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Cool Hand Joe
If you've never read Gay Talese's seminal Esquire magazine story on Joe DiMaggio, do yourself a favor and check out "The Silent Season of a Hero."...
A Very Important GIF Of A Giants Reliever Farting On His Teammate
Jose Mijares is not a very big fan of Jean Machi right now....
Watch As The Crowd Sings The National Anthem At The Boston Bruins Game
With the Bruins hosting the Sabres in Boston's first professional sporting event since Monday's marathon bombings, it figured to be an emotional evening at TD Bank Garden. And so it is....
Today's Boston Bombing Media Shitshow, In 90 Seconds
Our friends at Gawker already took a stab at this, but we thought we'd condense today's mess of media reporting into something easily consumable for the crowd that may have been working and thus wasn't privy to the disaster taking place on television airwaves....
Who Pissed And Shit All Over A Hotel Room At The NFL Combine?
According to Yahoo, a hotel room at the NFL combine that had been shared by two players was left trashed, with "urine and feces scattered about the bathroom, toothpaste on the mirror and garbage strewn about the room. Among the garbage was partially eaten food left on one of the beds." But who are t...
Quarterback Guru Says He Fixed Tim Tebow With Tai Chi
Steve Clarkson, a quarterback coach who has worked with Ben Roethlisberger, Matt Leinart, and Matt Barkley, believes that he has fixed Tim Tebow's elongated and terrible throwing motion. How has he fixed the major flaw in Tebow's game that other coaches have spent years trying to correct? With Tai C...
David Luiz Scores A Thunderbolt Goal From Way Outside The Box
Luiz scored this beauty in the 29th minute of today's Premier League match between Fulham and Chelsea. A goal like this just seems unfair....
Minor Leaguer Reportedly Tried To Climb Into Stands To Fight Fan
Details are still scarce and even a bit contradictory, but according to reports, fans in Toledo angered one or more Indianapolis Indians players last night by throwing things at them, and that at one point former major leaguer Félix Pié attempted to climb over a railing to go after people before bei...
Jonathan Papelbon Is Afraid Obama "Wants To Take Our Guns From Us"
The Boston Marathon bombings have had a particular resonance for Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon, who spent seven seasons with the Red Sox and says he once lived above the spot where one of the bombs detonated. Papelbon is rightly concerned about security at open gatherings in the wake of the atta...
That Soccer Fan Who Punched A Horse Is Sorry He Punched A Horse
Everyone's favorite horse-punching soccer fan is really sorry about being such a horse-puncher. The man you see in the video above has been identified as 45-year-old Barry Rogerson, a Northumberland resident who claims that it was simply drunken panic that caused him punch Bud the police horse, not...
Reports: Suspect Identified In Boston Bombings
CNN has reported that investigators believe they've identified a possible suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, based off of video footage of someone leaving a bag at the site of the second explosion. Note, 6 p.m.: This turned into an all-time media shitshow. These were our chronological updates ...
Reports: ESPN Cleans Up Its Bizarre Sourcing Policy
ESPN has had a rough time with attributing stories properly. Another outlet with an exclusive suddenly transforms into "reports" or "sources" on ESPN or ESPN.com. This isn't very polite, and competitors understandably have been cranky about the practice in the past. Just look at this, or this, or th...
Rasheed Wallace Has Retired. Let's Share Our Favorite Sheed Moments
Mine is the GIF you see here. Sheed has certainly done crazier and more objectively funny things than this, but for some reason, this just gets me. Share your favorite Sheed moment in the discussion section. His career deserves a proper remembrance. ...
Let's Gawk At Roger Goodell's Under-Construction Summer Home
In December, it was reported that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was building a summer home in Prouts Neck, Maine. A reader who lives in the town recently went on a stroll near what he tells us is the construction site for Goodell's new home, and he took some pictures to share with us. It's a nice l...
Baseball Tonight Is Proud To Introduce The Instrument Of Your Death
Send stories, photos, and anything else you might have to [email protected]....
Alleged Gambling Ring Busted In Manhattan; Athletes Possibly Involved
Something tells me we'll be hearing a lot more about this in the coming weeks. According to The New York Times, federal agents raided a swanky gallery inside the Carlyle Hotel (the late Bobby Short's joint) in Midtown Manhattan early this morning as part of an investigation into an international gam...
Rocky Mountain High, Amirite?
We'll have what the guy with the beard and sunglasses is having....
Quentin Richardson And Tracy McGrady Back In The NBA, For Some Reason
Quentin Richardson and Tracy McGrady today signed deals with the Knicks and Spurs, respectively. Their contracts, which are good through the rest of the season, signal that New York and San Antonio are both determined to take another run at the 2003 NBA title....
Kerry Rhodes Insists He's Not Gay, But At Least He Insists It Nicely
Lost in yesterday's important news was this "SUPER WORLD EXCLUSIVE" from MediaTakeOut: Kerry Rhodes kissed a dude on the head. And not just any dude, but a dude who is said to be Rhodes's assistant, and gay. [Update: We've taken down MTO's photos. See note at the bottom.]...