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The Chargers Want $700 Million In Public Money For A New Stadium
How to convince a city to buy you a brand new stadium in five easy steps, starring Chargers Chief Marketing Officer Ken Derrett:...
And Say Children, What Does It All Mean?
The Little Flower reads the comics....
Jason Kidd Leaves Summer League Game To Take Phone Call
Whatever, it's just summer league. A seasoned coach like Jason Kidd probably doesn't even need to be there. ...
Everybody Street
Over at Lomography, Cheryl Dunn talks about this cool-looking new documentary about New York City street photographers....
Andrew Bynum Will Take Hair And Bowling Talents To Cleveland
Oft-injured, oft-hilarious, ridiculously-coiffed tall person Andrew Bynum will sign with the Cleveland Cavaliers, according to Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski. He'll also be a cheap gamble—even if the Cavs end up having to pay more than the scant $6 million they're guaranteeing him....
And Now We're Going To Return To The Classics
From my man Eric Nusbaum:...
Rasheed Wallace Is Coaching At Summer League, And He's Still Sheed
Pay no attention to the sloppy summer-league action in the video above. That's not what we're here for. Instead, keep your ears tuned for the unmistakable voice of Rasheed Wallace—now a member of the Pistons' coaching staff—bellowing from the sidelines. ...
Every Hall of Famer
My pal Summer Anne Burton's got it going on at her dope site:...
The Foodspin Cookout Reader
Here's your handy-dandy collection of all the Foodspins you'll need in order to put together a cookout good enough to stave off total abandonment by all of your loved ones for at least another 32 hours or so. We'll update this occasionally with new cookout-appropriate stuff. In the meantime, get c...
Bear Is Very Into Quad Cab Action
This is a video of a bear opening a car door like a human being....
Veteran MLB Umpire Brian Runge Fired For Violating League Drug Policy
MLB has fired 14-year veteran umpire Brian Runge for a violation of the league drug policy, according to the Associated Press. Runge is believed to be the first umpire punished under big league random drug testing protocols....
Slim Thug Is Doing His Part To Get Dwight Howard To Sign With Houston
For a few NBA teams, the mad dash to sign Dwight Howard has begun, and the Houston Rockets have emerged as a frontrunner to land the free-agent big man. The Rockets already had Yao Ming and Hakeem Olajuwon do their part to get Howard to Houston, and now rapper and Houston native Slim Thug has taken ...
Somebody Turned The Buttfumble Into A Silent Movie
God bless you, Mark Sanchez. You are the gift that keeps on giving. ...
Bounce, Rock, Skate
Stacy Peralta's 2001 documentary, Dogtown and Z-Boys is a riveting thrill ride of pop-sport history. If you've never seen it—doesn't matter if are into skateboarding or not—do yourself a favor. ...
Lede Time
Lenny Shecter is best remembered as the man behind Jim Bouton’s classic Ball Four but for a generation of sports fans who followed Shecter’s columns in the New York Post in the late Fifties and the early Sixties he stands as one of the great sports writers of them all. He had a quick-witted, thought...
A Day in the Life
...Of the Baltimore Sun back in the 1970s. Check out Helen Whitney's classic short, First Edition:...
Put the Needle to the Groove
Soulful Sixties Sounds—for anyone who loves '60's Soul, R&B, Jazz, Latin and Boogaloo Sounds, man, this tumblr site is the gift that keeps giving. ...