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Russell Westbrook And Kevin Durant Are Awesome
This is a beautiful thing. In the first quarter of Grizzlies-Thunder, Russell Westbrook grabbed a rebound and, in the same motion, effortlessly flicked a pass three-quarters of the court that just so happened to land right in front of a streaking Kevin Durant for a fast break dunk that had no busin...

Blues Fan Bares Breasts During Chicago-St. Louis Overtime
First Joel Quenneville grabbed his nuts and now this: a Blues fan sitting behind the goal in St. Louis took a moment to urge her team on in overtime by flashing her breasts. Shortly thereafter, St. Louis scored and took a commanding 2-0 lead in the NHL's most x-rated series so far....

Blake Griffin Fouls Out, Dumps Water All Over Warriors Fan
Blake Griffin fouled out with 48 seconds left in the game, and the score tied 105-105. It was kind of a ticky-tacky foul and Griffin was reacting to the video replay. He lifted his arms in exasperation and dumped the water he was holding all over the guy in a Warriors shirt behind him. Then he threw...

Harrison Barnes Blocks Shot, Hits Three, Swaggers
Harrison Barnes had a great series late in the fourth quarter of a hotly contested Game 1 between the Warriors and Clippers. In a span of 20 seconds, he blocked a Chris Paul layup and then hit the three-point shot on the ensuing possession....

Jeff Van Gundy Is Sick Of These Charlatan Paddleboat Salesmen
Mike Breen and Jeff Van Gundy are calling the Golden State-L.A. Clippers game today and coming back from a break late in the third quarter, Van Gundy, rightly, decided to sound off on paddleboats. ...

Who's A Good Dog? Mike Napoli's A Good Dog.
Filed to: baseball players are tremendous weirdos. ...

Peter King Leads The League In Poor Word Choice
Oh, Peter King. This is a rough tweet. It reads like a supremely off-color Henny Youngman joke. ...

How To Hard-Boil Eggs, For Godly Or Ungodly Purposes
Interestingly (or maybe not interestingly) (I mean, we are talking about boiled eggs, and we are gonna have to calibrate our "interesting" scale pretty generously here), hard-boiled eggs, when made properly, receive a much softer boiling than soft-boiled eggs. The "-boiled" is what confuses things: ...

David Green: The Story Behind My Bombing Photo Of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Last year was the first time David Green, CEO of a sports compression company 110% Play Harder, had run the Boston Marathon. The Ironman and ultra-endurance athlete had just crossed the finish line and was walking to meet some friends when the first bomb went off, then the second. He took a picture....

Here's Milan Lucic's Nutshot On Danny DeKeyser
This is why no one feels bad for the Bruins after Game 1. ...

Pavel Datsyuk's Slick Moves Put Detroit Up 1-0 Over Bruins
Just 30 seconds before this play, Detroit goaltender Jimmy Howard watched Milan Lucic 's redirection of Jarome Iginla's shot/pass on goal harmlessly trickle through the crease. It was the Bruins best chance of the night and on the pendulum swing back, they were down 1-0. These things always seem to ...

We're Really Going To Miss Mike Woodson Getting Pissed Off At The Knicks
The Knicks are done being bad for this season, so it's almost time to introduce a new coach. You know it, I know it, Carmelo Anthony knows it, Phil Jackson knows it, and Mike Woodson knows it. Steve Kerr knows it too, it seems: According to a report in the Post, Kerr "absolutely expects" to be offer...

Here Are The 10 Best Dunks Of The NBA Season
When Blake Griffin channeling Pistol Pete before windmilling an alley-oop from Chris Paul is only the 10th best dunk of the year, you know it's been a good year for dunks. Enjoy....

A Treasure Trove Of Synchronized Ice Skaters Freaking The Hell Out
Remember the Starlights, the super fucking excited ice skaters that we couldn't stop watching earlier this week? If you enjoyed their enthusiasm, you will also enjoy this compilation video of other synchronized ice skating teams flipping out after seeing their scores. Synchronized ice skaters are my...

Boston Without Barriers: The Marathon Then And Now
Part of the appeal of marathons is their inclusive nature, the way they're accessible to both runners and spectators. It's a sport of the people, the steaming rabble, those straining sinew flinging their sweat onto those shouldering closer to holler or hold out a crushed and sloshing cup of water. ...

The Greatest Season In NBA History*, Brought To You By DeAndre Liggins
The play above—what looks like an afterthought in LeBron James's 61-point outburst against the Bobcats—represents the sole meaningful play of #14 DeAndre Liggins's season. Spending most of the year in D-League, Liggins was signed by Miami late in February and released in mid-March, appearing in just...

The NHL's New Playoff Format, As Explained By Highly Paid Consultants
The NHL rolled out a new playoff format this season, which some have found a bit confusing. To assist, an employee at Accenture—the world's largest consulting company—has passed along a presentation he made for his boss to explain the changes. This is a great pro bono service: Had you personally ask...

Hubcaps
Thomas McGuane has a good short story in this week's New Yorker:...

Head-To-Head Records Of The NBA Playoffs, As Cool Radial Charts
Over on NBA.com, Andy Bergmann (@dubly) has put together some neat radial charts showing the head-to-head records between this season's playoff teams....

The Ultimate "James Harden Doesn't Play Defense" Video Compilation
Ballwatching! Lollygagging! Ineffectually flailing at the ballhandler as he blows by! Yes folks, it's all here, in this lowlight reel of James Harden's saddest moments on defense from the 2013-14 NBA season. ...