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The Man Who Broke Atlantic City
Dig Mark Bowden's 2012 story for the Atlantic:...
Nighthawks: The Blueprints
Cool article by Robin Cembalest over at Art News on Edward Hopper's storyboards for his famous painting, Nighthawks. ...
Moving Pictures
Yo, movie fans. This Must Be The Place is a site for you. ...
Old Man Giambi Hits Walk-Off, Kicks White Sox Off His Lawn
Jason Giambi gave the Indians a 3-2 win over the White Sox with this walk-off home run to deep center field. Giambi, 42, is apparently the oldest man in baseball to hit a walkoff home run, narrowly edging out Hank Aaron by 45 days....
Soccer Player Celebrates Goal By Putting On A Jacket
This is from Colombia's top league, the Primera A Clausura. By the time Vladimir Marin scored on this beautiful free kick in the 80th minute yesterday, Deportivo Cali already had a two-goal lead on Once Caldas. Marin's goal essentially salted the match away. He celebrated by letting everyone know it...
And It Happens Every Day
Over at Narrative, dig David Thomson on The Long Goodbye—...
Skimboard High-Five Attempt Ends With Bro Splatting On Boat
I love everything about this video. The narration, the buildup, the split-second resolution. The fact that there was absolutely no way this could have worked, yet the bros seem shocked that it ended poorly....
I'll Tumblr Fuh Ya
The tumblr site of the week is my man's Pele Out Of Context:...
Opening Day At Fenway Park
Our man George Kimball on Opening Day at Fenway Park circa 1971:...
WVU Player Commits Robbery In Team-Issued Sweatpants, Gets Arrested
When robbing someone, make sure your victim can't identify you by your football team number plastered on your pants....
Can Jason Whitlock Save Sports Broadcasting?
Originally published in Bloomberg View...
Baseball Card Vandals
Here's some cheap laffs and good fun for ya: Baseball Card Vandals. ...
Remembering Occupy Tebow: Jewel Of ESPN's Dying Comments Section
The ESPN comments section will no longer exist in its current form after today. The cesspool that allowed sports fans to anonymously post their unpunctuated thoughts about sports while hiding behind the shield of anonymity is being replaced by a system that will force users to tether their comments...
Jon Heyman Got Videobombed
When last we touched base with Jon Heyman, he was the victim of a hilarious and entirely twitter-induced typo. Fun times. Now we find Heyman falling victim to another new-media blight: the videobomb. More fun times!...
Here's Old Footage Of Wilt Chamberlain Dominating College Basketball
This video comes to us from the same good soul who gave us old footage of Bill Russell jumping over a guy. This particular highlight reel features Wilt Chamberlain's performance during the last five games of his 1957 season with the Kansas Jayhawks. It is 20 minutes of Wilt destroying his hapless o...
“I Think That ‘E’ Made The Whole Fucking Difference”
From Hollywood: Stars and starlets, tycoons and flesh-peddlers, moviemakers and moneymakers, frauds and geniuses, hopefuls and has-been, great lover and sex symbols, Garson Kanin's appealing, gossipy memoir:...
I'll Tumblr Fuh Ya
Each week, I'll hip you guys to a cool Tumblr site....
And Say Children, What Does It All Mean?
The Little Flower reads the comics....
The New York Mets Rank First In The Majors At Videobombing
Jeremy Hefner's been one of the few bright spots for the New York Mets lately, so it figures his teammates would do everything possible to clown on him while he provided an interview to SNY before tonight's game in San Francisco. Laid-back and fun-loving? Sounds like a winning combination to me!...