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This Bicycle Kick From Thierry Henry Was A Game-Winner
This goal came off a corner kick in the 88th minute to put the New York Red Bulls up 2-0 on the Montreal Impact....

Billy Bush Was Kicked Out Of The Rangers Locker Room Tonight
Billy Bush is a thing with a face that is on television. A Current Affair, or something like that. Anyway, he was apparently at the Rangers game this evening—a game the Rangers won 4-3, tying the series at two games apiece—and pissed off a bunch of the local scribes when he brought the circus to the...

Toronto Maple Leafs Lose, WAGs Exchange Death Eyes
This may take a bit of explaining, but stick with us, it is the best. The blonde to the right there is Hockey Queen Elisha Cuthbert. She is currently engaged to Maple Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf. The brunette sitting one row below is married to Maple Leafs goaltender James Reimer. Both men were invol...

Most Miami Lady Ever Flips Joakim Noah The Bird
This lady, hooooo fuckin' boy, this lady. So angry!...

Toronto's Mark Fraser Takes Puck To The Face
With about 12 minutes remaining in the third period of Game 4 against the Bruins, Toronto defenseman Mark Fraser was hit directly in the head with a puck....

Taj Gibson Goes On F-Bomb Tirade After Game 2 Ejection
Game 2 between the Heat and Bulls was a real snoozer until early in the fourth quarter when referee Scott Foster and the Bulls decided no one wanted to hang around to see the rest of the game play out....

The Double Life Of A Gay Dodger
Originally published in the October 1982 issue of Inside Sports....

Phil Jackson Is Still Figuring Out This Whole Twitter Thing
Phil Jackson, or whoever is running Phil Jackson's account, has had an interesting run on Twitter. It started with a too-good-to-be-true debut that turned out to be a commercial and segued into book recommendations for Kobe Bryant. Now he's trying to congratulate George Karl on winning coach of the ...

Bill Simmons Blames Haters For ESPN's "Bad" Night At The Sports Emmys
Awards make journalists crazy. All the time. Without fail. ...

Florida Trial Lawyer John Morgan Running Massive Pro-Tebow Ad Campaign
John Morgan, whose "For The People" slogan has made him Florida's most famed trial attorney, might not seem a likely Tim Tebow supporter. Morgan's a devoted supporter of liberal causes, and Tebow is not. That isn't stopping Morgan from launching a huge campaign to get the Jacksonville Jaguars to si...

A Relegated Team Reaching The FA Cup Final Is Facepalm-Worthy
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TTU Footballers Urged To Be Active, And That Doesn't Count Video Games
Workout schedules for college football players can be complex, what with varying needs for strength/fitness/flexibility based on position and those ever-complicated NCAA limits on supervised activities. One thing's clear for Texas Tech players, though: video games don't count as "being active."...

Deadspin I-Team: Who Is The Shrieking Spurs Fan?
Last night's Warriors-Spurs double-OT thriller was exciting, but many fans at home struggled to fully integrate themselves into the game experience thanks to a shrill Spurs fan whose voice came through loud and clear on TNT's broadcast....

Sunderland WAG Goes The Full Al Bundy
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That Warriors-Spurs Game Was Bonkers
Manu Ginobili hit the game-winning shot with 1.2 seconds left in double-overtime to put a bow on an absolutely incredible game. With less than four minutes left in regulation Klay Thompson fouled out with the Warriors up 104-88. Chris Webber said something along the lines of "luckily, they don't ne...

So, Uh, The Bulls Won?
What the hell's going on here? The Bulls just beat the Miami Heat 93-86 and, well, what in the hell is going on here? ...

Can Mario Williams Get His Engagement Ring Back From His Ex?
Ah, every annoying property/contract student's favorite hypo: the engagement ring. What happens when a really expensive gift is made in contemplation of some future occurrence that never happens? ...

Thin Air: In The Mountains With Steve Carlton, Armed Conspiracist
Originally published as "Thin Mountain Air" in the April 1994 issue of Philadelphia Magazine. The story appears in The Best Sports Writing of Pat Jordan published by Persea books. A postscript with thoughts from both the author and editor follows....

