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Let's Make A Really Good Bloody Mary, For Once
When I was a dirty young man working at a low-end marketing outfit, I scoffed at the tagline for the office-approved Dockers-rock station that played all day in any cube pod where the clip artisans outnumbered the conference callers. In between Lilith Fair dirges, furniture store ads, and the softer...
Delivery Man Fired After Camera Catches Him Flinging Package
One FedEx delivery man in Maryland could dish out packages like Rajon Rondo assists, but for his creativity, he no longer has a job. ...
Watch Auburn Beat Georgia With An Improbable, Insane Hail Mary
Moments after Georgia's Aaron Murray rushed in a touchdown to give the Bulldogs the lead late, Auburn receiver Ricardo Louis caught a 73-yard Hail Mary pass tipped into the air by UGA defenders and gave the Tigers an improbable win that keeps their SEC championship hopes alive....
Did Michigan's President Deliver A Drunken Halftime Speech Yesterday?
This would seem to be University of Michigan president Mary Sue Coleman delivering a speech during halftime of yesterday's Wolverines game against Nebraska. She sounds HAMMERED. ...
Maryland Finally Remembers Wilmeth Sidat-Singh
Maryland will honor former Syracuse standout Wilmeth Sidat-Singh when the teams meet on Saturday, 76 years after they banned him from playing after discovering he was black instead of a West Indian Hindu....
Nebraska Beats Northwestern 27-24 On 49-Yard Hail Mary
It was shaping up to be the worst week ever for the Pelini family since that time the Youngstown Slovak Club ran out of pierogi. Then Cornhuskers quarterback Ron Kellogg III threw a tip-drill Hail Mary completion from midfield to steal victory away from the Northwestern Wildcats on the last play of...
76 Years Later, Maryland Tries To Right A College Football Wrong
In October 1937, Maryland administrators threatened to cancel a game with Syracuse unless the then-Orangemen benched their offensive star, Wilmeth Sidat-Singh. The problem, as Maryland saw it, was that he wasn't the right type of colored boy....
Hail Mary Play Works Right Up Until The Runner Goes Out Of Bounds
Abilene Christian is in its first year playing NCAA Division I football, and as an FCS independent the Wildcats are feeding from the bottom of the bottom of the "big time" college football food chain. Despite that, they had a chance to knock off FBS team New Mexico State tonight, & came within a fe...
Maryville Rape Case To Be Re-Opened
In response to mounting public pressure, county prosecutor Robert Rice has requested that a special prosecutor be appointed to re-open the rape case involving a high school football player and a 14-year-old girl that was dropped by Rice's office last year. ...
Maryville Rape Case Is Becoming The Next Steubenville
Earlier this week, the Kansas City Star dropped a story about an alleged rape, cyber-bullying, and small-town politics that is shaping up to be the next Steubenville. The short version: Two underage girls from Maryville, Mo., claim they were raped by high school football player Matt Barnett—who also...
Demaryius Thomas Recovers Raiders Onside Kick, Issues Muntzian "Ha-Ha"
The Broncos throttled the Raiders in a game that wasn't anywhere near as close as the score might suggest, and Denver receiver Demaryius Thomas got in a final blast late when he foiled Oakland's onside attempt....
Mary McCarthy on Salinger's Closed Circut
Who you callin' a phony? From her 1962 Harper's review of J.D Salinger's Frany and Zooey, here's Mary McCarthy:...
This Cleveland Browns Game Preview Is So Damn Depressing
Even though the Browns have essentially mailed in their season by trading their best offensive asset in Trent Richardson, beat writers in Cleveland still have a job to do. And how does one fill that white space with such a putrid Browns offense? Brian Hoyer....
High School Player Returns Interception 107 Yards For Touchdown
This is from Friday night and, yes, a 107-yard interception return means the Maryland-bound Johnny Thomas was seven yards deep in the end zone when opted to run it back rather than take a knee. Several amazing things have to happen for that to turn into a 107-yard touchdown....
How An MMA Fighter Faked His Own Death
The Times has produced another intimidatingly pretty story this morning, in the "Snow Fall" vein. This one concerns a low-rent mixed martial arts fighter in Michigan, and unlike with "Snow Fall," you will actually read this and enjoy it immensely and not merely pretend to. ...
Bench Collapses Under Maryland Soccer Fans
Friday night's Maryland-Duke soccer game saw a record-breaking attendance of 8,397 at Ludwig Field. That large, supportive crowd partially explains why this bleacher row collapsed under some enthusiastic fans....
Why Do Tennis Players Say "Come On!" So Much?
On Tuesday, in front of a small crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium, the inconsistent Serbian Ana Ivanoivc had an early lead on Victoria Azarenka in the fourth round at the U.S. Open. At the end of a 14-shot rally late in the first set, Ivanovic slapped a weak forehand into the net. ...
Maryland Won't Hand Out Game Balls Because Of NCAA Regulations
Linebacker Marcus Whitfield had a hell of an opener for the Terps, racking up five tackles and one-and-a-half sacks. He was awarded the game ball, but won't get to see it for a while—the school is putting it in storage to avoid running afoul of NCAA regulations....
The Unlikely Gay Advocate
Another one, worth your time—Mary Rogan's 2010 GQ story, "Out on the Ice":...