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The Yankees Are The Worst Right-Handed Hitting Team Ever
Originally published on Baseball Prospectus...
Witness: Joe Paterno Would Say Jerry Sandusky “Was A Sick Guy”
The preliminary hearing for the three Penn State administrators accused of covering for Jerry Sandusky began this morning in Harrisburg, Pa. Mike McQueary, the former PSU assistant coach who saw Sandusky sexually abusing a boy in a football building shower in 2001, was the first witness. During his ...
Bros Gone Wild: Riot Erupts After U.S. Open Of Surfing
Huntington Beach, Calif., hosted the U.S Open of Surfing this weekend, and shit got way out of hand. Shortly after the conclusion of the competition, downtown Huntington Beach was swarmed by a mass of bros, apparently driven a bit mad by the heat and the ocean air. Portable toilets were tipped, impr...
Soccer Player Celebrates Goal By Putting On A Jacket
This is from Colombia's top league, the Primera A Clausura. By the time Vladimir Marin scored on this beautiful free kick in the 80th minute yesterday, Deportivo Cali already had a two-goal lead on Once Caldas. Marin's goal essentially salted the match away. He celebrated by letting everyone know it...
This One Goes To Eleven
Slide on over to the Hollywood reporter and check out this excerpt from Michael Walker's new book What You Want Is in the Limo:...
The Best Of The Best
Glenn Stout, series editor of The Best American Sports Writing has posted the table of contents for this year's edition on his website. The book, edited by J.R. Moehringer, won't be out for a few months, but I want to take this moment to celebrate Moehringer's selections....
Shake It
Speaking of The Third Man, man, you've got to check out this version of the movie's theme by the crazy-gifted Juan Garcia Esquivel. (Crank this one up, maybe put on headphones to get the full stereo effect.)...
ESPN Closed Captioning: "That Is It From The Paedophiles"
This kind of amazing clip comes from the ESPN UK broadcast of the Gold Cup final between the United States and Panama. Christ, closed captioning guy....
Tino Martinez Resigns As Miami Hitting Coach Amid Reports Of Abuse
According to the Miami Herald, Tino Martinez has resigned as hitting coach after a player notified the team Martinez was physically abusive. The specific incident occurred several months ago and Martinez reportedly "erupted in anger unjustly and grabbed him by his neck and neck chain." The agent f...
David Cone On Ortiz Meltdown: “Shrapnel's Fuckin’ Flying Around”
David Cone is actually a great addition to the YES booth; he talks about baseball with passion and only occasionally sprinkles in an F bomb or two....
David Ortiz Destroys Dugout Phone Because Tim Timmons Blew A Call
David Ortiz was halfway to first base before Tim Timmons called strike one on what was as clear a ball four as an umpire can observe. He tossed his bat back to the dugout and everything. In calling the 3-0 pitch a strike, Timmons set in motion a series of events ending with David Ortiz taking his ba...
Now Johnny Manziel Is Wearing A Tebow Jersey At A Texas Frat Party
This is epic, flawless trolling....
Visions Of Light: Movie Love
Here's Martin Scorsese writing about movies in the New York Review of Books:...
S'Long Holly
Carol Reed's movie The Third Man, based on one of Graham Greene's "entertainments," is a favorite....
Phil Mickelson Takes A Statistical Approach To His Short Game
British Open winner Phil Mickelson has remained relatively quiet in the media since his win last week, but he popped up on the radar after requesting to be featured on the podcast Science Friday. What'd he talk about? Math, science and golf!...
Shin-Soo Choo Twice Falls For Dodgers’ Fakery On One Play
It's not every day that a single to center with a man on first results in that baserunner being thrown out at second. But during a hit and run from last night, the Reds' Shin-Soo Choo has no idea where the ball is. Why? Because the Dodgers' Skip Schumaker and Hanley Ramirez completely fool the shit ...
“Source? <em>I'm</em> Your Fucking Source!” Dick Young, As He Really Was
To round off our Dick Young tribute/roast, please enjoy this excerpt from Keepers of the Game: When the Baseball Beat Was The Best Job On The Paper, a new oral history compiled by Dennis D’Agostino in the tradition of Jerome Holtzman’s No Cheering in the Press Box. Dennis was good enough to let me ...
Choose Your Own Tim Tebow Story!
First day of training camp for Tim Tebow, New England Patriot. Big story! Lots of coverage. Passes thrown. Questions about Aaron Hernandez. Reporters everywhere. Do we really have to do this? ...
Why Your Team Sucks 2013: Tennessee Titans
Some people are fans of the Tennessee Titans. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Tennessee Titans. This 2013 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the 2013 NFL previews so far right here....