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Baseball Fans React To The Capture Of The Second Bombing Suspect
With the Red Sox and Royals game postponed and Fenway Park empty as the manhunt for the suspected second Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev continued, the rest of Major League Baseball played its regular April 19 schedule. ...
Rick Telander Doesn't Realize That Baseline "Raptors" Sign Isn't Real
It's been two seasons since Toronto introduced their 3D, optical illusion "Raptors" sign underneath each basket. It was sort of cool at first, and even now good for a moment of "oh yeah," whenever you catch a Raps game. But at least we all understand how it works. One Sun-Times columnist does not....
Bomb Suspects' Aunt Suggests Nephews Were Set Up In Wild Presser
Maret Tsarnaev, whose nephews are implicated in Monday's Boston bombing, appeared before press in Toronto today and expressed in often bombastic language her belief that Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were not responsible for the act of terror....
Todd Frazier Homered At The Request Of A Batboy With Down Syndrome
Heartwarming news has certainly been in short supply this week, but a baseball game in Cincinnati last night provided us with some—and in a way that only adds to the growing legend of Reds third baseman Todd Frazier....
In Fiery Press Conference, Bomb Suspects' Uncle Calls Them "Losers"
Ruslan Tsarni, the uncle of marathon bombing suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, gave an impromptu press conference outside his Maryland home today. He was pissed....
Jon Stewart: CNN Has "Figured Out A Way To Shit In Their Own Mouths"
CNN's Boston bombings derpfest was ripe last night for The Daily Show's picking: "Just out of curiosity, did any of your sources end their tip-offs to you with the phrase, 'A Baba Booey'?"...
Watch As The Crowd Sings The National Anthem At The Boston Bruins Game
With the Bruins hosting the Sabres in Boston's first professional sporting event since Monday's marathon bombings, it figured to be an emotional evening at TD Bank Garden. And so it is....
Today's Boston Bombing Media Shitshow, In 90 Seconds
Our friends at Gawker already took a stab at this, but we thought we'd condense today's mess of media reporting into something easily consumable for the crowd that may have been working and thus wasn't privy to the disaster taking place on television airwaves....
Soccer Fans Chase Own Team Off Pitch, Likely Cause Relegation
On Sunday, storied Greek side AEK Athens gave up a late goal in a crucial late-season match. Angry fans stormed the field, causing damage and injuries. The game was abandoned, and because of that, AEK will be docked points—enough to guarantee that they will be relegated for next season....
Boston Takes The Field, While The Yankees Break Out "Sweet Caroline"
Even after the most routine, stressful workday, it's nice to come home and watch a baseball game and forget about everything else for a few hours. Last night, for the first time since Monday's marathon bombings, the people of Boston had the Red Sox....
Dion Waiters Threw Down An Especially Nasty Dunk Over Chris Andersen
After successfully dribbling between Jarvis Varnado and Norris Cole, Dion Waiters began to pick up steam as he made his way toward the rim. James Jones was wise enough to stop and get out of the way. Chris Andersen was not....
Yeah, This Might Be The Worst Penalty Kick Ever
As you watch this video, note that the penalty free kick taker is not Pilo, the lower-level Brazilian soccer player who would go on to bring shame to his entire family. Pilo is the one who goes for the rebound, flops horribly, then takes the PK....
Boston Marathon Time-Lapse Video: Joy, Panic, Process
Boston CBS affiliate WBZ's finish line camera provided us our first view of the marathon blasts as they happened, and to their credit they kept the feed going until well after nightfall. ...
The 78-Year-Old Man In This Photo Got Up And Finished The Race
Tough sonofabitch Bill Iffrig was just a few feet from the finish line, and a few feet from the first bomb. ...
Here's Vin Scully's Story About His Job Interview With Branch Rickey
Vin Scully's a priceless living baseball artifact for myriad reasons. Not only does he call games in an accessible and enjoyable way—especially for those of us on the East Coast mellowing out after a long day—but he's a constant source of fantastic stories about his early days in the Dodgers organ...
Woman Records Explosion As She Approaches The Boston Finish Line
This is pretty frightening stuff....
Sean Hannity Set A Boston Marathon Disaster Montage To Dr. Who Music
We thought it was bad enough when Sean Hannity led off his Fox News program tonight with a montage of Boston Marathon devastation that looked and sounded like the trailer for a Bay/Bruckheimer collaboration. Then we learned where the music came from....
Bill Iffrig, The Man Knocked Down By Blast In Boston, Discusses Finish
Bill Iffrig was the 78-year-old man in the orange tank-top who was knocked down by the force of what he called a "deafening" explosion approximately 15 feet from the finish line at today's Boston Marathon. ...
The First Question For The Governor Was From A Conspiracy Theorist
At Deval Patrick's 9:00 press conference on today's bombings, the first question, the very first question, contained the words: "Is this another false flag attack staged to take our civil liberties?"...
Ben Revere Makes Unbelievable Diving Catch
Catches don't get much more impressive than Phillies center fielder Ben Revere's second-inning, sprawling dive at the warning track in the Great American Ballpark tonight, robbing Cincinnati's Todd Frazier of extra bases. ...