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Alex Rodriguez Gets His Own Doctor To Say He's Not Injured [Update]

Just this morning we were talking about Alex Rodriguez fighting his battles through the media. This afternoon, A-Rod's doctor went on the radio and declared, contrary to the Yankees' statements, that Rodriguez isn't injured, and is ready to play....

Dick Young's America ... The Reactionary Who Changed Sportswriting ...

Originally published in the Aug. 1, 1985, issue of Sport magazine. Reprinted here with permission of the author's widow, Laura Ross....

The Art of Storytelling: John Hersey's Writing Seminar

Our man Peter Richmond wrote a wonderful piece over at the Nieman storyboard about John Hersey's senior-year writing seminar at Yale. ...

Jason Heyward Makes Diving Catch To Save Game Against Mets

With two outs and two men on base in the bottom of the ninth of a 2-1 game, Mets pinch hitter Justin Turner hit a tailing line drive to left-center. By the time the ball makes its way into the outfield, Andrew Brown is rounding third and Omar Quintanilla is already at second. If Heyward—who began t...

The Talented Mr. Tynan

"Art is a private thing, the artist makes it for himself; a comprehensible work is the product of a journalist. We need works that are strong, straight, precise, and forever beyond understanding."...

Young Boston Red Sox Fan Is A Dirty Liar

Boston is home to a generally amoral and disgusting fanbase on the whole but this...this goes beyond the pale....

Proof That The Jets Are Evolving

Before there was Mark Sanchez and his buttfumble there was Browning Nagle and his incredible-disappearing-football-oh-just-kidding-it's-a-Sam-Mills-76-yard-fumble-return. ...

Chris Stewart Makes Catch In Stands, Still Turns Double Play

Catchers of the world, rejoice! Chris Stewart's crazy catch-the-foulout, throw-'im-out double play is the thing you can try and repeatedly fail to do for the rest of your careers! [FOX]...

Graven Image

Check this out over at the New Yorker: E.L. Doctorow reads John O'Hara's short story, "Graven Image" and discusses O'Hara—a wonderful writer—with Deborah Treisman....

That time Mariano Rivera had some fun by tossing a baseball from the field through one of the arches atop the old Busch Stadium. [Aaron Miles' Fastball]...

And Where Do You Think You're Going? “I Said, ‘Out.’ Shit.”

Carlin on White Harlem. ...

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...

Here's Security Tackling The All-Star Game Idiot, As Called By Jim Ross

You knew it was coming, didn't you?...

All-Star Game Idiot On The Field Did It Because Twitter Told Him To

Twitter user @MasoneDylan said he'd run onto the field if his tweet got 1,000 retweets. It did, and he did, and reports say he got quite the thumping from Citi Field security....

Night-Shifting For The Hip Fleet

“Night-Shifting for the Hip Fleet,” by Mark Jacobson. From New York Magazine, 1975, this piece was the idea that spawned the TV show, Taxi:...

Here's Matt Harvey Asking New Yorkers What They Think Of Matt Harvey

Jimmy Fallon got Matt Harvey to do some man-on-the-street interviews with one goal: ask New Yorkers their thoughts on Matt Harvey. It goes exactly how you'd expect and it's just good, clean fun. Plus, it's always good to put a few dents in the myth of the Savvy New Yorker. ...

Mets Fans Struggle With High Fives, Obviously [UPDATE]

We have an update!...

The Knicks’ Newest Player Says Hello