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Never Underestimate The Importance Of A Good Blintz
Greg Cerio on a 2011 exhibition of Weegee's L.A. years:...
What Do Arrests Data <em>Really</em> Say About NFL Players And Crime?
You can find all kinds of data about all the arrests in the NFL; tracking the alleged criminal behavior of football players has become something of a cottage industry unto itself. The San Diego Union-Tribune has a comprehensive database from 2000 to the present. Reddit user Mario Wolf has some chart...
Everybody Street
Over at Lomography, Cheryl Dunn talks about this cool-looking new documentary about New York City street photographers....
Picture This: Do the Bucs Stop Here?
This summer in Pittsburgh, the Pirates are messing with peoples' hearts again. After countless seasons of sub-.500 finishes, occasional spurts of excellence followed by long stretches of crappy play and, saints preserve us, a decades-long slog of mediocrity unmatched in the majors since ... well, ev...
BBC Apologizes For Shitty Thing It Said About Bartoli And Her Dad
Today, gentlemen, we were reminded why we lug our reputations as troglodytes well into the 21st century. A woman named Marion Bartoli proved athletic enough to win a singles title at Wimbledon and was thereupon described to BBC Radio 5 listeners as something other than "a looker." Because, you see, ...
Terrapins Running Back Accused Of Wiretapping, Among Other Charges
University of Maryland sophomore running back Wes Brown was arrested Wednesday and charged with second-degree assault, theft under $1,000 and illegal use of wiretapping, according to Testudo Times. Wait, what?...
“Hey Ungrateful Quitter": Emails From An Angry Lacrosse Coach
Consider this your latest reminder that lacrosse is the worst. What follows is an email exchange, forwarded to us by a tipster, that took place between an angry lacrosse coach, one of his players, and that player's parents. It begins with the player telling his coach that he won't be able to attend ...
Knicks And Raptors Agree To Trade For Andrea Bargnani
According to Howard Beck, the two sides have agreed on a trade that will send Andrea Bargnani to the Knicks. In return for Steve Novak, Marcus Camby, a 2016 first-round pick and two future second-round picks, the Knicks will receive the first overall pick from 2006, who is owed $22 million over the ...
Hassoun Camara Scores Impossible Bicycle Goal From Ground
I have no clue how this worked for Hassoun Camara, beyond the goalkeeper error cited by the commentator. But it did!...
NBA Finals Elimination Games, Ranked According To Fun
Note: An earlier version of this post was missing two key elimination games – 1988 Game 7 and 1993 Game 6 – which are now included in the rankings....
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Nice piece by Jim Dwyer in the Times on Louis Requena, a fixture of the New York sports scene for decades:...
Original Madman
Do yourself a favor and head on over to Time's essential Lightbox site and check out Phil Bicker's tribute to Bert Stern who passed away a couple of days ago at the age of 83....
Roger Federer Is Out At Wimbledon In Craziest Second Round Ever
Something called Sergiy Stakhovsky just defeated Roger Federer in four sets at Wimbledon, which is less a tournament at this point than it is one of those Agatha Christie books where bodies keep piling up around some quaint English vicarage. Where do we start? Rafael Nadal got knocked out Monday. M...
What Are These Symbols On The Mound At Busch Stadium?
The (St. Louis) Riverfront Times writes today about a pair of symbols scrawled into the mound at Busch Stadium, with a handful of pictures taken of a TV serving as evidence. We investigated, and, sure enough, they have definitely been there for at least a month. But what are they? (Hint: It's obviou...
Maria Sharapova Passive-Aggressively Ethers Serena Williams
Outside of those Steubenville comments, Serena Williams gave other eyebrow-raising quotes in her Rolling Stone interview, specifically one about Maria Sharapova....
Drake Tries To Get Into Heat Locker Room, Is Coldly Turned Away
This is your moment, anti-Drake America. Look upon his wounded expression and understand that it won't get any better than this. Savor it....
Miami ABC Affiliate Reports "Game 7 Loss"
They must have left the game early....
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Serena Williams On Steubenville: "I'm Not Blaming The Girl But ..." [UPDATE]
Serena Williams is letting the press back into her life, big time. If you're unfamiliar, this is the "Serena comes out of her shell" part of the Serena dialectic, which is only a few pungent quotes from a full retreat and the "Why won't Serena let herself be loved?" stage....