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Why Your World Cup Stadium Sucks: Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador
If you go to Arena Fonte Nova, eat as much Acarajé possible. That is my only advice. ...
So The Bulls Really Want Carmelo Anthony
Chicago is coming on strong with a Knicksian thirst....
USMNT's Kyle Beckerman: The Best Fouler I Ever Faced
I love football because I can do things like write a serious story about the best fouler I ever faced....
The Definitive List Of Excuses For Day Drinking
I missed one of the World Cup games the other day due to family obligations, so I caught up on highlights that night when ESPN did a cut-and-paste re-broadcast of game highlights on ESPN FC, with an anchor introducing the clips like it was an episode of Masterpiece Theater. "When we last left Brazil...
The Grierson & Leitch Top 12 Movies Of The First Half Of 2014
As of today, we are halfway through 2014. Most of your "prestige" movies aren't out yet—only a third of our top 10s last year were from the first half of 2013 —but that doesn't mean this year's first six months didn't have its delights. Surprisingly, many of the standouts were bigger-budgeted studio...
Argentina vs. Switzerland: Live Online Streaming Links
The match is already underway, but if you can't find it we're here to help....
Jürgen Klinsmann Isn't Happy About Getting An Algerian Ref
The match kicks off in seven hours. The gamesmanship has already begun, with Jürgen Klinsmann publicly casting a side-eye toward FIFA's choice of an Algerian referee for today's USA-Belgium clash....
How Two Infamous Ex-ESPNers Benefited From A Bristol VIP's Night Out
One of the most influential men in sports pawing women in a hotel bar in front of a couple enemies with old scores to settle—and much of it surreptitiously captured on video? It sounds like the stuff of an investigation carried out by one of ESPN's harder-charging journalistic franchises. Instead, i...
Kosovo Club Offers Luis Suárez Chance To Play During FIFA Ban
Had you heard of K.F. Hajvalia out of Kosovo? Nah? Well, now you have. The Kosovan Superleague club offered Luis Suárez a contract to play for peanuts during the four-month, worldwide ban imposed by FIFA for biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini. Kosovo, while part of the world, obviously, isn't fully re...
Lentil Ricochets Six Feet, Easy, Off Of An Abdomen
I know there will be six kinds of naysayers, and while there is no notary public involved, I have photo documentation of a French green lentil falling from mouth-height, ...
Kevin Kolb Arrested, Charged With Boating While Drunk
Kevin Kolb, former quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles and Houston Cougars, was arrested and charged with boating while intoxicated in Texas over the weekend. As far as mugshots for allegedly boating while drunk go, this one seems pretty on point. ...
Watch Novak Djokovic Celebrate Winning A Match He Hadn’t Won Yet
During Wimbledon Monday, Novak Djokovic thought he'd won a spirited match against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets. But as he headed up to the net to kiss opponent Jo-Wilfried Tsonga goodbye/start celebrating, Tsonga was less than ready to give up: Djokovic's winning point had actually been calle...
That One Time Zlatan Ibrahimović Threw Shade At Dutch Boss Van Gaal
The World Cup has been pretty damn entertaining so far but let's face it: It would be even better were Sweden's Zlatan Ibrahimovic there. This is an excerpt from his hilarious (and surprisingly well-written) memoir, I Am Zlatan. ...
Germany vs. Algeria: Live Online Streaming Links
Germany is about to kick off against Algeria. Here's where to find it on your TV or watch a stream online....
Gambling Addict/Airport Scammer Spills His Life Story On Message Board
There is a fascinating thread over at the Two Plus Two poker forums that starts off as an everyday tale of an attempted scam at Las Vegas's McCarran Airport, but spirals into something else entirely....
How Grand Central Station Almost Died
Here's some goodness from our chum Kevin Baker:...
<em>Under The Dome</em> Has A Villain Problem
Stephen King's mammoth 2009 novel Under the Dome features two killer antagonists. One is, well, the dome itself; the other is "Big Jim" Rennie, a bully of a local politician who seizes the dome's sudden appearance as a chance to affirm his fiefdom. Too bad only the inanimate bad guy made the transit...