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Young Gun: Dempsey Pounds Willard

Slide on over to Deadline Artists for this look into the past—Grantland Rice's 1919 column on the Jack Dempsey Jess Willard fight:...

[UPDATE] Siragusa Forced To Sell Restaurant License After Drunk Patrons Die

UPDATE: In the official press release regarding the matter, Siragusa is not listed as an owner of this specific Tiffany's. The owners are Bruno D'Uva Sr., Bruno D'Uva Jr., and Lisa Barna....

The Greatest Yankees Meltdown Ever Captured On Tape [NSFW]

Here's a cool old relic from the last great era of Yankees dysfunction. It's a clip of Hall of Fame reliever Goose Gossage losing his shit in front of the New York media in 1982—the beginning of a miserable, drawn-out decade for the organization, when all that '70s glory turned to pinstriped shit....

Padres Analyst Sneaks A "Baby Booey" Into The Telecast

It might be the most commonly spoken phrase in the history of televised baseball: "This copyrighted telecast is presented by authority of the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, &c., &c." But do you really listen? Padres color commentator Mark Grant is betting you don't....

Wilt Chamberlain: Borscht Belt Bellhop

Over at Grantland, dig this cool short film by Caroline Laskow and Ian Rosenberg on Wilt Chamberlain in the Catskills. ...

What's Your Problem With My Dreadlocks, Bill Simmons?

Originally published on WayneWashingtonHoops.com....

Bill Simmons writes 9,000 words about a documentary about the Eagles. Grantland has achieved peak whiteness. [Grantland]...

Tiger's Burdened Walk

Charlie Pierce once wrote a celebrated story about Tiger Woods. Now, he writes about Woods again. Slide on over to Grantland and read "The Burdened Walk":...

What Is Nate Silver's New ESPN Site Going To Look Like?

Nate Silver's ESPN-owned FiveThirtyEight site is not going to be The Nate Silver Show + a few contributors. Silver's plan is to make it a Grantland II, of sorts. ...

Kevin Durant Remorselessly Swats The Jump Shots Of Children

Children beware, if you attend Kevin Durant's basketball camp, you are likely to get your shit ruined. ...

Shall We Dance?

Another gem from Grantland’s “Director’s Cut” series, this one by the late Paul Hemphill (may he not be soon forgotten)....

Woman Sobs And Rants After Not Getting Autographs At Redskins Camp

Oh, dear. This is just so very sad. Crying Giants fan, you may have met your match. ...

I Can't Stop Looking At Steve Spurrier In A Fast-Food Restaurant

I’m not sure which part of this photo of Steve Spurrier in a fast-food restaurant I like the most. That suit with the undone tie that makes him look like he just slept in his car? The sunglasses indoors? That thumbs-up and facial expression of utter satisfaction as he reaches into the condiment stat...

Bringing It All Back Home

Grantland's Director's Cut series began with this gem from Tony Kornheiser: a 1980 Inside Sports cover story on Nolan Ryan:...

Kevin Durant Got Engaged To WNBA Player Monica Wright

Yes, you have heard the name Monica Wright before, because you have seen Love and Basketball and now it's dawning on you that Kevin Durant is marrying a WNBA player who shares her name with the lead character from a movie about love and basketball and oh my god isn't that so fucking adorable?...

The New New Crime of the Century

Over at Gratland, here's Charlie Pierce on Aaron Hernandez and the circus come to town:...

Into Thin Air

Over at Grantland, Bryan Curtis laments the demise of the "Sports of the Times" column in the paper of record:...

Lede Time

Michael MacCambridge does us all a mitzvah with his "Director's Cut" series over at Grantland. Earlier this year he blessed us with one of Lardner's best profiles, "Down Great Purple Valleys," which is most famous for its first sentence:...

Fuck You, Bill Belichick

I was close, Bill Belichick. I was thissss close to spending an entire NFL season free of Tebowmania, or Tebow Time, or whatever fucking brand stamp ESPN decides to put on all its coverage of the Jesusback. I was really looking forward to it, too. I was gonna watch every game safe in the knowledg...