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David Green: The Story Behind My Bombing Photo Of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Last year was the first time David Green, CEO of a sports compression company 110% Play Harder, had run the Boston Marathon. The Ironman and ultra-endurance athlete had just crossed the finish line and was walking to meet some friends when the first bomb went off, then the second. He took a picture....
Martín Maldonado Tears Cover Off Ball, Gets Infield Single
When you hear the phrase "he tore the cover off the ball," you think about a blistering line drive or a towering home run. In the sixth inning of Milwaukee's 5-3 win over the Pirates, Brewers backup catcher Martín Maldonado literally tore the cover off the ball and it never made it out of the infiel...
A Treasure Trove Of Synchronized Ice Skaters Freaking The Hell Out
Remember the Starlights, the super fucking excited ice skaters that we couldn't stop watching earlier this week? If you enjoyed their enthusiasm, you will also enjoy this compilation video of other synchronized ice skating teams flipping out after seeing their scores. Synchronized ice skaters are my...
Brandon Phillips Drops A Spectacular Photobomb
Phillips leapt his way into a fan photo before this afternoon's Reds-Cubs game at Wrigley:...
Boston Without Barriers: The Marathon Then And Now
Part of the appeal of marathons is their inclusive nature, the way they're accessible to both runners and spectators. It's a sport of the people, the steaming rabble, those straining sinew flinging their sweat onto those shouldering closer to holler or hold out a crushed and sloshing cup of water. ...
Is USA Track & Field's Massive Deal with Nike Bad for the Sport?
On Wednesday, the folks at USA Track & Field declared they had sold the United States' unborn Olympians to Nike Inc., announcing a partnership with the shoe company through 2040. That's how Nike does it: They put Swooshes on even the twinkles in people's eyes....
Hubcaps
Thomas McGuane has a good short story in this week's New Yorker:...
NBA Playoff Interactive Shows Who's Most Likely To Win Every Round
Our friend Ed Feng at The Power Rank, along with Andrew Phillips from Chartball, put together an interactive that shows win probabilities for the NBA playoffs, all the way through to the finals, weighted heavily by adjusted strength of schedule. ...
Meet An Elite: Micah Kogo
Now that it's cool to care about the Boston Marathon again, Fittish would like to familiarize you with the runners at the front of the pack. This morning's elite: Micah Kogo....
Michigan Playground Pooper Now Inspiring Highway Billboards
There's some weird shit going on in Ypsilanti, Mich., right now. Apparently, some terrible person has been taking dumps on playground equipment all over town, and one local marketing firm has had enough of it. ...
Flatizza Vs. Waffle Taco: A Fast-Food Smackdown For The Ages
Fast-food outlets are often criticized by the discount burgeratti for overstating the innovation of their "new" offerings, and for good reason. Every chain has been guilty of twisting an existing menu item two degrees toward novelty by using the same few tired tricks. Maybe they flop another protein...
In The End, The Atlantic Wasn't The Worst Division Of All Time
Here's how the Eastern Conference's Atlantic Division stood, a couple weeks into this season:...
Meet An Elite: Meb Keflezighi
Now that it's cool to care about the Boston Marathon again, Fittish would like to familiarize you with the runners at the front of the pack. Today's elite: Meb Keflezighi....
The <em>New York Times</em> Turns Soccer Fandom Into A Trend
Goddammit. You just want to enjoy a perfectly fine sport, and here comes the Times' style section, bent on fetishizing pseudo-intellectual soccer fandom to the point where you're forced to reconsider your choice of fellow travelers. Read this and recoil....
Get Pumped For The NHL Playoffs With The <em>Hockey Night In Canada</em> Opening
Canadiens-Lightning and Blue Jackets-Penguins are already underway, but you can get hyped up for the entire NHL playoffs with tonight's Hockey Night In Canada opening. Just try not to run into a brick wall after watching it....
Rare Video Of People Actually Riding Action Park's Infamous Water Slide
No theme park has generated more urban legends—and more confusion about the line between myth and actual, horrible reality—than Action Park, the late, lamented (and since semi-resurrected) water park in northern New Jersey. And no ride has been the subject of more rumors than the Cannonball Loop....
Meet An Elite: Ryan Hall
Now that it's cool to care about the Boston Marathon again, Fittish would like to familiarize you with the runners at the front of the pack. This afternoon's elite: Ryan Hall....
I Can't Stop Watching These Synchronized Skaters Freak The Hell Out
This happened back in March, at the 2014 U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships, and there is just so much to love about it. What you are watching is a synchronized skating team called the Starlights absolutely losing its collective mind after seeing its score from the short program....
Meet An Elite: Lelisa Desisa
Now that it's cool to care about the Boston Marathon again, Fittish would like to familiarize you with the runners at the front of the pack. This morning's elite: Lelisa Desisa. ...
The Dickens of Detroit
Oh, goody. Over at Grantland, Michael Weinreb writes about Elmore's Detroit:...