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Harvey The Hound's Head Recovered
You're cleaning out the flooded Saddledome. You're thigh deep in murky water. It's dead silent. Your flashlight illuminates just a few feet ahead of you in this cavernous, waterlogged mausoleum. Suddenly—something bumps against your leg. You look down. You never sleep again....
Paulie Malignaggi Vs. Adrien Broner: A Master Class In Macho Posturing
Imagine being a Brooklyn kid, born and raised in Brooklyn, representing Brooklyn, wearing "Brooklyn" clothes and yapping about Brooklyn! your whole life. And finally they build a big world-class stadium in Brooklyn, and you, the Brooklyn kid, get to headline a night of boxing there, and when you ge...
It Took Some Real Cojones To Make This Uruguay Sign
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Tim Donaghy On Game 7: Officiating 101
As he has done for us in years past, Tim Donaghy, the owner and operator of RefPicks.com and a former NBA referee who spent 11 months in prison for relaying inside information to gamblers, will review the performance of his former colleagues during the NBA Finals. Here's a quarter-by-quarter breakdo...
Cleveland Meteorologist Delivers Entire Forecast Without Word "Heat"
No, Clevelanders aren't bitter at all about LeBron James claiming his second straight NBA title. We're sure WEWS chief meteorologist Mark Johnson excised the word "heat" from last night's postgame late local news forecast for reasons entirely unrelated to basketball....
CWS Fan Flips Off ESPN Camera, Then Gets Karate Chopped In The Face
While the world was watching LeBron & Co. repeat as NBA champions, there was another championship at stake on another Disney/ABC network: a College World Series elimination game between in-state rivals UNC and North Carolina State. Not everyone attending that game in Omaha, it seems, went home happ...
ESPN Cutting Off Bill Simmons Calls For A <em>Sopranos</em> Parody
Last night's curious incident in which Bill Simmons's thoughts on "The Decision" went off into the ether led us (and many commenters) to draw comparisons to the final episode of The Sopranos....
Drake Tries To Get Into Heat Locker Room, Is Coldly Turned Away
This is your moment, anti-Drake America. Look upon his wounded expression and understand that it won't get any better than this. Savor it....
ESPN Cuts Off Bill Simmons Just As He's About To Address "The Decision"
As of this writing, ESPN has not returned to Simmons....
C'Mere and Give Big Mama a Kiss
Head on over to Roopstigo and check out Adam Kurland's documentary on Morganna The Kissing Bandit. ...
Gale-Force Kayaking
From the Atlantic, here's a compelling 1995 story by Andrew Todhunter:...
Tim Donaghy On Game 6: What Happened To Home-Court Advantage?
As he has done for us in years past, Tim Donaghy, the owner and operator of RefPicks.comand a former NBA referee who spent 11 months in prison for relaying inside information to gamblers, will review the performance of his former colleagues during the NBA Finals. Here's a quarter-by-quarter breakdow...
The Queen is Hyped Up
Check out Stephen Rodrick's profile of Serena Williams in the new issue of Rolling Stone:...
So Many Things Going On Behind Bill Simmons
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Into Thin Air
Over at Grantland, Bryan Curtis laments the demise of the "Sports of the Times" column in the paper of record:...
Upton Brothers Collide In Outfield, But No One's Hurt, So It's Funny
B.J. Upton definitely called for this routine fly ball first, but Justin Upton either didn't hear him or didn't care....