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Cool Covers: Raymond Chandler
Dig these cool Raymond Chandler book covers by Tom Adams over at Scott Dutton's fine site. ...
Rival Fan Smokes Cristiano Ronaldo In The Head With A Lighter
Some Atlético Madrid fan did all the Cristiano Ronaldo haters a favor today by pinging a lighter off the eminently hateable star's head. Even your teammates are laughing at you, Ronaldo!...
How Atlético Madrid Is Making La Liga Fun Again
The typical European soccer league hierarchy is in a bit of flux this year. Yes, England's league, as usual, remains the deepest in the world in the midst of an amazingly competitive campaign with more swerves and shifts of momentum than a Gareth Bale free kick. But in Germany—often the most competi...
On The Super Bowl Party Boat With Cam Newton And Endless Free Beer
There was a plastic tent in front of the aircraft carrier and a man in a black sport coat was shouting—with great authority—at a group of media people waiting to get inside the Madden Bowl party and out of the cold. A generator had just blown inside the tent, which was already filled to capacity to...
Seven Scenes From The Life Of A Quiet Champ
Dig Pete Dexter's 1980 Inside Sports profile of Larry Holmes:...
A Photog Remembers When, And Why, "Uncle Tom" Frazier Kicked Ali's Ass
Today is Muhammad Ali's 72nd birthday. Four decades ago, after three-and-a-half years away from the ring, he was half-assedly gearing up for a title fight with the reigning champ, Joe Frazier. LIFE photographer John Shearer remembers that winter well....
Real Madrid Coach Carlo Ancelotti Glimpsed The Edge Of Existence
While this photo was snapped during Real Madrid's 2-0 win over Osasuna to reach the Copa del Rey quarters, the stare of head coach Carlo Ancelotti is that of a man who is elsewhere, possibly someplace Kubrickianly dark and distant. ...
Cristiano Ronaldo Cries After Winning Ballon D'Or
[Turns out there's a soul inside that chiseled case of muscle and arrogance after all. That or the cyborgs are getting good at feigning human emotion. Photo by Michael Probst/AP]...
Ahmad Brooks Flew, Cam Newton Flopped, And We All Laughed
We featured Ahmad Brooks's premature escalation briefly yesterday, but it seems the moment from yesterday's 49ers-Panthers game deserves a bit more inspection. After all, there's not one but two meaningful moments here: the flight of Brooks and the flop of Newton....
As Greg Maddux Stories Go, This Is A Hard On To Top
When Greg Maddux was elected to the Hall of Fame today (thanks in part to you!!) the news was less that he'd made it, but that someone hadn't voted for him. We're in the second wave now: Maddux stories. Like his arm, they're better than most....
Here's An Awesome Story About Greg Maddux
Yahoo Sports' Tim Brown just posted a nice column about Greg Maddux, and it is is full of the kind of anecdotes that have always made reading columns and profiles about Maddux so damn satisfying. One in particular caught our attention:...
Tyson Vs. Ali
A performance piece at PS122 reviewed in the Times and also featured in the Wall Street Journal. ...
Greg Maddux Will Not Be A Unanimous Hall Of Famer
Because one jackass just announced his ballot, and Maddux isn't on it....
1966 "Lost" Interview with Ali: Found
Over at the dope site, Blank on Blank. ...
Greg Maddux Taught Me How To Watch Baseball
Having purchased a Hall of Fame ballot, which we filled out in accordance with the wishes of our readers, we're reviewing the merits—and relative lack of merits—of all 36 players on this year's ballot. All entries in the series can be found here....