be thankful for, it's the the fact that Red Sox closer Koji Uehara and his son Kaz have been thrown into the national spotlight....
Boston Fails To Celebrate Like It's Been There Before
It's probably too late now, but since the Red Sox have won three championships over the past 10 seasons, perhaps this advice will come in handy again in the near future: On the night of a possible World Series clincher, don't park anywhere near Fenway....
NFL Could Consider Taking Away Touchdowns For Taunting
Golden Tate's wave goodbye made him either a hero or a villain, according to People Who Have Strong Opinions On Things Like This. (Personal opinion: There aren't many things in sports that matter less than one player taunting another.) But it sounds like there's a chance that the NFL could crack dow...
St. Louis Man Arrested After Threatening Boston On Twitter
Everybody say hi to Bobby Metzinger. St. Louis police arrested him over the weekend and charged him with making terroristic threats against the city of Boston from his Twitter account. The 30-year-old former PR professional was once highlighted by a St. Louis television station for having landed a j...
Carl Pelini Resigns For Using "Illegal Drugs"
Update, 4:15 p.m.: FAU head coach Carl Pelini's resignation after one-and-a-half seasons was due to his use of "illegal drugs," confirmed AD Patrick Chun....
The $70 Pub Cheese, Which Costs <em>70 Freaking Dollars</em>
From time to time we come across a highfalutin recipe with an ingredients list that strikes us as a hair on the costly side. And when we do, we're gonna run those ingredients through the checkout aisle at Whole Foods on the Bowery to see how it adds up....
The History Of Baseball, In One Weird, Beautiful Drawing
The drawing above, Árbol de Béisbol, is by Craig Robinson of FlipFlopFlyin.com—you can check out a larger version on his site. Craig was kind enough to let us post his explanatory notes on the players, artifacts, quotes, and references featured in the graphic; you can find them in the image annotati...
Sources: Some Jaguars Players Got Beat Up In London After Sunday's Game
We don't have any names, but we do have two stories from two different sources, probably about the same group of players. In either case, the story ends with the players losing a fight and going to the hospital. The fight involves either women and hotel security, or nine men with brass knuckles, de...
It's Funny Because She'll Die Unmarried
Don't look now, but the Leafs are leading the Atlantic after last night's 4-0 win in Edmonton. But as last year showed, the heartbreak of dangled hope is more acute than plain old futility. Enjoy spinsterhood, lady....
Happy Trails, Zidane Headbutt Statue!
Statue of controversial incident elicits controversy. Who'd a thunk it?...
Marshawn Lynch Had No Idea Buffalo Was Not In New York City
Marshawn Lynch was profiled on last night's E:60, and it was a fairly candid look at Lynch's upbringing in Oakland. But the single best moment was Lynch recalling his reaction to being drafted by Buffalo in 2007. The West Coast kid wasn't exactly up on his East Coast geography....
A Wink At A Homely Girl
If you don't have good dreams, Bagel, you've got nightmares....
The Greatest Slugger Never To Play In The Major Leagues
As David Ortiz adds to his legend this week—the version that omits any mention of PEDs, of course—let's take a moment to appreciate John Schulian's 2000 SI profile of Josh Gibson:...
Here's Rare Audio Of JFK Bitching About The U.S. Hockey Team
Last year, the John F. Kennedy Library released more than 260 hours of transcripts and recording. Among them—the president complaining about the poor performance of the Americans at the 1963 World Championships. "Christ, who are we sending over there?" Kennedy asked. "Girls?"...
Guy Fieri Flips Out On His Hairdresser, Which Makes Good Sense
Presumably in the immediate aftermath of his first visit to an optometrist in more than a decade, anthropomorphized Lime-A-Rita Guy Fieri and his hairdresser had a bit of a tiff in broad public view, leading to crying and shouting and embarrassment, not unlike what happens when you spend more than t...
"Go Fuck Yourselves": Ex-Ducks Player Blasts "Ignorant" Oregon Fans
In The Oregonian, John Canzano reprints a letter he received from a former Ducks football player. He recently ended his college career, and on Saturday, attended UCLA-Oregon for his first-ever game as a fan. He didn't have a fun time....
How Many NBA Name Drops Can You Pick Out In This Song?
Here is "Jumpin' Out The Gym," a song from Migos, Riff Raff, and Trinidad James. Not only does the new video (which you can watch here, it's not embeddable) feature tons of NBA highlights, the song itself is littered with NBA name drops. See how many you can pick out!...