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Michael J. Mooney's a good one. I remember liking this GQ story he did a couple of years ago:...
Coach K Has No Comment On Gucci Mane's Sex Life
Yesterday, rapper Gucci Mane went on a barely decipherable Twitter rant in which he dished dirt on women in the music industry with whom he has allegedly had sex. One tweet in particular caught our eye:...
Why Lionel Messi Is Even Better Than You Think
One of the key findings of The Numbers Game: Why Everything You Know About Soccer Is Wrong is that soccer, more than any other team sport, is a weak link game: matches are won and lost, and championships and relegation are secured, by the genius and quality of a club's superstars, but even more so b...
The Most Important Part of <em>SI's</em> Oklahoma State Shamestravaganza
Beneath all of the handwringing and pearl clutching that is laced throughout Sports Illustrated's story on Oklahoma State's pay-for-play schemes is this, the final paragraph:...
Every Shitty Thing That Happened To The Pittsburgh Pirates, 1992-2013
With last night’s 1-0 victory over the Texas Rangers, the losingest losers are losers no more....
<em>Sports Illustrated</em> Falls For Satire About Nick Saban Visiting Texas
What you see above is the story that went screaming out on the SI Wire at SI.com earlier today. Technically, it's true: Nick Saban is indeed visiting Texas this weekend—but only because Alabama's showdown with Texas A&M is still scheduled for Saturday in College Station. But that's not all SI.com is...
Buffalonian Intimately Familiar With Tom Brady's Bathroom Habits
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Audiobooks Are For Communists And Charles Bronson Villains
We welcome September into our lives and all it has to offer: sweet weather, the NFL, meaningful baseball games and two months before I have to run 13.1 consecutive miles. It's a pretty decent time to be alive; let's talk about why it's not. Here's your Spotify playlist....
I Held Up The "Hi Lizzy Seeberg" Sign On ESPN's <em>GameDay</em>. Here's Why.
On Saturday morning there was one sign visible on College GameDay that stood out from the usual fare of good-natured ribbing and outraged a lot of folks online. It read, simply, "Hi Lizzy Seeberg." The reaction was unanimous. "Stay classy, Michigan" and "subhuman" were among the responses. Later in ...
"My GF's Tits 4 Tickets": Notre Dame vs. Michigan <i>GameDay</i> Sign Roundup
We did not have to wait long for the day's winner; dude really wants to get into the Big House. Let's see what else we've got. ...
Baseball Argument Escalates Into Umpire Grabbing Manager By The Throat
More zaniness from Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League, the only baseball league in the world that really matters. And this one involves Manny Ramirez's old team, the EDA Rhinos, in a recent game against the Brother Elephants. Man, even the baseball team names in Taiwan are perfect....
Skinheads, Drunks, And London Soccer In The Early '70s
Forty years after its publication, The Glory Game, Hunter Davies's behind-the-scenes classic about a season with Tottenham Hotspur, reads in a lot of ways like a supreme work of access journalism, one willing to betray the secrets everyone already knows in order to protect the real ones. So players ...
Minor League Catcher Hospitalized After Brutal Home Plate Collision
Warning: Watching this video might make your teeth rattle....
Report: Ryan Braun Personally Calling Brewers Season Ticket Holders
Ryan Braun is placing calls to Milwaukee Brewers season ticket holders to apologize for using performance-enhancing drugs and getting suspended as a result, according to a report by CBS58....
Some Asshole Got A Tattoo Of An Orioles Logo On Top Of A Redskins Logo
So does this mean this person prefers the Orioles over the Redskins? That he loves both teams with equal fervor? That he could only get one tattoo and couldn't decide which way to go? All of the above are plausible explanations. I'm thinking he lost a bet....
Sixth-Grade Running Back Hurdles Defender En Route To End Zone
Via Bob's Blitz, this youngster for the Rebels of Obion County (Tenn.) knew right when to press the correct button on his controller. ...