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Bill Cosby Is (Still) A Very Funny Fellow
My man Jon Weisman interviews Cos over at Variety:...
Hollywood's Most Beloved Comedian Is Martin Short
David Kamp's Vanity Fair profile:...
Baseball's Clown Prince
That'd be Max Patkin, who was profiled by Steve Wulf for SI back in 1988:...
Buffalo Fan Twerking For Bills Would Not "Make Mom Proud"
One enterprising Bills fan was dancing for a few fans during today’s game. It earned her some money. That was a smart business decision, but according to the Bills’ rules of conduct, she would not “Make Mom Proud.”...
Which TV Market's Getting Screwed Today? Your Week 11 NFL Viewing Maps
A guide to the best and worst of the NFL slate (and to which fans are stuck with the most of worst). Maps via 506sports.com....
Candy
Here's Gary Cartwright's classic 1976 Texas Monthly story on Candy Barr:...
High school newspaper not allowed to ban the word "Redskins": At Neshaminy (Penn.) HS, where the teams are named the Redskins, the editors of the student paper declared their intentions to avoid using the "racist" nickname. School administrators told them they weren't allowed to make that decision. ...
Why Your Children's Television Program Sucks: <em>Jessie</em>
A look at the awful children’s programming you’re forced to endure before you can finally kick the kids out of the TV room to watch sports for eight hours. Image by Jim Cooke....
Are You A Hall Of Fame Voter? We'd Like To Buy Your Vote
It's Hall of Fame season and there's no joy in it, because instead of discussing what matters—Edgar Martinez's elegant swing, Tim Raines careening around third, Mike Mussina flicking a knuckle curve at the edge of the plate—baseball fans will be discussing the voters, who are mainly sour, nasty old ...
How To Win <em>The Price Is Right</em>, Once You Actually Make It Onto The Show
Over at Slate, Ben Blatt has used some game theory to figure out the most strategic way to play all 71 pricing games on The Price Is Right (one game, "Now or Then," can be won 100 percent of the time using his system). Of course, the real challenge is getting a chance to play in the first place. Bac...
"That Moment Before It Starts When You're Scared": Tyson In His Prime
Before he became the main attraction at the freak show, and before he became a kitsch icon, Mike Tyson was the youngest heavyweight champion in history, and a fighter of seemingly limitless promise. There was no way to know it at the time, but when Pete Dexter wrote the story below, he was capturing...
"That Moment Before It Starts When You're Scared": Tyson In His Prime
Originally published in the February 1988 issue of Playboy. Reprinted here by the permission of the author. ...
Malcolm Subban And Scott Stajcer Get Into An AHL Goalie Fight
The Providence Bruins and Hartford Wolf Pack was one extended brawl tonight—the game had 167 total penalty minutes handed out—and although five-foot-eleven Ben Youds facing off against six-foot-five Dylan McIlrath was an entertaining mismatch, the highlight of this particular chaos came when goalie...
Who Wants To Buy Terrelle Pryor's Big Ten Championship Ring?
If you want to own Terrelle Pryor's Big Ten championship ring, it's being auctioned off on eBay right now. You only have to beat the current bid of $16,499! ...
Did Michigan's President Deliver A Drunken Halftime Speech Yesterday?
This would seem to be University of Michigan president Mary Sue Coleman delivering a speech during halftime of yesterday's Wolverines game against Nebraska. She sounds HAMMERED. ...
Which TV Market's Getting Screwed Today? Your Week 10 NFL Viewing Maps
A guide to the best and worst of the NFL slate (and to which fans are stuck with the most of worst). Maps via 506sports.com....
Let's Celebrate The Least Efficient Scorer in The Premier League
The chart above shows the Premier Leaguers with the highest ratios of goals to shots on goal this season among those who've both scored and averaged two tries per league game. It seems like the sort of thing you could write quite a lot about, but then the more you think about it, the less clear it i...