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In The Back By A ‘93 Pickup, There's Gonna Be A Dead Body
Jeremy Markovich delivers a fine story on the death of Dick Trickle at SB Nation Longform:...
Brewers: We're Sorry Ryan Braun Cheated, Here's A Hot Dog
Last week, Brewers owner Mark Attanasio said the Brewers were "working on a way to give back to the fans for going through this," with "this" being Ryan Braun's newfound pariah status. They announced the plans today. Free tickets? Braun jersey trade-ins? How about: ten bucks!...
Watch The Pro-Weed Commercial Briefly Shown At A NASCAR Race
Alcohol brands can plaster their logos all over race cars, and gun nuts can sponsor races, but if you pay to show an ad attempting to educate NASCAR fans on the benefits of weed, they'll pull it....
Madison Square Garden Has 10 Years To Get Out
The demolition of the gorgeous old Penn Station in 1963 to make way for the construction of Madison Square Garden remains one of the country's great civic tragedies. Now, New York is finally trying to rectify its mistakes: the city council has given MSG 10 years to vacate the premises. ...
Halftime Interview With Just-Concussed Athlete Doesn't Go So Well
They call sideline reporters boundary riders in Australia. Boundary rider and former Australian rules footballer Cameron Ling thought it would be a good idea to do a halftime interview with St. Kilda's Dylan Roberton the other day. It wasn't....
What Constitutes A Rally For The Houston Astros
H/t to Ralph...
Reminder That Baseball Isn't Forever Ruins Erik Bedard's No-Hitter Bid
Astros pitcher Erik Bedard was dominating the Mariners Saturday night, racking up ten strikeouts, five walks and no hits over 6 1/3 innings. Then, he decided not to pitch anymore....
This Steve Nash Interview Got Off To A Pretty Horrible Start
"Why are you here?" "I own the team."...
Astros’ Season Peaks With Brandon Barnes’ Gift Cycle
Astros center fielder Brandon Barnes hit for the cycle on Friday night, and went 5-for-5 against the Mariners to boot. This was probably the best moment of a dismal Astros season. And it maybe needed a blown call to happen....
Zach Lowe on how Tennessee's "jock tax" affected Chris Johnson, who signed two 10-day contracts last season with the Grizzlies: "Johnson earned about $54,000 from those two 10-day deals (eight games played) and had to start his tax prep with a fat $7,500 check to the ownership group that waived him....
Predators Forward Shows Us How Contract Negotiations Should Be Done
The Nashville Predators just signed forward Richard Clune to a two-year, $1.7 million contract extension. Shortly after signing his deal, Clune posted the above photo to his Twitter account, thus revealing what his real contract demands were. Those demands, unfortunately, were not met....
The Predators Now Have Yellow Ice
Do not adjust your white balance: the ice at Bridgestone Arena has been dyed Pee Yellow. (Sorry, "gold.")...
Jonas Valanciunas Says Summer League Is “Fucked" On Raptors' Website
SportsGrid found this clip on the Toronto Raptors' website before it was taken down. It's DeMar DeRozan "interviewing" teammate Jonas Valanciunas. None of it is serious, except for maybe that answer at the 10-second mark. ...
Stephen A. Smith Gossip: James Dolan Wanted To Trade Iman Shumpert
You're looking at a very unique piece of video, dug up by Azaz of the Knicks FanBlog. It's from the taping of Stephen A. Smith's ESPN interview with Dwight Howard this weekend, but for whatever reason, one Youtube user was able to tune in to the satellite feed and record the taping. It's basically S...
Tiny Robot Does Quadruple Backflip, Sticks The Landing
The robot army gets yet another foot soldier for its inevitable war against the humans. This little guy is the world's preeminent mechanical gymnast, and can execute a perfect quadruple backflip off the horizontal bar. ...
Dick, Koch Out Early In Pursuit Of Busch
A reader writes......
Excited Children Take Photo With Their Favorite Nashville Predators
Yesterday was Predators community day, as Preds prospects fanned out to area schools, food banks and hospitals. A good time was had by all, except perhaps these two....
Shirtless Kid Shoots A Chicken Through A Basketball Hoop
I don't know, man. I'm just as flummoxed as you are....
New ESPN Ombud Finds Breezy Forgetfulness Over Broussard Fracas
Robert Lipsyte's first column as ESPN's ombudsman dissected the squirmworthy Chris Broussard-LZ Granderson showdown when Jason Collins came out. It's just as ombudsy as you like it, 3,300 words of media-ethics spinach. Lipsyte swings his prose like a lead pipe when he sees a deserving target; his re...