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It's So Hard To Escape The Blazers
It's a question that we've asked before, and after falling to the Blazers in overtime last night, it's one that the Rockets are probably asking themselves a lot this morning: How the hell do you beat the Blazers?...
How A Clever Algorithm Can Help Us "Complete" The 2013 Boston Marathon
In the aftermath of last year's Boston Marathon attacks, the Boston Athletic Association (BAA) was faced with—among other, more serious problems—a pair of logistical issues. It had to consider how to provide the nearly 6,000 runners who were unable to finish the 2013 race with an opportunity to qual...
Zdeno Chara Laughs At Puny Humans Who Want To Fight Him
Detroit defenseman Brendan Smith has been a target of abuse through the first two games of the series. He decided to take out his frustrations on the nearest Bruin. The nearest Bruin just happened to be the tallest NHL player ever....
Jesus Showed Up At Today's Red Wings-Bruins Game
The return of Jesus occurred at TD Garden, of all places. He showed up at the Red Wings-Bruins game, blessing everyone with his presence....
Women's Half Marathon World Record Smashed . . . On A Treadmill
It smells like warm farts in the Hynes Convention Center on Sunday, the last day of the Boston Marathon Expo. Jenna Wrieden, a 29-year-old collegiate cross country coach from High Point University, has been hammering for more than an hour at just over six-minute-per-mile pace on a 'roided-up treadmi...
How The Boston Marathon Went Pro And Outran The Myth Of Amateurism
Bill Rodgers, 66 and still frisky, strained a hamstring back in January but it's getting better. When we spoke earlier this month, he was thinking he could run/walk Monday's Boston Marathon. "I'm toying with the idear," he said in Bostonese....
Meet An Elite: Shalane Flanagan
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: Shalane Flanagan....
Bryce "Nothing But Hustle" Harper Benched For Lack Of Hustle
Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper was benched in yesterday's game against the Cardinals; manager Matt Williams said Harper's early exit came from a lack of hustle. The decision isn't a big deal, but it's amusing if you look at the Nationals' latest program, which advertises Harper on the ...
Bartolo Colon's Plate Appearances Are Baseball's Gift To All Of Us
We should treasure every time Mets pitcher Bartolo Colon has to take an at-bat. Baseball's giving us a present. Last night's game against the Braves was a special treat, as Colon swung so hard that his helmet flew off of his head. Yes, there's video....
Meet an Elite: Des Linden
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: Desiree Linden....
Kevin Spacey on Racing Claire Underwood: "She'd win, hands down"
Kevin Spacey was on hand for the Boston Athletic Association Tribute Run on Saturday, standing at the finishing line applauding participants of the one-mile fun run. Alex Lohr, of Flotrack, did what any Netflix subscriber and running fanboy would do: ask House of Cards' Frank Underwood who would win...
Who's A Good Dog? Mike Napoli's A Good Dog.
Filed to: baseball players are tremendous weirdos. ...
The End Of Rap Beef: "Jay-Z Is Somewhere Eating A Fondue Plate"
Omnipresent Sports Fan Drake was on the TSN broadcast of this afternoon's Nets-Raptors games, which the Nets won 94-87. Since Brooklyn was in the house, Drake decided to take a few shots at the former owner of a tiny piece of the Nets and accused him of eating fondue. The era of the rap diss track i...
Raptors GM Masai Ujiri To Toronto Crowd: "FUCK BROOKLYN!"
Toronto is turned all the way up today. Here's Raptors general manager Masai Ujiri pumping up the crowd before today's game against the Brooklyn Nets with some fiery rhetoric. Welcome, NBA playoffs....
Peter King Leads The League In Poor Word Choice
Oh, Peter King. This is a rough tweet. It reads like a supremely off-color Henny Youngman joke. ...
How To Hard-Boil Eggs, For Godly Or Ungodly Purposes
Interestingly (or maybe not interestingly) (I mean, we are talking about boiled eggs, and we are gonna have to calibrate our "interesting" scale pretty generously here), hard-boiled eggs, when made properly, receive a much softer boiling than soft-boiled eggs. The "-boiled" is what confuses things: ...
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....
Swee'pea Daniels: "Too Beautiful To Be True"
Benjamin May, a filmmaker out of Minneapolis is directing a documentary on the legend of Lloyd "Swea'pea" Daniels. The trailer is above and, if you like, you can donate to the Kickstarter here. Also, if you missed it the first time we featured it, read Ivan Solotaroff's article below on Daniels and...
Here's Milan Lucic's Nutshot On Danny DeKeyser
This is why no one feels bad for the Bruins after Game 1. ...