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No One Notices The Spurs Because No One Notices San Antonio
Here's a working barstool-grade theory as to why, during its dynastic run to four (perhaps soon five) titles since 1999, America still embraces the San Antonio Spurs with a yawn and a why are you still here? squint. This phenomenon has flustered if not baffled sports cognoscenti for years. But they ...
The Legacy of Drazen Petrovic
On the 20th anniversary of his death, here's a story on Drazen Petrovic by the most-talented Stephen Rodrick:...
Serena Williams Is Destroying Everyone In The French Open
It's time to talk about Serena Williams. ...
Here's Why You're Going To Miss The Djokovic-Nadal Semi Tomorrow
Well, tomorrow is the big day! Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal. The semifinal that's effectively the French Final. The 7-time French champion versus the guy who has won every Grand Slam except this one. Tennis's most exciting rivalry. It has everything, except now you will miss most or all of it....
Milton Bradley Is Now A Convicted Wife Beater
Milton Bradley, whose 12-year MLB career was marked by his occasional outbursts at fans, reporters, and umpires, was convicted in a Los Angeles courtroom yesterday of threatening and attacking his wife, from whom he is separated....
Gregg Popovich's Yearbook Entry: "His Future Plans Include Happiness"
"Popo" played four years of basketball at the Air Force Academy, where in 1970 he earned a bachelor's degree in Soviet studies. But doesn't this tell us so much more about where the young cadet was headed in life? It's basically a droll outline for every one of his eventual encounters with sideline ...
Help! My Couch Is Humiliating!
Jolie Kerr is a cleaning expert and advice columnist. She'll be here every other week helping to answer your filthiest questions. Are you dirty? Email her....
Shane Victorino Said "You Know" 72 Times In One Three-Minute Interview
NESN's Red Sox pregame show regularly features a Geico-sponsored Quote Of The Day. Last night's quote, from outfielder Shane Victorino, was "you know." ...
Same Faces, Same Result: The Spurs Are Back In The Finals
The Spurs get the "boring" label because basketball is supposed to be hard. As San Antonio heads to its fifth finals since 1999, its fourth with its multinational power trio intact, you wonder if they've made some cosmic bargain, or discovered a real-life cheat code, because the alternative—that the...
This Is A Gregg Popovich GIF
This is from 1999 and judging by the credits (and the moves) it is probably an NBA Finals celebration when Pop's Spurs beat the New York Knicks. ...
Gregg Popovich Is A Man Of Two Words
Well, he's a man of one word said twice, anyway. ...
Hey, Shane Victorino, HIGH FIVE!
Koji Uehara came on in the eighth inning and retired the White Sox in order. He was a little fired up when he returned to the dugout, where Shane Victorino got caught looking....
Help! How Do I Get That Old-Man-Pee Smell Out Of My Bathroom?
Jolie Kerr is a cleaning expert and advice columnist. She'll be here every other week helping to answer your filthiest questions. Are you dirty? Email her....
Feedbag: How Do I Cook A Decent Steak Filet At Home?
Welcome to the Feedbag, where all the dumb questions about food, drink, cooking, eating, and accidental finger removal you've been embarrassed to ask can finally receive the berating they goddamn deserve. Also: answers. Send all your even-vaguely-food-related questions to [email protected]. Al...
Three Times Dope
Here's Shirley Povich's column on Don Larsen's perfect game:...
Help! The Goddamn Cat Peed On My Loafers
Jolie Kerr is a cleaning expert and advice columnist. She'll be here every other week helping to answer your filthiest questions. Are you dirty? Email her....
This Is Why You Should Have A Snake-Venom Kit With You In The Woods
Big Daddy Lawler is a fellow who hosts an outdoors show every Saturday morning on a radio station in Thomasville, Ala. On his Facebook wall yesterday, Big Daddy posted a story and a photo from a reader named Chad, who on Sunday had been bitten by a rattlesnake. We've cropped the photo above, but you...
Feedbag: Why Does My Cooking Suck? Your Questions, Answered
Welcome to the Feedbag, where all the dumb questions about food, drink, cooking, eating, and accidental finger removal you've been embarrassed to ask can finally receive the berating they goddamn deserve. Also: answers. Send all your even-vaguely-food-related questions to [email protected]....
Luis Suárez Given Ten Match Ban In Order To Chew Over What He's Done
Liverpool striker Luis Suárez earned a ten-match ban for biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanović during Sunday's match at Anfield....