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True Expression Is Making Your Own Running Clothes
When Maggie Vessey toes the line at this year's pre-Prefontaine Classic on Friday night, you'll notice her. And it's not because she's tall or blonde or statuesque—though she's all these things. You'll notice her because while the half-milers that surround her are in muted black uniforms with the o...
Prosecution: Aaron Hernandez Killed Two Men Over A Spilled Drink
Aaron Hernandez was arraigned today for the drive-by murders of Daniel Abreu and Safiro Furtado outside a Boston club in July 2012. He pleaded not guilty, and for the first time, the prosecution offered a suspected motive: disrespect....
Baseball Fans Want Their Free Pizza, Dammit
Josh Beckett's no-hitter was a story of redemption—the redemption, by you, of a coupon code in exchange for a medium two-topping pizza from Dominos. Americans love free pizza, but there's a necessary corollary: they hate not having free pizza....
Jared Remy Pleads Guilty, Sentenced To Life Without Parole
Jared Remy, son of longtime Red Sox broadcaster Jerry, pleaded guilty today to the brutal murder of the mother of his child. For a man with a history of domestic abuse and who received inexplicable second and third and, hell, seventeenth chances, this is it: He'll spend life in prison without the po...
The Cold, Dead Eyes Of Cody Cepeda
Cody Cepeda does not celebrate as he embarrasses professional skateboarders. At Battle At The Berrics VII, the skateboarding adaptation of basketball's HORSE, just the briefest of emotion flickers across his face—a faint grimace or smile—when he misses a trick or beats the hell out of some unsuspect...
Giants CB Prince Amukamara Parties At A Bar Mitzvah
For some reason, Giants cornerback Prince Amukamara went to a bar mitzvah yesterday. He seemed to have a grand time partying with teens, dancing, and celebrating a boy becoming a man. Next round of Shirley Temples on this guy!...
Jamaica Falters, U.S. Women Win World Relays 4x100
It always comes down to the baton pass. In 2008, the U.S. men and women were the heavy Olympic favorites in the 4x100 meter relay. Then both teams dropped batons, disqualifying themselves and becoming a worldwide cautionary tale: relays are made by good teams, not great individuals....
British Sprinter: "Your Mom Will Have Lactic In Her Anus"
Major sports stars know to not feed the trolls. England's Richard Kilty, the 2014 World Indoor 60-meter gold medalist, is still coming to grips with his emerging celebrity, most notably by engaging with Twitter accounts that ask rhetorical questions....
BBC Announcer Goes Bonkers As QPR Scores 90th-Minute Winner In Play-Off
Queens Park Rangers is returning to the Premiership after Bobby Zamora's last-minute goal dashed Derby County dreams and sent BBC Radio London announcer Phil Parry into heart palpitations....
Expect More Protests And Strikes In Brazil As World Cup Approaches
Last Thursday, protestors walked through a business district in São Paulo to oppose construction for the World Cup which has reportedly left at least 4,000 Brazilian families without homes. The march clogged up traffic and shut down shops. There will be more demonstrations—along with public employee...
Everything is happening: Brandon Prust will have his over-the-phone DOPS hearing today, Derek Stepan is out indefinitely after undergoing surgery for a broken jaw, and now Daniel Carcillo has received a 10-game suspension for physically abusing an official. No matter Prust's suspension, I'd say the ...
Unedited, Unaired <em>WWE Smackdown</em> Broadcast Leaks Online
WWE Smackdown, set to air tonight, was filmed on Tuesday—that's no surprise. But for the first time, a pre-production broadcast of the show—with unedited crowd noise, missed cues and all—has made its way online. It is, like the Raw script that leaked last month, a genuinely fascinating look at how t...
How Did UGA Recruit Bill Goldberg? Well, Bourbon Helped.
For a few years in the late '90s, Bill Goldberg was one of the world's biggest pro wrestlers. But before that, he was a pretty darn good football player, playing DT at Georgia and getting drafted into the NFL. (He would play in 14 games.) On Jim Ross's podcast yesterday, Goldberg shared stories of h...
9/11 Truther Still Suspicious Of Sitting President
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Learning to Surf Without Feeling
Another story that's worth your time. Erik Hedegaard's memoir piece for Outside:...
An Improbable Tennis Prodigy
Dig this fine story by Liz Clarke for the Washington Post:...
Indians' Corey Kluber Pelted With Seeds, Water, Powder During Interview
It's become more common for teammates to pester MLB players doing in-game dugout interviews, but that doesn't make this instance with Indians pitcher Corey Kluber any less amusing....
Yaya Touré Wants To Go Home Because Nobody Made Him A Birthday Cake
Apparently, Manchester City superstar and greatest midfielder currently doing it Yaya Touré is unhappy with his club. Why, you might wonder, when they just won the Premier League in exciting fashion, featuring him as their best player? Because the team didn't celebrate his birthday....
Goaltending Is Not The Canadiens' Problem
The difference between an elite goaltender and an outright bad one really isn't that huge. The best goalie in the league is probably going to give you .925, maybe .930 over the course of a season. The worst regular starter is probably going to sit around .900 or .905. That's two or three extra saves...