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Watch Out World, Rob Gronkowski Is Starting To Get "Jacked"
The world has been a more somber place with Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski out of the spotlight. But Gronk's arm is almost healed, and he will soon be back in our lives on a daily basis. Based on a quote he gave to reporters today, Gronk's return can't come soon enough....
Shirley Povich on Football
Slide on over to the Washington Post and check out this selection of football columns by Shirley Povich. ...
More Details About World Cup Host Qatar's Humanitarian Crisis
Yesterday, our attention was turned to the horrendous living and working conditions of Qatar's working class, a migrant population that will be responsible for building the infrastructure necessary for Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup. Today, an investigation by the Guardian paints an even clearer a...
The Qatar World Cup Is A Moral Shit Show, Too
The logistical problems that are already plaguing the 2022 World Cup in Qatar are myriad, but planning for the event presents even bigger problems than trying to figure out how to play soccer in 120-degree temperatures. Namely, the deaths of hundreds of migrant workers who are building infrastructur...
Jhumpa Lahiri's Latest Book
Jhumpa Lahiri is one of my favorite writers. Her new novel is called The Lowland. ...
Vikings Owners Must Pay $85 Million For "Organized Crime-Type" Fraud
The owners of the Minnesota Vikings were ordered to pay nearly $85 million in damages to former business partners they defrauded with "evil motive", and will face a criminal investigation into their actions, which a judge declared violated racketeering laws. There's a chance this ruling could hold u...
Appreciating Larry Merchant's Newspaper Career
Earlier this year Stan Hochman paid tribute to Larry Merchant, who was a great sports editor at the Philly Daily News and a terrific columnist before he turned to TV:...
Dominic Oduro Celebrates Goal By Eating Pizza
Columbus Crew's Dominic Oduro incorporated pizza into his creative goal celebration after scoring against the Chicago Fire by eating a slice then giving the rest to a fan. Delicious....
"Yankees Is Just As Bad As Redskins," Says Dumb Guy
Rick Reilly's stance and logic regarding the Washington Redskins was dumb, but a letter to the editor from the Washington Post has raised the bar in eye-rolling things written about the Redskins' team name....
Raw Sewage Is Flowing In Oakland Again
Back in June, we told you about the flowing river of raw sewage that was O.Co Coliseum and here we go again. Courtesy of Minnesota pitcher Glen Perkins, that's the visiting side's dugout....
The Peter Sellers Story
Cinephilia and Beyond's got a gem for us, this remarkable post on Peter Sellers....
Jake Gets Hitched...Again
From the New York Times in 1985, here's Ira Berkow on Jake LaMotta's sixth wedding:...
Da Stadium
More Chi-town. Rick Telander's 1992 Sports Illustrated story on Chicago Stadium:...
It'll Be A Lot Harder To Scalp Super Bowl Tickets This Year
You are not going to the Super Bowl. You are not a corporate sponsor or a Bruno Mars roadie or the guy who polishes the Snoopy sculpture outside of MetLife Stadium, so you can absorb this news as an abstraction: the NFL is majorly jacking up the prices of the best seats for its first cold-weather Su...
Playing The Game As If It Were A Form Of Punishment For Everyone Else On The Field
Before Game 7 of the 1971 World Series, Roberto Clemente told Roger Angell, “I want everybody in the world to know that this is the way I play all the time. All season, every season. I gave everything I had to this game.”...
Sumo Match Ends With Crushing Body Slam
I remember one summer, when I was 10 or 11, I spent a day at home watching sumo wrestling on ESPN2. I came away from the experience thinking that sumo wrestling was boring and dumb. I would not have been so dismissive if some shit like this had gone down. ...
