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Groom Tricked With Elaborate Bungee Jumping Prank At Bachelor Party

This is from Norway. The groom is terribly afraid of heights, and bungee jumping and parachuting are two activities he specifically wants to avoid during his bachelor party. But he's got great friends, so of course they're taking him bungee jumping. Or so he's led to believe....

Got To Get Over

Over at Nerdtorious, check out this oral history Darondo Fandon....

Graven Image

Check this out over at the New Yorker: E.L. Doctorow reads John O'Hara's short story, "Graven Image" and discusses O'Hara—a wonderful writer—with Deborah Treisman....

The End Of Lenny Bruce

Head on over to Bronx Banter and check out Dick Schaap's 1966 tribute to Lenny Bruce:...

Heartbreak On Wheels

Here's Ben Fong-Torres' 1975 Rolling Stone cover story on Linda Ronstadt:...

The Predators Now Have Yellow Ice

Do not adjust your white balance: the ice at Bridgestone Arena has been dyed Pee Yellow. (Sorry, "gold.")...

Wantster Cuts Ties With Worst Charity In U.S.; Sticks With Chris Brown

Less than 24 hours after we reported Wantster had teamed up with America's Worst Charity and America's Worst Person, the cheap Pinterest knock-off is ending its partnership with Kids Wish Network (but affirms it's dedicated to promoting Chris Brown)....

Bizarre Ride To The Far Side

Dig this 1986 20/20 interview with the great Gary Larson. ...

The Art of Storytelling: Joyce Carol Oates

From Open Culture, here's The Writing Life of Joyce Carol Oates:...

Ric Flair Issued Arrest Order Over Failure To Pay Spousal Support

Pro wrestling legend Ric Flair owes his estranged wife more than $32,000 in spousal support, has been held in contempt of court, and now a judge in Mecklenberg, N.C., has issued a order for his arrest. Wooooo!...

Everyone's A Winner, Bargain's Galore!

Pictures of Tom Waits by Anton Corbijn over at Everyday I Show. ...

Prince Fielder Hitting A Triple While McCarver Recites “Enter Sandman”

Some strange things happened at tonight's All-Star Game in New York. A Kansas City player got a hit, for one. (The last Royal to do that was Bo Jackson.) Yankees closer Mariano Rivera entered the game in a save situation, but didn't earn the save. The weirdest parts, though? That Prince Fielder hit...

This Is Joy

Worst Person In America Teams Up With Worst Charity In America [UPDATE]

Every day, optimistic PR people fill our tips box with mumbo-jumbo about new sports websites, book review offers, and other pitches that usually get auto-tagged as spam and are subsequently binned. Today, though, we received the following—and it's so perfect we can't help but share it with you:...

Marrying Television, Football Gained An Audience But Lost A Game

Dig Sherry Kafka's 1973 Texas Monthly article on Don Meredith: "Tuning In Dandy Don":...

Infographic: Where Is ESPN The Magazine Hiding Athletes’ Naughty Bits?

The 2013 Body Issue of ESPN The Magazine hit newsstands last Friday, managing its typical trick of publishing sultry near-nudes while simultaneously patting the reader on the back for admiring the athletic form (just like the ancient Greeks!)....

How Many Consecutive Pitches Can A Typical Baseball Fan Watch?

As you know, Deadspin has lately been documenting the amazing spectacle of the bored fan, the baseball enthusiast who finds a seat at the yard to be the best possible place to crochet, read the newspaper, play a baseball video game, or what have you....

LeeRoy, He Ain't Here No More

Pete Dexter's 1980 story on LeeRoy Yarbrough for Inside Sports has a chilling lede:...

Night-Shifting For The Hip Fleet

“Night-Shifting for the Hip Fleet,” by Mark Jacobson. From New York Magazine, 1975, this piece was the idea that spawned the TV show, Taxi:...

Pump, Pump, Pump, Pump It Up

Paul Solotaroff had a terrific piece on the original Gold’s Gym and the rise of bodybuilding in the February, 2012 issue of Men’s Journal:...