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Andrew McCutchen Goes A Long Way To Make A Splendid Catch
Don't let the unsure call take you out of the highlight (no offense to play-by-play man Tim Neverett). This catch by Andrew McCutchen is fantastic....
50 Cent Threw A Horrendous First Pitch At Tonight's Mets Game
50 Cent threw out the first pitch at Citi Field tonight, so let's all watch as one of the most successful rappers ever fails to throw a baseball anywhere near home plate....
Mic'd Up Patrice Bergeron Is A Must For Hockey Fans
Every hockey player should wear a microphone at all times. These wonderful exchanges—between P.K. Subban and Patrice Bergeron, and between Bergeron and referee Dan O'Halloran—show how your penalty (or no-call) sausage is made....
Where Jürgen Klinsmann Comes From
Before Jürgen Klinsmann snubbed Landon Donovan, before he coached Bayern Munich or the U.S. and German national teams, before he won the UEFA Cup as a player with Internazionale and again with Bayern, before winning the World Cup and captaining the German team to the European Championship, he lived ...
Baseball Fans Want Their Free Pizza, Dammit
Josh Beckett's no-hitter was a story of redemption—the redemption, by you, of a coupon code in exchange for a medium two-topping pizza from Dominos. Americans love free pizza, but there's a necessary corollary: they hate not having free pizza....
Watch Two Relay Runners Smash Together In Slo-Mo
During the 2014 World Relays women's 4 x 1500-meter final, Australia was in hot pursuit of Kenya at the handoff. The batons were passed, Australia's Zoe Buckman slowed to a walk, and that's when this brilliant moment was immortalized....
The Fastest Boys In The U.S. Have No Track
"Yeah, can you tell me where the track is?"...
Barry Trotz Is Just The Right Coach For Alex Ovechkin
Fair or not, every Capitals coach over the last several years has ultimately been judged by what he has been able to get out of Alex Ovechkin. Next up: Barry Trotz....
Vince Wilfork Is The King Of Memorial Day Barbecues
Patriots defensive tackle Vince Wilfork and his wife Bianca had a Memorial Day barbecue, and big Vince was in the damn zone while tending to his ribs. ...
I'm David Peace, Author Of <em>The Damned Utd</em> And <em>Red Or Dead</em>. Let's Chat.
We're joined by novelist David Peace. Named one of Granta's Best of Young Novelists in 2003, he's the author of the Red Riding Quartet, the Tokyo Trilogy, GB84, The Damned Utd—"probably the best novel ever written about sport," per The Times—and, most recently, Red or Dead, an exploration of the lif...
Here's A Fresh Pool Dunk To Ring In The Summer
Summer may not officially start until June 21, but we all know that the Tuesday after Memorial Day, the one we all spend trying to hide our hangovers from our bosses, is the real start of the season. With that in mind, let's get this summer kicked off properly—with a pool dunk....
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Novak Djokovic Chills With Ball Boy During Rain Delay
During a rain delay in his first-round French Open match yesterday, Novak Djokovic made a buddy—a ball boy, whom he invited to sit down, out of the rain, and grab a beverage....
Attention, Ladies: America's Best Miler May Be Single
Matt Centrowitz is arguably the U.S.'s best miler. Fourth at the 2012 Olympics, he was a world championships bronze medalist in 2011 and runner-up in 2013. He's 24, has a crazyass coach, and he's finally heathy after a mysterious virus during the winter season. ...
The Thunder Got Back Serge Ibaka, May Have Gotten Back Into This Series
Now this is more like it. When the Thunder announced they'd lost Serge Ibaka for the remainder of the playoffs to a calf injury, it seemed like we'd all miss out on another classic clash of age vs. youth, savvy vs. athleticism, creative offense vs. "dribble around, then someone shoot!" Ibaka's retur...
The Grizzlies' Front Office Is A Dysfunctional Zoo Of Obtuseness
The briefly open relationship between the Memphis Grizzlies and head coach Dave Joerger reset curiously this week when the Minnesota Timberwolves did not hire him away. Hall pass thus revoked, Joerger came back and made nice with his bosses, who, if this delightful bit of reportage by SI's Chris Man...
North Korea Is Another Year Closer To Soccer World Domination
On the eve of the World Cup, North Korea's FIFA ranking is holding steady at 137, which sounds pretty bad until you remember that places the North Koreans ahead of fully 70 other countries, unincorporated territories, protectorates and, in the case of No. 177 Curaçao, even an overachieving liqueur. ...