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This morning Pulitzer Prize-winning Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus was shot and killed in eastern Afghanistan by a local police officer. Last November, The Atlantic ran a large collection of her work from the country. Above, Afghan men fight each other with slings in Kandahar as par...
Absurd Photo: A Ballplayer Sitting By The Girl Who Tried To Murder Him
See that guy in the middle, sitting down and looking like he'd rather be anywhere else? That's Eddie Waitkus, a first baseman for the Phillies. See the young lady on the left side of the frame? That's Ruth Steinhagen, the woman who on June 14, 1949, tried to kill Eddie Waitkus. ...
The Splendid Photography Of Art Shay
Legendary photographer Art Shay has an exhibition at New York's Morrison Hotel Gallery, and to celebrate the his work, Slate has published a number of Shay's best pieces in a beautiful retrospective. Seems like the man was everywhere in the 60s, and captured nearly all the iconic American entertaine...
Dennis Rodman Looks Pretty Much How You'd Expect
International diplomat Dennis Rodman showed up to the Buenos Aires leg of the Legends of Basketball Tour looking like a survivor of the cyberpunk apocalypse because of course he did. Eyeliner and lipstick on the basketball court? Sure. But it's hard to imagine that playing with so many ear/nose/lip ...
UConn Tumbles Into The Final Four
[Ryan Boatright takes a spill after scoring as UConn edged Michigan State 60-54 in a sloppy Elite Eight match. The Huskies are the first No. 7 seed to make the Final Four since tournament expansion in 1985. Photo by Frank Franklin II/AP]...
Train Surfing Is As Insane, Dangerous As It Sounds
Italian photographer Marco Casino just took first prize in the World Press Photo Multimedia Awards with his short film Staff Riding that follows South African train surfers. Yup, train surfers. Catch the entire short after the jump. ...
UFC Training Looks Inhuman Up Close
The New York Times has a photo essay by Cooper Neill on UFC's Johny Hendricks, during his training regimen and subsequent fight against Robbie Lawler on Mar. 15. As usual, UFC training is crazy. Oh, no big deal, just carrying some barbells around a football field. Check out the whole set at the Time...
How An Arena Hype Video Is Made: Behind The Scenes Of Dayton's Promo
Ever wonder what goes into those quick in arena hype videos? Dayton-based creative studio Real Art just posted the above behind-the-scenes from a promo shoot for the hometown Flyers. It details a month-long design and fabrication process where a giant 'FlyRig' is made from scratch. ...
The Amazing, Vivid Sports Artwork Of Mickey Duzyj
Mickey Duzyj is an artist and designer living in Brooklyn. The Detroit native's work has been featured in the New Yorker, Rolling Stone, ESPN, Esquire and Grantland. ...
I Don't Understand This Picture Of Chris Bosh At The Strip Club
Chris Bosh smokes a cigar while paying a dollar for services rendered, is as honest a caption for this photo as you can really get. Beyond that, who really knows. ...
Cuonzo Martin's Vols post #Sweet16Selfie
Straight off their 83-63 win over Mercer Sunday night, Tennessee head coach Cuonzo Martin posted this selfie of his elated team. The win moves UT into their first Sweet 16 appearance since 2010, and has helped save a lackluster season for the third-year coach....
CNN Wrote The Worst Kurt Cobain Lede Ever. We Tried To Top It.
CNN.com wrote an article about newly released photographs from the scene of Kurt Cobain's suicide. This is how that article begins:...
A Cold War Philly Beatdown, Illustrated
Geopolitics in the Crimea made you wistful for Cold War-era sports showdowns, where simple games became struggles between global powers? Well, illustrator Stephen Halker and the good people over at Victory Journal have a beautifully jingoistic tale of the 1976 game between the Broad Street Bullies ...
Doin' It In The Park: Pick-Up Basketball, NYC
If you're in the New York area this evening, come over to St. John's Recreation Center in Brooklyn to catch a free screening of Doin' it in the Park: Pick-Up Basketball, NYC. Bobbito Garcia and Kevin Coulia's film canvasses 180 NYC parks, from Harlem's Rucker to "The Cage" in the West Village. Not p...
Shaq In World's Largest Motion Capture Suit
As covered earlier, Shaq is out hat-in-hand asking for funding for a sequel to Shaq Fu. Buried on the behind-the-scenes photobucket gallery is this magnificent image....