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The Books We've Lost
Over at the New York Review of Books, here's Charles Simic on the books we've lost:...
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Sky Sports Reporter Standup Becomes Sky Sports Reporter Falldown
Sky Sports correspondent Nick Collins was reporting from Wembley Stadium ahead of today's friendly soccer match between England and Scotland when midway through the broadcast, he fell off a ladder and out of the screen to what appeared to be certain death. And holy shit, it is awesome....
How To Drink Champagne Without Becoming Even More Broke Than Usual
Let me begin with an uninformed and yet almost certainly accurate assumption: you drink champagne at most twice a year, one of which is the perfunctory glass on New Year's Eve that you end up blaming for your hangover the next morning instead of the 14 Red Bull vodkas you blasted between 1 and 3 a.m...
Messi, Beckham, Pelé Sign For An English Club You've Never Heard Of
This is so dumb....
Fan At Rockies Game Catches Foul Ball In Beer, Takes Huge Sip
Because, as we've seen before, that's just what you do when a baseball lands directly in your beer....
The '72 Dolphins Are Still The Worst, Will Visit The White House
Goddammit. Football season hasn't even started yet, and the '72 Dolphins have already found a way to weasel their way into the news cycle. The NFL's most insufferable group of old dudes will be visiting the White House next Tuesday so that their undefeated season can be honored. ...
The U.S. Open Is Finally Getting A Retractable Roof
In a few years, the U.S. Open will no longer be the most fogeyish Grand Slam. The USTA announced this morning that it will build a long-sought retractable roof over Arthur Ashe Stadium. How exactly they plan to do that—Ashe was built over a landfill and previous studies seemed to indicate a roof was...
The Most Hated Winner In Football: Al Davis In 1969
Originally published in the Nov. 18, 1969, issue of Look magazine. Image by Sam Woolley....
There's A Lot Going On In This USF Video
Dick Vitale? Jon Gruden? I think I'll wait for the next bus....
Pete Sack's Beautiful Baseball Paintings
Wonderful pictures by Raleigh's own Pete Sack. ...
Jayson Werth And Gio Gonzalez Got Into It
Leaving the field after the first inning, Jayson Werth and Gio Gonzalez exchanged some not-so-friendly words. It continued in the dugout, as Werth went up the tunnel and Gonzalez had to be held back by teammates. ...
Fake Shane Spencer Hoaxes Radio Show, Implies Jeter, Rivera Used PEDs
When you have a former Major League Baseball player on to admit steroid use, it is very, very important to make sure he's actually a former Major League Baseball player....
I Say, Old Chap ... Gooooaaaallll!
Low-grade World Cup fever is affecting billions of people around the globe right now, and it's only going to get worse in the run-up to next year's tournament in Brazil — a spectacle that might be one of the most chaotic and woefully under-planned FIFA events in history. Yippee! Hardly immune to thi...
Jason Dufner Photobombs Woman Without Even Trying
Our tipster tells us that this is the result of his cousin's wife trying to jump in front of Jason Dufner for a quick photo. I don't think the picture could have come out any better....
Baseball On The Radio, George Carlin, Ike and Tina, Jurassic Five Jam
Another little jam for you—chuckle and groove. ...
In The Netherlands, They Brawl In Front Of Their Judges
Welcome to Tuesday Night Fights, a weekly celebration and analysis of street-fight videos found on YouTube. Tonight's fisticuffs: "Fight In Courtroom The Netherlands." Tonight's commentator: Shawn McBride, author and Philadelphia court crier. (Coming next week: A Bridezilla discusses a Vegas brawl...
After Popping Out, Charlie Manuel's Dentures Slide In Safely
From last night in Atlanta. Good luck getting this image out of your mind....
Deadspin Up All Night: Thrills Me For Days And Days
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