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Guys Who Taped Call Between NFL GMs Charged With Federal Crime

A little over two months ago, we published a recording of a phone call between Bills then-general manager Buddy Nix and Buccaneers GM Mark Dominik. A couple of 20-year-olds had shared with us the fruits of their ingenious prank, wherein they called the Bills' switchboard as Dominik (looking to speak...

Let's Watch LeBron's Block In Super-Slow-Motion

Goddamn, that was just absurd. When you consider just how routine and expected LeBron James's displays of dominance of have become, it's really a wonder that he can still surprise us with plays like this....

LeBron James Blocks The Absolute Shit Out Of George Hill's Layup

That's not fair, man. ...

Here's The New Shaq Soda We've All Been Waiting For

So Shaquille O'Neal tweeted today that he partnered with AriZona Beverage Company to release a soda line. After countless hours of grunt work and delibration peppered by brief, magical moments of marketing genius, Shaq's new soda will be called Soda Shaq....

Watch Boston Marathon Bombing Heroes Throw Out Tonight's First Pitch

Marathon Bombing survivors Jeff Bauman and Carlos Arredondo were on the mound tonight to throw out the first pitches for the Red Sox game against the Philadelphia Phillies....

Tim Duncan Is In The Middle Of A Remarkably Messy Divorce

As the ageless and unflappable Tim Duncan turns in another incredible playoff run, reports and court documents indicate the Spurs star has played this postseason while dealing with an ugly divorce from his wife of 12 years—and spent the regular season concerned about allegations of infidelity on her...

Maurice Jones-Drew Allegedly Punched Out A Bar Staffer [UPDATED]

Jacksonville Jaguars running back and back-to-UCLA student Maurice Jones-Drew has been charged with battery after he allegedly punched and knocked out a bar staffer over the weekend at a beach bar in St. Augustine, Fla., according to police....

Down on the Corner, Out in the Street

From the SI Vault, check out Gil Rogin's 1964 story, "Confessions of a Stoop Ball Champion":...

The Ugly American

Here's a good sports-related scene from The French Connection II. ...

People Will Say We're in Love

Here's Frank Deford's classic 1985 Sports Illustrated bonus piece, "The Boxer and the Blonde":...

Will Smith And Son Star In Summer Blockbuster "Horrible At Soccer"

Will Smith and his son are starring in the sequel to Independence Day, where planet Earth must be repopulated by a new race of classic-coming-of-age-via-karate-film-ruining children and innoffensive hip-hop artists. It has generated a lot of early buzz from The Academy....

Trope-Recycling Bill Simmons Has Bill Simmons Syndrome

Bill Simmons this week mused on the fate of Dwight Howard, who appears to be the NBA's equivalent of plutonium: a potential world-beater but perilously radioactive. To characterize the gap between Perceived Dwight Howard and Actual Dwight Howard, the founder of Grantland and ESPN spittling-head did ...

How To Grill Cheeseburgers And Win Your Memorial Day Cookout

So you've got your grand Memorial Day weekend feast all planned, your spread of exotic, expensive victuals purchased and prepped and ready to be grilled and smoked and barbecued and so on. Brined chicken breasts and home-ground-spice-rubbed pork ribs and organic farm-raised fair-trade cockles; a ra...

Here Is The KSK Football Foodie Summer Grilling Roundtable

Here's Sarah Sprague of KSK, Spilly of SB Nation, and me, talkin' grilling, Cro-Magnons, and about how the two of them are weirdos who eat corn on the cob with a knife:...

This Is How You Sign A Picture Of Ray Lewis Trying To Tackle You

This comes to us from reader Andrew, whose friend received this autographed photo from former Jacksonville Jaguars tight end Pete Mitchell. I doubt Mitchell signed too many autographs throughout his eight-year career, but it looks like when he did get the opportunity to do so, he made it count....

Hard to believe, Harry: A developer wants to stick a parking lot right next to the plot where Hall of Famer Richie Ashburn is buried. [Philly mag]...

Get A Load Of This Fucking Phillies Fan

This fucking guy was at last night's Phillies-Marlins game. The tipster who sent us the photo has details:...

Bills Fan Appropriately Honors Hall Of Fame RB

This is a pretty good tattoo of not-convicted-in-court murderer O.J. Simpson. ...

Michael Crabtree Tore His Achilles, Could Miss The Season

Per USA Today's Mike Garafolo, 49ers receiver Michael Crabtree tore his Achilles during organized team activities yesterday. A source also told Garafolo that Crabtree will soon have surgery, and that the injury could be serious enough to keep Crabtree from playing this season....

Top Billin

Few people, if any, have written better stories—funny and smart—about college football than Dan Jenkins. Last fall, Michael MacCambridge was good enough to make Jenkins' 1963 Sports Illustrated piece, "The Disciples of St. Darrell on a Wild Weekend" part of his excellent Director's Cut series for Gr...