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The Sports Paintings Of Ernie Barnes
More on Ernie Barnes. ...
Joe Carter's World Series-Ending Homer
He hit it twenty years ago today. Last fall I wrote an essay for Sports on Earth about my college girlfriend, New York pizza and Carter’s memorable home run:...
100 % Dundee
Here's a couple of stories about Angelo Dundee. From Grantland, a nice piece by Dave Kindred; at SI, dig Richard Hoffer:...
Stay Out Of The Kitchen: Day One At The World Shuffleboard Championship
A dozen pale Norwegians seek shelter among the 200 stadium seats, mercifully covered by a roof. A young, bearded American wrings out a wet towel over his bald head. An orange-clad Dutchman creaks by, white hair poking out from beneath a Florida Gators baseball cap. Elderly Japanese men stretch agai...
Sean Taylor's Girlfriend Describes His Murder In Brutal Detail
The trial of Eric Rivera—charged with the fatal 2007 shooting of former Washington and University of Miami safety Sean Taylor—began Monday. Taylor's girlfriend, Jackie Garcia Haley, was the first witness called by the prosecution and gave a tearful and raw account of the night Taylor was killed....
NFL Spreads, Visualized: <em>Monday Night Football</em> And Week 8
Based on your feedback from last Friday, we've made a few changes to our visual guide to NFL betting lines. Here's what's new:...
Did CBS Spike An NFL Storyline On <em>The Good Wife</em>?
Two weeks ago, the co-creators of the CBS show, The Good Wife, sat on a New Yorker Festival panel called "Television and Politics." At one point, they were asked if they envied the freedom granted their cable counterparts. Michelle King, sitting next to her husband and Good Wife co-creator, Robert...
NFL Betting Lines, Visualized: Week 7
So you want to gamble on football. Good—gambling is damn wonderful. Here's a resource to make looking at this week's lines a little more informative....
Tom Terrific And His Mystic Talent
From Pat Jordan's 1972 SI profile of Tom Seaver:...
Paintings By Kids
There's some cool artwork by kids in this book by Yankee outfield Curtis Granderson....
Mike Francesa Loses His Mind Over The <em>SNF</em> Theme Song
This is amazing. This is Francesa at his best. His best is when he expresses big, powerful opinions on something of no consequence whatsoever. His best is when he does a close reading of "Waiting All Day For Sunday Night," the SNF opening theme song....
Redskins Sports-Radio Caller Is Righteously Pissed
Kel from Suitland was not happy about Washington's loss to Dallas on Sunday night. So he called up the Sports Junkies show on 106.7 The Fan, and just straight-up ranted for two uninterrupted minutes....
Lighten Up, Francis
A trip to the SI Vault brings us this gem on David Cone by my man John Ed Bradley. From the 1993 Baseball Preview issue:...
Breaking Training
Josh Wilker explains his love for The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training:...
Awkward Local Commercials With Athletes, Ranked
After sharing this Thursday night, many of you shared your favorite weird local commercials with athletes. We've ranked some of them....
We Have A Fat Guy TD In The Red River Rivalry
Texas DT Chris Whaley did indeed rumble into the endzone after picking off Sooner quarterback Blake Bell....
Zinsser Remembers The New York Herald Tribune
Dig this most excellent essay on the old New York Herald Tribune by William Zinsser (who wrote a helpful book about writing):...
Jeff Pearlman Interviews Tyler Kepner
Tyler Kepner, the talented lead baseball columnist at the New York Times is interviewed by Jeff Pearlman....