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Mike Shanahan Says He Doesn't Use Email, Is Probably Full Of Shit

Here's a partial transcript—flagged by DC Sports Bog's Dan Steinberg—of a meeting Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan had with reporters on Monday night:...

The Man Who Broke Atlantic City

Dig Mark Bowden's 2012 story for the Atlantic:...

Nighthawks: The Blueprints

Cool article by Robin Cembalest over at Art News on Edward Hopper's storyboards for his famous painting, Nighthawks. ...

Adrian Peterson Predicts When He'll Break The All-Time Rushing Record

Mark your calendars for Week 16 of the 2017 season. That's when Adrian Peterson says he'll break Emmitt Smith's all-time NFL rushing mark of 18,355 yards....

Counterpoint: Eddie Lacy Is Not Fat

Eddie Lacy looks pretty fat in that photo, doesn't he? That picture has been pinballing around the internet over the last hour or so, and everyone who sees it is like, "Maaannnnn, Eddie Lacy is fat!"...

A Lip Reader Deciphers The Manager-Umpire Arguments Of 2013

Evan Brunell is a baseball writer and the president of the Massachusetts chapter of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. You can read more about his lip-reading methods in his post rounding up the best manager-ump arguments of 2012....

Have You Any Wool?

Go Figure Monday: Singing Sheep over at Lord of the Boot Sale. ...

And Now Peter Gammons Is Launching His Own Site

Enter Peter Gammons into the land of Simmons and King. Gammons is getting his own website—called Gammons Daily—and is launching, curiously, late in the season and basically out of nowhere. The site is supposed to be live sometime this week. ...

Racing's Angriest Young Man And The Greatest Hits of 1961

Though it's not easy to navigate I think it's worth your time to cruise on over to the Internet Archives to read the full text of The Best Sports Stories 1961. It includes pieces by Stanley Woodward, W.C. Heinz, Myron Cope, Red Smith, Blackie Sherrod, Dick Schaap, Tex Maule, Dick Young, Roger Kahn, ...

Bros Gone Wild: Riot Erupts After U.S. Open Of Surfing

Huntington Beach, Calif., hosted the U.S Open of Surfing this weekend, and shit got way out of hand. Shortly after the conclusion of the competition, downtown Huntington Beach was swarmed by a mass of bros, apparently driven a bit mad by the heat and the ocean air. Portable toilets were tipped, impr...

Behold: The Most Bored Baseball Fan Ever

Here lies the queen of the bored baseball fans....

The Best Of The Best

Glenn Stout, series editor of The Best American Sports Writing has posted the table of contents for this year's edition on his website. The book, edited by J.R. Moehringer, won't be out for a few months, but I want to take this moment to celebrate Moehringer's selections....

ESPN Closed Captioning: "That Is It From The Paedophiles"

This kind of amazing clip comes from the ESPN UK broadcast of the Gold Cup final between the United States and Panama. Christ, closed captioning guy....

I Cannot Stop Looking At This Turtle Getting Thrown Off A Boat

Would you look at this fucking picture for just one minute? Look at that turtle! I seriously cannot stop looking at it. But I must, because: look at those fucking humans. Lars from Metallica, the villain from Police Academy: Whatever, some other guy and former Florida governor Charlie Crist bizarro...

High-Powered Sprint Boat Careens Off Course, Crashes Into Spectators

Sprint Boat racing is a niche sport in which 1,000-horsepower engines propel tiny boats around what looks like a flooded go-kart track. If this sounds like a recipe for disaster, you're right—as spectators at Oregon's "Field Of Dreams" learned yesterday....

David Cone On Ortiz Meltdown: “Shrapnel's Fuckin’ Flying Around”

David Cone is actually a great addition to the YES booth; he talks about baseball with passion and only occasionally sprinkles in an F bomb or two....

Boxer Shouts Out “San Diego ... San Antonio, My Bad!”

At least Keith Thurman won the WBA welterweight title with his win over Diego Chaves on Saturday....

RG3 Flashes Field Self-Awareness At Training Camp

Visions Of Light: Movie Love

Here's Martin Scorsese writing about movies in the New York Review of Books:...

Browns Guard Ryan Miller Carted Off Field, Taken To Hospital [UPDATES]

During training camp today, an unidentified Browns player was taken off the field in an ambulance....