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Brownsville Bum
Here's W.C. Heinz's classic True magazine story on Bummy Davis (Jimmy Breslin called it the best magazine story ever written):...
Phil Jackson Finally Compares Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant
Phil Jackson had the savvy and good fortune to coach two of the greatest players the NBA has ever known—both 2-guards, both brilliant sociopaths. But for the first time, Jackson writes about how the two measure up against each other....
Running Man
Head on over to Runner's World and treat yourself to Steve Friedman's story: "Bret, Unbroken":...
The Don
From the Phoenix New Times, here's Deborah Laake's 1993 profile of Jerry Colangelo:...
A Heat Win In Five Spells Relief
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Craig Sager Photobombs Will Smith And Son
Sager's Gettin' Jiggy Wit It, am I right?...
College Baseball Players Help Save Toddler's Life
Here's something positive for you: A 21-month-old western Pennsylvania boy is likely still alive because of some quick thinking by a group of college baseball players who went for a late-night food run....
Ilya Bryzgalov Talks Philly Ghettos, Welfare Queens, And Joseph Stalin
Russian media are notorious for twisting words, and occasionally making shit up. Google Translate is far from perfect. Still, this Ilya Bryzgalov interview gets real fucking strange even before he talks about wanting to hang out with Stalin....
Murder Was the Case
Mark Seal goes inside the Oscar Pistorius murder trial for Vanity Fair:...
After Being Scandalously Interesting, Sloane Stephens Opts To Get Dull
Why do athletes give the worst quotes in the world? Because at a young age they learn the hard way that it's not at all worth it to say interesting things to a reporter. ...
Lawsuit Says LeSean McCoy Assaulted And Ditched Woman On Party Bus
Eagles running back LeSean McCoy is being sued by a woman who claims McCoy and his bodyguard assaulted her on a party bus before abandoning her somewhere along the New Jersey Turnpike last December....
Kobe Bryant Shares Disgusting Photo Of His Achilles Surgery
OK, this isn't as gross as some other pictures (seriously, don't click that link) that we've posted on the site recently, but we have still cropped it for the sake of the squeamish. If you want to get a good look at Kobe Bryant's sliced-open heel, go ahead and click through....
Sure Shots
Pat Jordan has a good profile on women rifle shooters over at Roopstigo:...
How America Commie-Baited A Baseball Hero
MLB executives and owners feared Marvin Miller, but they weren't the first. FBI documents reveal that the federal government, at the height of the Red Scare, undertook an embarrassingly extensive investigation into Miller's liberalism to determine whether or not he was a loyal citizen of the United ...
An Old Wilt Chamberlain Interview, Animated
The nonprofit Blank On Blank has partnered with PBS to animate a series of lost or forgotten interviews. Their latest: a 1992 chat with Wilt Chamberlain. ...
The Naturals
Here's an excerpt from Allen Barra's new book, Mickey and Willie:...
Donovan McNabb Will Retire As An Eagle
McNabb, the greatest QB the franchise has ever known, will sign a one-day contract to retire as an Eagle at a ceremony in Week 3. In town that week? The Chiefs, and McNabb's longtime coach Andy Reid....
The Eagles Had "Taco Tuesdays" and "Fast Food Fridays" Under Andy Reid
A lot of things are going to change under the new sheriff in town in Philadelphia, and on the day of the Chip Kelly's first practice, Eagles players were surprised to learn the training camp menu is a little different....