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Why Does The Flu Vaccine Suck This Year?
Did you get your flu shot? I didn't really want to (I hate needles) but as an infectious disease physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, it would be exceedingly poor form if I opted out. My job requires it, and I recommend the vaccine to just about every patient, every day. The shot doesn't actu...
Hey, Another Guy Got Kicked In The Head Yesterday
It's getting real out here, man. Yesterday, we saw NFL player Antonio Brown jump kick a punter, and it was fucking gorgeous. Let's keep this going....
Houston Astros Fire Manager Bo Porter
The reported rift between Astros manager Bo Porter and GM Jeff Luhnow meant one of the two would have to be more flexible or leave. Today, the team fired Porter after less than two seasons....
Reports: Astros' Manager And GM Definitely Not Getting Along
It's rarely a good sign when Ken Rosenthal declares that your club is "dysfunctional on multiple levels."...
Sean Gilbert, Running For NFLPA Head, Proposes 18-Game Season
Sean Gilbert, who played DT for four teams over 12 seasons before retiring in 2003, had announced he will run against DeMaurice Smith for executive director of the NFLPA. In a release today, Gilbert announced his platform—and it begins with nothing less than blowing up the current CBA....
Brady Aiken's College Eligibility Might Be In Jeopardy
In addition to revealing the Astros as shitty jerks, the Brady Aiken saga has also reminded the world of the existence of one of the NCAA's silliest and most farcical rules: players like Aiken aren't allowed to hire agents for MLB negotiating purposes if they want to retain collegiate eligibility. T...
A Three-Man Front Is A Late-Game Defensive Formation For Suckers
The weekend, as I watched the absurd denouement of the Northwestern-Michigan game, something struck me as familiar — beyond the now-routine bumblefuckery that inspires the Wildcats to turn fourth-quarter leads into triple-overtime losses. No, it wasn't simply that Michigan drove in the dregs of game...
Michael Jordan Traded His Flu Game Sneakers For Applesauce (Sort Of)
Graham crackers and applesauce. That's all Michael Jordan wanted during an early-season game in Utah. The Bulls' trainer had his graham crackers, but applesauce was nowhere to be found. ...
Chargers Lineman Thinks He Hurt Himself Body-Slamming Raiders LB
We all marveled when Chargers rookie right tackle D.J. Fluker body-slammed Raiders linebacker Sio Moore the other morning. Because, like, whoa: That's a mobile, 240-pound man in padded gear Fluker just picked up and tossed into the ground. But the play may have cost Fluker more than just a 15-yard p...
D.J. Fluker Picked Up A Linebacker And Body-Slammed Him
This happened somewhere around 2 a.m. EDT this morning, so maybe you missed it. This is rookie lineman D.J. Fluker doing all he could—and then some—to make sure Raiders linebacker Sio Moore doesn't get to Philip Rivers on this play. Unsurprisingly, Fluker was flagged for a personal foul, but holy s...
FSU Pulls Off Flutie-Like Hail Mary Against Boston College
Sure, it's not a game-winning touchdown, but it's hard not to think about Flutie when you watch this. With time expiring in the half, Jameis Winston scrambled away from BC defenders and launched a desperation jump ball from right around the 40-yard line into the endzone for a touchdown to Kenny Sha...
Nick Saban Walks Out Of Press Conference Over D.J. Fluker Questions
This Saban presser, on the heels of the Yahoo report that former offensive standout D.J. Fluker was funneling cash into the Alabama program, is a thing of beauty. It's very Belichickian in it's format: boring we-had-a-good-week-of-practice-blah-blah beginning followed by a preemptive statement of no...
Report: NFL Agents Funneled Money To College Players
A big Yahoo report dropped today, presumably to ride/torpedo the momentum of SI's flawed Oklahoma State exposé. It claims that NFL agents and financial advisers funneled tens of thousands of dollars to five college players, including Alabama tackle D.J. Fluker....
Royal Flushed
Here's Michael Mooney's 2008 story about poker for the New Times:...
Want To Buy Doug Flutie's House? It Has A White Piano And Pink Carpet
Former Boston College and NFL quarterback/folk hero Doug Flutie and his wife just put their Natick, Mass., estate on the market for $1.7 million. The house was built in 1995, and hoo boy does its age show....
The Way This HS Goalkeeper Loses State Soccer Championship Is The Worst
You gotta feel for the kid....
The Magic is Back
Well, not yet. But for Greg Prince, co-author of the fine site, Faith and Fear in Flushing, the glass of Mets fandowm is always half-full. Check out this Q&A with Greg as he talks about volume 1 of a 4-part book sereis: The Happiest Recap....