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Tommy Morrison, dead at 44: The former heavyweight boxer who played a role in Rocky V died. He tested positive for HIV in 1996. The cause of death has not been released. [AP]...

Tom Coughlin isn't always a ruddy-faced sideline troll: This profile shows the other side of the Giants head coach, when he's not the angry old man of the NFL....

The Face Of USA Hockey

Let Team USA's photo day serve as your periodic reminder that Phil Kessel is part Ogre....

Frank Sinatra Jr. Is Worth Six Buddy Grecos

Originally published in the January 1994 issue of GQ. Reprinted here with the author's permission. His postscript follows....

"I've Got A Book To Write"

Mike Lupica remembers his friend Elmore Leonard:...

Here's Video Of Tom Brady's Injury [Update]

EVERYBODY PANIC....

Hammering On Hank

Our man Tommy Craggs's 2007 story for Slate about how the media abuse baseball's home run king:...

Dry Bones

Doug Miller has an uncommonly thorough piece on Dr. Frank Jobe over at MLB.com:...

Hockey Player Serves Ice Cream To Rob Ford. Rob Ford Is Pleased.

Look at how excited he is!...

Louis Tomlinson, a singer in British boy band One Direction, has signed for English soccer club Doncaster Rovers. Apparently he can play a little bit; The Rovers were just promoted to England's Championship. [The Guardian Express]...

The Toronto Star is trolling the shit out of Maple Leafs fans....

Someone Made A Shot-For-Shot Kickball Remake Of A Tom Emanski Ad

This is the Dynamic Practice Organization commercial, not the Defensive Drills one, so you won't be seeing Fred McGriff. Still, we appreciate the absurdism and are suddenly struck by the urge to play kickball....

Halftime Interview With Just-Concussed Athlete Doesn't Go So Well

They call sideline reporters boundary riders in Australia. Boundary rider and former Australian rules footballer Cameron Ling thought it would be a good idea to do a halftime interview with St. Kilda's Dylan Roberton the other day. It wasn't....

Hey, It's Mike Tomlin And Some Tattooed Woman On The Hood Of A Car

My goodness, the unbridled Yinzerness of this image. The Steelers' coach, wearing a Steelers cap, on the hood of a convertible outside some dive bar, in the arms of a smiling woman who looks like she never wants to let go. There's even a guy wearing jorts cargo shorts in the background. To borrow on...

It's Something More

Chris Jones delivers a good one for ESPN the Magazine:...

Sunday Sermon: Al Green, Greg Maddux, And The Power Of Softness

Greg Maddux used to talk about throwing softer rather than harder when he was in a tight spot. Back in August of 2004, Mark Prior told Sports Illustrated’s Tom Verducci:...

Reversed Tom Rinaldi laugh is creepy as all hell. Don't fuck around with this guy....

The Last Swinger

Earlier this year, Tom Junod was kind enough to let me reprint his 1996 GQ Tony Curtis profile, "The Last Swinger" over on The Banter....

You touch Tom Rinaldi only when Tom Rinaldi tells you to touch him....

Everyone's A Winner, Bargain's Galore!

Pictures of Tom Waits by Anton Corbijn over at Everyday I Show. ...