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Joss Whedon Enjoys His Job More Than You Do
The best part about Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing is that it's not particularly proud of itself for adapting Shakespeare. Filmmakers tend to tackle the Bard out of hubris (the Mel Gibson Hamlet), an attempt to be some sort of authority (Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet), a flamboyant go-for-batshit-...
Boston Pilot Uses Crying Baby To Drop A Burn On Sidney Crosby
This tweet comes to us from Dan Roche, who covers the Bruins for WBZ and was flying back to Boston this morning after watching the B's dismantle the Penguins in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals. It's probably the only decent joke that has ever been told by a pilot....
Milton Bradley's MLB Career, As Told By Wife-Beating Headlines
Or: a modern portrait of free agency. Let's count Bradley's stops, working backwards:...
Austin Collie Wants To Play Again, But He's Missing The Point
Remember Austin Collie? He's the once-promising Indianapolis Colts wide receiver who for a time seemed poised to replace Brandon Stokely as Peyton Manning's go-to slot receiver. He's also the guy who was concussed twice in 2010—once on the vicious hit you see above, and again just one month later i...
Dead Letters: "Are You Fucking Kidding Me"?
Subject: Are you fucking kidding me....
Triple-A Manager Just Plops Himself Down In Infield After Ejection
The minor-league manager ejection is one of the national pastime's favorite pastimes. And yet, there's something so wrong about most of them....
Ex-ESPNer David Berson Is The Clear Successor To Take Over CBS Sports
David Berson is the new president of CBS Sports, a jump up from his previous role overseeing the difficult-to-remember-it-exists CBS Sports Network. Sean McManus will remain chairman of CBS Sports, but I've been told that his job will become increasingly figurehead-ish and Berson is going to take o...
The Eight Most Important Organs In The Male Body
I was at the grocery store the other day and I saw the most anorexic woman that I’ve ever seen in my life. We’re talking P.O.W.-thin. Her cheeks were grafted to her skull. She wore size–0 pants that hung off of her. Her arms were no thicker than curtain rods. It was one of the most haunting things I...
Gentlemanly Angels Fan Runs Away, Allows Flying Bat To Just Miss Woman
This has kind of become a thing in recent years, hasn't it? A man and a woman are seated next to each other at a baseball park. They are enjoying themselves, relaxing to the game's gentle rhythms, when all of a—HOLYSHITIT'SCOMINGRIGHTATUSRUNFORYOURLIVES!...
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Fight Breaks Out At Amputee Soccer Match For Charity
Belgium. The Netherlands. One leg. No mercy....
Chandler Parsons Sent A Girl To Prom On A Party Bus
What does chill bro and Houston Rockets forward Chandler Parsons do when he gets asked to prom by one of his fans? He politely declines, and then sends her a bitchin' party bus....
Roger Federer Booted From The French Open In Straight Sets
And there goes Roger Federer in straight sets. His loss to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarterfinals was 7-5, 6-3, 6-3, and it took less than two hours to complete. It was a blowout, just like Federer's straight set loss to Novak Djokovic in the semis last year. ...
Messed-Up Mugshots & Dead Jermaine Dupri: May In Local News Blunders
We Regret The Error is our monthly look at local news mistakes and the subsequent boilerplate apologies. Spy a blunder on your local news? Let us know....
MS Paint Contest: Design A Better Toronto NBA Team
New GM Masai Ujiri is already cleaning house, and there's speculation that the Raptors, approaching their 20th season, could be in for a full rebranding. New uniforms, new colors...even a new name? Here's where you come in....
Shane Battier Was Reduced To Toweling Off LeBron James Last Night
During the regular season, Shane Battier was a key cog in the Miami Heat's small-ball offense. His willingness to guard bigger power forwards and his ability to cause matchup problems on the offensive end with his three-point shooting were big factors in the Heat's success. But his inability to gua...