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The Padres' Will Venable Made One Of The Best Catches Of The Season
Bear with our hyperbole on this one. Because there was what Will Venable did—sprinting back toward the wall and laying out to make a backhanded catch over his head, à la Jim Edmonds—and there was the situation in which he did it....
The Weekend's Prettiest Goal Was An Own Goal
South Africa's Bernard Parker scored this rocket of a header, unfortunately into his own net. Because of that, the 2010 World Cup hosts won't be around for the 2014 edition....
U.S. Open Spectators Are Heckling Sergio Garcia With "Fried Chicken"
Oh, for the quaint days of just a few weeks ago, when the Sergio Garcia-Tiger Woods feud was about disruptions on the playing course instead of racial remarks off it....
Dwight Howard Will Voice A Turkey In A Movie About...Turkeys
The film is called Free Birds. Owen Wilson, Amy Poehler and Colm Meaney, who will clearly voice the Asshole Turkey, are in it. Dwight Howard will voice a character named Cold Turkey. Do you get it?...
Photos: The North Korean Hockey Team
You can click over here to read an account of a week spent with the North Korean national ice hockey team at the IIHF Division III Championships. These photos were just some of the many taken during the weeklong tournament in Cape Town, South Africa, and present a snapshot of the rare North Koreans ...
My Week With The North Korean Hockey Team
CAPE TOWN, South Africa—This is what a North Korean postgame press conference sounds like:...
Rogen's Heroes: <em>This Is the End</em>, Reviewed.
When they're not performing, actors are basically worthless human beings. Or so goes the central joke in This Is the End, and it turns out that you can make a really funny movie based almost entirely on that joke. Written and directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg and based on their short Jay and...
Joe Blanton Would Be Proud
More from Pat Jordan. Here is his latest for SB Nation Longform:...
Beyoncé's Note To Serena Williams: "Stunt On Them, Serena"
This is a note that Beyoncé wrote to Serena Williams right after Williams had finished up her French Open title run. I don't think the letter was actually sent to Williams, but was instead posted in the "news" section of Beyoncé's (crazy) website, which seems like a very Beyoncé way for Beyoncé to e...
Fred Smoot Has A New Disgusting Term To Explain The Love Boat
Former NFL cornerback Fred Smoot, late of double-donging two hookers while on the Vikings sex boat, is trying to make it big in the D.C. sports-talk-radio biz now, and accordingly he's spilling everywhere he can. Spilling his stories. Jeez. You're gross. He did an ask me anything on Reddit today, wi...
The People's Cherce
A book you should have: Muhammad Ali: A Portrait in Words and Pictures. The words are by the late Wilfrid Sheed, the photographs by Neil Leifer. It's out-of-print but worth tracking down. ...
The Half-Naked French Open Flare Guys Were Protesting Gay Marriage
So you remember earlier when the shirtless men in opera masks and salmon pants stormed the court with lit flares in the French Open final? That whole scene felt kind of homoerotic, right? It wasn't just you; we felt it, too. Well, it turns out those guys were actually protesting gay marriage....
Rafa Nadal Just Beat David Ferrer To Win The French Open Title
There was never any doubt. Third-seeded Rafa Nadal just bested fellow Spaniard David Ferrer in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 to win the French Open title. It was Nadal's eighth French Open win—a record—and the 27-year-old now has 12 Grand Slams. Ferrer, seeded fourth, did well to make it to the final...
No One Notices The Spurs Because No One Notices San Antonio
Here's a working barstool-grade theory as to why, during its dynastic run to four (perhaps soon five) titles since 1999, America still embraces the San Antonio Spurs with a yawn and a why are you still here? squint. This phenomenon has flustered if not baffled sports cognoscenti for years. But they ...
Serena Williams Just Won the 2013 French Open
Top-seeded Serena Williams just beat Maria Sharapova in straight sets, winning 6-4, 6-4, to clinch this year's French Open. It capped a ridiculous tournament for the 31-year-old champion, who mowed down her opponents en route to the second French Open win in her career....
Serena Williams Is Destroying Everyone In The French Open
It's time to talk about Serena Williams. ...