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Rick Carlisle Does His Best Gregg Popovich Impression
Nobody will ever be as contemptuous and dismissive during sideline interviews as Gregg Popovich, but that didn't stop Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle from paying homage to the master during last night's Rockets-Mavericks game....

Dwight Howard Got Owned By A Heckler Last Night
A fun thing happened during last night's Rockets-Mavericks game. Late in the fourth quarter, Dwight Howard got heckled by a very angry man who may or may not have been an extra in Wayne's World 2, and Howard responded by tossing the ball at the heckler....

Dana White Says Some More Ridiculous Things About Georges St-Pierre
UFC president Dana White received plenty of pushback, on this website and elsewhere, when on Saturday he demanded that welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre—who had just finished getting pummeled by Johny Hendricks and was clearly distressed about his own physical and mental well-being after his ...

A Three-Man Front Is A Late-Game Defensive Formation For Suckers
The weekend, as I watched the absurd denouement of the Northwestern-Michigan game, something struck me as familiar — beyond the now-routine bumblefuckery that inspires the Wildcats to turn fourth-quarter leads into triple-overtime losses. No, it wasn't simply that Michigan drove in the dregs of game...

Report: Richie Incognito Also Harassed A Dolphins Staff Member
Hey, it's been a few days since we've had a report about what a gigantic shit head Richie Incognito is. So here's this, from Jason Cole at the National Football Post....

Fred Allen: The Great Sourpuss
Dig this Library of America Story of the Week selection by Fred Allen, a great American wit whose popularity didn't translate from radio to television—man, did he ever hate TV....

This Beer-Funneling Grandma Is The Best
A 75-year-old grandma was funneling beers at a Penn State-Purdue tailgate Saturday. This is absolutely tremendous. 75-year-old. Grandma. Funneling beers. Look at her! ...

An Interview With Richie Incognito, Italian Teenager
Because we don't work out with Richie Incognito, we weren't able to land him for an interview. So we did the next best thing: We spoke with 17-year-old Richie Incognito, a student from Varese, Italy, and asked him his feelings on the Dolphins imbroglio....

The End Of Georges St-Pierre
A few thoughts, in no particular order, on the Georges St-Pierre vs. Johny Hendricks welterweight title bout from Saturday:...

Flag Rips In Buffalo During National Anthem
That's it Bills, get out. You're officially Toronto's problem now. ...

Eric Ward's One-Handed TD Catch Sparked Your Most Recent Gusgasm
We don't cover Gusgasms much these days, and we've sort of come around to editor emeritus's viewpoint about Fox's top college announcer. But when Gus Johnson goes overboard, we have an obligation to highlight it....

Watch Auburn Beat Georgia With An Improbable, Insane Hail Mary
Moments after Georgia's Aaron Murray rushed in a touchdown to give the Bulldogs the lead late, Auburn receiver Ricardo Louis caught a 73-yard Hail Mary pass tipped into the air by UGA defenders and gave the Tigers an improbable win that keeps their SEC championship hopes alive....

How Branch Rickey Invented Modern Baseball
Excerpted from Dollar Sign on the Muscle, named by Sports Illustrated one of the top 100 sports books of all time; postscript by Sam Miller. You can read more about the new Baseball Prospectus edition of the book here, or buy it in paperback or as an e-book....
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Fugitive Comments On Own Most Wanted Photo On Facebook [UPDATE]
If the police are looking for you, it seems unwise to comment and argue on a "most wanted" photo of you circulating around Facebook....

"Make Way For Brother Mike!": When Tyson Left Prison The First Time
Excerpted from A Savage Business. Republished by permission of the author; his postscript follows....


Sitting Courtside On Press Row Can Sometimes Be Hazardous
At least it was yesterday at the Mullins Center, where UMass's Derrick Gordon and LSU's Johnny O'Bryant III took out a laptop, a couple of sodas, and some guy in a red shirt during their relentless pursuit of a loose ball. Be sure to watch Gordon completely launch himself during the slow-motion repl...

Are You A Hall Of Fame Voter? We'd Like To Buy Your Vote
It's Hall of Fame season and there's no joy in it, because instead of discussing what matters—Edgar Martinez's elegant swing, Tim Raines careening around third, Mike Mussina flicking a knuckle curve at the edge of the plate—baseball fans will be discussing the voters, who are mainly sour, nasty old ...

How To Win <em>The Price Is Right</em>, Once You Actually Make It Onto The Show
Over at Slate, Ben Blatt has used some game theory to figure out the most strategic way to play all 71 pricing games on The Price Is Right (one game, "Now or Then," can be won 100 percent of the time using his system). Of course, the real challenge is getting a chance to play in the first place. Bac...

How The Jets' Run-Stuffing, QB-Ruining Defensive Line Came To Be
It's up in the air who named the Jets' defensive line of Sheldon Richardson, Damon Harrison, and Muhammad Wilkerson the "Sons of Anarchy," but there's no question how disruptive and dominant the line has been. Without much help from the secondary, it's helped return Rex Ryan's squad to its place as...