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Developer Of Ballpark Village Also Sued For Being Racist In Kentucky
Yesterday, we poked fun at the ridiculous dress codes that will be instituted at a handful of bars within St. Louis' new Ballpark Village. We also noted that Cordish Companies, the developer of the entertainment district, has been previously sued on two occasions for racially discriminating against ...

New St. Louis Ballpark Village Has A Ridiculous Dress Code
This year, a massive dining and entertainment hub known as the St. Louis Ballpark Village is set to open across the street from Busch Stadium. It is described as "sports anchored entertainment district." It is also the sort of place where the bars have a dress code to keep out what your bigoted grea...

Blake Bailey Speaks
Nice conversation between Blake Bailey and Jason McBride over at Hazlit:...


Bill Belichick: Still The Best
Bill Belichick is taciturn, curmudgeonly, ruthless, secretive, quite possibly evil, and we're going to miss him so much whenever he decides to hang up the hoodie. The Patriots coach was one of his rare expansive moods when speaking at the NFL meetings this morning, and when Belichick is on, there's ...

The Amazing, Vivid Sports Artwork Of Mickey Duzyj
Mickey Duzyj is an artist and designer living in Brooklyn. The Detroit native's work has been featured in the New Yorker, Rolling Stone, ESPN, Esquire and Grantland. ...

Jim Kelly's Cancer Recurrence Is "Aggressive" And Will Require Surgery
Bills Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly will undergo surgery on Thursday at New York's Lenox Hill Hospital for a recurrence of oral cancer that required removal of part of his jaw and teeth last summer. A family friend said Kelly is weak and "in bad shape."...

A Boy Grew in Brooklyn
So goes the title of this memoir piece that Arthur Miller wrote for Holiday back in March of 1955:...

Report: Bucs WR Mike Williams Stabbed; Brother Is Suspect
Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Williams is in a Tampa hospital after he was stabbed in the thigh while in his gated-community home in Avila. Police suspect his brother was responsible. There has been no word on the extent of his injury or his condition....

Yes, Officials Got The Call Right At The End Of UNC-Iowa State
While the end of North Carolina-Iowa State was a shitshow, it was a fair one. Even if you give the Tar Heels every benefit of the doubt, the rules were interpreted correctly given the scenario. We're going to try and illustrate why here....

Greg Gumbel Confuses Archie Miller For Brother; Interview Ends Abruptly
Archie Miller was a guest on CBS's half time show to discuss his Dayton Flyers' run to the Sweet Sixteen. His brother Sean, coach of the Arizona Wildcats can also reach the Sweet Sixteen with a win tonight against Gonzaga. Things got a little tricky, though, when Greg Gumbel brought this up and made...

The Rick Derringer-Bill Raftery Mashup We Never Thought We Needed
Bill Raftery continues to pad his stats as the best thing about the NCAA Tournament and tonight's Scoochie Goochie Koo-gasm was just another entry in the ledger. If he ever decides to get into the ring, we suggest this for entrance music. ...

This Is Not Buzz Williams
The Buzz Williams era at Virginia Tech got off to an inauspicious start when Virginia Tech welcomed the former Marquette coach by appending a picture of his former assistant—another cherubic bald man—to Williams's entry in the staff directory....

Dude Has A Blast Distracting St. Louis At The Foul Line
I love this dude. He's just out there rockin' out and urging on the Wolfpack with his bleached blonde hair and dark shades. He's like a young Tawny Kitaen, only blonder and...dude-lier. ...

Bill Belichick Is Entirely Too Chilled Out
Button it up, Bill. You're making us nervous....

And Now The Phillies Have A MRSA Problem
The Phillies announced today that infielder Freddy Galvis has been hospitalized with a staph infection and will begin the season on the disabled list. Now the Daily News reports that it is indeed MRSA, the particularly nasty antibiotic-resistant strain that struck the Buccaneers locker room last yea...

North Dakota State Upsets Oklahoma In OT Thanks To Bonkers, Tying Three
A night of overtimes continued as Lawrence Alexander hit a wild, off-balance three-pointer with twelve seconds remaining in regulation to force overtime against 5 seed Oklahoma and set up his North Dakota State Bison to win 80-75 after the extra period. The battle left NDSU coach Saul Phillips ready...

The Atlanta Hawks Created An Enormous Paul Millsap Statue
Oh, hey there. Just Atlanta Hawks power forward Paul Millsap and his gigantic likeness hanging out, shooting the breeze....

Raftery's Irish Accent Yet Another Reminder March Madness Is The Best
As if you needed another example why Bill Raftery is the best in the business, here you go....