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Watch Little Kids Yell At Dwight Howard To Choose The Houston Rockets
The daughter of Rockets GM Daryl Morey apparently made this video with her friends screaming at Dwight Howard to come to Houston. Maybe this gives the Rockets the edge over the other teams vying for Howard. These kids and Howard probably have the same level of appreciation for fart jokes....
Waterfront Rowdies Brawl for Divisional High Ground
Here's a little taste of Mark Kram writing about the Red Sox and Orioles on the Fourth of July back in 1974:...
That Cool Refreshing Drink
Over at the bookmark-worthy Food 52, Kenzi shows us how to make the best lemonade you've ever had. ...
Working Stiffs
I admire Elmore Leonard and Woody Allen because they just keep working. Elmore is 87, Woody is 77. And they don't stop. ...
Miguel Montero Tastes His Bats To Decide Which To Use [Update]
Superstition? Fetish? We honestly have no idea. Montero went 0-for-5....
How A Great Boxing Novel Got The Movie It Deserved
"Sometimes you only get to win one championship."—Leonard Gardner...
Melting the Plastic Man
Here's a classic for you—Gary Cartwright's 1973 Texas Monthly piece on Tom Landry:...
You're Having a Party?
My aunt and uncle, longtime Upper West Siders love telling stories about Morris, the deli counter man at the old Daitch Shopwell that used to be on Broadway. They adored Morris and the little old ladies who would visit him. This is what they overheard:...
Great Expectations
Head on over to the New Yorker and check out this post by Richard Brody on a new book of interviews with Orson Welles:...
Miguel Cabrera And Chris Davis Are Chasing History And Each Other
It's July 1, the effective halfway point of the season, so it's time to take notice of what could be the American League's closest and most historic race. Miguel Cabrera has his batting eye on the first ever back-to-back Triple Crowns in baseball history. In his way is Chris Davis, himself right on ...
The Success of Failure
In Joe DePaolo's fine profile of talk radio host Mike Francesa, published earlier this year at SB Nation Longform, this struck me:...
Hassoun Camara Scores Impossible Bicycle Goal From Ground
I have no clue how this worked for Hassoun Camara, beyond the goalkeeper error cited by the commentator. But it did!...
"Would I Do Troy Aikman on Sunset Strip? Yes!"
Check out David Kamp's 2006 GQ profile of Dave Kopay:...
Vanderbilt Suspends Football Players Amid Sex Crimes Investigation
Vanderbilt announced the suspension of four players for a violation of team rules, seemingly connected to a sexual assault investigation into an incident that allegedly happened at a Vanderbilt dorm, at 5:30 p.m. Eastern on a Friday. The investigation began on Wednesday. That's SEC speed right ther...
The Bill Simmons-Doc Rivers Beef Continues To Heat Up
Oh good, we've reached the "Bill Simmons condescendingly refers to Doc Rivers by his given name" stage of this slapfight. ...
A Day in the Life
...Of the Baltimore Sun back in the 1970s. Check out Helen Whitney's classic short, First Edition:...