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Jack Butler, The Former Steelers Defensive Great, Has Died At 85
Jack Butler, who was a star defensive back for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the '50s and who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame last summer, has died. He was 85....
Washington Post Finds Retired NFL Players Broken And Uninsured
You might've wondered at some point in the past umpteen seasons of watching NFL football, Hey, who pays for the chronic and perhaps debilitating injuries these players are doubtlessly incurring? The Washington Post has your answer: Probably not the teams, possibly the taxpayer and, quite likely, no ...
Lee Westwood, Professional Golfer, Just Completely Whiffed On A Shot
He then insisted to everyone around him that it was a practice swing....
Ben Watson's Added-Time Header Delivered Doomed Wigan The FA Cup
Wigan entered today's FA Cup final as 17-2 underdogs, and are facing a major uphill battle to stay in the Premiership. That Ben Watson—a late substitution who broke his leg early this season—scored the winning goal for the Latics makes today's story that much more improbable....
"Queef The Leafs" Shirts Are Confusing To Everyone
Just a guess, but the guy wearing the Red Sox hat in Boston probably isn't a Leafs fan, Getty....
The Meaning Of Convicted Rapist Mike Tyson's New Cartoon
Twenty years ago The Ring magazine asked the question, after Mike Tyson's rape conviction, "What If Mike Tyson Had Never Gone To Jail?" The cover story posed a counterfactual in which Tyson did not receive a guilty verdict on his 1991 indictment for rape, confinement and criminal deviant conduct....
MLB.com Gave Red Sox Owner A Byline To Respond To Dan Shaughnessy
Well, this is ... interesting. MLB.com published a column this afternoon that takes the Boston Globe's Dan Shaughnessy to task for filling precious newspaper space by creating accusations of PED usage for David Ortiz to deny. The author of that MLB.com column? None other than Tom Werner, the Red Sox...
Who Made The Not-Quite-Baseball-Hall-Of-Fame In 2013?
So we know who made up the class of 2013 at the Baseball Hall of Fame: no one. Well, OK, the veterans committee voted in Hank O'Day, Col. Jacob Ruppert, and Deacon White. But they all died in the 1930s; we wouldn't expect much in the way of induction speeches....
MLB Has Disciplined The Umps From Last Night's Angels-Astros Game
Well, what do you know? MLB has not only decided to swing its shithammer at the crew that screwed up a basic rules interpretation during last night's Angels-Astros game. It's also publicizing the discipline being meted out....
Here's A Special Bottle Of Woodford Reserve With Papa John's Name On It
If we've learned one thing about Papa John over the last few weeks, it's that he really likes to get faded. But what does Papa like to get shitfaced with? What's his drink of choice? Bourbon, apparently....
Watch This Rugby Guy Get Tackled Really Hard
Man, that was a hard tackle....
Let it Bleed
Head on over to the Columbia Journalism Review for this appreciation of Red Smith by his son, Terence Smith:...
The Nassau Coliseum Was Not A Dump: What The Isles Are Leaving Behind
In October 2012, a month into the NHL lockout, with the schedule already beginning to crumble, the New York Islanders made a big announcement: Upon expiration of their lease in 2015, the Isles would be leaving the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, their publicly owned home of 40 years, for Brooklyn...
Here's Penn State Coach Bill O'Brien Doing An Impression Of His Mother
Bill O'Brien just concluded a stand-up routine coaches' caravan tour around Pennsylvania. Yesterday, he addressed whether he said "fuckers" or "fighters" on live TV after the Nittany Lions' season-ending win against Wisconsin. Turns out even his mother thought it might not have been "fighters."...
Umps Don't Give A Shit As Astros Make Illegal Pitching Change
The human element is really on a roll this week. Approximately 24 hours after the umpires in Cleveland reviewed an obvious home run and declared it wasn't a home run, another blue crew in Houston allowed the Astros to make a pitching change that is explictly prohibited by MLB's rules....
Roundup: Your Best Bird-Flipping Miami Fan Photoshop Contest Entries
Yesterday's Photoshop contest yielded a treasure trove of hilarity. Here is a selection of our favorite entries, including your winner....
Astros Fan Behind Home Plate Really Wants You To See His Fake Dong
We pride ourselves on vigilance to behind-the-plate fan frivolity, what with jackasses pantomiming blowjobs at Wrigley or dudes outfitting themselves in Marlins gear during non-Marlins postseason games. So when this fan at last night's Angels-Astros game kept standing up to show off his fake dong, ...
Straight to the Hole (like my man Malik Sealy)
Love this short essay Jeff MacGregor wrote in 2011 about basketball at the West 4th Street courts in Greenwich Village:...
Searching for Bobby Fischer
In the mid-1980s, Bill Nack went searching for the chess master and recluse Bobby Fischer. He wrote about his experience for Sports Illustrated:...
