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Tony Kubek Once Brought A Camera To Spring Training, Then Mantle Farted
In the 1960s, the likelihood of taking at least one photograph of Mickey Mantle ripping — or pretending to rip — a fart during spring training was, evidently, quite high. Perhaps LIFE magazine's editors weren't aware of this, because in February 1961 they handed 25-year-old shortstop Tony Kubek a pr...
Jimmy Fallon's First-Ever <em>Tonight Show</em> Features Legendary Cameo Segment
We couldn't possibly run down all the dignitaries who appear in this bit, from tonight's first episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. We'll simply note surprise at Lindsay Lohan parting with $100 for anything that doesn't come in powder form, and Joan Rivers's return to NBC after being b...
OK State Buzzer-Beater Forces OT After Steal With Three Seconds Left
Leyton Hammonds stole an inbound pass and heaved up a buzzer-beating three to tie his Oklahoma State Cowboys with Baylor in Waco....
Cam Newton Brings Out The Dumbest In Everyone
Excerpted from Deadspin's Big Book of Black Quarterbacks. This entry is written by Kyle Wagner....
Iowa AD: Paying Players Is Too Complicated For Me And My $450K Salary
From a piece on the Iowa and Iowa State ADs' opposition to athlete unionization comes this doozy from Iowa's Gary Barta:...
Barn Burning
Read "Barn Burning" by William Faulkner: here. ...
Adorable Dog Invades Soccer Pitch, Plays Defense
The Belém clássico, between Remo and Paysandu of Brazil's lower leagues, was disrupted by a playful dog charging into the box during a scoring chance in the 85th minute. He may not have gotten a paw on the ball, but he surely cramped the left-footed Remo player's shot just enough to make sure the ma...
Watch All The Best All-Star Game Highlights In Super Slo-Mo
You know what's cool about the NBA all-star game? All the dunks and crossovers and alley-oops and stuff. You know what makes all those dunks and crossovers and alley-oops even better? The Phantom cam! ...
Dog Invades Pitch During Argentine League Match, Takes A Shit
Today's Rosario Central-River Plate match was interrupted for several minutes by an adorable dog who evaded security and shat on the pitch. ...
Ryan Dempster Gives Up $13 Million, Plans To Not Pitch In 2014
Red Sox pitcher Ryan Dempster announced that he'd sit out the 2014 season at spring training today, voluntarily relinquishing the $13.25 million he was scheduled to make this year....
NASCAR Season Kicks Off With Pace Car Catching Fire
As if tonight's Sprint Unlimited race at Daytona weren't bad enough (wrecks and mechanical failures have left all of eight cars still on the track), the season-opening exhibition has been delayed further by the pace car catching fire....
Steve Elkington Tells Stephanie Wei She's Short And Has "No Cans"
The essential facts: Steve Elkington is a pro golfer, and Stephanie Wei was a college golfer who now writes about the sport. Now, let the conversation tell the rest of the story....
Agent Reveals "Player A" In The Miami Dolphins Investigation
In portions of Ted Wells's report on the Miami Dolphins, there's a player only named as "Player A" who was the target of homophobic behavior by Richie Incognito, teammates, and offensive line coach Jim Turner. According to his agent, Player A is lineman Andrew McDonald....
How To Make A Simple Goddamn Grilled-Cheese Sandwich
Everywhere we are gussying up our grilled-cheese sandwiches. In fancy restaurants and home kitchens and delicatessens and those insufferable quasi-fast-food joints with the accented, ambiguously Euro names and the friggin' Ray LaMontagne music on the PA and the cutesy, bottled alterna-soda in the co...
Bartolo Colon Is Still A Large-Ass Man
Mets players have arrived for spring training, and pitcher Bartolo Colon hasn't lost any weight, in case you were wondering. His body type could best be described as "out-of-shape dad." Colon's shirt also isn't helping him appear svelte....
No, That's Not Right
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The Kiss Cam And American Sports Fans: The History Of A Romance
To tell the story of the Kiss Cam, let's start with a kiss that happened off camera. On Aug. 8, 2000, Danielle Goldey and Meredith Kott attended a game at Dodger Stadium. At one point, as couples are wont to do, they smooched. Before long, security guards arrived, removed the women from their seats,...
The Time Barry Bonds Called His Shot, And Other Great Heckling Stories
On Tuesday, we asked our readers to share their best heckling stories with us. You can read all of the stories here, but we've pulled a few of our favorites into a roundup. (Grain of salt, etc.) The one about Barry Bonds is amazing. ...