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Greg Oden Brought His Swag To Last Night's Justin Bieber Concert
Greg Oden is looking at Dallas, Miami, San Antonio, and Cleveland as potential landing spots for his NBA comeback. But that's not the real Greg Oden news that's out there today. Turns out he's a Belieber!...
Joakim Noah Scores A Soccer Goal, Loses His Mind
This is from Steve Nash's annual charity soccer match in New York last month (there's a second one in L.A. this Sunday). On a team with Stuart Holden, Sacha Kljestan, Sammy Ameobi, and Oguchi Onyewu, it fell to Joakim Noah to score the game-winning goal. No need to act like he's been there before, b...
Brain Game
If you've never read "Game Brain," Jeanne Marie Laskas' 2009 GQ story, do yourself a favor. It's a good one:...
Everybody Street
Over at Lomography, Cheryl Dunn talks about this cool-looking new documentary about New York City street photographers....
Derek Jeter Is Back
With a heavenly choir and a rainbow stretching from Hunts Point to Riverdale, the True Yankee has returned....
Was Baseball More Fun During The Steroid Era?
That's what John Rocker said on a radio interview, and, messenger aside, he's got a point:...
<em>Fox & Friends</em> Anchor Throws Basketball Into Baby's Face
And not just any baby! No, this is the very same baby whose awful shooting form somehow turned him into an internet sensation a few months ago....
It's What You Do With The Gift That Counts
There was a good story by John Le Carre in theNew Yorker earlier this year (subscription required) about the making of his novel The Spy Who Came in From the Cold. The piece centered on the tense relationship between the film’s director, Martin Ritt, a left-wing Jew who’d been blacklisted, and its s...
As I Was Saying---
Dan Barry takes the mickey out of John Sterling in the New York Times:...
The Streetwalker of New York
Check out this New Yorker "Talk of the Town" item (May 1, 1943) by Joseph Mitchell....
Report: Dwight Howard Wanted The Lakers To Phase Out Kobe Bryant
So, take this with a grain of salt as you would any other sourced report, but it jibes with public comments from both players as well as common sense: ESPN claims that a big reason Dwight Howard left the Lakers was because he didn't want to play with Kobe Bryant for another five years....
Lamar Odom Went Nuts On The Paparazzi
Lamar Odom went kind of bonkers on the paparazzi today, pawing through the backseat of a photographer's car and throwing all of his shit, including camera equipment, in the middle of the street. ...
Former Florida State OT Just Got His 2012 SEC Championship Ring
Conference realignment is definitely confusing these days, but we're pretty sure Florida State is still in the ACC. In fact, yes, Florida State is still in the ACC; the Seminoles beat Georgia Tech 21-15 last year to win the ACC for the first time in seven years. According to this ring FSU won the SE...
Hey, It's 10 Years (And A Day) Since The Randall Simon Sausage Episode
July 9, 2003, found first baseman Randall Simon in the middle of his first season with the Pirates, in the middle of a forgettable career that hovered just above replacement level. Well, not totally forgettable. Simon didn’t start on the night of the incident, but he did make the final out in the to...
Anna Benson Was Upset About Kris “Fucking My Friends In My House”
From a jailhouse interview with the Post:...
Manny Ramirez Hit His First Home Run Since Returning To America
Manny Ramirez homered last night for the Round Rock Express, the Rangers' AAA club. It's his first since coming stateside after conquering Taiwan. It was nowhere near as fun as any of his EDA Rhinos dingers....
Feedbag: What Can I Cook Without Using A Stove Or Grill?
Welcome to the Feedbag, where all the dumb questions about food, drink, cooking, eating, and accidental finger removal you've been embarrassed to ask can finally receive the berating they goddamn deserve. Also: answers. Send all your even-vaguely-food-related questions to [email protected] wi...
And Now We're Going To Return To The Classics
From my man Eric Nusbaum:...
Fan Douses Tour de France Cyclist With Piss
Multiple outlets are reporting that a spectator threw piss at Britain's Mark Cavendish during the Tour de France's 11th stage today. There are neither photos nor video of the pissbombing (at least not yet!), which came one day after Cavendish was involved in this collision near the finish line with ...