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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. ...
Roundup: What You Missed The Weekend Kaner Went To Margaritaville
The Summer Of Kaner Doesn't Really Begin Until Jimmy Buffett Shows Up...
Knicks And Raptors Agree To Trade For Andrea Bargnani
According to Howard Beck, the two sides have agreed on a trade that will send Andrea Bargnani to the Knicks. In return for Steve Novak, Marcus Camby, a 2016 first-round pick and two future second-round picks, the Knicks will receive the first overall pick from 2006, who is owed $22 million over the ...
Sunday Gravy
Simplicity at its finest (and most delicious) from the Goddess Marcella Hazan....
Toronto Maple Leafs Get Their Man
Frederik Gauthier: "I don't really watch hockey." Grew up near Montreal but doesn't have a favourite team....
592 Of The 15,929 Attendees At Marlins Park Were Dogs
That 1,652 figure likely refers only to those who participated in the Bark at the Park promotion today because the announced attendance was a much more robust 15,929. Sunday's attendance was still more than 1,000 short of the average, however. ...
This Is Where The Debate Over "Redskins" Went Completely Off The Rails
We've finally come to the end of the crazy line in the Washington Redskins name debate. It's going to be hard to top Walter E. Williams writing about "busybodies and tyrants" for The Oakland Press in a column so nuts you really want it to be satire. ...
The Success of Failure
In Joe DePaolo's fine profile of talk radio host Mike Francesa, published earlier this year at SB Nation Longform, this struck me:...
Fantastic Finish Lifts San Jose Earthquakes Past L.A. Galaxy
First, Shea Salinas punched in to equalize in the 92nd minute. Then the Earthquakes struck again in extra time, with Alan Gordon heading in the match winner to the delight of an absolutely mad crowd....
The Summer Of Kaner Doesn't Really Begin Until Jimmy Buffett Shows Up
I mean, of course Patrick Kane would bring the Stanley Cup to a Jimmy Buffett concert. ...
Gennady Golovkin Obliterated Matthew Macklin With A Lethal Body Blow
Gennady Golovkin retained his WBA middleweight title at Foxwoods tonight after dispatching what was supposed to be his toughest challenger ever, Matthew Macklin. The Kazakh did so by hammering Macklin with a terrifying body shot that left the challenger flat on the floor for several minutes....
New ESPN Ombud Finds Breezy Forgetfulness Over Broussard Fracas
Robert Lipsyte's first column as ESPN's ombudsman dissected the squirmworthy Chris Broussard-LZ Granderson showdown when Jason Collins came out. It's just as ombudsy as you like it, 3,300 words of media-ethics spinach. Lipsyte swings his prose like a lead pipe when he sees a deserving target; his re...
