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A Woman Who Was Nearly 39 Weeks Pregnant Finished The Chicago Marathon Yesterday And Promptly Gave Birth
Amber Miller's doctor had given her permission to run the first half of the race. She walked the rest of the way. "Everybody just kind of stared as I'm running by," she said. Can't imagine why. [WGN]...
Iceland Scored A Nifty Little Goal In Its Euro Qualifying Match Against Portugal
Manchester United's Nani scored the first two goals of yesterday's Euro 2012 qualifying match between his Portugal and Iceland. Yet, the highlight of the match came in the second half, when Iceland's Hallgrimur Jonasson blended ballet balance and ninja nimbleness to do whatever you call what he di...
What The Boston-Area Papers Wrote About An Interview In Which Aaron Hernandez Had Nothing To Say Except "Aaaahuuugh"
The above video has been bouncing around because of the obvious silliness of Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez's reaction yesterday to questions about his injured left knee. Hernandez has been out for two games, so his condition is somewhat newsworthy in New England. And after clowning for a bit, H...
Dear Joe Posnanski: Baseball Is Not Like Life
In our weekly excerpt from Slate's Hang Up and Listen podcast, noted author and occasional NFL roundtabler Stefan Fatsis wants to quibble with those writers who took last week's two-hour-long orgasm that ended the baseball regular season, and turned it into some kind of metaphor for life. In particu...
Andy Roddick Gets A Question Andy Roddick Doesn't Like, Storms Out Of Press Conference
Andy Roddick is known for three things, basically: he is an American who can serve tennis balls at high speeds, he is married to Brooklyn Decker, and he is a rather petulant subject with the press, or simply with authority....
The Fan Who Threw A Banana At A Black Hockey Player Did Not Know It Would Be Seen As Racist
From the AP: "The lawyer for a man accused of throwing a banana at a black NHL player says his client deeply regrets what he did and had no idea his actions could be seen as racist."...
Swedish Golf Course Hires Hunter To Shoot Two Fairway-Ruining Piglets Dead
"Last night the foraging fun had run its course for two of the eight piglets when they were shot dead by a hunter on the approach to the fifth hole. The whole thing 'took fifteen minutes' according to Ottoson, and it is hoped it will be enough to avoid any more from having to be shot. 'We couldn't...
This Evening: Erin Andrews Gets Ready For Game Day At WVU
Your p.m. roundup for Sept. 23, the day we were reminded again to update our Facebook privacy settings. H/T to Michael for the photo. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
15 Seasons Later, The Blues' Would-Be Third Jerseys Are Still The Worst Ever
It's that time of the year again, when eager NHL merchandisers and retailers prepare to unveil and release alternate jerseys. The Leafs's and Senators' third jerseys already leaked, and the reborn Jets are actually receiving praise for not making a third jersey cash-grab. Yet....
Erin Andrews: Limber
Aggressive Women's Magazine Photographer: Erin! Together again. This shoot will be super-fun this time, promise. Now lemme read the sheet, wait..."visual component of CrossFit workout routine" for Self...WHAT? Why don't I just shoot you taking a yoga class at Crunch! Let's push this more. Go stand a...
Joe Posnanski's Profile Of Bill James Will Get You Pumped For <em>Moneyball</em>
It's like Sabermetric Christmas: "Yes, he was driven nuts early and often, and he raged back with a sort of funny, blunt and often searing writing that appealed to an audience nobody had realized existed. Bill James was not the first person to search for knowledge in baseball, not even close, but un...
Transgender Brawl In San Antonio Involves One Person Slamming Another Into A News Van
"A fistfight broke out overnight in a convenience store parking lot right next to a KENS 5 news truck, and one of the two combatants was later arrested. San Antonio police had to use a taser on a transgender individual who had been involved in the heated fight. ... Investigators said the suspect h...
Turkey Makes Soccer Games Less Drunk, Angry, Riotous By Banning Male Fans
The Turkish soccer association has finally permitted its sanctioned teams to play in front of fans again—so long as those fans are women and children who will not riot and attack journalists....
Watch Wayne Rooney Totally Flub A Penalty Kick Against Chelsea
Oh Shrek. Poor Shrek. His plant foot slipped while he was trying to put Manchester United up 4-1 on rival Chelsea, kicked the ball into his other foot sending it wide of the net and fell down go boom. (Start at 0:32 is the silent-picture aspect of the video bothers you)....
Tom Brady Doesn't Need Wide Receivers To Pass For Hundreds Of Yards
Tom Brady and the New England offense destroyed fantasy football dreams across the nation last night. They beat the Dolphins 38-24, mostly because Miami had absolutely no idea what to to with the tight end tandem of Aaron Hernandez and Rob Gronkowski: They combined for 13 catches, 189 yards, and t...
Grizzly Relays And Rugby Widows: Deadspin's Dispatches From The 2011 Rugby World Cup
Chris Benz and Dave Shireley will be filing dispatches from the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, in the odd moments that they are sober....
Found: Ole Miss Hat Girl Is Hanna Nutt, Coach's Daughter
Ryan, one of our readers, had been captivated by the Girl In The Hat while watching BYU-Ole Miss the other day—so much so that he asked us to assemble the I-Team to learn her identity. And last night, we went to work....
Steve Carlton Really Was A One-Man Team In 1972
Joe Posnanski presents a backhanded defense of the old-fashioned statistic of baseball pitchers' wins today. True, the "winning pitcher" depends on his teammates playing defense and scoring runs for him; yes, great pitchers in bad circumstances can produce feeble win totals, and bad pitchers for gre...
It's Probably Not As "Record Breaking" To Hit Three Grand Slams In A Game If Strikes Are Called Balls
ESPN.com chose to lead its website with the Yankees 22-9 win over the A's this afternoon. Specifically, they highlighted the Yankees "record three slams in romp." This is noteworthy since it's the first such trifecta in MLB history. One for the ages....
The Only Thing Worse Than A Drake Song Is A DeJuan Blair Cover Of A Drake Song
Unlike his NBA brethren, who are working at the local Home Depots, assistant coaching at Division I schools, and throwing down in local leagues, Spurs forward DeJuan Blair is apparently spending his extended off-season recording covers of terrible pop songs that are a mere two months old....