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How Many NBA Name Drops Can You Pick Out In This Song?
Here is "Jumpin' Out The Gym," a song from Migos, Riff Raff, and Trinidad James. Not only does the new video (which you can watch here, it's not embeddable) feature tons of NBA highlights, the song itself is littered with NBA name drops. See how many you can pick out!...

Unspinning The Mythical Gyroball, The Demon Miracle Pitch That Wasn't
Once feared, now largely forgotten, the gyroball retains a stubborn hold on the baseball imagination. Perhaps Red Sox closer Koji Uehara can put the pitch to rest:...

Nicki Minaj Performed At Villanova's Hoops Mania
An elderly basketball coach sits at a desk in his home study. Framed pieces of netting adorn the walls and 60 Minutes is on the television as he reads scouting reports. His attention turns to the computer. An email from Jay Wright....

Dez Bryant Says His Sideline Tirade Was "All Positive"
Brian Billick may have sneeringly referred to it as a "spoiled child" routine, but Dez Bryant says all the gesticulating he was doing on the sidelines during yesterday's game was done with a positive attitude. ...

The Utah Jazz Tweeted A Photo Of A Blackface Karl Malone
The competition didn't last long....

Royko On Jackie
Mike Royko's column written on the day that Jackie Robinson died:...

The Great Wall Of Boston
Jack Mann's 1965 piece on the Green Monster: ...

Raiders DC Jason Tarver Flippin' Birds & Flingin' "Fucks" At Referees
A third quarter personal foul call on Oakland cornerback Mike Jenkins so enraged Raiders defensive coordinator Jason Tarver that he twice was caught flipping the bird and screaming "FUCK!" at the officials....

Dez Bryant Melts Down On The Cowboys Sideline
Here you see Dez Bryant and Jason Witten and other assorted members of the Cowboys sideline having a Socratic dialogue in the aftermath of the Lions' improbable rally. The day was building to this. An earlier cutaway caught Bryant exploding at Tony Romo for something or other, sending color guy Br...

Lou Reed's Secret Chord
Aw hell. Lou Reed is dead. There's a live version of "Sweet Jane" from 2003 that I can't find online right now but is worth a listen today, in the man's honor. Reed is noodling around with the song, working through that famous riff, more of a shuffle now than the strut you remember from the album. J...

Rice Owls Debut Their 4-Foot-9 Running Back
Jayson Carter is a walk-on for the Rice Owls who makes Danny Woodhead and Trindon Holliday look like giants. Carter, a 130-lb. running back, is 4-foot-9 due to a genetic disorder. Yesterday, he had his first rushing attempt for a one-yard gain....


Florida State's 1st Quarter Against NC State Needed A Mercy Rule
After 13 minutes of football today, Florida State was beating North Carolina State 35-0. The game was over. Here's how that happened:...

We're So Sorry, London
Don't judge us by our expendable football teams....


James Taylor Sings National Anthem, Eventually
Music legend James Taylor was tonight's World Series singer of the "Star-Spangled Banner," though he started singing "America The Beautiful" first. We think we'd have preferred him do both, with "Something In The Way She Moves" as an encore....

What A Paralyzed Player Would Mean For The NFL
Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Email Drew here....
