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How Carlos Gomez Unfixed His Swing And Turned On The Power
Most hitting changes are subtle and small. Even to the trained eye it can take time to notice a change a hitter may have made months ago. The emergence of Carlos Gomez, All-Star, goes hand in hand with a swing change he made at some point between July 6 and 23, 2012....
It's Anglicized In Canada, Natch
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<em>Family Feud</em> Contestant Spotted 182 Points In Fast Money Still Loses
We've seen some hilariously bad game show contestants lately, but nothing on par with yesterday's failure of a Family Feud competitor who let her entire family down with an embarrassing final round....
SI's Tribeca Film Festival Awards
The good people over at SI's Extra Mustard Blog have put together awards for the best sports movies that screened at this year's Tribeca Film Festival. They've handed out a number of awards, from Ragtag Success Story to Best Fanboy Director. Above, the trailer for Next Goal Wins, a documentary follo...
An Ex-Con's Guide To Prison Weightlifting
Lifting weights in an American prison means joining a culture unlike any seen in a free-world gym, full of crudely welded pig iron and rust. Men forsake masturbation to improve their bench-press stats and consume cans of Jack Mack, the cheapest tinned fish in the world, along with the filthy broth i...
Gilbert Arenas Lives To Hate On Roy Hibbert
Roy Hibbert pooped the bed again last night, failing to score a single point or pull down a single rebound in 18 minutes against the Wizards. Watching Roy Hibbert play like shit for the last eight games has been the most depressing thing about these playoffs, but his struggles have also brought a gr...
Welcome Back The Attitude Era
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Compilation Video of Ilya Bryzgalov Interviews Is Pure Comedy
This is 10 minutes of Minnesota Wild goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov being a goofball. You'd be hard pressed to find a better way to spend 10 minutes than watching this video. ...
NBA Rookies Were Historically Bad This Year
Michael Carter-Williams is the 2014 NBA Rookie of the Year. Except, everyone's pretty sure that this was a very bad year for rookies. So we thought we'd put into perspective just how bad this season's rookies were, if that's actually the case. ...
Images From The 140th Kentucky Derby
[Horses round the first turn during the 140th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs on Saturday. AP Photo/Matt Slocum.]...
What's Up With Nets.com Now?
With the Nets prevailing in their first-round series over Toronto, it's time for one of basketball's newest yet most venerable traditions—the ceremonial redirecting of Nets.com to the website of Brooklyn's next opponent. ...
The Time Bill Murray Tried To Choke A "Medium-Talent" Comedian
Martin Mull was a lot of things—a brilliant comedian, a folk singer, an egomaniac—but one thing he will always be remembered for is almost getting himself killed by Bill Murray....
He's Steel-Belted, But Still Needs Suspenders
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What's The 404? The Digital Trials (And Errors) Of Lily Allen
This is the tale of two very different pop songs called "22." The first, from 2012, is written and performed by one Taylor Swift, America's polarizing sweetheart, taking a break from mocking her ex-boyfriends' social inadequacies to indulge in a giddy, vaguely EDM-scented Girls Night Out pajama jam ...
Wil Myers Hit An Inside-The-Park Home Run
Wil Myers took his time going to first on his assumed homer, but when the ball didn't leave the park, he still reacted quickly enough to earn an inside-the-park home run against the Yankees....
We're All Fucked
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Brazilian Soccer Fan Killed By Toilet Thrown Out Of Stadium By Rioters
According to police, a 26-year-old Brazilian man was killed when rioters ripped out three toilets from Arruda Stadium and threw them into a crowd of people during a match between Santa Cruz and Parana Friday night. One of the toilets struck the man and killed him instantly. Be warned, you can see o...
Kings Win In OT; Jonas Hiller Looks Crushed
Oh man, poor Jonas Hiller. The way he whips his body around and looks back after that goal trickles in, you can feel his anguish and disbelief, even though he's wearing a mask. He is staring daggers through that puck. At 12:07 in overtime, Marian Gaborik redirected Anze Kopitar's pass and it sort o...
<em>SNL</em> Lampoons Donald Sterling Scandal In Cold Open
Adam Silver, Donald Sterling, Dennis Rodman, and others made appearances in tonight's Saturday Night Live cold open, which didn't skewer the scandal involving the L.A. Clippers owner as much as it did make mildly amusing references to it....