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LeBron James Played The Best Kind Of Hero Ball
I’m still not entirely sure what we saw last night, only that I loved it. This was not a good game by any means—it was sloppy and disjointed and featured as many bad misses as missed calls—but it was the most single most viscerally entertaining game since at least Game 7 of Clippers-Spurs. And it fe...
Michael Keaton Is A Cool And Good Pittsburgh Pirates Fan
Michael Keaton has entered the Bill Murray years of his life—the post-Academy Awards snub period where you can behave in all kinds of goofy ways but we really find it endearing no matter what....
American Pharoah Wins First Triple Crown Since 1978
American Pharoah won today’s Belmont Stakes and completed horse racing’s first Triple Crown since Affirmed in 1978. American Pharoah won the race with a time of 2:26.55, beating Frosted by five lengths in a dominating performance. Victor Espinoza spoke for the world: “Holy shit!”...
Report: NFL Called Players' Parents To Stop Fantasy Football Convention
The first-ever National Fantasy Football Convention, scheduled to take place at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas next month, has been canceled and rescheduled for 2016 in Los Angeles. The event was “organized” by Tony Romo, and other current NFL players like Rob Gronkowski, Le’Veon ...
How To Make Chicken Liver Pâté, You Adventurer, You
Pâté is a fun word to say through your nose. Paaaaah-TAY. You should practice this often, as it will accompany the finished product well as a signal to the swells that you are one of them. ARE you enJOYing your paaaah-TAY....
Pat Venditte Makes Major League Debut, Gets Outs Using Both Arms
Switch-pitcher Pat Venditte made his big-league debut tonight at Fenway, and pitched a nearly perfect sixth inning—retiring Brock Holt with his left arm, seen above, and then after allowing a single inducing a Mike Napoli double play with his right (which you can watch below)....
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Fan At Red Sox Game Hit By Broken Bat, Stretchered Off [Updates]
A woman at tonight’s Athletics-Red Sox game left on a stretcher when she was reportedly hit in the face with a bat shard during Brett Lawrie’s plate appearance in the second inning. The game was delayed so medical staff could tend to her....
Fuck Yeah Andre Iguodala Deserves All This Shine
Watching Andre Iguodala bust his ass in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, scrambling around screens and harrying LeBron post-ups, totally thriving within the confines of his game, was one of the happiest and unlikeliest things to happen this postseason. Andre, who’s been laboring on the outskirts of NBA not...
How To Make An Even Better Negroni
The Negroni is a deceptively simple drink, which is one reason so many cocktail blowhards use it to gauge a bartender’s competence. They’re looking to see if the new guy remembers to use the right color of vermouth, and then if he manages to combine it in equal measure with both gin and Campari. The...
How Kevin Johnson Used Public Money To His Own Personal Ends
Kevin Johnson has ambitions of becoming something much more than just mayor of his hometown of Sacramento, Calif. So far, the former NBA star hasn’t found a way to realize them—but his desire to expand and promote his brand has meant that Sacramento city staffers have had lots of extra work to do th...
How Do I Clean a Flask, Anyway?
Jolie Kerr is a cleaning expert and advice columnist. She’ll be here every week helping to answer your filthiest questions. Are you dirty? Check the Squalor Archive for assistance. Are you still dirty? Email her....
Nike Coach Alberto Salazar Accused Of Drug Violations
The distance running world was shaken a few months ago by top-level Kenyan and Russian doping convictions, but, you know, that was somewhere else. It was over there, not here in the US of A. Until yesterday, ironically, National Running Day. Two Molotov cocktails—an article on ProPublica by David Ep...
Redskins' Jamison Crowder Accused Of Domestic Abuse On His Own Instagram
The Washington Redskins are investigating fourth-round pick and former Duke receiver Jamison Crowder after an Instagram photo posted to his account Wednesday night of a woman with bruises and cuts in her mouth....
Houston Astros Plan To Raze Center-Field Hill
Tal’s Hill functions as Minute Maid Park’s designated artificial quirk, but there’s good news for center fielders everywhere: the slope should be gone by next season. The team announced today that it has received approval from the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority to get rid of the hill (and so...
Threesomes Are Fun (If You Do Them Right)
In the pantheon of sexual fantasies blissful to imagine but volatile to undertake, threesomes are near the top of the list. It might seem like a ménage à trois should be an easy sell: more hands! More mouths! More genitals! More fun! Yet such logic evades the emotional brains driving our hot-sex-mac...
Here Are Some Photos Of Chris Christie Playing Softball
Chris Christie (and some other people) played in a softball game at Yankee Stadium last night. There’s video of famous people saying nice things about the NYPD, if that’s your thing, but still photography remains the best way to capture great sports memories. Here are some photos from the game....
Wacky, Hilarious Guy Dwight Howard Wore A Big Hat To The Astros Game
Poop joke virtuoso Dwight Howard was at last night’s Astros game, wearing a Rockets tank top and—a big cowboy hat??...
Chicago Leaves It Late, But Two Goals In Two Minutes Gets The Job Done
Well that sure changed quickly. After scoring just a few minutes into Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, the Lightning led the Blackhawks 1-0 for almost 50 minutes. But late in the third period Teuvo Teravainen fired a shot past a screened Ben Bishop:...
Indicted Official On National TV Broadcast: FIFA Funded 2010 Elections
Former FIFA official Jack Warner bought airtime on some of Trinidad’s biggest TV networks in primetime tonight to air his own “The Gloves Are Off” political message, claiming he had proof FIFA money influenced the 2010 Trinidad & Tobago national election....
Andrei Kirilenko Was The Weirdest Motherfucker Alive
Yesterday, Andrei Kirilenko announced his retirement from basketball. He’d spent the last few months playing in Russia, after being traded to Philadelphia but refusing to report earlier this season. Over the last few years, Kirilenko had become a sort of NBA background character, more notable for th...