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Eagles Excuse Riley Cooper From Team Activities To Seek Counseling
That's the announcement that just went out a little while ago on the team's official Twitter account:...
Riley Cooper Has Defenders, And They're Saying Stupid Shit
Whose fault is it Riley Cooper said he wanted to "fight every nigger" at a Kenny Chesney concert? Riley Cooper's, of course. But if you're a stupid person on the Internet, you cast plenty of blame for "blacks" and "the media."...
Jonathan Papelbon Continues To Endear Himself To Phillies Fans
Much like the Mariners, the Phillies also brought in the wrong pitcher last night. Unlike the Mariners, this one wasn't an accident; Jonathan Papelbon's the closer....
Roger Goodell Is The NFL Owners' Best Publicist
Seven employees of Browns owner Jimmy Haslam's company, Pilot Flying J, have already pleaded guilty in a rebate-fraud scheme that's being investigated by the FBI. Some have told the feds that senior executives were aware of what was going on, and Pilot Flying J recently reached a multimillion-dollar...
Hooligan Moons Philadelphia Fox Reporter's Live Report
It was a rough night for Omari Fleming, reporter for Philadelphia Fox affiliate WTXF. First he had to go out to Roxborough to cover some stupid story about burglaries, and then a joker behind his live stand-up bared his ass for all of Philly to see....
Woodpeckers Can't Get Concussions, Will Muschamp Says (And He's Right)
Florida coach Will Muschamp is not known for his learnedness, but he dropped a little science during a press conference today, telling the assembled reporters a strange-but-true fact: Woodpeckers can't get concussions....
LeSean McCoy On Riley Cooper: "I Can't Respect A Guy Like That"
The Philadelphia Eagles are doing their best to cut the wires on the improvised bomb in the middle of their locker room. Mike Vick on Riley Cooper: "I know what type of person he is." Kurt Coleman: "I'll have his back." Jason Avant: "He's not racist."...
Beautiful Skeeter
Diggin' through the LIFE archives I came across this 1940 article on Pat Laursen, National Skeet Champion. ...
Kids' <em>Jeopardy!</em> Ended With The Most Heartbreaking Wrong Answer Ever
It's Jeopardy! Kids Week, which is heartrending enough with the amount of pressure put on small children—there's more than a little bit of the Roman Arena in tuning in to watch tiny dreams be crushed. But last night's Final Jeopardy was a shitshow from top to bottom....
Summer In The City
Here's an article I wrote for SI.com four years ago about summer sports in New York:...
Here's How That Riley Cooper Tape Got Out
Yesterday afternoon, we received an email from a tipster who wanted to sell us the video clip in which Riley Cooper threatens to "fight every nigger" at a Kenny Chesney concert. After a bit of negotiating, we decided to pass on purchasing the tape, and Crossing Broad ended up breaking the story. He...
Always Do The Right Thing
From the July-August 1991 issue of Film Comment, here's a portion of Gavin Smith's interview with Danny Aiello. They talk Spike, Woody and Fort Apache, the Bronx....
Sports Radio Caller's Rant Interrupted By Falcon Attack
Tim from Irondequoit was all set to go on a rant about Mario Williams's mental fortitude when he called into the John DiTullio Show on 1280 WHTK, but the conversation took a sudden turn when Tim's backyard played host to a scene from a nature show. "Oh, jeez!" Tim exclaims. "I tell ya what, a Peregr...
Why The Hell Didn't The Phillies Make A Trade?
I can think of only two reasons why Michael Young and Carlos Ruiz are still Phillies today: Either Ruben Amaro didn't realize yesterday was the trade deadline, or his afternoon nap was poorly timed....
Rick Barry Has A Problem
Tony Kornheiser's 1983 SI profile:...