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Portugal's Eusébio Was As Gifted On The Pitch As He Was Important Off It
From Eduardo Galeano's classic, now available as an ebook. We'll have excerpts throughout the week....
Portugal Might Be Ronaldo And The Rest, But That's Still Scary Good
Portugal made a surprising run to the semifinals of Euro 2012, narrowly losing out to Spain on penalty kicks in a game many thought the Portuguese deserved to win. It marked the second straight tournament where Portugal were eliminated by their archrivals, as Spain won a 1-0 Round-of-16 matchup in S...
Tracy McGrady's Professional Baseball Debut Did Not Go Well
Former NBA star Tracy McGrady made his debut on the mound with the Sugar Land Skeeters tonight, and left it 1.2 innings later with a 10.80 ERA. We've compiled the "highlights."...
Chris McDougall: I Never Meant To Start A Barefoot-Running Fad
In 2009, Chris McDougall published Born to Run, an account of his adventures in the remote canyons of Mexico. From his travelogue was birthed an industry-shifting movement that re-examined everything once accepted as gospel truth about running shoes....
The Athlete Advocate
Ivan Solotaroff writes about Ramogi Huga over at SB Nation Longform:...
Uganda Suspends Track Coach Who Told Girls "You Must Have Sex Or Give Birth"
Peter Wemali, coach of the Ugandan national junior running team, has been suspended following allegations of systematic mental, physical and sexual child abuse. One anonymous runner — wait, let's call her what she is: a girl — spoke to the Daily Monitor, and the scene is predictably horrific:...
Georgia Grocery Store Terrorized By Giant Nightmare Bulldog
This picture comes to us from an Athens, Ga., resident who was just trying to get some grocery shopping done when he was confronted by this helldog in his local Kroger. ...
Pau Gasol Does A Dad Dunk
If you were somehow able to coax your abnormally tall dad into lacing up his New Balances and participating in a driveway-hoops dunk contest with you, this is probably what would happen. Hiiinggghhhh, goddammit!...
Pound For Pound
Here is an NPR interview with Wil Haygood, author of the Sugar Ray Robinson biography,Sweet Thunder....
Here's Video Of Tracy McGrady Pitching Off A Mound
We've been hearing a lot about former NBA star Tracy McGrady's desire to become a professional baseball pitcher, and now there's finally video of him throwing off a mound. He doesn't look too bad!...
"I'd Do It Again If I Had To": Bama Mom Speaks
We've heard Michael Connolly's version of the events that lead to Bama Mom leaping onto a group of Oklahoma fans and into our hearts, but now we finally have Bama Mom's side. Most importantly, she wants to apologize to Nick Saban....
Bama Mom Flashes Double-Bird Before Dive-Bombing Oklahoma Bro
Every superhero has an origin story. Turns out Michael Connolly was pretty dead-on about the flying lady and her son. ...
Flying Bama Mom Attacked OU Fan In Front Of Her Kids
The video of a female Alabama fan attacking an Oklahoma dude at the Sugar Bowl was enjoyable enough without context. But, for those who want it, the Oklahoma bro who was attacked shared some details....
Female Alabama Fan Ambushes Oklahoma Bro At Sugar Bowl
At first, it seems like a mere verbal confrontation between the Bama woman—who looks like a pleasant mom—and the Oklahoma fan in the white polo. It gets so much better, though....
Sad Alabama Fans: A Gallery
The best way to watch a dynasty end is to turn your head from the field, and look at the crowd....
...But With A Whimper
RIP, at least six veins in Nick Saban's neck. ...
Geriatric Idiot On The Field Is Having A Blast
Concluding a match in Portugal's Primeira Liga between Braga and Mariti—blah blah blah, oh snap, check out this old lady bum rushing the field!...
Mike D'Antoni Throws Some Major Shade At Pau Gasol
The Lakers are hanging in there, but Pau Gasol, who was supposed to be a dependable and veteran presence in the general absence of either, has put up career-lows (or nearly so) in almost every category. Gasol says he's being used wrong. Mike D'Antoni says Pau's just dogging it....
Nate Silver's Model Gives The USMNT A 39.4 Percent Chance To Advance
When the U.S. drew Germany, Portugal, and Ghana for its 2014 World Cup group, the immediate consensus was that we were totally boned. But is it possible, after rigorous quantitative analysis, that we are less than boned?...
The USMNT Probably Won't Win The World Cup
Going into today's World Cup draw, we already knew just how stacked the 32-team field that make up next year's tournament in Brazil was. Seemingly every perennial superpower—hosts Brazil, Spain, Germany, Argentina, and the Netherlands, Italy—as well as the ridiculous "underclass" of teams like Belgi...