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Stephon Marbury's Training Regimen: Talk In First Person Plural, Fall While Running
Stephon Marbury is one of our favorite things about the internet. When he isn't UStreaming...stuff, he's updating his personal YouTube channel with videos of him tearing apart the competition in the CBA or, in this case, falling while running uphill....

Spider-Man 2: Yet Another Japanese Outfielder Makes Incredible Catch
Mere weeks after introducing the world to the original Spider-Man's home run saving grab, it happens again. Same ballpark, same teams, same pitcher on the mound....

Sammy Sosa Blasts Chicago, Is Totally Blameless Himself
Sosa gives his first big interview in years, and perfectly (if inadvertently) sums up the legacy of the steroid era: "My numbers don't lie...Those numbers are going to stay there forever." [Chicago Magazine]...

Al Michaels And Cris Collinsworth Are Far Too Aware Of The Spread
Can we drop the charade and acknowledge that the only people watching the fourth quarter, third stringers of a preseason game are degenerate gamblers? The announcers analyzing a "meaningless" safety certainly knew how to play to the crowd....

If Sideline Princess Is Already Taken, Jenn Brown's Friend Has A Promising Career As An Alcoholic Luchadora
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....

MLB Confidential, Part 2: Seattle Mariners
You've seen the first round of financial statements. Now take a look inside the Mariners' books....

MLB Confidential: The Financial Documents Baseball Doesn't Want You To See, Part 1
We've obtained financial statements for a number of baseball teams — containing perhaps some of the most closely guarded information in sports — and they offer a rare glimpse at how MLB franchises do brisk business in the modern era....

Apocalypslam Now
Whole world's coming to an end, Mal. So why not pick up a copy of former UFC light-heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin's think-piece on a post-apocalyptic Earth?...

Italian Soccer Show's Secret Life as a Mafia Middleman
From the Guardian.co.uk:...

When Isn't Plagiarism Plagiarism? When Is It?
The latest kerfuffle in the newspaper-stole-info-from-a-blog-it-didn't-credit war pits SB Nation's "Pension Plan Puppets" vs. the Toronto Sun....

Hire Ryno Now. I insist.
I've already admitted my Cubs fandom to you. So bear with me having to instantaneously share this info (H/T Tomuban) with you ......

One Time, At Football Camp, Players Came Down With a Rare Soft-Tissue Condition
Via The Oregonian:...

Young Texas Footbrawl Fan: "Woo! We Got One of 'Em Hurt!"
Oh, the psychology of the Lone Star State high-school-football-scrimmage observer. This lil ditty here's from a Spring/Clear Spring preseason affair that done turned scrappy, so sayeth the people on 5atexasfootball.com....

Jay Mariotti Due in Court on Sept. 17
Sunday keepsake: Here's a link to the L.A. County Sheriff's Department Inmate Information Sheet for one Mariotti, Jay, no middle name; DOB 6.22.59, 5'10", 165 pounds, brown/brown, Booking No.: 2449208....





