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Craig Sager Doesn't Want Gregg Popovich To Be Nice To Him
In a truly sweet moment, on Sunday, TNT sent Craig Sager Jr. out to do the on-court interviews in place of his father, who is undergoing chemotherapy treatment for leukemia. The usually gruff and taciturn Gregg Popovich went soft, wishing Craig Sr. the best and promising to be nice to him when he re...
Tony Allen Is The Defensive Stopper You Can Root For
There's a certain stigma that often hounds players who are labeled as defensive stoppers in the NBA, a belief that no small part of their success is derived from the fact that they are simply willing to play like assholes. This was true of Bruce Bowen, who was never all that feisty but wasn't shy a...
Fitness Is Not A Computer
Here is what you need in order to work out: your own body, something to wear, at least 64 cubic feet of space (though less will do in a pinch). Here is what you do not need: a computer on your wrist. Particularly not if that computer is trying to snitch on you. ...
Year of the Pigskin
Over at New Republic, check out Christopher Beam's story about playing football in China:...
Meb Keflezighi's Secret Weapon Is Ryan Hall
Meb Keflezighi may have done three things to win the Boston Marathon, but American record-holder Ryan Hall did a fourth: hold everybody back....
Seth Wold Actually Ran OK
Everyman Seth Wold, who ran with the elite men for the first few miles of the 2014 Boston Marathon, did not have various internal organs go into failure. Rather, after he'd gotten his fill of glory, he jogged it in for a respectable 2 hours, 49 minutes, and 43 seconds, finishing 927th. ...
Guy Who Got Himself On TV At Start Of Boston Marathon Finished 927th
This guy, Seth Wold, ran fast enough to catch up to the elite runners in the Boston Marathon and actually was in the lead for a short while. After two-and-a-half miles, though, he slacked his and finished the race with an unofficial time of 2:49:43. ...
Three Ways Meb Keflezighi Won
Yeah, Meb Keflezighi won the 2014 Boston Marathon. But how did he break a 31-year American drought? A three-step attack....
Raptors Blame ESPN For Shot-Clock Malfunction [Update]
The shot clocks blew out in the third quarter of Saturday's Game 1 in Toronto, which led to pure absurdity: the Raptors' PA guy counting down the shot clock while looking at a stopwatch held by an NBA official next to him. When it expired, he would literally say "Horn!", and it was the funniest damn...
Tomas Hertl Continues To Be Adorable
The Sharks' 20-year-old Czech center Tomas Hertl had a pair of points in his first career playoff game, but I don't really care about that right now. I care that earlier this month, Hertl was introduced to the wonders of Dave & Buster's. ...
Married Couple Injured In Marathon Bombing Cross Finish Line Together
Patrick Downes and Jessica Kensky were spectators last year, lined up along Boylston street to watch the marathoners finish. They were right in front of the first bomb, the blast knocking them unconscious and requiring the amputation of each's left leg below the knee. They were back at the finish li...
Scenes from the Boston Marathon
[A man limps by after finishing the Boston Marathon. Today marks the 118th Boston Marathon; security presence has been increased this year, due to two bombs that were detonated at the finish line last year, killing three people and injuring more than 260 others. Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images.]...
Here Comes The Pizza...Forever
April 16, 2007, the greatest moment that has ever—or could ever—grace the Red Sox's annual Patriots' Day morning game. If you haven't seen the entire Pizza Affair before, rectify that now. And if you have, let's give thanks for this perfect moment of baseball history....
Rich Asshole Mark Emmert Says He'd Be Happy To Be An Unpaid Athlete
NCAA president Mark Emmert was a guest on Dan Patrick's show this morning, and he said all the stupid things we've heard him say many times before while trying to defend the scam that is the NCAA. The entire interview is worth a listen, because Patrick isn't afraid to challenge Emmert, but I partic...
Paul Pierce Is Still The Truth When He Needs To Be
I went to the Barclays Center last month and watched the Brooklyn Nets kick the crap out of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Paul Pierce played 19 minutes in that game, going 5-of-6 from three-point range and scoring all of his 22 points in the first half, which he spent leisurely jogging between the arcs, ...
Meb Keflezighi Wins Boston Marathon. Holy Shit.
Meb Keflezighi, as old as the furniture in American distance running, just won the 2014 Boston Marathon. The 38-year-old outran one of the best fields ever assembled, becoming the first American man to win since 1983. ...
Easter Bunny Ambushes Racing Presidents At Nationals Game
Let this be a warning to all American presidents, past, present, and future: You've got your own damn holiday, stay the hell out of the Easter Bunny's....
Cool Animation: How Fast Does Billy Hamilton Get To First?
Billy Hamilton is a very fast man, with a penchant for slap hitting and infield singles (a strategy that can lead to some awkward swings). But just how fast is Hamilton down the first base line, and how much of an advantage does he have over other speedy major leaguers?...