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No-Headband LeBron Is The Best LeBron
If the Heat raise another championship banner to the rafters, perhaps it'll be because LeBron James's hairline got up there first....

Serena Williams Says She's "Deeply Sorry For What Was Written"
Serena Williams said some regrettable things about the Steubenville rape case to Rolling Stone's Stephen Rodrick, and today she's released a statement apologizing, sort of....

The Best Thing About These Finals: There Are No Goats
When Game 1 of the NBA finals ended, we expressed a hope that this series would last forever. What we've ended up with is the next best thing: seven games, with last night's overtime, instant-classic, scare-the-cat-and-wake-up-the-neighbors thriller setting up a finale on Thursday that will be the c...

The Heat Force A Game Seven By Playing Fucking Ridiculously
It looked over. The jokes and criticisms were already being generated about LeBron James and the Heat as they found themselves down five with 28 seconds to go....

Doc Rivers Isn't Going To The Clippers. Now What?
Those Celtics-Clippers trade talks involving Doc Rivers, Kevin Garnett, DeAndre Jordan and others look to be dead. This is routine for the players involved, but it's uncommon ground for a coach. Are Rivers and the team on awkward terms?...

Kawhi Leonard Insults And Injures Mike Miller At The Same Damn Time
San Antonio Spur Kawhi Leonard elevated on Mike Miller and inadvertently(?) smacked him in the face as he threw it down. Womp....

Upton Brothers Collide In Outfield, But No One's Hurt, So It's Funny
B.J. Upton definitely called for this routine fly ball first, but Justin Upton either didn't hear him or didn't care....
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Serena Williams On Steubenville: "I'm Not Blaming The Girl But ..." [UPDATE]
Serena Williams is letting the press back into her life, big time. If you're unfamiliar, this is the "Serena comes out of her shell" part of the Serena dialectic, which is only a few pungent quotes from a full retreat and the "Why won't Serena let herself be loved?" stage....

Zdeno Chara Wiped Out And Crashed Into Milan Lucic During Warmups
The Bruins' defensemen have been mostly mistake-free in these playoffs. But Boston hasn't been perfect. At one point last night, the NBC Sports Network found a rather obvious flaw....

Joey Crawford To Ref Game 6, And The NBA Knows Exactly What It's Doing
With the Heat one loss away from elimination, and tonight's Game 6 in Miami, it should come as absolutely zero surprise that Joey Crawford will be working the game....

Matt Bonner Talks About The Time His Team Doctor Was A Dentist
Team doctors are a vital part of any NBA team. They are counted on to manage sprains, guide players through rehab, and help cure any number of physical maladies that might befall members of the team. Matt Bonner discovered the value of his team doctor when he got his head split open by an errant elb...

Who Shot Battling Siki? The Life And Murder Of A Prizefighter
Originally published in 1949 in The New Yorker and anthologized in The World of John Lardner. Reprinted with permission of Susan Lardner. For more on John Lardner, read Alex Belth's introduction to a new Lardner collection, Southwest Passage....

LeBron's New Shoe Refers To Him As A Two-Time Champion
This here is a picture of the sockliner of the new LeBron X shoe, which boasts a fancy floral colorway. It's kind of weird that it says "2-time champion" because, you know, LeBron is just a one-time champion right now, and he will continue to be one for the foreseeable future if the Heat lose to the...

Everyone Pays For College Sports
In 2010-11, the 227 public schools in D1 collected more than $2 billion in athletic fees from students—or more than $500 per student. [Bloomberg] ...

The Bruins Are Looking Impenetrable Again
After a 2-0 win—a merciful regulation win—Boston finds itself halfway to a Stanley Cup, so it's not too early to start thinking Conn Smythe. That talk begins and ends with the man in net, but that's only because MVP can't be a team award....

Lede Time
Michael MacCambridge does us all a mitzvah with his "Director's Cut" series over at Grantland. Earlier this year he blessed us with one of Lardner's best profiles, "Down Great Purple Valleys," which is most famous for its first sentence:...

Tuukka Rask Shuts Out Chicago Despite "Shitty" Ice; Bruins Lead 2-1
Game 3 actually ended in regulation, a nice change of pace from the first two games, but not before a short scuffle with about 11 seconds left. It looked like it was going to get really ugly for a second, but the refs quickly got control of the action and the game ended without (much) incident. Unl...

ESPN On Five-Minute Tiger Interview: "More Important For Us To Have No Restrictions"
ESPN decided that a short, tape-delayed interview with Tiger Woods near his mansion columns was better than no interview — and Lightning Round Tom Rinaldi was the first and obvious choice to conduct the interview, the WWL said....

The Best Of The Stacks (So Far)
The Stacks is Deadspin's living archive of great journalism, curated by Bronx Banter's Alex Belth. Here are a few of our favorite stories so far....