pe Page 893 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
So, When's That Alex Rodriguez Suspension Coming?
It's been one week since Ryan Braun became the first domino to fall in the Biogenesis scandal, but it seems like we're all just waiting for the main event: a lengthy suspension for Alex Rodriguez. But when will it come down? If reports out of New York are any indication, I'd hold off on that bathroo...
The Yankees Are The Worst Right-Handed Hitting Team Ever
Originally published on Baseball Prospectus...
Witness: Joe Paterno Would Say Jerry Sandusky “Was A Sick Guy”
The preliminary hearing for the three Penn State administrators accused of covering for Jerry Sandusky began this morning in Harrisburg, Pa. Mike McQueary, the former PSU assistant coach who saw Sandusky sexually abusing a boy in a football building shower in 2001, was the first witness. During his ...
And Now Peter Gammons Is Launching His Own Site
Enter Peter Gammons into the land of Simmons and King. Gammons is getting his own website—called Gammons Daily—and is launching, curiously, late in the season and basically out of nowhere. The site is supposed to be live sometime this week. ...
Racing's Angriest Young Man And The Greatest Hits of 1961
Though it's not easy to navigate I think it's worth your time to cruise on over to the Internet Archives to read the full text of The Best Sports Stories 1961. It includes pieces by Stanley Woodward, W.C. Heinz, Myron Cope, Red Smith, Blackie Sherrod, Dick Schaap, Tex Maule, Dick Young, Roger Kahn, ...
Bros Gone Wild: Riot Erupts After U.S. Open Of Surfing
Huntington Beach, Calif., hosted the U.S Open of Surfing this weekend, and shit got way out of hand. Shortly after the conclusion of the competition, downtown Huntington Beach was swarmed by a mass of bros, apparently driven a bit mad by the heat and the ocean air. Portable toilets were tipped, impr...
No One Came To The Hall Of Fame Ceremony
Yesterday, the Baseball Hall of Fame enshrined its three newest members: a catcher, and umpire, and an owner who have been dead for a combined 226 years. The BBWAA's thank-you note from the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce will not be forthcoming....
This One Goes To Eleven
Slide on over to the Hollywood reporter and check out this excerpt from Michael Walker's new book What You Want Is in the Limo:...
Jonathan Papelbon Says Blow Up The Phillies
The Phillies are done, the rest of their season rendered cosmetic, and their high-priced closer, never one to mince words, is getting a little frustrated. Jonathan Papelbon, after pitching a meaningless inning in Philly's embarrassing 12-4 loss just to get some work: "I definitely didn't come here f...
This Six-Year-Old Apparently Hit Five Home Runs In Five At-Bats
According to this video's introduction, Spencer Conn is six years old and hit five home runs in five consecutive at-bats, all on the first pitches he saw....
Visions Of Light: Movie Love
Here's Martin Scorsese writing about movies in the New York Review of Books:...
Texas Rangers Reliever Attacked And “Sucker-Punched” In Cleveland
Rangers relief pitcher Tanner Scheppers was attacked Thursday night while getting food on a street in Cleveland....
Peter Gammons With The Burn On Jose Canseco
h/t Andrew...
How To Make A Goddamn Omelet
You go to a greasy-spoon diner or an obnoxious chain pancake joint or a seedy meth-scented Waffle House, and you order an omelet. Well, OK, you don't order an omelet—you order a giant chocolate-chip pancake with a smiley face drawn in whipped cream, and then you drown it in pink, berry-flavored c...
Remembering Ashley Whippet, History's Best Frisbee-Catching Dog
The Ashley Whippet Invitational is the world's premier athletic competition for dogs that excel at catching frisbees, and it wouldn't exist if not for the contributions of its namesake. On this week's excerpt from Slate's Hang up and Listen, Josh Levin takes a look back at the career of the greatest...
“Source? <em>I'm</em> Your Fucking Source!” Dick Young, As He Really Was
To round off our Dick Young tribute/roast, please enjoy this excerpt from Keepers of the Game: When the Baseball Beat Was The Best Job On The Paper, a new oral history compiled by Dennis D’Agostino in the tradition of Jerome Holtzman’s No Cheering in the Press Box. Dennis was good enough to let me ...
How To Stop Sweating And Eliminate Those Pit Stains, You Gross Monster
Jolie Kerr is a cleaning expert and advice columnist. She’ll be here every other week helping to answer your filthiest questions. Are you dirty? Email her....
Routine Baseball Play Turns Awesome Thanks To Some Crazy Bounces
Got some hot independent league baseball action for you here. ...
Rookie Ryan Swope Retires From NFL “For Now” Thanks To Concussions
Arizona Cardinals rookie Ryan Swope's NFL career didn't last past OTAs. Unlike most players who didn't make it to training camp, this is his own decision—he's ending his "lifelong dream" because of concussions....