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Work Horse On Ice
Dig this day-in-the-life story about Gordie Howe from 1959. Written by the great W.C. Heinz for the Saturday Evening Post:...
The "Voodoo Science" Behind A Nike Running Program: An Insider Talks
Vern Gambetta is afraid he comes off as a grouchy old man. He's not that old. And those statements about lifetime bans for drug cheats and Nike Oregon Project's "innovations"? That's straight shooting from a guy who might be the most influential person in sports conditioning today. ...
Remove The Swoosh And USA Track & Field Will Sue Your Balls Off
Oiselle, a running apparel company, has received a cease-and-desist letter from USA Track & Field. Oiselle's crime? Removing the Nike Swoosh from a national team photo. ...
NBC Puts Olympic Ring On It
Channeling its best Beyonce, NBC locked up Olympic broadcasting rights through 2032 in a reported $7.5 billion deal....
Can USATF Coach Jon Drummond Carry Your Drugs?
David Epstein, writing for Sports Illustrated and ProPublica, reports that a USA Track & Field representative and coach "encouraged [the] use of the banned products and transported them" for doper Tyson Gay....
<em>SNL</em> Lampoons Donald Sterling Scandal In Cold Open
Adam Silver, Donald Sterling, Dennis Rodman, and others made appearances in tonight's Saturday Night Live cold open, which didn't skewer the scandal involving the L.A. Clippers owner as much as it did make mildly amusing references to it....
Ex-USATF CEO Doug Logan: New Nike Deal Shows "Lack Of Judgment"
Doug Logan, the former Chief Executive Officer of USA Track & Field, has responded to his former employer's massive new deal with Nike, calling it a "lack of judgment of its current leadership."...
The Footage USATF Doesn't Want You To See Doesn't Show Much
Earlier this morning, USA Track & Field accidentally released 37 minutes of footage used to disqualify, then un-disqualify, Gabe Grunewald at the 2014 USA Indoor Championships in February. For a video so important, it doesn't show much....
Is USATF The Batch Of Idiots They Appear?
Is USA Track & Field the batch of bumbling idiots they appear? Or are they simply inept liars? That's on track and field's mind this morning....
USATF Takes Lack Of Transparency To Next Level
USA Track & Field, which has already sold unborn Olympians to Nike, takes its lack of transparency to the next level, all for only $75. ...
Original LeBron Hater Sick Of All The Bandwagon Haters
This right here is a brilliant piece of satire. Comedian Matt Lieb adopts the character of someone who has been hating LeBron James way before you were hating LeBron James, and in the process captures everything that is annoying about scolding fans who never shut up about bandwagoners. There's also...
<em>SNL</em> Presents: "NCAA Tournament: Best Of The White Guys"
We only have one game left in this year's NCAA Tournament, and NBC gave those willing to suffer through an entire Saturday Night Live episode one bonus highlight reel, in an infomercial for "NCAA Tournament: Best Of The White Guys."...
When A Famed Nike Coach Tried To Steal A Race, A Track Protest Was Born
The scene was unprecedented: seven runners walking off the track hand in hand, in quiet protest against their own governing body. The women had just run the 1,500-meter race at the U.S. indoor national championships on Feb. 23 in Albuquerque. The day before, the winner of the 3,000-meter race, Gabe ...
<em>Sports Illustrated</em> Releases Surprisingly NSFW Swimsuit Issue Cover
We can't say we saw this coming—and neither will you, if your wife gets to it first. Click the jump for the very NSFW, and surprising, SI swimsuit cover....
Drake Played An Ever-Denying Alex Rodriguez In The <em>SNL</em> Cold Open
Drake is pulling double-duty as host and musical guest on tonight's episode of Saturday Night Live, and the show broke from tradition a bit by featuring its host in the cold open. Here's Drake appearing as Alex Rodriguez on Piers Morgan Tonight....
What If There Were An NFL RedZone For Reality Show Brawls?
Ugly fights are the touchdowns of reality shows, and in this Saturday Night Live sketch, Rosé Zone knows that. The hypothetical channel that shows only "hot garbage" all the time would be so efficient for watching reality TV. No one cares about aspirations or feel-good moments; we want conflict, li...
Satchel: The Life And Times Of An American Legend
Satchel knew that, despite being the fastest, winningest pitcher alive, being black meant he never would get the attention he deserved. That was easy to see in the backwaters of the Negro Leagues but it remained true when he hit the Majors at age forty-two, with accusations flying that his signing w...
Dream A Little Dream With Joan Didion
Found online: Joan Didion’s famous 1966 piece for the Saturday Evening Post, “Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream.”...
How Far Did Rocky Go in His Training Run in <em>Rocky II</em>?
Originally published in Philadelphia magazine....