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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....

Luis Suárez Is Biting People Again
Liverpool striker Luis Suárez, who earned a seven-match ban in 2010 for biting an opponent, is back to his Tysonesque tactics again as he appeared to go OM NOM NOM on Branislav Ivanović during today's match against Chelsea at Anfield....

Czech Republic Denies That It's Chechnya
A very important statement from the Czech Republic's ambassador to the U.S.:...

Help! How Do I Clean Up All This Butter That Exploded In My Car?
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....

Marcus Vick Is Still Acting Like A Dumbass On Twitter
Why does Marcus Vick still have a Twitter account? You would think that somebody from Michael Vick's camp would have forced him to shut it down after he went on a "Trade my brother!" rant back in November. But no, Marcus is still using everyone's favorite social media platform to say horrible and st...

The Third Victim Of The Boston Blasts Was A BU Grad Student
Boston University confirmed this afternoon that the third victim of the Marathon bombings was a graduate student at the school. The victim's name has not yet been released, as BU officials are still speaking with the family....