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The Skullet Is A Universal Language
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How The Spurs Rebuilt A Champion
The Spurs' title is yet another coronation for the old guys, a fifth championship for Tim Duncan and Gregg Popovich and a fourth for Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili. But if you really want to know how the Spurs keep doing this, it's worth viewing this title as something much more prosaic: It's the cul...
Old-Ass Manu Ginobili Dunks; AT&T Center Goes Wild
For a brief moment tonight, Manu Ginobili made everyone forget that he's 36 years old by driving to the hoop, outmuscling old-ass Ray Allen, and dunking. The San Antonio crowd predictably went insane....
You Should See The Guy Who Lost
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それが私たちのためであり、それは我々がある
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World Cup Goals, As Called By Local Announcers: June 13
Here's every goal scored at the World Cup yesterday, as called by that country's home announcers. GOL!!!...
Chile-Australia Will Probably Be A Bloodbath
For most, match day two of the World Cup will be entirely about Spain and Netherlands–a titanic sequel to one of the most miserably negative cup finals in the history of the event. ...
FIFA Is Systematically Destroying Brazilian Favelas
From Dave Zirin's newest book, Brazil's Dance with the Devil: The World Cup the Olympics and the Fight for Democracy, available now. We'll be running excerpts throughout the World Cup....
How To Make A Caipirinha, Brazil's Weird-Ass National Cocktail
I'm fired up for the World Cup, and you should be, too, even if you, like me, don't know shit about soccer. Or make that especially if you don't know shit about soccer. The beauty of The Most Popular Game on Earth™, at least for the open-minded neophyte, is that it's so breathtakingly easy to follow...
Mexico's Hat Game Is Elite
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Mo' Meta Blues: <em>22 Jump Street</em>, Reviewed
1. How much credit are we supposed to give a movie for being self-aware? 22 Jump Street is so self-conscious and nervy about its status as an unnecessary cash-grab sequel that it never stops bringing it up. There are multiple inside-baseball asides about how much more expensive missions are the seco...
Milwaukee Marathon Accused Of Avoiding Black Neighborhoods
Chris Ponteri, the owner of a small Wisconsin race management company, is—or at least was—interested in creating a spring marathon in Milwaukee next April. His proposed route meanders along the lake, through the city, and among some of its parks....
Game Of OMG's: How The Internet Became One Giant Spoiler Alert
I can't stop thinking about Ginsberg's nipple. While shearing off that irksome "valve" may have relieved some pressure and brought a measure of peace to Mad Men's resident alien, even a month later, it still stares at me from its dainty gift box as a symbol of sadness and frustration, and a reminder...
Which MLB Fans Are The Biggest Bandwagoners?
Two researchers at Emory University have launched their 2014 MLB Fan Analysis, which uses the numbers to break down baseball's fan bases by any number of variables. Earlier this week, they tackled one near and dear to our hearts: Which teams' attendance is most closely correlated with its success?...
Learning To Pitch
Head on over the SB Nation's Longform site and check out this lovely story by Rachel Toor about dating the late Bob Welch:...
World Cup Goals, As Called By Local Announcers: June 12
Every morning, we're going to try to round up every goal scored in the World Cup as aired by local broadcasts in those countries. Here's how yesterday's goals sounded on HRT 2 in Croatia and on Rede Globo in Brazil. GOL!!!...
Brazilian Newspaper Thanks Ref Who Rewarded Dive
Via the Globe and Mail's Stephanie Nolen, the front page of Brazilian paper O Globo's World Cup supplement today. Yeah, even the Brazilians know what's up....