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Counterpoint: Eddie Lacy Is Not Fat
Eddie Lacy looks pretty fat in that photo, doesn't he? That picture has been pinballing around the internet over the last hour or so, and everyone who sees it is like, "Maaannnnn, Eddie Lacy is fat!"...
White Lines: I'm Not Worth A Damn
How cocaine ruined Don Reese's career (John Underwood, SI, 1982):...
Andray Blatche Doesn't Give A Fuck About Toll Roads
I guess this is the kind of thing you can get away with when the Washington Wizards are still paying you $7.4 million to not play for them....
David Ortiz Got Champagne And A Sad Note On His Record-Breaking Night
Red Sox slugger David Ortiz became the all-time hits leader at the designated hitter position last night. What kind of gift did the Red Sox get him to celebrate the occasion? Based on the photo above, which came from teammate Jacoby Ellsbury's Twitter account, all he got was some champagne and what ...
Vintage Interviews with Music Industry Legends
The Library of Congress presents the Joe Smith Collection. Includes interviews with Bo Diddley, Mick Jagger, Herbie Hancock, Dave Brubeck, Ray Charles, Ahmet Ertegun, B.B. King, George Harrison, Linda Ronstadt and more. ...
Birds on a Wire
Over at his website, David Simon reprints an entertaining piece he wrote last year for Sports Illustrated about rooting for the Orioles:...
Joss Whedon Enjoys His Job More Than You Do
The best part about Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing is that it's not particularly proud of itself for adapting Shakespeare. Filmmakers tend to tackle the Bard out of hubris (the Mel Gibson Hamlet), an attempt to be some sort of authority (Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet), a flamboyant go-for-batshit-...
We'll Never Know If Brett Favre Had To Discuss His Penis Under Oath
The sexual harassment lawsuit against one Brett Lorenzo Favre, filed in January 2011 by two female massage therapists who worked for the Jets, has been resolved. Late Friday afternoon, long after most people had shoved off for the long holiday weekend, the AP reported that a settlement had been reac...
Everett Golson Says He Was Suspended For "Poor Academic Judgment"
The Notre Dame quarterback has released a statement confirming his suspension and vowing to return by winter 2014....
Notre Dame QB Golson Allegedly Kicked Out For Academic Violation
Everett Golson, whose heroics under center last season led the Fighting Irish to the BCS Championship game, is no longer enrolled at Notre Dame due to academic violations, according to the Chicago Tribune....
Skylar Diggins Got A Mercedes From Jay-Z's Sports Agency
Last month, former Notre Dame and soon-to-be WNBA superstar Skylar Diggins became the third athlete to sign with Roc Nation Sports, Jay-Z's latest vanity project/sports agency. Yesterday, the people at Roc Nation celebrated Diggins's graduation from Notre Dame by doing exactly what you'd expect an a...
How To Give A Best Man Toast That Doesn't Suck
We got this email the other day from reader Alex. It's the kind of email we get a lot round these parts:...
Lion in Winter
In case you missed it, check out Wright Thompson's ESPN story on Michael Jordan at 50: ...
Marc Gasol Makes Wonderful <em>Pulp Fiction</em> Reference In Postgame Interview
Here's Marc Gasol answering questions from the media after helping his team to a Game 5, series-clinching victory over the Thunder. At about the 25-second mark, a reporter asks him how meaningful a trip to the Western Conference finals is to the franchise. His response is priceless....
Cuba Libre
Check out "Kids Not Poor in Spirit," a story about pickup baseball in Havana written by Bonnie DeSimone for the Chicago Tribune back in 1998:...
Jay Onrait And Dan O'Toole Are Coming To America
The duo of Jay Onrait and Dan O'Toole, SportsCentre anchors and the two of the three most important people in Canadian history (with Chris Hadfield, of course), will be leaving TSN in June and heading to Los Angeles, reportedly to work for the soon-to-launch Fox Sports 1....
The Angels Game Was Delayed By Bees
First pitch of the Orioles-Angels game last night was briefly delayed when a swarm of bees descended on a camera behind home plate. This screengrab, from Fox Sports West's Jose Mota, is just messing with perspective—they're not actually 15-foot bees. We think. We pray. Has anyone heard from anybody ...
Manti Te'o Is Now A San Diego Charger
Well, it took a day longer than expected, but former Notre Dame inside linebacker Manti Te'o, whom we've enjoyed following over the past three months and change, has finally found himself an NFL home. He went with pick No. 38 to the San Diego Chargers, a real NFL team, albeit one with a doctor who s...
Te'o Still Has An Odd Explanation For Skipping Girlfriend's Funeral
After all that waiting—you were waiting for this, right?—the NFL draft has finally popped up on our calendars. Which means it's as good a time as ever for fresh eyes to try to figure out what exactly happened with Manti Te'o, who could go toward the end of tonight's first round (although he won't be...
Fat-Guy Quarterback Scores Fat-Guy Two-Point Conversion
Ordinarily we only get to see a fat guy score because of a mistake—an interception at the line of scrimmage, a fumble into the hands of the nearest lineman who rumbles for the endzone—but Notre Dame has provided a game-changer: 340-pound nose tackle Louis Nix. That's him, intentionally lining up as ...