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Demolition Derby

Head on over the SB Nation's Longform page and check out this profile on Gary Stevens by Joe DePaolo:...

Blind Faith

Dig this, from Time magazine, June, 2011: "Blind to Failure" by Karl Taro Greenfeld:...

I'm Only Sleeping

Check out John Updike's short essay, "Never to Sleep, Always to Dream," written for Golf Digest back in 2001:...

From D Magazine, dig "The Most Amazing Bowling Story Ever" by the most-gifted Michael J. Mooney:...

Black Magic

Here is Woody Allen's Sport magazine story about Earl "The Pearl" Monroe:...

Sympathy For the Devil

Here's a treat—Joe Flaherty's 1981 Inside Sports piece on Jake LaMotta:...

Here's the May cover of Boston, made entirely of 2013 Marathon runners' shoes. I spy toe shoes....

G-L-O-R-Y!

Here's a gem: "Glory!" It's a story written with great empathy and care by Jeanne Marie Laskas about the Ben-Gals cheerleaders:...

Mother Knows Best

Here's Frank Deford's 1978 Sports Illustrated portrait of Jimmy Connors: "Raised By Women to Conquer Men."...

Still Diggin': Welcome To The Stacks

I don't consider myself a backward-looking person by nature but I've always been fascinated with 20th Century American pop culture. Ever since I was a kid I've been curious about painters and musicians, actors, playwrights and athletes. It started as a way to connect with my father and his family. ...

New Yorkers, be sure to swing by Gelf Magazine's Varsity Letters reading tomorrow night. Some great basketball writers will be there to read from We'll Always Have Linsanity, which can be purchased now on Amazon. ...

<em>Esquire</em> Writer Is Sad He Won't Win A National Magazine Award, So We Made A Special Prize For Him

We at Deadspin can't bear the thought of hardworking, important, tell-it-like-it-is writers being denied the pleasure of winning major awards. That's why we were heartbroken to learn this week that Chris Jones, a former blogger and current writer for Esquire and ESPN and the winner of two (2) Nation...

Soccer In The World's Most Violent City: The Game

Outside Magazine sent Ryan O'Hanlon to San Pedro Sula, Honduras, to cover the United States Men's National Team's first World Cup qualifying match. He's writing a daily dispatch from Honduras, which we will be republishing here....

Soccer In The World's Most Violent City: The Great Mall Of San Pedro Sula

Outside Magazine sent Ryan O'Hanlon to San Pedro Sula, Honduras, to cover the United States Men's National Team's first World Cup qualifying match. He's writing a daily dispatch from Honduras, which we will be republishing here....

Soccer In The World's Most Violent City: A Postcard From Honduras

Outside Magazine sent Ryan O'Hanlon to San Pedro Sula, Honduras, to cover the United States Men's National Team's first World Cup qualifying match. He's writing a daily dispatch from Honduras, which we will be republishing here....

Elvis Dumervil's Weight On The Planets

Elvis Dumervil, Pro Bowl defensive end, has great short-burst speed despite weighing 260 pounds, which is five pounds heavier than the more famous Elvis at the time of his death. In case you were wondering (and in case you were a Spy reader back in the day), here is Elvis Dumervil's weight throughou...

My Afternoon With Snoop Lion, President Of Weed

I went to LA this fall to profile Snoop Lion (formerly Snoop Dogg, formerly Snoop Doggy Dogg) for GQ. You can read the whole story right here. Suffice it to say, it's extremely weed-heavy. In fact, I dare say that Snoop deserves the honorific "President of Weed." I don't know who else could challeng...

<em>The Sporting News</em> Is Going Online-Only

The Sporting News announced today that they're done with their print magazine—they'll be all-digital from now on, aside from a handful of sport preview yearbooks. There's not a whole lot to say about this change (aside from the unpleasant reality that some layoffs presumably accompany it). If nothin...

Roger Goodell Was A Narc In High School, And He's Proud Of It

Whoa hey, loogit who's gracing the cover of this week's Time magazine: your friend and Peter King's, Roger Goodell. Sean Gregory has a lengthy profile of the NFL commissioner in this week's issue, and it contains the usual bits of hagiography (he keeps in shape! his daddy didn't like Vietnam, and th...

Why Did <em>Sports Illustrated</em> Colorize Baylor's Black Uniforms? [UPDATE: <em>SI</em> Responds, Sort Of]

Today the Dallas Morning News photography blog noted something interesting about last week's issue of Sports Illustrated: in the "Leading Off" section, a photo from Baylor's upset win over Kansas State shows the Bears wearing green jerseys. Baylor's jerseys are, usually, green. But they wore black ...