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Mark Richt Wants To Sex You?
Someone's been reading a lot of Whitman lately. ...
Mark May's Twitter Broke And Gave Us So Many Hot Takes
Mark May's Twitter account just went bananas, and it was delightful. Judging by the timeliness of the tweets sent, all of May's drafts went out at the same time. We got a good look at all the gems May chose not to send....
Report: Josh Freeman Wants The Hell Out Of Tampa
CBS Sports is reporting that Buccaneers quarterback Josh Freeman is expected to ask for a trade before next month's deadline. Tampa Bay is no longer a healthy place for a young, inconsistent quarterback who needs a coach that doesn't hate him....
The Radio Game
Dig this bit from Mark Harris' short essay, “Recalling the Joy of Watching Baseball on the Radio,” which is featured in the collection Diamond: The Baseball Writings of Mark Harris. Most famous for his Henry Wiggens trilogy, Harris doesn’t argue that radio is superior to television, just that they e...
Report: Mark Sanchez Likely To Have Season-Ending Surgery
Well, that'll do Mark. That'll do. Mere days after SportsCenter put to rest what will undoubtedly be in the first line of his obituary, Mark Sanchez's season is done. According to Chris Mortensen, Dr. James Andrews has determined that Sanchez has a "labral tear in his right shoulder." Sanchez still ...
Great Men Die Twice: Muhammad Ali In Decline
Originally published in the June 1989 issue of Esquire. Republished here with the permission of the late author's son, Mark Kram Jr., a wonderful storyteller in his own right. His postscript follows. For a contemporary, but very different, glimpse of Ali, check out Davis Miller's story about his day...
America's Game
Baseball Card Vandals is killin' it for the start of the NFL season. ...
Six Sports GIFs That Will Restore Your Faith In Humanity
It's been a rough week. From high school kids allegedly committing broomstick rape, to Tommy Morrison's death, to Lamar Odom's struggles, it's tough to find anything positive in the world of sports. We searched high and low, though, to bring you these six GIFs that will restore your faith in humani...
King Sun's Memorable Tupac Diss Record
I first heard this King Sun diss record late one Thursday night—or was it Friday morning?—on the Stretch and Bob KCR show. This was in the spring of 1996. It's my favorite of the East Coast-West Coast diss records that came out around that time. Man, I remember walking into Fat Beats the day Tupac d...
I Must Go On. I Can't Go On. I'll Go On.
Our man Mark Jacobson has a beautiful story on Sonny Rollins in the latest issue of Men's Journal. Rollins played with the great musical innovators of the mid-century—Parker, Monk, Dizzy, Miles....
Mark May Is Now Blatantly Lying To Viewers
Notre Dame is ending its series of football games against Michigan, and Irish coach Brian Kelly raised controversy over the weekend when he claimed the Wolverines weren't a rival. That led ESPN's college football panel of Joe Tessitore, Mark May, and Lou Holtz to take on the topic during halftime o...
Reports: Only A Matter Of Time Before New York Turns On Geno Smith
Reports out of the various shit-stirring tabloids in New York are that Geno Smith will take over as the New York Jets starting quarterback. Depending on the report, the Jets either planned this all along, or only made the move because Sanchez is injured and they don't want to yank the rookie quarter...
Couple Caught Having Sex On Soccer Pitch
Brøndby and Randers played to a goalless draw on Sunday in Denmark's top league, but that doesn't mean no one scored....
Chris Christie Is Now Feuding With Jets Beat Writers
Roget himself couldn't find the words for how excited I am about this Jets season. With Rex Ryan likely needing a miracle to save his job, all the built-up animus between the press and the front office over the past few years is bound to come to a boil. We already saw the first simmerings Saturday n...
Mark Sanchez's Mustache Is Glorious
For the first time in his career, Mark Sanchez has been challenged for the starting job. He responded by growing a horseshoe mustache. It is intense....
Padres Analyst Sneaks A "Baby Booey" Into The Telecast
It might be the most commonly spoken phrase in the history of televised baseball: "This copyrighted telecast is presented by authority of the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, &c., &c." But do you really listen? Padres color commentator Mark Grant is betting you don't....
Althea Gibson and Robert Lipsyte's Forgotten Bookmark
My friend Michael Popek owns a used bookstore and runs a site called Forgotten Bookmarks, devoted to the things he finds in old books. The site did so well Michael published a book of the same name. (Check out this Q&A we did in 2011 and this profile of Michael by Shannon Firth.)...
I Have Skidmarks! What To Do?
Jolie Kerr is a cleaning expert and advice columnist. She'll be here every other week helping to answer your filthiest questions. Are you dirty? Email her....
