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How The Rivalry That Was Supposed To Usher In Cycling's New Era Didn't
On Tuesday, May 29, 2012, Andy Schleck won the 2010 Tour De France. He finished 39 agonizing seconds behind Alberto Contador on the road, but the Spaniard's suspension for taking clenbuterol meant that Schleck inherited the yellow jersey. Winning a proxy war against Contador was a cruel way to bag...
Forgotten Bookmarks
Over at Narratively, Shannon Firth profiles Michael Popek:...
Paramore's "Ain't It Fun" Is The Summer Jam Twitter Desperately Needs
It's a pleasantly sweaty June night at the bucolic, Live Nation-owned Xfinity Center in Mansfield, Mass., and Hayley Williams looks like she's ready for a fight. The lead singer of Paramore is sporting the kind of high-waisted shorts, knee braces, and white high-tops you might associate with a sparr...
Desert Island Discs
Dig this post over at Cinephilia and Beyond. It hips us to a great BBC 4 radio show, Desert Island Discs. Check out interviews with Michael Caine, Stephen Frears, Mel Brooks, John Huston, Elia Kazan, Bob Hoskins and many more....
Grading ESPN's World Cup Coverage
ESPN's coverage of the 2010 World Cup has received widespread acclaim ,both from lay viewers experiencing soccer for the first time and from hardcore fans desperate for a Marcelo Balboa-less tournament. This year, ESPN has followed a similar formula, with largely positive results....
Target Field Now Has Self-Serve Beer Machines
Here's some good news for Twins fans who want to get drunk at baseball games but really hate having to engage with human beings when purchasing beer: Target Field has just installed a self-serve beer machine, the first to ever exist in a major-league stadium....
Deals: Top Shelf Electric Shaver, A Brain for Your House, Philips Hue
The Philips Norelco Sensotouch 3D took home the prize of Gizmodo's favorite electric shaver, and you can get it today for $160 after clipping a $30 coupon. To give you a sense of how insane this deal is, even if you didn't clip the coupon, $190 would still be the best price Amazon has ever listed ...
A Non-Exhaustive List Of Johnny Manziel Dirt We Will Actually Pay For
We get a lot of tips about Johnny Manziel, and most of them read something like this: "Hey, I have a [photo/video] of a [drunk/high] Johnny Manziel [singing along to Drake in a club/rolling up a joint/reaching for a bong/popping bottles/snorting coke]. How much will you pay me for it?" Here is our...
Hornets First-Round Pick Charged With Assault After Punching Teenager
Former UNC star P.J. Hairston—who was forced to turn pro and spend last season in the D-League after being suspended by the NCAA for receiving impermissible benefits—went to a local pickup game at the YMCA this weekend, where he got mad and punched a 17-year-old kid he was playing against. ...
No, Neymar Can't Come Back This World Cup. That Could Paralyze Him.
To the surprise of very many, when Neymar went down in the 86th minute against Colombia on Friday, the 22-year-old striker wasn't faking. After being kneed in the back by Colombia's Juan Zúñiga, Neymar was carried off the field and taken directly to a hospital, where doctors soon discovered that h...
The Cavaliers Finally Took Down Dan Gilbert's Insane Comic Sans Letter
As of last night, the Cavs' official website still hosted owner Dan Gilbert's hysteric, petulant open letter to Cavs fans, hastily composed in the aftermath of LeBron James announcing he was leaving for Miami. It would have been exactly four years old tomorrow. It has now, finally, been deleted. Com...
God Save Dairy Queen: Scenes From The Fast-Food Franchise Wars
Manhattan's first Dairy Queen opened last month, its arrival heralded by months of agonizingly sincere public debate. Critics bemoaned the suburbanization of their precious city and exhorted responsible New Yorkers to patronize their nearest Mister Softee truck instead, rather than feed the soul...
Georgia WR Chris Conley Made A <em>Star Wars</em> Fan Film And It's Great
Georgia WR Chris Conley is an unabashed Star Wars geek. What started as a simple attempt to get some mock lightsaber battles going around campus eventually morphed into this: Retribution, a fan film with some ridiculously good production values....
Bizarre Footage Shows Oscar Pistorius Reenacting Girlfriend's Killing
Australian TV last night aired some truly strange video: Oscar Pistorius, reenacting the night he shot and killed Reeva Steenkamp. ...
Dudes Use Giant Lumberjack Machine To Save Bear Stuck In Milk Can
This is my new favorite bear video....
LeBron's Free Agency Circus Is Officially Underway
LeBron James's 2010 free agency remains the most entertaining thing to happen in the NBA in years, with fans, suitors, and speculators running around like headless chickens for a week, all while James maintained complete control of the timing and tenor of his decision. (Sorry, his Decision.) As an...
Minor League Pitcher Hits Bird With Pitch
Another pitcher has joined the Randy Johnson Club of Hitting Birds With Pitches....
Head Of FIFA's Anti-Racism Task Force Says It Hasn't Done Squat
If you've been taking in the World Cup this week, you probably noticed plenty of banners and commercials with FIFA telling you to just, "say no to racism." A great idea, except FIFA doesn't always follow its own message....
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