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Cyclist Wins, Promptly Eats Shit
From the 2014 Tour of Somerville in New Jersey, 18-year-old Noah Granigan celebrated his tight victory in the junior criterium race with arms raised . . . and then immediately went down hard, sliding a good thirty feet past the finish....
Baseball Fans Want Their Free Pizza, Dammit
Josh Beckett's no-hitter was a story of redemption—the redemption, by you, of a coupon code in exchange for a medium two-topping pizza from Dominos. Americans love free pizza, but there's a necessary corollary: they hate not having free pizza....
Watch Two Relay Runners Smash Together In Slo-Mo
During the 2014 World Relays women's 4 x 1500-meter final, Australia was in hot pursuit of Kenya at the handoff. The batons were passed, Australia's Zoe Buckman slowed to a walk, and that's when this brilliant moment was immortalized....
The Fastest Boys In The U.S. Have No Track
"Yeah, can you tell me where the track is?"...
Macedonians Bemused When Wrong Anthem Played At Friendly Match
It's international friendly season, as teams either get their final tune-ups before heading to Brazil for the World Cup or regroup to make a run at qualifying for 2018. Macedonia took on Cameroon yesterday in Austria, but ran into a bit of trouble before the match even started....
I'm David Peace, Author Of <em>The Damned Utd</em> And <em>Red Or Dead</em>. Let's Chat.
We're joined by novelist David Peace. Named one of Granta's Best of Young Novelists in 2003, he's the author of the Red Riding Quartet, the Tokyo Trilogy, GB84, The Damned Utd—"probably the best novel ever written about sport," per The Times—and, most recently, Red or Dead, an exploration of the lif...
Sharing Is Caring For Nats Fan Spreading His Own Pit-Stink
What better way to say "I love you" than with the gift of your own armpit smell, transferred to fingers and waved under the nose of your special lady?...
Attention, Ladies: America's Best Miler May Be Single
Matt Centrowitz is arguably the U.S.'s best miler. Fourth at the 2012 Olympics, he was a world championships bronze medalist in 2011 and runner-up in 2013. He's 24, has a crazyass coach, and he's finally heathy after a mysterious virus during the winter season. ...
Dodgers Catcher Hurts Himself Celebrating Josh Beckett's No-Hitter
We can forgive Dodgers catcher A.J. Ellis's exuberance at witnessing the greatness that was Josh Beckett's gem of a game yesterday. Not that the backup had anything to do with it, but still. What we can't forgive is the clumsiness that saw him stepping on a catcher's mask, tweaking his ankle, and en...
Real Madrid Win Champions League After Atlético Finally Run Out Of Gas
Atlético Madrid—at least the unrelenting, ever-charging, indefatigable version that has taken Madrid, Spain, Europe, and the entire soccer-loving world by storm this season—outclassed, out-ran, and out-fought Real Madrid en route to a 1-0 Champions League win on Saturday. Unfortunately, that iterati...
The Cold, Dead Eyes Of Cody Cepeda
Cody Cepeda does not celebrate as he embarrasses professional skateboarders. At Battle At The Berrics VII, the skateboarding adaptation of basketball's HORSE, just the briefest of emotion flickers across his face—a faint grimace or smile—when he misses a trick or beats the hell out of some unsuspect...
Danny MacAskill's Balls-Out Biking Begins In The Gym
In 2009, Danny MacAskill lit up overnight with the YouTube release of his Inspired Bicycles part. At 23, he'd emerged as the face of street trials riding, a blend of BMX and mountain bike in urban environments. It was visionary and it was bone-breaking, and he'd just broken himself pretty badly....
Remove The Swoosh And USA Track & Field Will Sue Your Balls Off
Oiselle, a running apparel company, has received a cease-and-desist letter from USA Track & Field. Oiselle's crime? Removing the Nike Swoosh from a national team photo. ...
Jamaica Falters, U.S. Women Win World Relays 4x100
It always comes down to the baton pass. In 2008, the U.S. men and women were the heavy Olympic favorites in the 4x100 meter relay. Then both teams dropped batons, disqualifying themselves and becoming a worldwide cautionary tale: relays are made by good teams, not great individuals....
ABC/Disney Previews Indy 500 With Creepy BDSM/Milk-Themed Intro
We're gonna assume this is some kind of viral marketing by dairy farmers, but after watching this I think I'm switching to Silk for good....