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Down The Drain With Roger Angell
Over at the Nieman Storyboard Elon Green talks to Roger Angell about Angell's 1975 profile of Steve Blass:...
Who Was The Best Oscars Host Of The Past 25 Years?
11. James Franco and Anne Hathaway (2011). Always beware of courting the "young," particularly two young people who are basically 50-year-olds in grownup clothing. Franco, stripped of all self-referential schtick, turned into an empty suit with nowhere to hide, and Hathaway's desperate attempts to p...
Steve Elkington Is Your Dumb Uncle On Twitter
Steve Elkington hasn't been a great golfer in 15 years, but he's moved on to his second career as a guy who says dumb shit on Twitter. And he is elite. ...
Old Asshole Golfer Has Thought About Michael Sam
Good one, Steve. You're really good at being an old asshole on Twitter....
Steve Elkington Tells Stephanie Wei She's Short And Has "No Cans"
The essential facts: Steve Elkington is a pro golfer, and Stephanie Wei was a college golfer who now writes about the sport. Now, let the conversation tell the rest of the story....
Baron Davis's Comeback Mockumentary Is Damn Funny
It's been some time since we've had Baron Davis in our lives, and that is unfortunate because Baron Davis is awesome. Here Davis teams up with Steve Nash in a video detailing his "efforts" to return to the NBA. You will laugh at this....
Steve Nash, At 40 Years Old, Can Still Shake You Out Of Your Shoes
Steve Nash turned 40 last night and had a pretty solid game for the Lakers in a 112-98 win over the 76ers. He had 19 points, five assists and four rebounds. Most importantly, he let (25-year-old) Evan Turner shift his focus to offense when he caught him leaning on this behind-the-back cut to the ba...
Russia Today Consults Security Expert Steven Seagal On Sochi Safety
Some security experts have suggested that with the eyes of the world on the Winter Games, terrorist elements could leave Sochi under siege. Indeed, with its location near contested Chechen territory, it's possible the world's athletes could be competing on deadly ground. With that in mind, the U.S. ...
Tony Snell's Mom Once Called Steve Alford A "Motherfucker"
Over at ChicagoSide, Daniel Libit has a nice profile of Bulls rookie guard Tony Snell, who is in the midst of a surprisingly productive season after being drafted with the 20th pick in the 2013 draft. Libit's piece is a nice look into a fringe prospect's journey to the NBA and Snell's close relation...
The Seahawks' Secret Hero Is A Kicker Who Didn't Want To Kick
Lost in all the fuss over Shermaggedon is that Russell Wilson, still a sophomore, has some enormous balls. While Colin Kaepernick fell apart in the fourth, Wilson stepped up, avoiding turnovers and tossing what would be the game-winner, a 35-yard strike to Jermaine Kearse. But it almost didn't happe...
Steve Francis Isn't Looking So Good These Days, You Guys
Former NBA star Steve Francis recently attended some sort of event in Luizhou, a prefecture in China's Guangxi region, at which many unfortunate photos were taken. Francis is only 37 years old, but he looks rough....
NFL Films Taught Us How To Watch Football
Rich Cohen's great portrait of Ed and Steve Sabol:...
Steve Spurrier Is In Disguise
"Steve who? Spurrier? Nope, no idea who that is. Sorry, I'm Barry Alvarez. Clearly not the guy you are looking for."...
What You're Expecting, But More So: <em>Anchorman 2</em>, Reviewed.
1. When did the tide start to turn on Ron Burgundy? It's a strange thing: Since Will Ferrell introduced his greatest creation in 2004, there has been a relentless drumbeat among the public to bring him back, from cameos on Conan to rampant interview requests to the ultimate point where Ferrell and P...
Is This Steve Spurrier Doing Hump Reps On An Exercise Ball?
Well, the guy who posted this Vine says it is. And if it ain't, it's mesmerizing all the same....
Steven Jackson Bowls Over Josh Wilson Thanks To Secret Powerup
Most sports mavens considered Steven Jackson's career to be all-but over entering the 2013 season. (The last time we wrote about him here was nearly four years ago.) And yet he's had a resurgence this year on a bad Falcons team, exhibited no more clearly than yesterday when he leveled the Redskins...
The True School Tools Of The Trade
Pat Jordan's wife calls him a troglodyte, kicking a screaming into the 19th century. I first visited Pat at his home in Florida back in 2006 and looked through hundreds of manuscripts and drafts. I saw his tools of ignorance: an old Hermes 10 typewriter (he buys old machines on ebay for the parts), ...
Chasing A Rod
Head on over to New York Magazine and check out Steve Fishman's takeout piece on Alex Rodriguez:...
