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It Takes As Long As It Takes
Something to consider: The 2010 Paris Review Art of Non-Fiction Interview with John McPhee....
Sports Radio Host Goes On Moronic, Misogynistic Rant
Damon Bruce is a sports radio host on KNBR 1050 is San Francisco. It appears that he is also a fucking nutjob. Yesterday, Bruce spent nearly nine minutes going on a misogynistic tirade about how sick and goddamn tired he is of women ruining sports with their stupid emotions and opinions. It was real...
NFL Hazing Victim: Incognito Was A "Scumbag" And "Locker-Room Cancer"
Whatever happened in Miami remains hopelessly muddled and controversial, moreso with each Dolphin who defends Richie Incognito and each release from Jonathan Martin's camp. But as the bullying appears confined to verbal, emotional, and financial, it's worth remembering how hazing in the NFL was much...
Jonathan Martin's Lawyer Releases Statement, Awful Quote From Teammate
David Cornwell, Jonathan Martin's lawyer, released a statement regarding Richie Incognito's alleged harassment of his client and included a disgusting quote—attributed to an unnamed teammate—regarding Martin's sister, Sarah Martin, at the bottom....
Richie Incognito Was Accused Of Rubbing His Junk On A Woman Last Year
Local 10 in Miami got its hands a police report that was filed in May of last year, in which Richie Incognito is accused of physically harassing a woman who was volunteering at an annual golf tournament hosted by the Miami Dolphins....
NFL Betting Lines, Visualized: Week 10 (Late Edition)
Below is updated betting information lines for the Week 10 NFL games (you can see the early-week edition here). Spread movement and money lines are now included for each game, as is info for Lions-Bears....
At His Peak Jimmy Cannon Was Great
Okay, maybe his stuff hasn't aged well, maybe he's been imitated too often, maybe he became a parody of himself, his later work overshadowing the former excellence. Whatever the case, Jimmy Cannon's reputation has faded. We rightly praise Red Smith and W.C. Heinz and John Lardner but not Cannon. Th...
FS1's Low Ratings Forced Fox To Give Away Free World Series Ads
Two bits of rough news for Fox Sports 1 over the last two days. One, Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox reported a hefty drop in income—by more than $1 billion—thanks to the FS1 launch. All of that was most likely accounted for and anticipated....
What Happens When Teammates Rape A Teammate?
This piece originally ran at The Sport Spectacle....
T-Wolves' "Ladies Night" Again Features Free Season One DVD Of <em>Girls</em>
Are you a woman who is also a fan of the Minnesota Timberwolves? Are you also unable to afford HBO and/or really bad at keeping up with popular culture? Then you need to get yourself to one of the Minnesota Timberwolves' "Ladies Night Out" games this year....
The '85 Bears At The Obama White House: A Historic Photo, Annotated
In 1986, shortly before the Super Bowl champion Chicago Bears were prepared to make the annual champions' trip to the White House and meet President Ronald Reagan, the Challenger exploded. The Bears' White House visit was canceled and subsequently forgotten—until, that is October 2011, when rabid Be...
High School Running Back Zigs And Zags To Ridiculous Screen-Pass TD
This happened a couple of weeks ago, but Prep Rally only found the video yesterday, so let's all now gawk at it. You can practically hear the Tecmo Bowl music as the play unfolds....
The Olympic Torch Is Going To Ooooouter Spaaaaaaaaace
Gee, this is swell, no? Fire in space! Olympic fire in space! Space men taking Olympic fire into space!...
NCAA To Oregon Basketball Players: Leave The Money-Making To Us
Yesterday, on the day its basketball team flew to South Korea for Friday's season opener against Georgetown, the University of Oregon announced that two of its players did not make the trip. Point guard Dominic Artis and forward Ben Carter, both sophomores, have been suspended indefinitely. Their of...
So You Got A Deadly Infection From Playing In The NFL? Prove It.
Of all the storylines you expected to be a part of the first half of the NFL season, a workman's comp issue involving a toenail probably wasn't one of them. But it is, and it's actually intriguing in a number of ways, large and small....
Tiger Woods Hits Golf Ball For Money
With the PGA Tour in its offseason, Tiger Woods has ample time to focus on his other passion: making money. His latest stop on the gravy train has him in Istanbul, Turkey, where yesterday he got paid to become the first man to hit a golf ball from Asia to Europe. Neat(?)...
This Is The First Document In ESPN History
ESPN's earliest days—as documented by Bill Rasmussen's Sports Junkies Rejoice; Michael Freeman's ESPN: An Uncensored History, and James Miller and Tom Shales's Those Guys Have all the Fun—are usually viewed as part of a generally accepted narrative. It goes something like this: The charismatic and r...
Fail Better
Earlier this year Jonathan Abrams has a piece about two veteran ball players, Jerry Stackhouse and Rasheed Wallace:...