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Black Magic
Here is Woody Allen's Sport magazine story about Earl "The Pearl" Monroe:...
Henry Rodriguez Nearly Beaned Himself With A Wild Pitch
Henry Rodriguez had some minor control issues. Also physics. Control and physics issues....
Is There Any Joy In Sweeping These Lakers?
"Let's try for a miracle," Mike D'Antoni told his undermanned, overmatched team before Game 4. "Why not?"...
Dwight Howard Gets Ejected And Kobe Bryant Returns To A Hero's Welcome
Dwight Howard was ejected in the third quarter of Game 4 against the Spurs after he received his second technical foul. The shorthanded Lakers were already getting manhandled with Howard actually in the lineup so this game, and series, is over....
This Heckler At Staples Center Really Wants Matt Bonner's Attention
We don't know why this gentleman, presumably a Lakers fan, wants the attention of Spurs big man Matt Bonner. (Perhaps he suspects Bonner of having gotten him pregnant.) Regardless, he is very close to TNT's court mic, which we've isolated here....
Security Guard Celebration Is An Homage To Rasheed Wallace
It's natural to focus on all the Knicks celebrating Raymond Felton's huge, buzzer-beating three at the end of the third quarter of today's Boston win. Melo is pumped up. So is Tyson Chandler. Steve Novak is undoubtedly doing a very subtle and very intense discount double check that we just can't see...
Jason Terry Prolongs Celtics-Knicks Series
At the end of the first half, Boston owned a 54-35 lead over the Knicks. With 1:18 left in the fourth, Raymond Felton gave the Knicks their first lead of the day at 84-82 on a pull-up jumper just inside the key. Kevin Garnett immediately tied the game and after a couple misses from Carmelo and anot...
Tom Coburn Wants To Revoke Sports Leagues' Tax-Exempt Charity Status
Last week Republican Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma introduced an amendment to a bill called the Marketplace Fairness Act (the so-called "Internet tax") that would revoke the tax-exempt status of sports leagues. This is the news, and Think Progress has covered it nicely here. Also news, to most peop...
The Bulls Win 3OT Classic Against Nets And What The Hell Is This Photo
As we noted a couple of times (Nate Robinson scuffling! Nate Robinson banking in a 20-foot runner!) this afternoon the Bulls' 142-134 triple overtime win over the Nets was straight-up bananagrams and what on earth is happening in this AP photo....
Brian Burke Is Suing Internet Commenters
Brian Burke's time as general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs came to an end when he was fired in early January. Almost immediately after, rumors began circulating that his personal life played a major role in Toronto's decision. ...
Volleyball Player Takes Spike To The Face
You'll want to keep an eye on the sprightly player in blue, wearing number nine. Gotta love the "we'll get 'em next time, face" reaction, though....
Taste Test: Popeyes Rip'n Chick'n. Who Thought This Was A Good Idea?
It began, one imagines, as a simple question, posed conspiratorially around a gleaming boardroom conference table in an upper floor of AFC Enterprises headquarters in Sandy Springs, Ga.: Why settle for chicken fingers, when you could have an entire horrifying rheumatoid chicken hand that you grimly ...
Here Are A Bunch Of Photos Of An Alligator At The Zurich Open
The AP has put out a bunch of photos of an alligator that's among the spectators at the TPC Louisiana in New Orleans, the site of the Zurich Open. Shhh. Let's follow the gator as it makes its way across the 14th fairway....
The Boston Bombing Suspects' Final Day On The Run: A Reconstruction
One week ago, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev killed a police officer, engaged in a massive shootout that wounded another and left Tamerlan dead, and set off a manhunt that put Boston on lockdown. Many of the initial reports were a confused jumble, and we're only now able to recreate the Tsarnaevs' m...
The Most Successful Stud Horse Of All Time Has Died
Storm Cat won $570,000 in his racing career, which lasted from 1985-1987. But in his second life, he was the most prolific and successful stud horse in the history of racing, at one point bringing in $500,000 per foal....
Schilling's Shitty Video Game Company: A Case Study In Bad Delusions
Originally published in Bloomberg View...
Here's A Picture Of Rick Pitino's New Tattoo
Pitino promised us that he would get a tattoo to commemorate his team's 2013 championship run, and he has followed through on that promise. It's a perfectly fine tattoo, I guess. Although we were hoping for something with a little more oomph. ...
The Goon Show
It'll come as no surprise that my favorite series at Grantland is the "Director's Cut" feature curated by Michael MacCambridge. He does a beautiful job and I'm always eager to see what gift he gives us next. Here's an especially good one—"The Making of a Goon," by Johnette Howard, which originally ...
The Chiefs' Tony Moeaki Wants You To Do Some NFL Draft Trolling
The Kansas City tight end would know about these things. He was drafted late in the third round, at the very end of the second day of the 2010 NFL draft, the first time it was extended to three days. Now he wants you to pass it on. [Twitter]...