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Frank Sinatra Has a Cold: Annotated

Over at the Neiman Storyboard, Elon Green talks to Gay Talese about Talese's classic Esquire story, "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold." ...

Son Surprises His Dad With Bengals Tickets; Dad Gets All Weepy

Until today, I never thought that the Cincinnati Bengals were capable of bringing their fans to tears of joy instead of sorrow. But that's exactly what happened when one Giants fan surprised his father, a lifelong Bengals fan, with airfare and tickets to an upcoming Jets-Bengals game at Paul Brown ...

Next Draft: League of Denial

I've raved about Kottke in this space before as a choice place to find cool shit. Here's another—Dave Pell's Next Draft. I get his daily e-mail which is chock full of interesting. ...

Would You Do It Again? We Ask Former NFLer Derland Moore

This is an interview series in which we ask the plaintiffs of the NFL concussion lawsuit one question (and maybe a few more): Knowing what you know now, if you could do it over again, would you still play football?...

The Mourning Anchor

What is it the poet said? Like muffled drums, our hearts beat a funeral march to the grave. And so it is that Bryant Gumbel, a man who is nothing if not prepared, keeps a list of his pallbearers....

Report: Angry Texans Fans Go To Matt Schaub's House To Harass Him [Update]

You're not a nutcase, so I probably don't need to tell you, but: Don't fucking do what these Texans fans reportedly did....

Hockey Player Banned 47 Games, Then Cut, For Fighting, Eye-Gouging

Derek Campbell of the Hull Stingrays was nailed with a 47-game ban and subsequently released from his team for reacting violently after being hit against the boards by a Dundee Stars player....

A Lady Texan Reflects On A TexBro Battle In Houston

Welcome to Tuesday Night Fights, a weekly celebration and analysis of street-fight videos found on YouTube. Tonight's fisticuffs: Tonight's commentator: Tashina Richardson. (Coming next week: The Tuesday Night Fights series finale.)...

The NFL Has A New Shutdown Corner

Cool name? Check. Surprisingly competitive team? Check. The league's top cornerback this year? Might be. So why isn't Alterraun Verner a household name yet?...

Victor Martinez's shot in the seventh inning was reviewed by the umpires and upheld, as it was determined that the ball would have cleared the yellow line even if these two jabronis didn't try to grab at it. The home run tied the game at four. [@CJZero]...

<em>Daily News</em> Anoints Geno Smith The Next Mark Sanchez

This is either a serious failure of back-page wood creativity, or a really bad omen for Geno Smith....

Abby Wambach Marries Longtime Girlfriend In Hawaii

According to TMZ, USWNT soccer star Abby Wambach was wed to her longtime girlfriend, soccer player Sarah Huffman, this past weekend in Hawaii. ...

NBA Cameraman Tries To Be Cool About His Foot Falling Asleep

Dude was working Saturday's Bulls-Pacers preseason game. He had to spring into action during a timeout, but his right foot needed a few more seconds to wake up. He tried to act all nonchalant by sticking his hand in his pocket, but it was already too late. Most of us aren't carrying a television cam...

Reminder: <em>League Of Denial</em> Is Tonight. Here's A Clip You Haven't Seen

Here's a clip from the Frontline documentary League of Denial. It premieres tonight at 9 p.m. tonight on ES—oh right, on PBS....

Pacman Jones acquitted: A judge in Hamilton County, Ohio, found the Bengals cornerback not guilty of misdemeanor assault. Jones had been accused of hitting a woman outside a Cincinnati bar back in June. The judge determined Jones had reacted after the woman came at him with a beer bottle. [PFT]...

Here's Vin Scully Calling Don Larsen's Perfect Game 57 Years Ago Today

On Oct. 8, 1956, in Game 5 of the World Series, Don Larsen took the mound at Yankee Stadium against the Brooklyn Dodgers and threw what remains the only perfect game in MLB postseason history. Behind the microphone in the broadcast booth that day was 28-year-old Vin Scully, already in his seventh se...

Reporter Alan Schwarz Changed The NFL; He's Here To Talk Concussions

We're joined now by New York Times enterprise reporter Alan Schwarz. Best known for his groundbreaking work on football's concussion crisis, he also wrote a terrific history of the role of statistics in baseball, and is a regular recipient of warm holiday greetings from Roger Goodell. Have questions...

Insane College Football Drive: 24 Plays, 90 Yards, Zero Points

So if you didn't catch Saturday's Colorado School of Mines-Western New Mexico game—I DVR'd it*—you missed out on one of the longest, strangest, and ultimately fruitless possessions in college football history....

What Would A Jaguars-Alabama Betting Line Look Like?

There's a dude at my gym who blasts Linkin Park through his Beats when he's in the locker room. But he doesn't WEAR his headphones. He uses them as speakers and plays the butt rock loud enough so that he can hear them without putting them on all the way. And then he sings along. That's grounds for m...

Hip Hop Pioneers: Two Old White Guys

My man Steinski, and his partner, Double Dee....