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And Now, An Unsolicited Poem From A Yankees FanIn a blog earlier this morning, I made the brave and extremely correct observation that the New York Yankees are a wicked, awful baseball team that deserves to play its home games on fields of fire and brimstone in the very pit of Hell itself....

The Actual Night Before Christmas<em></em>‘Twas the night before ChristmasAnd all through the house…Not a damn thing was ready....

Instagram Poet Rupi Kaur Seems Utterly Uninterested In Reading BooksThere’s an old, little-known idiom that goes something like this: Don’t judge a book by its cover....

In Defeat, Jim Harbaugh Turns To Sir Andrew Barton<em></em><em></em>

Two weeks ago, Jim Harbaugh and his Michigan Wolverines suffered a double-overtime loss at the hands of rival Ohio State; afterwards, the Milkman remarked he was “bitterly disappointed” with the officiating in the game, specifically railing against the refs for giving Ohio State a crucial first down...

Gigi Buffon Pens Moving Poem To His One True Love, The Goal

There’s something about time and the slow accretion of age that turns men wistful. Even the most stoic man will shed his hardened emotional exterior, and just might see himself so moved by, say, reaching an especially poignant milestone or achievement in life that he feels the urge to memorialize hi...

Here's A Poem By Rashad McCants You Might Enjoy

We received this from reader Jake, as part of our call for responses you've received from writing to athletes. (Keep sending those in, by the way.) It doesn't quite fit, so I still wanted to share it with you. ...

HS Football Player Suspended For Writing Class Poem About Coach's Son

The Rittman (Ohio) Indians aren't having a good year. They're 1-7. So when junior DE Nick Andre had to write a poem for his composition class, he chose as a subject the team's star wide receiver, who happens to be the son of the coach and brother of the offensive coordinator....

Payback Is A Bitch

Friend of mine in London sent me the following. Taken from Maiden Speech by Eleanor Brown, published by Bloodaxe in 1996:...