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Always Do The Right Thing
From the July-August 1991 issue of Film Comment, here's a portion of Gavin Smith's interview with Danny Aiello. They talk Spike, Woody and Fort Apache, the Bronx....
Mystery Solved: Drew Brees Is Not A Rotten Tipper
With training camps firing up, it's time to get all the NFL silly season business out of the way. This will go a long way toward putting to rest one of the dumber stories consuming New Orleans and the larger football world over the last few days—confirmation that Drew Brees did not leave a four perc...
Relive The Excitement Of The Worst Trade Deadline In Recent Memory
Today was the MLB non-waiver trade deadline. It's always a thrilling real-time event, where the stakes are high and nothing less than a championship is at stake. Who bought? Who sold? Let's look back on the deadline that was, through the eyes of our talented and hardworking baseball scribes....
Don't Listen To The Snobs: Cook With Cheap Wine
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] wi...
What Food Does Rex Grossman Want Named After Him? Beer, Of Course
DC Sports Bog's Sarah Kogod decided to go around and ask a bunch of Redskins players what a restaurant dish named after them would look like. Some of the answers she got are very funny—and you should go check them all out—but Rex Grossman's response was by far the best thing to come out of the endea...
CNBC Is Giving A Scam Artist Handicapper His Own Reality Show
The world of sports handicapping is dirty. That's begrudgingly accepted. But it's dirty enough without CNBC giving the sort of exposure money can't buy to a convicted felon operating under a fake name....
Raw Power: The Gritty Allure of Sand in Your Leathers
For years, the Daytona 200 wasn't merely run at Daytona Beach. Like other insanely loud, high-speed battles on the central Florida coast, the 200 was run on Daytona Beach....
Red Sox Get Jake Peavy In Three-Team Deal
Late last night, we finally got some TRADE FUCKING DEADLINE action thanks to a three-team deal struck by the Red Sox, White Sox, and Tigers. Boston comes away from the deal with the most meaningful upgrade, nabbing Jake Peavy in exchange for shortstop Jose Iglesias and a bushel of prospects. ...
“Fan” Jumps Into WWE Ring, Hits Randy Orton In The Balls [Update]
I'm having a hard time deciding whether this is real or fake, which means WWE has done its job well....
The Eli Experiment
If you've never read it, Michael Lewis' 2004 New York Times magazine story, "The Eli Experiment" is a good one:...
Brooklyn Bagels (There's Something In The Water)
Happiness is this:...
A History Of Violence
Dig Carlo Rotella’s 2008 Washtington Post Magazine profile of the novelist and screenwriter George Pelicanos:...
Down A Lazy River
From Supersonic Electronic, dig these realistically unreal water distortion paintings by Nuria Farre....
Pistons Trade For Brandon Jennings. Sure, Why Not?
Woj's latest scoop is a pretty big one: Brandon Jennings is headed to Detroit in a sign-and-trade that will send Brandon Knight, Khris Middleton, and Slava Kravstov to the Bucks. Jennings and the Pistons are reportedly finalizing a three-year, $24 million deal....
ESPN's July Ratings Are Down, Too
This is starting to feel like a thing. ESPN's ratings were down in the first half of the year—alarmingly so in the spring—which prompted ESPN's PR machine to swing back hard, labeling the drop a bizarre fluke, an aberration. Well, July numbers are in and ... ...
Black And Blue
Not Shaking The Grass features Nicole Howalt's 2012 photo series: Boxers: Before and After the Fight. ...
In The Back By A ‘93 Pickup, There's Gonna Be A Dead Body
Jeremy Markovich delivers a fine story on the death of Dick Trickle at SB Nation Longform:...
Adrian Peterson's Son Is The Cutest Sports Toddler
Good god. This picture could not be any more adorable....
The Yankees Aren't Homering, And That Makes John Sterling Sad
The feeble Yankees offense has been rough on everyone, but no one more so than radio play-by-play man and walking catchphrase John Sterling. When you make your bones with a series of silly home run calls, a lack of home runs can have you questioning your purpose on this earth....