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Albert Pujols Gets Robbed At The Wall, Tries To Undress Bartolo Colon
In the seventh inning of yesterday's Athletics-Angels game, Albert Pujols sent a Bartolo Colon fastball deep into center field. Unfortunately for Pujols, Chris Young was there to snatch away what very well may have been a home run. That's when Pujols decided that Colon's jersey needed to pay the pri...
Brent Grimes Got A Very NSFW Cake For His 30th Birthday
Dolphins cornerback Brent Grimes turned 30 on Friday. His wife and friends threw him a surprise party. Grimes's wife, Miko, posted some photos and videos from the party. The party had a casino theme. Miko Grimes also Instagrammed a photo of Grimes's cake. The cake did not have a casino theme....
It's Something More
Chris Jones delivers a good one for ESPN the Magazine:...
Here's George Brett Eating Baby Food In Slow Motion
In a video probably made only for SEO purposes, three members of the Royals—James Shields, Eric Hosmer, and hitting coach George Brett—chowed down on baby food. ...
Phil Mickelson Had One Of The All-Time Great Comebacks
"I'm playing the best I've ever played," Phil Mickelson said after winning his first Claret Jug, and maybe that's true, maybe it was a back nine, or a weekend, or a season of especially inspired golf. But Mickelson's run—four birdies on the final six holes, as the rest of the leaderboard stumbled t...
Phil Mickelson Wins British Open With Sunday 66, Now “True Champion”
Shots like this approach on the 18th hole at Muirfield helped Phil Mickelson shoot a final round 66 and win the British Open going away. They also got him hilariously overpraised by Paul Azinger....
If <i>Inception</i> Is Possible, I Need It
This week, I'm quite certain you'll soon learn, I probably had a stroke from all the heat. Which I think is different from heat stroke, but what do I know? I'm not a doctor. I'm just a guy trying to make it in this crazy, mixed up runner's world. Here's a Spotify list for you. Please feel free to qu...
Reminder That Baseball Isn't Forever Ruins Erik Bedard's No-Hitter Bid
Astros pitcher Erik Bedard was dominating the Mariners Saturday night, racking up ten strikeouts, five walks and no hits over 6 1/3 innings. Then, he decided not to pitch anymore....
Ernie Banks Joined Pearl Jam On Stage At Wrigley
Pearl Jam played a rain-delayed show at Wrigley Field Friday night and before Eddie Vedder began singing the Cubs tribute song "All The Way," he introduced Ernie Banks, to the delight of the Chicago crowd....
Auction House Offering $1 Million For Signed Black Sox Confessions
The sports auction house Leland's announced on Thursday that it was willing to pay $1 million for the signed confessions of the eight Chicago White Sox accused of throwing the 1919 World Series, which the heavily-favored Sox lost to the Cincinnati Reds. The only problem is, they might not exist....
This Steve Nash Interview Got Off To A Pretty Horrible Start
"Why are you here?" "I own the team."...
Jay Cutler's 1980s Charity Party: Billy Ocean And Many Grimaces
We already mentioned how ridiculous Jay Cutler's outfit for his '80s-themed party for charity on Thursday was. Now we have an eyewitness report from a tipster....
Here's Jim Carrey On A School Bus With A High School Baseball Team
So last Tuesday, Iowa's Pella High School baseball team played their final game of the regular season against Fairfield. They got smoked, 7-1. After their loss, they stopped at a Fairfield Burger King for ice cream. This is where our story begins....
Nate Silver Leaving <em>New York Times</em> For ESPN, Keith Olbermann's Show
New York Times media writer Brian Stelter has broken a big bit of news on this Friday night: Nate Silver, sabermetrician and electoral seer, is leaving the Times and heading to ESPN. He's taking FiveThirtyEight with him, too. And yet that's not the juiciest bit....
Zach Lowe on how Tennessee's "jock tax" affected Chris Johnson, who signed two 10-day contracts last season with the Grizzlies: "Johnson earned about $54,000 from those two 10-day deals (eight games played) and had to start his tax prep with a fat $7,500 check to the ownership group that waived him....
PSG Is Threatening To Buy Lionel Messi. Wait. That Can't Happen, Right?
Soccer's the best. One of the reasons it's the best is that there are lots of leagues all over the world with lots of teams within them, and they all come together twice a year during the transfer windows to form one huge clusterfuck. Some of the richest clubs are owned by actual princes and/or oil ...