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Hours After Defeat, An Australian Rower Was Smashing Store Windows: Foreign Olympics News That Couldn't Fit On The Desk Of Bob Costas
Deadspin and Gelf Magazine bring you the best (or at least the most interesting) foreign-produced journalism about the London Olympics. ...
Learn All About The World Games, The Haven For Rejected Olympic Sports
The Olympics are often considered a great showcase for sports that really don't get any recognition in everyday life—like gymnastics. But what about the sports that don't even make the Olympics? When do Tchoukball and Fistball (which is the actual name of an actual sport) get to show the world wha...
Bobby Valentine And Buster Olney Don't Like Each Other Very Much
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: After Buster said the players all hate Bobby, Bobby fires back....
A Vote For Haiti Is A Vote For Yourselves: Foreign Olympics News That Didn't Fit On The NBC Teleprompter
Deadspin and Gelf Magazine bring you the best (or at least the most interesting) foreign-produced journalism about the London Olympics. ...
A Ugandan Hero Is Trapped In London: Foreign Olympics News That Wasn't Big Enough For Bob Costas
Deadspin and Gelf Magazine bring you the best (or at least the most interesting) foreign-produced journalism about the London Olympics. ...
Going Under: What Happened To U.S. Synchronized Swimming?
There is a YouTube video of synchronized swimmer Mary Killman performing what is called a Rocket maneuver to the song “Johnny B. Goode” as part of her final solo at the 2011 synchronized swimming world championships in Shanghai. Killman, who will compete in this summer’s Olympics, says it is one of ...
There Is A Giant Photo Of Sean Payton Watching Over Saints Training Camp
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Coach sees you. Coach always sees you....
Olympics Fans Are Fat And Tired: Foreign Olympics News For The 6.7 Billion People Not Watching NBC
Deadspin and Gelf Magazine bring you the best (or at least the most interesting) foreign-produced journalism about the London Olympics. ...
Nigeria Is Changing The Channel: Foreign Olympics News That Did Not Move Bob Costas
With Zooming In, Deadspin and Gelf Magazine bring you the best (or at least the most interesting) foreign-produced journalism about the London Olympics. ...
The Rams Still Have No Idea Who's Running The Defense
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: It's a different person calling the plays every day....
New Zealand's Athletes Can't Stop Washing Their Hands (And Other Foreign Olympics News That Bob Costas Will Ignore)
Gelf Magazine and Deadspin are showcasing the best (or at least the most interesting) foreign-produced journalism with our new feature—Zooming In: The Olympic Edition. ...
Barry Switzer: The NCAA Is "Punishing The Wrong People" At Penn State
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: The former coach says the NCAA rushed to judgment....
Olympics Memory: Beijing's Many Mascots Get An Un-Friendly Welcome
As the London Olympic mascots, Wenlock and Mandeville, greet visitors with their expressionless, chilling, cyclopean stares, we remember the controversial unveiling of the previous Summer Olympics mascots. In this excerpt from Tom Scocca's Beijing Welcomes You: Unveiling the Capital City of the Futu...
How The Ichiro Deal Got Done
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Both teams' GMs walk us through the process....
LeSean McCoy Also Thinks The Eagles Are A Potential Dynasty, And He Includes The Last Two Seasons
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: The Eagles remain the NFL's all-time leader in imaginary Super Bowls....
Bud Selig Doesn't Think Anyone Wants More Instant Replay In Baseball
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape....
Metta World Peace Is Now Friends With The Fan Who Threw A Drink At Him In Detroit
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: World Peace has come to terms with what happened that day....
Mike Schur Is "Ravenously Hungry" For More Replay In Baseball
According to Bud Selig, "the appetite for more replay [in baseball] is very low." Because what would baseball be if it were not for that certain "human element?" However, in this week's excerpt from Slate's podcast Hang Up and Listen, Mike "Ken Tremendous" Schur (last seen around Deadspin in Septe...
Vinny Del Negro Says He Gets A Lot Of Unfair Criticism
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Leave Vinny alone, you talk radio mean people....
Doping, Cheating, And Insta-Celebrity: The Story Behind The First Great Sports Action Photograph, Taken In 1908
I grew up in a home without a television. When my parents’ TV went on the fritz, the story goes, they didn’t bother to get it fixed. So my earliest visual sports memories came not from watching television, but from gawking at the photographs in oversized books like The Wonderful World of Sport....