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Pouya Dianat's Gorgeous Baseball Photography
Slide on over to the New York Times and enjoy this slideshow of Pouya Dianat's beautiful photography. ...

J.R. Smith Delayed Knee Surgery Until After He Signed His Contract
J.R. Smith had a pair of knee surgeries this summer, and could miss the start of the season. It wouldn't be an issue if he had the procedures done soon after the Knicks; season ended in mid-May; instead he waited until July 15th, a week after he signed a three-year $18 million extension. ...

Bernie Kosar Refused A Sobriety Test Because His Offensive Line Sucked
More details have emerged about former Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar’s DUI arrest from this past weekend, and most of them are depressing. One of them, however, demonstrates that despite his problems, Kosar’s sense of humor is still intact....

Watch Marco Reus Score This Stupid Goal From Really, Really Far Away
This is so dumb....

L.C. Greenwood: The Smiling Badass Of The NFL's Baddest Front Four
The Steelers of the 1970s had the scowl of Mean Joe Greene and the gap where Jack Lambert's four front teeth should've been. But there was nothing quite like the menace presented by the smiling L.C. Greenwood, who died Sunday of kidney failure at the age of 67. A smile on that front line was like a ...

Bob Gruen's Rock n Roll Photography
Rock and fuggin Roll. Pictures by Bob Gruen over at Everyday I Show....

WNBA Finals Games Kicked Out Of Philips Arena For Disney On Ice
The Atlanta Dream has to play its Finals home games at the Arena at Gwinnett Center, about a half hour outside of Atlanta, because Philips Arena is hosting Disney on Ice. ...

What's New In The NHL This Year?
The NHL season officially drops the puck tonight with two marquee matchups and some garbage involving the hobbled Oilers and miserable Jets. While loathe to break with our tradition of needlessly dismissive and alienating hockey previews, enough has changed this year to warrant a primer. ...

Watch UMass Football Players Beat Each Other Up In Team-Building Drill
Last week, the Daily Hampshire Gazette posted a video shot during a UMass offseason session in 2012 that features a bunch of football players beating the shit out of each other. Or, as UMass coach Charley Molar would later describe it, a "team-building" exercise that instills "mental toughness." ...

Government Shutdown Cancels Service Academy Sports
The first government shutdown in 17 years is the result of Congress failing to pass a budget; without it, the government doesn't have the authority to spend money on anything but "essential" services. Sports are apparently not among them—the service academies have suspended all sporting events effec...

How Roger Goodell And ESPN Use Each Other
The NFL Network may not be the monolith the league once envisioned, but Roger Goodell likes having it around for what it forces others to do, particularly ESPN. Goodell alluded to this on Monday while speaking to Hearst employees—Hearst owns 20 percent of ESPN—during the media company's regularly he...

Genius Impressionist Reimagines Mike Francesa As A 1776 Radio Pundit
This, the work of @BizzaroZaun, is one of the best Mike Francesa impersonations you will ever see. And it's not just Francesa's voice that Zaun nails; everything about this impression—the smugness, the dismissive attitude towards callers, the fact that Francesa would have been a loyalist stooge in...

Brian Scalabrine Showed Up To Media Day With A Black Eye
Big Scal is a Warriors assistant coach now, but the White Mamba isn't slowing down. In this photo from Golden State's media day, Scalabrine sports a mysterious shiner. You should see the other guy....


The Fatally Flawed Rangers Went Out With A Bunt And A Whimper
On August 31, the Rangers were sitting pretty. First in the division, a hefty wild card lead if it came to that, Texas had a 98.12 percent chance of making the playoffs. September was unkind—even with a seven-game winning streak that earned them a one-game playoff, they went 12-16 over the month, ge...

Terrell Suggs Says Roger Goodell Caused The Super Bowl Blackout
Terrell Suggs recently sat down for an interview that will air on tonight's episode of E:60, and he talked some shit about Roger Goodell. Specifically, he blamed Goodell for the blackout that delayed the 49ers-Ravens Super Bowl for 34 minutes....

Nothing Says I Love New York Like Tattoos of Lou Gehrig and Patrick Ewing
I saw this dude on my subway ride to work today and asked if I could photograph the artwork on his arms. Every piece was about New York....

This Is Dolphins-Saints: Your <i>Monday Night Football</i> GIF Roundup
New Orleans 38, Miami 17: People tried to sell themselves on this game tonight. Two 3-0 teams, they said. The Dolphins are really turning it around this year, they said. Drew Brees on Monday against the young guy, they said. This is the lead image we are going with for this game....

As The Government Slowly Dies, TX Congressman Makes Dumb Joke
It actually is true, because this is Washington's bye week....
