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Death Of A Fighter

If you haven't read John Branch’s excellent profile of the late Derek Boogaard, do yourself a favor. “A Boy Learns to Brawl,” is top-notch:...

Cool Chart: A's Skipper Bob Melvin Is The King Of Platoons

Over at Sports on Earth, Jack Moore created this great graphic to demonstrate just how crazy A's manager Bob Melvin is about platoons. The green rectangles represent consecutive games in which the same hitter held the same spot in the batting order, with blanks showing a change from the previous gam...

The Fall Of Texas Track Coach Bev Kearney Required Awesome Hubris

Texas Monthly this week threw a Proustian 12,800 words at the sad, strange story of Bev Kearney, and if you manage to read the entire thing, because perhaps you've had a flight canceled or you're pulling a double shift in the parking garage tollbooth, you'll likely follow a winding trajectory in try...

How racist is your sports team? asks Marc Tracy. Then he answers himself, because that's what headlines like that do. He finds the Redskins near — but not at — the top of the racist list. Gotta head to Ohio for the winner. [TNR.com]...

Ecstatic Cardinals Fan Tries To Kiss Pittsburgh Reporter Live On-Air

Poor Guy Junker. The WTAE reporter tried to deliver his somber live report from the site of Pittsburgh's season demise, and all Cardinals fans want to do is kiss him. ...

The <em>League Of Denial</em> Reporters Are Here To Take Your Questions

Last night, PBS premiered the Frontline documentary on the NFL's head-injury crisis, League of Denial. The principal investigative journalists featured in League of Denial, ESPN reporters (and brothers) Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru, are here to answer your questions....

Which One Of These NFL-Themed Vanity Plates Sucks More?

Welcome to the first edition of NFL Vanity Plate Suck Off, which is a thing that I just made up and will probably never happen again. Anyway, both of the vanity plates pictured above were recently shown to us by readers, and I can't decide which one sucks the most. So I'm asking for your help. Pleas...

Report: 49ers Linebacker Aldon Smith Now Facing Felony Gun Charges

Aldon Smith is still on indefinite leave from the 49ers to deal with his substance abuse problems, but his legal troubles just got a hell of a lot worse....

Jerry Sandusky's Son, Who's A Browns Executive, Charged With DUI

Jon Sandusky, the adopted son of former Penn State defensive coordinator and convicted serial pedophile Jerry Sandusky, was arrested on the suspicion of driving under the influence early Tuesday in Fargo, N.D....

Dan Snyder's Open Letter Is As Gross As You'd Think It Would Be

Dan Snyder is that rare person who comes off as even more despicable when he's trying to be thoughtful than when he's just openly being a prick. Case in point: this hilariously tone deaf open letter to "Everyone in our Redskins Nation" (kind of like a reservation!) in defense of the team's nickname,...

The Year In Hawk Harrelson Being Awful

First, start playing this video put together by Awful Announcing, containing nearly 10 minutes of baseball's biggest homer being audibly sad and frustrated when things don't go the White Sox's way. Then leave it on in the background and go read the best thing you'll see all day....

Frank Sinatra Has a Cold: Annotated

Over at the Neiman Storyboard, Elon Green talks to Gay Talese about Talese's classic Esquire story, "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold." ...

Photoshop Contest: Let's Rebrand The Washington Redskins

The folks at 99designs are running a community contest to rebrand the Washington Redskins with a new team name and logo. They reached out to a few journalists to get some suggestions—e.g. Warriors (Robert McCartney), Griffins (David Plotz), and Renegades (Ken Meringolo and Kevin Ewoldt)—but anything...

SJSU Puts Scary Spartans On Basketball Court

The San Jose State Spartans are the latest college basketball team to get in on the over-the-top court design trend. FIU's beach towel is pretty cool, but not as cool as five angry Spartan warriors who are poised to stab you in the face!...

Would You Do It Again? We Ask Former NFLer Derland Moore

This is an interview series in which we ask the plaintiffs of the NFL concussion lawsuit one question (and maybe a few more): Knowing what you know now, if you could do it over again, would you still play football?...

Hat Tricks Can Be Hazardous For Ice Girls

Thanks to @FiveForBoarding for this video of a Penguins ice girl cleaning up hats after Jussi Jokinen's third goal. Who will clean up the ice girl?...

Report: Angry Texans Fans Go To Matt Schaub's House To Harass Him [Update]

You're not a nutcase, so I probably don't need to tell you, but: Don't fucking do what these Texans fans reportedly did....

The NFL Has A New Shutdown Corner

Cool name? Check. Surprisingly competitive team? Check. The league's top cornerback this year? Might be. So why isn't Alterraun Verner a household name yet?...

Victor Martinez's shot in the seventh inning was reviewed by the umpires and upheld, as it was determined that the ball would have cleared the yellow line even if these two jabronis didn't try to grab at it. The home run tied the game at four. [@CJZero]...

Reminder: <em>League Of Denial</em> Is Tonight. Here's A Clip You Haven't Seen

Here's a clip from the Frontline documentary League of Denial. It premieres tonight at 9 p.m. tonight on ES—oh right, on PBS....