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ESPN has run the numbers on LeBron's popularity, finding that there are a lot of white haters. James is the favorite player of 9.7 percent of white fans—down from 14.8 percent pre-Decision—while his support from black fans (21 to 23.5 percent) and Hispanic fans (10.7 to 12.4 percent) has grown. [ES...
There Is An "I" In Team
Over at Good, dig into the latest from the most-talented Bethlehem Shoals:...
What Happens When A Soccer Team Finds Out It Has Super Ugly New Uniforms
Fucking with people is funny all on its own—like here with this sure-it's-an-ad-but-whatever video showing terrible new kits to the Ajax squad—but there's something extra that happens when you mess with the young, rich and powerful. You find out that, you know, you can't really fuck with professiona...
Japanese Pitcher Throws An Insane Eephus Pitch
This is Kazuhito Tadano, a pitcher for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of the Japanese Pacific League, uncorking what is likely the purest eephus pitch you will ever see. ...
Old Lady Is Not Amused By Juggling Cracker Jacks Vendor
What at first seems like a wholesome bit of Americana, becomes just regular, old everything's-a-pain-in-my-ass Americana. On first blush, we've got a concessions worker at Miller Park, juggling Cracker Jacks. Who doesn't love Cracker Jacks and Baseball? It's in the song, for crissakes. That lady in...
Edwin Encarnacion Hits Homers As They Were Meant To Be Hit
Remember 10 days ago, when Toronto first baseman Edwin Encarnacion hit the crap out of a baseball? Before that monstrous shot, he had already hit the crap out of seven baseballs in the month of May. Since that homer, he has hit the crap out of eight additional baseballs. According to math, Edwin Enc...
We Turned Spelling Bee Loser Jacob "What?" Williamson Into A Rap Star
We all had our laughs about poor Jacob Williamson, the 15-year-old eighth grader whose excited misspelling of "kabaragoya" left him a spelling bee loser but viral video hit. We thought he deserved something better, and when it comes to "WHAT?" there's only one expert: Lil Jon....
These Animated NBA Playoff Highlights Are Cool As Hell
Richard Swarbick is an artist who's been turning sports highlights into awesome animations for a long time now, and now he's working his magic on cool moments from this year's NBA playoffs. ...
Jack Davis Baseball Cover
Found over at It's a Long Season, check out the second cover of Mad Magazine, from 1952. ...
Doug Collins AKA Pusha D Wonders What Happened To That Boy
Jalen Rose sets 'em up, and right on cue, Doug Collins knocks 'em down with a timely quote from one of the great underappreciated tracks from the early aughts....
Last Night Belonged To Crazy-Ass Lance Stephenson
Aside from Paul George's second-half explosion and its madcap ending, last night's game between the Heat and Pacers was pretty damn unwatchable. That's what happens when the best player in the universe has to spend most of the game on the bench with the foul trouble and the Pacers decide to do... wh...
Norichika Aoki Ends Up In A Heap With The Worst Swing This Season
Why did Royals outfielder Norichika Aoki swing at this offering from Astros pitcher Jarred Cosart? That was bad, Nori....
A Very Confused Stuart Scott Thought Bob Ley Was In Azerbaijan
ESPN2 aired tonight's USA-Azerbaijan friendly from Candlestick Park, but it seems SportsCenter anchor Stuart Scott wasn't paying much attention—because the veteran newsman thought the match happened in Western Asia. ...
Jared Remy Pleads Guilty, Sentenced To Life Without Parole
Jared Remy, son of longtime Red Sox broadcaster Jerry, pleaded guilty today to the brutal murder of the mother of his child. For a man with a history of domestic abuse and who received inexplicable second and third and, hell, seventeenth chances, this is it: He'll spend life in prison without the po...
Just A Bit O'The Ol' Bat 'N' Balls
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Hey, It's 5 Years (And A Day) Since LeBron's Game 2 Game Winner
We don't talk about it too much anymore, given the acrimony left behind in Ohio and LeBron's eventual success in Miami, but on May 22, 2009, his Game 2 winner tied the Eastern Conference Finals at 1-1, and shook off his rep of shying away from the big shots for good, or at least until whatever the h...
Lebron's Game 2 Buzzer Beater, 5 Years On
[LeBron James shoots the game winning three pointer over Hedo Turkoglu in Game Two of the Eastern Conference Finals during the 2009 Playoffs in Cleveland, Ohio five years ago today. Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images.]...