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James Harden And Jeremy Lin Are Free And Really Fun To Watch

Prior to this season, James Harden and Jeremy Lin were two players who'd never had the chance to write their own stories. In New York, Lin was pressed into service as both a humble standard-bearer and a basketball messiah, one whose actual abilities were obscured by the phenomenon he created. In Okl...

Report: Tomorrow's Knicks-Nets Season Opener Has Been Canceled

A few minutes ago The New York Times' Richard Sandomir sent the following tweet:...

Watch A Time Lapse Video Of Sandy's Assault On New York City

Via Jalopnik:...

Amar'e Stoudemire's Car Is Underwater

Amar'e Stoudemire's Range Rover is underwater. This is only like the third-worst thing to happen to him this week. [Source]...

At Least Hurricane Sandy Gave Us The Eli Manningest Of Eli Manning Photos [UPDATE]

Not only did Eli Manning, who lives in Hoboken, N.J., survive Hurricane Sandy, he remains as adorkable as ever. The above picture of Manning surveying the flood damage to what we assume is his apartment building was tweeted out last night by Kate Mara. Manning appears to be more concerned about whet...

A $7,500 Charitable Donation Could Get You A Pitching Lesson With R.A. Dickey

Want to learn how to throw a knuckleball from presumptive Cy Young Award-winner R.A. Dickey? Of course you do! And now you have a once-in-a-lifetime chance. All it will cost you is several thousand dollars to charity. Here's what you get:...

Here Is A Picture Of Zach Galifianakis Stoned At A Knicks Game

Yes, that is Clyde Frazier sitting next to him. Zach tells the story behind this photo on Pete Holmes's podcast (go to the 26:00 mark)....

Eighth-Youngest Player On Knicks Out For Six Weeks

The Knicks have a remarkable seven players who are 30 or older on their roster. Amar'e Stoudemire is not one of them....

A Prayer For New York, From Sports Fans On Twitter

Dez Bryant And The Death Of Instant Gratification

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Your Dumbest Of Hurricane Dumbasses Is This Bro On A Jetski In The Middle Of New York Harbor [UPDATE]

WNBC later interviewed this gent, and we'll update when we can get video of what he had to say, but here he is on his personal watercraft, braving the hurricane-force waves. [WNBC]...

A Map Of The Most Absurd Team-Name Migrations In Sports

Two days ago the New York Islanders announced that they'd be making a short migration from Nassau County to the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Brooklyn's on Long Island so the name still makes sense (although the team might have to fix its logo), but franchises aren't always so lucky....

Gronk Spiking Like A "Nutcracker Dude That's Guarding The House," Kissing The Jets Goodbye, And More: Your Sunday NFL GIF Roundup [UPDATED]

We'll be putting all our GIFs for the day here from Antonio Brown running in reverse to the Miami Dolphins kissing the Jets' season goodbye. We'll update the post as the later games conclude, so stay tuned. ...

For Just $255, This Could Be Your View Of The Knicks-Nets Season Opener At The Barclays Center

Picture courtesy of A View From My Seat, which lets users upload photos of the sightlines at various arenas. If the $255 tickets selling on StubHub for section 225 (pictured above) strike you as a bit steep, why not move slightly to the left, over to the cozy confines of section 226, and pay only $2...

Overhyped Northeast Media Shitstorms Converge As Analysts Predict Hurricane Sandy Will Somehow Lead To More Tim Tebow

The great thing about the northeastern part of the United States—the only part of the United States—is the way the region and its residents amplify the most of middling of things (think quarterbacks and weather events) into the only things in the world for a brief (long) period of time, thereby ass...

Joe Girardi Called The Yankee Stadium P.A. Announcer To Tell Him Not To Announce A-Rod's Exit From The Game

The Yankees are so classy. Aren't they? Class organization. The class of baseball. The class of class. The classy class of class. Just how classy are the Yankees? They'll throw their best players under the bus to prove their class! Here's Jon Heyman:...

The Islanders Are Leaving Their Crappy Arena For A Crappy Hockey Arena

Yesterday the New York Islanders announced they'd be leaving their soulless, ancient, crumbling box in Uniondale in favor of Brooklyn's new (if rusty) Barclays Center when their lease expires in 2015. Judging by the Nassau Coliseum's Yelp reviews, no one is really going to miss it:...

The Islanders' Logo Doesn't Even Have Brooklyn On It

When the Islanders announced their surprise move to the Barclays Center, the obvious questions was whether they would come in for a makeover, à la the Nets. They were quick to reassure their fans that the name and colors would carry over....

The NFL Will Use Pink Flags In Sunday's Dolphins-Jets Game

Roger Goodell probably gets lots of letters. Written mostly in blood. Mostly others' blood. Sometimes in others' spinal fluid. They go unanswered. But young Dante Cano of Marlboro, N.J. wrote Goodell a respectful letter in presumably impeccable penmanship, and he got results. Cano's letter read,...

Deadspin NBA Shit List: Michael Sweetney, Large Symbol Of New York's Leanest Years

A celebration of the NBA's most infuriating players, both past and present. Read other NBA Shit List entries here....