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We Want Your Halloween Sports Babies
Baby Andy Reid was awesome, but do you think you can do better? In the spirit of Halloween, we'd like to see your children dressed up as someone from the world of sports. If you still have a photo of yourself as a child dressed up like a sports figure, that will also be acceptable. ...
NFL Betting Lines, Visualized: Week 9
Here is your early betting info for Week 9 NFL; we'll update on Thursday with money lines and spread movements for these 12 games and add Eagles-Raiders (this line opened late). Two small tweaks from last week: Each team's actual record is included, and the games are once again ordered by start time...
This Is Possibly The Biggest Wave Ever Surfed
That little speck in the distance is Brazilian surfer Carlos Burle, riding the storm surge off Nazaré, Portugal, a spot already notorious for big waves. Burle's might have been the biggest ever, but it wasn't even his biggest accomplishment of the day; He also saved a life....
The Great Wall Of Boston
Jack Mann's 1965 piece on the Green Monster: ...
A Brief History Of The Sports Bra
Welcome to Patentspin. I'll use this space to take a look at some strange or interesting patents related to the world of sports. I will then, probably, make fun of them....
NFL Spreads, Visualized: Week 8
We posted some initial lines on Monday, but below is updated gambling info for the 13 Week 8 NFL match-ups. Packers-Vikings and Giants-Eagles—which we held to wait for the result of the MNF game—are now included, as are money lines. Spreads, ATS performance, and bet trends are from SportsInsights.co...
Joe Carter's World Series-Ending Homer
He hit it twenty years ago today. Last fall I wrote an essay for Sports on Earth about my college girlfriend, New York pizza and Carter’s memorable home run:...
100 % Dundee
Here's a couple of stories about Angelo Dundee. From Grantland, a nice piece by Dave Kindred; at SI, dig Richard Hoffer:...
Stay Out Of The Kitchen: Day One At The World Shuffleboard Championship
A dozen pale Norwegians seek shelter among the 200 stadium seats, mercifully covered by a roof. A young, bearded American wrings out a wet towel over his bald head. An orange-clad Dutchman creaks by, white hair poking out from beneath a Florida Gators baseball cap. Elderly Japanese men stretch agai...
Sean Taylor's Girlfriend Describes His Murder In Brutal Detail
The trial of Eric Rivera—charged with the fatal 2007 shooting of former Washington and University of Miami safety Sean Taylor—began Monday. Taylor's girlfriend, Jackie Garcia Haley, was the first witness called by the prosecution and gave a tearful and raw account of the night Taylor was killed....
NFL Spreads, Visualized: <em>Monday Night Football</em> And Week 8
Based on your feedback from last Friday, we've made a few changes to our visual guide to NFL betting lines. Here's what's new:...
Did CBS Spike An NFL Storyline On <em>The Good Wife</em>?
Two weeks ago, the co-creators of the CBS show, The Good Wife, sat on a New Yorker Festival panel called "Television and Politics." At one point, they were asked if they envied the freedom granted their cable counterparts. Michelle King, sitting next to her husband and Good Wife co-creator, Robert...
NFL Betting Lines, Visualized: Week 7
So you want to gamble on football. Good—gambling is damn wonderful. Here's a resource to make looking at this week's lines a little more informative....
Tom Terrific And His Mystic Talent
From Pat Jordan's 1972 SI profile of Tom Seaver:...
Paintings By Kids
There's some cool artwork by kids in this book by Yankee outfield Curtis Granderson....
Mike Francesa Loses His Mind Over The <em>SNF</em> Theme Song
This is amazing. This is Francesa at his best. His best is when he expresses big, powerful opinions on something of no consequence whatsoever. His best is when he does a close reading of "Waiting All Day For Sunday Night," the SNF opening theme song....