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The Best And Worst Beat Reporters In Baseball: AL East
Rally 'round the flag, boys—we've got one last edition of the Beat-Off. For the last week, you've helped us identify the best and worst beat reporters for 25 teams in Major League Baseball. Now we conclude with the AL East....
Victor Oladipo And Cody Zeller Posterize Their Fellow Rookies
The posterizing meme lives on, thanks to NBA rookies and former college teammates Victor Oladipo and Cody Zeller. ...
Roundup: Your Best A-Rod Out On The Town Photoshop Entries
We asked, and once again you delivered. What follows is the best of the photoshop contest submissions we got for this image of A-Rod hitting the town in Florida last week. You jerks never manage to disappoint....
There's Something About Steve
We could all use a laugh. So read Pete Dexter's 1984 column on Steve Garvey:...
David Ortiz Still Doesn't Know How He Failed That Drug Test
In 2003, MLB conducted survey testing to determine the extent of PED use in baseball. Among those who tested positive (though we wouldn't learn it for another six years) was David Ortiz, then in his first year with the Red Sox. Even now, Ortiz says he has no idea how he ended up on that list....
Bryce Harper Sparks Dumb Baseball Beef, Dumber Twitter Spat
Bryce Harper stared at a homer for a little too long for the Braves' liking tonight. This got him plunked, and allowed the people running the teams' Twitter accounts to further cheapen the meaning of beef....
Ryan Lavarnway Cannot Do Anything Right
Ryan Lavarnway bounced a throw to second just beyond the mound and allowed five bases and two runs on four passed balls in the first inning tonight. Worse, he helped the Astros take the lead on the Red Sox....
An Averagely Average Comedy: <em>We're The Millers</em>, Reviewed.
Jason Sudeikis is a perfect fit for We're the Millers, which is a shame, since the movie isn't quite as funny as he is. During his time on Saturday Night Live, Sudeikis often played the handsome, average guy who, the longer you hung out with him, seemed stranger and stranger. He could be the straigh...
MLB Continues To Be Bad At Memes
Two things: The movie Face/Off came out in 1997, and this is some pretty dreadful Photoshopping. ...
Lolo Jones Live-Tweets Getting Drug-Tested During Her Birthday Party
Lolo Jones turned 31 last night. She also got a surprise visit from the PED police, which wasn't supposed to be part of the celebration. But Jones refused to let that spoil her good time, so she brought 'em along!...
The Best And Worst Beat Reporters In Baseball: AL Central
The Beat-Off, our crowd-sourced effort to determine the very best and the very worst reporters in Major League Baseball, is winding down. We've covered the National League and the AL West. Today, the AL Central. ...
Fearless Red Sox Fan Refuses To Flinch At Foul Balls
According to our friends at The Nosebleeds, the gentleman featured in this video is known as Dennis Drinkwater, and he is rather famous for his ability to react to foul balls that come screaming toward his face with a zen-like focus and calm. Please enjoy this montage of his fearlessness. The music...
Andrew Shaw To Auction Off The Stitches From His Glorious Hockey Face
Andrew Shaw's busted-up face was one of the highlights of the Chicago Blackhawks' Stanley Cup victory. Shaw hoisting the cup while his face continued to swell and blood oozed from his stitched-up wounds is an image that will always hold a place in hockey history, and now fans have the opportunity to...
More Of The Worst Moments Of Your Lives
Welcome back to The Worst Moment of My Life, a regular feature in which readers share photos and videos of their most miserable life experiences. If you'd like to be a part, send yours to us at [email protected]....
Throw It Down, Big Man
Check out Pat Jordan's 2001 New York Times profile of Bill Walton:...
The NFL Will Crack Down On Celebrations. Again.
I know we were all thinking it: football is just a little too fun. But worry not, the NFL is sensitive to your concerns, and plans to squeeze what little joy was left out of touchdown celebrations....
Fan Promises To Run On Field In Exchange For Retweets, Chickens Out
Tonight, while the baseball world watched the return of Alex Rodriguez, another young baseball fan used Twitter to gain a whole lot of attention and retweets in exchange for promising everyone the schadenfreude of watching him get obliterated by stadium security. He began the night with a simple pro...
A Non-Exhaustive List Of People MLB Has Not Suspended For 211 Games
Major League Baseball has suspended Alex Rodriguez for 211 games. There are, however, many people who haven't been suspended for 211 games. Here are a few of them:...
The Swimmer
A classic—John Cheever's short story, "The Swimmer":...