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That Time Mike Matheny Took A Fastball To The Face And Barely Flinched
The World Series begins tonight, which means it's as good an occasion as any to look back at one of the more memorable moments from Cardinals manager Mike Matheny's playing career: The night a 90-something-mph fastball hit him square in the face and he barely reacted....
Here It Is: The Only Spurs Alley-Oop From The 2012-13 Regular Season
As we mentioned last week, the Spurs have had a league-low five alley-oop dunks in the last two seasons, and they had just one in the 2012-2013 regular season. Here it is. It's pretty sad, for a couple of reasons:...
What Can I Do With This Liquid Smoke Stuff?
Welcome to the Feedbag, where all the dumb questions about food, drink, cooking, eating, and accidental finger removal you've been embarrassed to ask can finally receive the berating they goddamn deserve. Also: answers. Send all your even-vaguely-food-related questions to [email protected] wit...
So, How's The NFL Spinning A New Poll On Youth Football And Concussions?
NFL communications is PR, and Brian McCarthy is a PR guy, so we shouldn't and don't expect them to share anything that isn't overwhelmingly positive for the league. Take this post McCarthy just tweeted out, which "summarizes" the results of a new HBO Real Sports/Marist poll on public opinion of yout...
Check Out These Beautiful (And Useful) Graphic MLB "Box Scores"
Michael Deal, who previously gave us this infographic of every pitch of the All-Star game as part of his Statlas project, has developed a new take on the MLB box score. The sample above shows the 8th and 9th inning of Game 2 of the ALCS, which, as Deal's line-and-node representations make clear, wer...
Bad News For Baseball: World Series Viewers Are Getting Older And Older
Originally published on Bloomberg View....
Jackson State To Sue Grambling For Boycotting Its Homecoming Game
The Grambling football players' decision not to travel for Saturday's game left its opponent in a lurch. It was homecoming for Jackson State, which earned a forfeit win but suddenly had less than 24 hours to come up with some alternative programming for all those returning alumni. Jackson State ende...
HS Football Player Suspended For Writing Class Poem About Coach's Son
The Rittman (Ohio) Indians aren't having a good year. They're 1-7. So when junior DE Nick Andre had to write a poem for his composition class, he chose as a subject the team's star wide receiver, who happens to be the son of the coach and brother of the offensive coordinator....
Cricketer's Girlfriend Caught Pantomiming Sex While Watching Match
Note to current and future cricket WAGs: the camera is always turned on, so be mindful of your, um, gesticulations....
Surfer Escapes Shark By Beating It Up
Jeff Horton was on the waves off Kauai's north shore Sunday morning, when what he estimated to be a 12-foot tiger shark came up beneath him and chomped onto his board. ...
Stephen Curry's Numbers Are As Unlikely And Wonderful As Stephen Curry
Take a look at the two charts below. If you want to understand the unique appeal of someone like Stephen Curry—a player on whom both the basketball romantics and the quants agree, a guy who represents a rare intersection of narrative and analytics—there is no better place to start....
You Guys, It's A Pythagorean World Series This Year!
The Red Sox and Cardinals led the AL and NL in run differential this season, and now they're in the World Series. This is very far from breaking news, but still, it's the first time that's happened since 2007. To celebrate (kind of), Stats in the Wild put together a few fun bubble charts showing the...
Ridiculously Photogenic Running Back Stars In Impossible Photo
I have no idea how Notre Dame running back Cam McDaniel managed to make this face while getting pulled, helmetless, into a dog pile, but I am goddamn impressed that he did. Congratulations, Cam. You are even more photogenic than Ridiculously Photogenic Jiu Jitsu Guy, and you are officially the chill...
Steve Smith Isn't Done With Janoris Jenkins Just Yet
Steve Smith had some fighting words for Rams cornerback Janoris Jenkins after the two faced off this Sunday, and it looks like he's not done being angry yet....
100 % Dundee
Here's a couple of stories about Angelo Dundee. From Grantland, a nice piece by Dave Kindred; at SI, dig Richard Hoffer:...
The Main Ingredient
Bucatini All’Amatriciana is my go-to meal, a signature dish in Rome (or just outside of Rome). It’s simple: bacon (or, in Rome, Guanciale), onions, hot pepper flakes, olive oil and tomatoes. Served with bucatini, the long pasta with a hole in the middle....
Boston Mayor Wants Red Sox To Bring Home "World Series Cup"
Boston Mayor Tom Menino should probably just stop talking about sports in public....
What Are The Giants Doing Giving Tim Lincecum $35 Million?
He's 29 now, and the long hair is gone along with the velocity. A fastball that once kissed 95 now struggles to clear 90 mph. The ace of the staff for one championship run, he saw himself bumped to long relief for the next—and excelled. He's said he's willing to go to the bullpen if that's where the...
Triumph The Insult Comic Dog Visits A Beer Festival, And It's Great
The beers! The paunches! The ridiculous facial-hair arrangements! It's the Great American Beer Festival, brought to you by Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. Personal favorite: "Besides craft brewing, how long have you been pursuing Moby-Dick?"...