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Straight to the Hole (like my man Malik Sealy)
Love this short essay Jeff MacGregor wrote in 2011 about basketball at the West 4th Street courts in Greenwich Village:...
British Olympic Sailor Andrew "Bart" Simpson Drowns In Yacht Accident
Andrew "Bart" Simpson died today while training with his sailing team, Sweden's Artemis Racing, when the catamaran capsized in the San Francisco Bay. He was trapped beneath the boat, and repeated attempts to revive the two-time Olympian in the water and onshore failed. Simpson was 36....
Feedbag: How Do I Cook A Decent Steak Filet At Home?
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]. Al...
Infographic: Is Your State's Highest-Paid Employee A Coach? (Probably)
You may have heard that the highest-paid employee in each state is usually the football coach at the largest state school. This is actually a gross mischaracterization: Sometimes it is the basketball coach....
Body and Soul
Speaking of Palookaville, here's one of the most famous scenes in movie history. Just so happens that it involves boxing. By the way, Rod Steiger, who was an incorrigible ham, is incredible in this scene. Understated. His performance in the whole movie is beautiful. ...
Now Vijay Singh Is Suing The PGA Tour Because Of Deer Antler Spray
Deer antler spray may not be effective at delivering a growth hormone, but it does keep giving strength to dumb stories....
This Photo Has Four Great Reaction Images
What is it about Caps-Rangers that brings out the best in the rinkside fans? While none of these quite match the unmitigated ecstasy of this kid, I'm still having a hard time picking my favorite of the four....
Alexander Ovechkin Would Prefer Not To Play Defense
This is Derek Stepan's goal from the third period of last night's Capitals-Rangers game, which put the Rangers up 4-2. It's an impressive play, but not nearly as impressive as Alexander Ovechkin's brief cameo....
A One-Way Ticket to Palookaville
Back in 1998, Tom Scocca wrote a good one, "The Mayor of Palookaville," for the Boston Phoenix:...
Bill Simmons Is Sad About The Sports Emmys, So We Made A Prize For Him
It breaks our hearts whenever a big-name writerer—someone like Bill Simmons, or Chris Jones, or Jason Whitlock—doesn't get the temporal recognition from an elite sliver of elite opinion that he (and it's always he) demands. These men DESERVE their awards. They DESERVE to be showered in garlands and ...
Mike Woodson To J.R. Smith: "J.R., Goddammit!"
Everything about this clip is wonderful, and if J.R. Smith somehow makes it to the Hall of Fame one day, it should submitted to the hall in lieu of a plaque....
The Nationals' New Rainout Policy Is Only A Problem If You Have A Job (UPDATE)
The Nats game was rained out last night; it happens. Fans can exchange their unused tickets for tickets to a future game; as is standard. Unfortunately, that "future game" is very specifically Thursday afternoon's game, no substitutions. ...
Tim Duncan's Optical Illusion Photobomb Is The Best Photobomb
No, Tim Duncan does not want to sex the Spurs fan on the left. It just looks that way, because this is the most mind-bending photobomb we've ever seen. It belongs in the Internet Hall of Fame....
The 49ers' New Home Will Be Named Levi's Stadium
The 49ers just announced a naming rights deal for their new Santa Clara home, opening in 2014. $220 million over 20 years gets you "Levi's Stadium." The CEO of Levi Strauss, at this morning's press conference, actually said "Win one for the zipper." Christ....
Texas Tech Coach Kliff Kingsbury's Hashtag Game Is So On Point
Kliff Kingsbury continues to be the swaggiest swag bro to ever coach Division I college football. When he's not swaggin' all around the practice field with his players, he's leaving them cheeky notes with valuable fitness tips. Also, hashtags. ...
Florida Trial Lawyer John Morgan Running Massive Pro-Tebow Ad Campaign
John Morgan, whose "For The People" slogan has made him Florida's most famed trial attorney, might not seem a likely Tim Tebow supporter. Morgan's a devoted supporter of liberal causes, and Tebow is not. That isn't stopping Morgan from launching a huge campaign to get the Jacksonville Jaguars to si...
Trouble in Mind
Here's one fuh yah: "You Gore Girl!" Joe Miller's 2002 story for The Pitch on running with bulls in Spain: ...
The Marlins Are So Bad, Businesses Don't Want To Open Nearby
Apologies if it seems that we're dwelling on the failures of Marlins Park—but there are oh so many of them, each more embarrassing than the last. This one's about that huge "economic impact" the new stadium was supposed to bring to the area. More than a year after the stadium debuted, not one single...
Video: Toronto Blue Jays Pitcher J.A. Happ Hit In Head By Line Drive
In the second inning of tonight's game against the Tampa Bay Rays, J.A. Happ was struck in the head from a line drive hit off of Desmond Jennings. He immediately collapsed, bloodied, and his teammates and medical personnel rushed to his side. ...