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How To Leave Sportswriting And Never Regret A SecondIn the autumn of 2012, I began working at a pricey midtown Manhattan steakhouse. At one of my first tables sat Geno Auriemma, the women’s basketball coach at the University of Connecticut. Eleven years earlier, I had embedded with him and his players for six months for a book I’d write. I’d held a n...

What Time Is The Super Bowl? No One Cares AnymoreIn 2011, the Huffington Post cracked the code. It ran an SEO keyword-laden article headlined "What Time Does The Superbowl Start?", and cleaned up. By reaching the top of search engine results, it drew the clicks of millions of people searching for that phrase—style error and all. ...

Wanna Know What Happens In A March Madness Game Slightly Before It Airs On TV? Use This PasswordSure, it's the most boring way to watch the year's most exciting sporting event. But it might help you win money from dopes at the bar....

OK, What The Hell Channel Is TruTv?

TruTV, formerly Court TV, is part of the Turner family of networks, and as such is hosting eight games of the NCAA Tournament today and tomorrow. But what goddamned channel is it on? We've annotated the above map with the TruTV channel numbers on major cable providers for the 10 largest television m...

NFL Playoff Scenarios And Tiebreaks, So You Can Be Sure You're Ignoring The Right Games

Week 17 is always an odd melange of completely unwatchable misery between mathematically eliminated teams, stop and start contests between teams that can't remember if they're playing for something, and impossibly intense games between teams that are fighting to see another day. Here are the likely...

For Just $34.99 Plus Tax Plus Shipping And Handling, This Plain White Cap Can Be Yours

To celebrate the hundredth anniversary of Fenway Park, both the Highlanders Yankees and the Red Sox will be wearing 1912 throwback uniforms for this afternoon's game. Here's New York's old-timey duds; here's Boston's. ...

This Man Will Pay You To Teach Him About Football, Because He Lied To Impress A Woman

So, yes, humorous Craigslist postings are usually fake. But on the off-chance this one's not, and because it's funny enough to deserve it, read the tale of one sad Brooklynite who took to Craigslist to find a football tutor. He needs a crash course in what it's like to be a quarterback, and his very...

When Should You Teabag Someone? A Flowchart Explains

An important social issue has arisen from the debate around the New Orleans teabag incident last weekend: When is it OK to teabag someone who has not specifically asked to be teabagged by you? Sometimes, police call that kind of thing sexual battery, but police terms can be confusing! To help settle...