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Three People Subscribed To MMQB.Com, Thinking It Was Peter King's Site
Peter King's new website, Monday Morning Quarterback, launched today under the Sports Illustrated umbrella. Its logo uses the letters MMQB, so a lot of people think the site can be found at MMQB.com. But MMQB.com actually links to a site long devoted to the loftiness of office furniture. As you migh...
To Steal A Mockingbird?
Ugliness in the literary world. This one involves Harper Lee. Mark Seal has the sordid details in a story for Vanity Fair:...
Badminton Player Beats The Crap Out Of His Former Playing Partner
A world-class badminton player beating the shit out of his opponent in the middle of a match isn't something you ever expect to see, but here we are....
Phil Mickelson Had One Of The All-Time Great Comebacks
"I'm playing the best I've ever played," Phil Mickelson said after winning his first Claret Jug, and maybe that's true, maybe it was a back nine, or a weekend, or a season of especially inspired golf. But Mickelson's run—four birdies on the final six holes, as the rest of the leaderboard stumbled t...
Opening Day At Fenway Park
Our man George Kimball on Opening Day at Fenway Park circa 1971:...
Ernie Banks Joined Pearl Jam On Stage At Wrigley
Pearl Jam played a rain-delayed show at Wrigley Field Friday night and before Eddie Vedder began singing the Cubs tribute song "All The Way," he introduced Ernie Banks, to the delight of the Chicago crowd....
Sunday Sermon: Al Green, Greg Maddux, And The Power Of Softness
Greg Maddux used to talk about throwing softer rather than harder when he was in a tight spot. Back in August of 2004, Mark Prior told Sports Illustrated’s Tom Verducci:...
Tiger Woods Is In The Same Old Hole Again
A reminder: Tiger Woods has never won a major when trying to come from behind after 54 holes. He'll have to do it to win the British Open....
The Tony Pena Story
Here's Joe Posnanski's Tony Pena story. It originally ran in the Kansas City Star back in 2003. Joe reprinted it on his blog in 2010:...
Here's Jim Carrey On A School Bus With A High School Baseball Team
So last Tuesday, Iowa's Pella High School baseball team played their final game of the regular season against Fairfield. They got smoked, 7-1. After their loss, they stopped at a Fairfield Burger King for ice cream. This is where our story begins....
FIU Football Coach: Sorry Our Players Were Stripping On A Family Beach
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Spectator Picks Wrong Day To Run Alongside Tour de France Cyclist
You know this jackass couldn't wait till the Tour de France's 18th stage yesterday. You know he carefully picked out that green headband, that pink tank top, those mismatched gloves, those red socks, and those neon yellow leggings just for this. You know he absolutely had to be seen next to someone ...
Robert Garrigus Sinks Incredible Putt From The Fairway
This just happened on the 15th hole at Muirfield. That's Robert Garrigus, who is currently tied for 94th place at this year's British Open, sinking the putt of his lifetime. You probably could have gone for a more emphatic fist pump there, Robert....
Schools That Profit From Unpaid Labor Upset About For-Profit School
We told you last fall about Grand Canyon University, the for-profit school in Phoenix that began transitioning to NCAA Division I on June 1, with its basketball team (led by new head coach Dan Majerle!) slated to compete this winter as a member of the Western Athletic Conference. Now comes word that...
Where's That Confounded Bridge?
Here's Part 1 of Kirby Ferguson's killer Everything is a Remix series. ...
A Pissed-Off Charl Schwartzel Smashes His Club In Frustration
After bogeying Nos. 10, 12, 13, and 14 today at Muirfield, Charl Schwartzel found himself in the rough at No. 15. He didn't quite get to the green from there, and his 6-iron paid the price. Stupid 6-iron. Schwartzel wound up with a double-bogey at 15....
What Does Jungle Bird, Golf's Favorite “Streaker,” Want From Us?
A lot of people think the man who calls himself Jungle Bird and wears a mohawked, Union Jacked knit cap and crashes sporting events for the purpose of cawing at the camera is crazy. He's not, we swear. He just wants to save the world....
Errant Thomas Bjorn Shot Smashes ESPN Camera Lens At British Open
Via Guyism, Mike Tirico said that was an $80,000 camera lens Thomas Bjorn destroyed as he tried to hack his way out of the rough at Muirfield's No. 1:...