Naturally, Alex Honnold is in Yosemite right now. This should not surprise you, because if non-climbers know anything about Honnold, itâs that he climbed El Capitan without a rope a year ago, becoming the first person to free solo the legendary big wall. When I spoke to him yesterday, Honnold was enjoying a rest day,âŚ
At the 2012 Olympics in London, Kayla Harrison became the first American to win a gold medal in judo. Four years later, she defended her title at the Rio Games. Thatâs the last time she competed in judo. Since then, Harrison has been training for a shift to MMA and working on a book about child sexual abuse, based onâŚ
Oskar Svendsen was the next big thing. The baby-faced Norwegian was just 18 years old when he was tabbed as cyclingâs next great prodigy at the 2012 World Championships; maybe heâd follow in Thor Hushovdâs footsteps and win bushels of Tour de France stages for Norway, or, who knows, maybe even become his countryâsâŚ
Tennis players do press constantly; itâs part of their job. They field questions about all the unforced errors on their forehand, why their first serve was so effective, or what does it feel like to pull off an upset like this, and they generally give tame and compact answers. So the journalists can write off of aâŚ
The Sixers are playing the Hornets tonight, and NBC Sports Philadelphia wrangled Allen Iverson for a courtside interview in which you could see Joel Embiid reflected in his sunglasses. The magic of television!
Herb Magee is the all-time Division II leader in wins, a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, and No. 3 among all NCAA menâs basketball coaches in wins, ever. In his 51st season as the menâs basketball coach at Jefferson Universityâformerly known as Philadelphia Universityâheâs also a renowned shooting expert andâŚ
Fabiano Caruana is the No. 2-ranked chess player in the world. He achieved Grandmaster status just before his 15th birthday back in 2007. In the 2016 Chess Olympiad he represented the United States on the first board as the Americans took home the gold for the first time since 1976. In March, he will compete in theâŚ
Oakland Raiders wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson recently swung through New York City. While he was in town, Deadspin sat him in front of a camera to ask him a bunch of stuff.
When Jigar Desai got a text from his friend Brian Halloran after the NFC title game Sunday, he said it wasnât him in the already-viral video.
Ta-Nehisi Coatesâs new book We Were Eight Years In Power is eight previously published Atlantic essays each preceded by a new piece of writing that describes Coatesâs intellectual, financial, and emotional state at the time of the piece, and musings on the Obama years. The eight new essays trace his journey from whatâŚ
Monday night, I wrote about the lawsuit a Packers fan had filed against the Bears. Russell Beckman, a Wisconsin resident who is also a Bears season ticket holder, is suing the team because, he claims, they prevented him from going on the field in his Packers gear.
Today is Philadelphiaâs annual Broad Street Run, the largest 10-mile road race in the country. Itâs a straight shot down a relatively downhill street, which means a lot of people run it in costumes. Forrest Gump is popular, as is Rocky Balboa. Today I saw runners dressed as the Founding Fathers, Power Rangers andâŚ
Roger Goodell spoke about weed on Mike & Mike on Friday, and surprise: Heâs against its use. The NFL commissioner said he didnât want marijuana usage to be âsomething that weâll be held accountable for some years down the road.â According to Goodell, the NFLâs medical advisors âhavenât really saidâ that allowingâŚ
Last night, the Piratesâ Gift Ngoepe became the first African-born player to appear in a major-league game. He came in to play second in the top of the fourth and hit a single off Jon Lester in his very first at-bat in the bottom of the inning. Later, he walked and helped turn the game-ending double play in theâŚ
When Rick Ankielâs long, strange career ended in 2013, he was left with a .240 batting average in almost 2,000 at-bats, a 3.90 ERA over 242 innings, and a place in the record books next to Babe Ruth as the only other player to start a playoff game as the pitcher and hit a home run in the postseason as a positionâŚ
Ron Adams and I were juniors in high school when the Philadelphia sports world was consumed by the 1999 NFL Draft. Who would the Eagles take with the No. 2 pick: Ricky Williams or Donovan McNabb?
Mike Cation heard a moan, and figured it was just two people in the stands talking loudly. The tennis announcer, working the USTA Pro Circuitâs Sarasota Open on Tuesday, looked at the crowd and saw everyone looking around. Then it became clear: This wasnât two people talking. This was two people fucking.
In a 16-minute, boring-as-hell interview with CNBCâs Suzy Welch, New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick, looking spiffy-casual in jeans and a button-front, tried his best to sound like a normal person, talking about his dad and leadership and Tom Brady (who he said was a hard worker, ânot a great natural athleteâ).âŚ
Aww hell. The Miami Heat blew out the Wizards tonight to finish their season at 41-41, but they missed the playoffs by a hair as the Pacers and Bulls both won tonight. Heat coach Erik Spoelstra is usually good for a fairly even-keeled postgame interview, but tonight he gave just the saddest speech after the loss. ItâŚ
Sami Grisafe just might be the best quarterback in the history of womenâs football. In 2000, she became the first female to play quarterback in a Varsity Division I high school game for Redlands High School in California. She played professionally for the Chicago Force of the Womenâs Football Alliance (WFA) and TeamâŚ
