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Butter Crocks Are A Crock Of Bullshit
Butter is practically perfect in just about any form. Anyone with tastebuds knows this. But if, like many Americans, you’re storing your butter in the refrigerator, you’re screwing up. And if you buy a $25 trinket in which to store your room-temperature butter, you’re screwing up even worse....
Canadian Junior Hockey Players Brawl For Extremely Canadian Reason
Here we have two junior hockey teams—the Flin Flon Bombers in white, and the Weyburn Red Wings in red—getting into a postgame brawl because one of the Red Wings players tried to make off with a severed moose leg that was tossed onto the ice by Bombers fans. A moose leg!...
Yoenis Cespedes Decides Ball That's <i>Right There</i> Is Unplayable, Allows Inside-The-Park Home Run
A truly amazing spring training lowlight from Mets-Astros this afternoon, as an A.J. Reed ball hit past Yoenis Cespedes stuck at the base of the wall. It didn’t wedge under anything; it wasn’t trapped, or unreachable; it wasn’t obstructed in any way that would have warranted the umpire calling dead ...
15 Years Ago Today, Randy Johnson Exploded A Bird
Just in terms of sheer unlikeliness, Randy Johnson vaporizing a dove with a pitch is one of the most improbable things to have ever happened on a baseball diamond. That fact that it was Johnson, an ornery flamethrower if there ever was one, makes it feel almost inevitable in retrospect. The birds sh...
Mediocrity Has Revitalized Boxing's Heavyweight Division
Among all of the big men in boxing right now, there is one genuinely good heavyweight. And although—or, more likely, because—Luis “King Kong” Ortiz has looked impressive in his two most recent HBO fights, no recognized fellow champions seem interested in trying to pick up his WBA belt. Ranked conten...
I'm Obsessed With The Nashville Hot Chicken That Almost Killed Me
As a baby I gnawed on lemons with joy. I‘ve never been kind to my taste buds. Chain-eating Warhead candies, nibbling habaneros, taking dares on wasabi globs. Short of the really inhumane—nuking your innards with genetic monstrosity Scoville-freak peppers, which some people do, voluntarily, on camera...
I Dare You To Listen To This Excruciatingly Awkward Conversation Between Mike Francesa And A Caller
Mike Francesa has given us many memorable on-air moments, but I’m not sure if he’s ever had an interaction as teeth-achingly awkward as the one he had with Eddie in Queens yesterday:...
Did The Rams Draft Michael Sam Just To Avoid <i>Hard Knocks</i>?
There are plenty of conspiracy theories surrounding the Rams’ selection of Michael Sam in the 2014 draft, all centering around the NFL’s desire to avoid the PR of watching the league’s first openly gay prospect go undrafted. But this is a new one....
Should Steve Kerr Rest The Warriors?
The Warriors’ hierarchy of needs—after food, shelter, and of course, love—breaks down in this order:...
Let's Watch All Of The Long-Range Needle-Threading Passes
Midway through the third quarter of the Warriors’ game against the Clippers, Stephen Curry threw this astonishing off-handed bullet pass through a thicket of bodies right on the money to Draymond Green, who yammed it home. Make sure to stick around for that alternate angle. ...
76ers Beaten At The Buzzer By Ridiculous Emmanuel Mudiay Heave
The Philadelphia 76ers were denied their 10th win of the season when Emmanuel Mudiay’s awkward hoist from the Nuggets logo as the buzzer sounded rimmed in....
"That Was Insane! Officially Insane!" Is The Proper Call For LeBron's Reverse Jam
Cavaliers announcer Fred McLeod was wowed by this LeBron James dunk in the third quarter of Cleveland’s 113-104 victory over Milwaukee, and rightfully so....
As Usual, John Calipari Pushes An NCAA Rule To Its Limit
In a tweetstorm this afternoon, Kentucky coach John Calipari revealed his latest plan to lay bare the machinations of the NCAA. Here is a lightly edited transcript of his tweets:...
Soccer Player Quits Team After Learning Teammate Was Sleeping With His Wife
The man pictured above is Christian Keller, very recently the captain of Danish first-division club Randers. He and his fellow Horses had to bid adieu to one of their teammates today, after Jonas Borring announced that certain personal events had led him to decide to leave the club. What instigated ...
This Child Is Goose Gossage's Nightmare
If you think today’s big-leaguers are a bunch of disrespectful rapscallions, wait until you get a load of Bryce Harper Jr. over here:...
This Dunk Would Have Been Awesome If He Didn't Miss The Hoop By Like Five Feet And Then Flail Wildly While The Ball Bounced Away As If In Shame
Dunking: not as easy as the TV dunkers make it look....
A-Rod To Retire Once The Yankees Have Paid Him Every Cent They Owe Him, And Not A Moment Before
After an MLB witch-hunt designed to force him out of the game in shame, the Yankees’ repeated attempts to void his contract and his milestone bonus money, and a comeback season that earned him redemption—if only as a foil to more actively sinister forces—Alex Rodriguez said today that he will retire...