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Chad Johnson May Have Spent Saturday Partying With A Homeless Guy
It's like Pretty Woman but with Chad Johnson and maybe a homeless guy. ...
The Bulls Win 3OT Classic Against Nets And What The Hell Is This Photo
As we noted a couple of times (Nate Robinson scuffling! Nate Robinson banking in a 20-foot runner!) this afternoon the Bulls' 142-134 triple overtime win over the Nets was straight-up bananagrams and what on earth is happening in this AP photo....
Anibal Sanchez's 17-K Game Trumped Even Randy Johnson's 1992 "Hammer From Hell" Game
If we can indulge in a brief moment of Welcome Back, Baseball — still early enough in the season, right? — it’s a joy to watch a sport that puts the ball in the hands of the defense. Virtually any other sport you care to name turns a defensive player into an offensive player as soon as he takes poss...
Papa John Tells Us He Never Got Shitfaced At A Strip Club With Bonzi Wells While Wearing A Shawn Kemp Jersey
It's time for another firsthand account of Papa John getting shitfaced. If you haven't already, please check out our previous coverage of Papa John getting shitfaced. There was the time he got all fucked up at a basketball game, the time he allegedly proved himself to be a huge lightweight, and the ...
The Goon Show
It'll come as no surprise that my favorite series at Grantland is the "Director's Cut" feature curated by Michael MacCambridge. He does a beautiful job and I'm always eager to see what gift he gives us next. Here's an especially good one—"The Making of a Goon," by Johnette Howard, which originally ...
Even Magic Johnson Has Given Up On The Lakers
It's come to this. Last one off the bandwagon has to root for the Celtics!...
The Hawks-Pacers Series Is Boring, But These Dunks Are Not
Don't give a shit about who wins the first-round playoff series between the Hawks and Pacers? Don't worry, neither does anyone else. But you should give a shit about what Roy Hibbert and Gerald Green did last night. Each threw down a dunk that was more than worthy of the playoff stage....
Michael Bay's Ode To Meatheads: <em>Pain & Gain</em>, Reviewed.
There are many movies that could have been made from the raw materials of Pain & Gain, which is based on a series of outrageous Miami New Times articles about three dimwit Florida bodybuilders who in 1994 kidnapped a rich local businessman and stripped him of all his assets. Some filmmakers, for exa...
Brad Johnson Isn't Doing So Hot These Days
Broken knees, broken ankles, cracked vertebrae, nerve damage, the works. Brad Johnson is proof-positive you don't need brain trauma to suffer from your NFL career for the rest of your life....
Original Sin
Here's Glenn Stout's 2004 piece on Jackie Robinson's tryout with the Red Sox: "Tryout and Fallout: Race, Jackie Robinson and the Red Sox." ...
John Harbaugh Made A Shirtless Friend At An Adventure Race
This picture comes to us from reader Jared, who happened upon John Harbaugh and Ravens running backs coach Juan Castillo while running in the Tough Mudder Mid-Atlantic—an adventure race in which participants have to run through all manner of obstacles before participating in a vigorous round of high...
Beautiful, Beguiling Violence
Here is John Schulian's piece on the legendary Hagler-Hearns fight. It appears in Schulian's fine collection Sometimes They Even Shook Your Hand: Portraits of Champions Who Walked Among Us. Also, you should track down Schulian's boxing compilation, Writers' Fighters and Other Sweet Scientists. The p...
John Madden On Pat Summerall
There was simply no other broadcasting tandem in American sports as inseparable in viewers' minds as Pat Summerall and John Madden. The pair called NFL games for 21 years, for CBS and Fox. After Summerall's death yesterday at the age of 82, it's only right to let Madden send him off....
Will Johnson Responds To Alleged Gay Slur With Gorgeous Free Kick Goal
It was a feisty match tonight at Jeld-Wen as the Timbers pulled out a 1-0 win over San Jose thanks to a blistering Will Johnson free kick that's as good as any we've seen in MLS this season. It was Portland's best revenge after Earthquakes forward Alan Gordon appeared to deliver a gay slur in Johns...
No, American Soccer Fans, This Is Not How You Do Hooliganism
Last night, league leaders FC Dallas hosted the Los Angeles Galaxy in MLS play. The home side bested the defending league champions in a dramatic 1-0 victory, with the deciding goal coming from a corner kick three minutes before the death. Defender George John charged down the ball, which had ricoch...
Here's American Tennis Player John Isner Captured As A Nifty, Janky Shadow
Every now and then you run across a photo so distinct it reminds you that when photographers cover an event such as, say, the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship, they like writers can grow weary of saying the same thing first once and then again, on repeat, on and on....
Papa John Allegedly Used To Get Trashed With "Chicken Heads"
Earlier this week, we asked our readers to share their firsthand accounts of Papa John getting shitfaced, because it has recently become clear that the Papa really likes to get shitfaced. Here's a story from reader Sam:...