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Missing A Beat: Library Of America's Story Of The Week
The LOA's story of the week comes from the great Seymour Krim. Check it out and then g'head and pick up the fine LOA collection, The Cool School. ...
Dem Bums In Da Spring
These are some damn good pictures. There is energy here — a genuine playfulness and terrific personalities. But the real appeal of these George Silk photos from the Dodgers' spring training camp in 1948 is the singular glimpse they afford of baseball in post-WWII America. ...
Flyers Fight Dirty In Another Line Brawl With The Capitals
Bad blood from one of the ugliest brawls of the season finally spilled over in Philly last night, as the Flyers and Caps engaged in a melee that featured a player shoving another while he was done, three guys jumping one, and Wayne Simmonds holding John Erskine from behind while Vinny Lecavlier pun...
Report: Georgia Lawyer Jamie Casino Is Getting A Reality Show
Jamie Casino, the Georgia lawyer who made a glorious/insane local Super Bowl commercial, will reportedly be getting a reality show, because yeah, it really is that easy....
Rob Ryan Had A Hell Of A Time During Mardi Gras Celebrations
Saints defensive coordinator Rob Ryan was named the Grand Marshall of a Mardi Gras parade, and judging from the reports and photos, Ryan had a fantastic time despite the rain....
Deadspin Up All Night: Dangerous
Thanks for your continued support of Deadspin. We'll probably be better tomorrow. ...
McQueary Gambling Allegations Put 19-Year-Old Game In New Light
In 1995, Mike McQueary threw a touchdown late in garbage time of a Penn State blowout over Rutgers. Then-Rutgers coach Doug Graber and Joe Paterno got into a shouting match after the game because Graber thought Paterno was running up the score. The touchdown put the 20-point-favorite Nittany Lions ...
Where Did The Goalies Go?
Andrew Lickenbrock has created this handy-dandy map to show movement in the days leading up to an especially goalie-heavy trade deadline. Eleven netminders were dealt—one of them, Jaroslav Halak, moved twice—and there were four separate goalie-for-goalie trades. A crazy few days for the NHL's weirdo...
Bryce Harper Is Jacked
Via WJFK in Washington comes this photo of Bryce Harper, carrying Girl Scout cookies in his newly enormous arms. He said all winter he was lifting, and he wasn't joking....
Cortland Finnegan Uses Twitter To Tell The Rams He's Leaving
CB Cortland Finnegan followed Jeff Fisher to the Rams, but in his second season in St. Louis he's been terrible and injured. He's due $6 million next year, and would count for $10 million against the salary cap. Since this is the NFL and contracts mean nothing, the Rams sure as hell weren't going to...
Diego Costa Snubs Brazil For Spain And Could Swing The World Cup
Diego Costa is, at this moment, the best Brazilian striker in the world. The 21 goals he's scored for this year's title-challenging Atlético Madrid team are the fourth highest tally in the top five European leagues. Normally, you'd think Costa's impressive resumé would see him as one of the faces of...
The Eternal Martyrdom Of Lance Armstrong
The following is excerpted from Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong (HarperCollins), which is available now on Amazon....
Confessions Of A Nail-Biter
My mom suspended her college education in order to have kids, and so I was five years old when she finally received her bachelor's degree. We drove down to her school for a tasteful graduation luncheon. I remember they had free soda. At some point, while my mom was mingling with her classmates, I...
Miami Pitcher Throws Perfect Game On Night Brother Does Play-By-Play
Miami senior Javi Salas threw a perfect game for the Hurricanes last night against the Villanova Wildcats. Even if the final score wasn't that dramatic—Miami won 17-0—there was another hook: Salas's little brother, Jorge, had the call for the Miami student radio station. It's awesome....
Interactive Chart Finds Your New Favorite Beer For You
Beerviz has a neat-o interactive chart that helps serious beer drinkers figure out what kind of beer they should try next based on their tastes. Prepare to have your horizons broadened, drunks!...
Martin St. Louis Tantrums His Way Out Of Tampa
It's official: Lightning legend Martin St. Louis has been traded to the Rangers for Ryan Callahan, and first- and second-round draft picks (with some contingent minor changes). A bizarre captain-for-captain deal, and one pretty much engineered by St. Louis himself....
Terrible Paper Delivery Guy Caught In The Act
Reader John emailed us some video he shot of his parents' paper delivery guy in action and he is just the worst at delivering the paper. He is so bad that John trailed and filmed him for three minutes just to prove it. ...
Dan Jenkins: His Ownself
Dwight Gardner reviews Dan Jenkins' memoir, His Ownself: A Semi-Memoir today in the Times: ...