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Your Nats-Fan-Reading-At-The-Game Update
Here we have an un-sideburned Nats fan dutifully continuing the Nats-fans-reading-stuff-at-a-baseball-game trend for which they have become world famous. ...

David Beckham Makes Appearance In Shanghai, Causes Stampede
This video plays out like a goddamn horror movie. You spend the first two minutes knowing that shit is about to get really bad, but you still can't force yourself to look away. And then, just when you think that maybe all that buildup won't actually lead to much: chaos!...

In Defense Of Leaving Early
I always hated leaving Whalers games early. Maybe if they were down three goals I could be coaxed out of my seat when the PA announcer said, "Oooooooone minute left in the period." But it would take all of my father's cajoling to get me to leave the Hartford Civic Center before the crush of 10,000...

So Many Things Going On Behind Bill Simmons
Send stories, photos, and anything else you might have to [email protected]....

Hundreds Of Heat Fans Leave Game 6 Early; A Nation Laughs
LeBron James called it "by far the best game I've ever been a part of." It's too bad lots of ticket-holding Heat fans weren't left to see the end. Gotta beat traffic, you know....

Dodgers Fan Gives Lesson In Fandom During Fifth-Grade Graduation Speech
We don't have much background info to go with this video, but it looks like young Casey was asked to share his favorite memory from the past year during his fifth-grade graduation ceremony. Casey flips the script, though, and chooses to talk about his least-favorite memory: the day the Giants won th...

The Downfall Of Civilization Will Be A Foul Ball
There's no real explanation for it, but getting a foul ball—or any other ball that finds its way into the stands—is pretty exciting. It's an unexpected physical reminder of an event. I have a foul ball I got from a spring training game on my desk. I don't know why I keep it—Hey, wanna check out my ...

Shawn Stefani Hits Hole-In-One At U.S. Open
Stefani's ace on 17 was the first ever at a U.S. Open at Merion and the 43rd in U.S. Open history. What sets it apart from most is that Stefani flew his tee shot completely over the green, landed the ball in the rough and then watched it trickle down into the hole. ...

Dead Letters: "If I Was Your Boss I'd Fire Your Sorry Ass"
Subject: Jordan Baker...

Beer-Wielding Mets Fan Tumbles Over Seats
We thought this would be the Metsiest Mets thing that happened today, but nope. It's this....

S'Long Suckers
Lucky for us, the Baseball Almanac has reprinted John Updikes' celebrated 1960 New Yorker story on Ted Williams' last game, "Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu": ...

Why Don't We Let Injured Athletes Use PEDs?
Reliever Ryan Madson missed all of 2012 after Tommy John surgery, but signed with the Angels expecting to be healthy to begin the season. It hasn't happened, and he doesn't seem much closer. So he wonders, "If HGH were legal..."...

Why, Yes, San Antonio Enjoyed The Spurs Win
From SI's Ben Golliver, the only photo of celebrating Spurs fan you need to see this morning. [SI.com]...

Nationals Fans Are Not Paying Attention
Just this season, we've seen a Nats fan doing his calculus homework at the game, a Nats fan doing his taxes at the game, a Nats fan knitting a scarf at the game. Now, three more examples, all from a single day, of Washington fans reading at the ballpark....

Fan In San Diego Can't Get To Home Run Ball, So He Leaps Into Bushes
It's the late innings, the Padres are way ahead, and whoaboyherecomesahomerunball....

This Is What A Seahawks-Themed Wedding Looks Like
Ryan and Janna Willmaser got married last weekend. Ryan and Janna are big Seahawks fans. This is, I suppose, the natural outcome of things: lots of neon green, and wedding vows that included swearing to love the Seahawks forever and ever, til death do you part....

Kid At Monster Truck Rally Is Saddest Kid Ever
This young man looked upon the grotesque, motorized monsters as they crushed steel and burned fuel, and he wept a single tear. For America....
