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Don't Say Yes Until I Finish Talking
"We had a great preview up to the last ten minutes. Then the bottom dropped out. It ended on a laugh and it was no comedy. The preview cards were average, mostly marked fair, but gave us no clues to the ending. (God, how I hate audiences.) Suddenly that non-existent, invisible bug whispered in my ea...
Dwight Howard Reportedly Wants His Own Big Three In Houston
As if the bad bitches at the Galleria weren't enough, Houston is pulling out all the stops to make sure Dwight Howard is in a Rockets uniform next season. Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler were in the house to woo Howard, while Dikembe Mutombo and Yao Ming even popped in via Skype. Meanwhile, in Los...
The Cleveland Indians Are “Calling All Bros” To Bro Down In “Brohio”
The Cleveland Indians and Nick Swisher have created the Mannywood of Ohio and named it the Swishaliciously-perfect "Brohio." This is kind of like that time you heard someone's dad say he thought Juicy Fruit was "tubular" and you immediately stopped saying "tubular" and chewing Juicy Fruit....
The Final Two Goals Of The Stanley Cup, In Finnish
Earlier, we brought you a Doc Emrick-less version of all the goals scored in the Stanley Cup Finals. This is also Emrick-less, but we can make it up to you: it's the final two goals as called by Finnish broadcasters Antti Mäkinen and Jani Alkio....
You Should Absolutely Not See <em>The Lone Ranger</em>
I just moved halfway across the country and didn't get a chance to see The Lone Ranger. I figured it was probably terrible and figured I'd ask Grierson to make sure. Thus, a conversation between someone who hasn't seen The Lone Ranger but suspects it's lousy and someone who has seen it and therefor...
The Yankee Bullshitters: What Joe D, Yogi, And Mickey Were Really Like
Last week gave a short post on the late, great Lenny Shecter. Now, for a real taste of his no-bullshit style, here's an excerpt from "The Flower of America" chapter of his 1969 book of essays, The Jocks....
9 Out Of 10 Schools On This ESPN Map Are In The Wrong Place
As of today, the American Athletic Conference is officially a thing. ESPN has welcomed the new conference with a (since deleted) map on its college hoops Facebook page. "Map" in the loosest sense of the term....
AFL Opening Kickoff Leads To TD For Kicking Team, Announcers Lose It
It seems pretty likely that this is the first touchdown on the opening kickoff in football history to be scored by the kicking team, right? Ah, Arena Football....
Grip It Good
A RIDDLE: Who is stronger? Jeff, whose huge biceps pop up when he makes a "flexing" motion, as he frequently does; or his brother Jeremy, who has huge triceps thanks to endless skull crushers and "tricep kickbacks"? The answer may surprise you....
The Yankees Are Paying $95 Million For A Whole Lot Of Nothing
Or: why payroll size matters less than what you do with it....
You're Having a Party?
My aunt and uncle, longtime Upper West Siders love telling stories about Morris, the deli counter man at the old Daitch Shopwell that used to be on Broadway. They adored Morris and the little old ladies who would visit him. This is what they overheard:...
Are Any Baseball Writers <em>Not</em> On A Movie Set With Jon Hamm Right Now?
Million Dollar Arm is a movie about Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel, two Indian-born pitchers who made their way into the Pittsburgh Pirates' farm system after winning a "Million Dollar Arm" contest in India. The movie is currently filming, and today a cadre of baseball writers are on set to film a cam...
Barack Obama Did NOT Discuss Hasheem Thabeet When He Visited Tanzania
Obama in Tanzania: "We did not discuss Hasheem Thabeet, but maybe we will next time." cc: @scottcacciola...
Great Expectations
Head on over to the New Yorker and check out this post by Richard Brody on a new book of interviews with Orson Welles:...
Sabine Lisicki Ends Serena Williams's 34-Match Win Streak
Defending Wimbledon champion Serena Williams will make an early exit from this year's edition, as 23-seed Sabine Lisicki executed an astonishing comeback to defeat the world #1....
All the Marbles
Dig Mark Kram's 1974 SI story: "Ring of Bright Marbles":...
Somebody Turned The Buttfumble Into A Silent Movie
God bless you, Mark Sanchez. You are the gift that keeps on giving. ...