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A Pissed-Off Charl Schwartzel Smashes His Club In Frustration
After bogeying Nos. 10, 12, 13, and 14 today at Muirfield, Charl Schwartzel found himself in the rough at No. 15. He didn't quite get to the green from there, and his 6-iron paid the price. Stupid 6-iron. Schwartzel wound up with a double-bogey at 15....
<em>The Conjuring</em> Is Old-School Terrifying
The Conjuring didn't literally scare the piss out of me, but it was close, and all told, there might have been a dribble or two....
What Does Jungle Bird, Golf's Favorite “Streaker,” Want From Us?
A lot of people think the man who calls himself Jungle Bird and wears a mohawked, Union Jacked knit cap and crashes sporting events for the purpose of cawing at the camera is crazy. He's not, we swear. He just wants to save the world....
You Can't Play A World Cup In A Hospital: Brazil 2014, Argentina 1978
On June 30, Brazil dismantled Spain before a rapturous home crowd in the final of the Confederations Cup, the test run for next year's World Cup. The hosts' surprise win—and what it augurs for 2014—temporarily displaced massive protests as the story of the tournament. June saw hundreds of thousands...
Send Us The Worst Moment Of Your Life
Richard Deitsch has been collecting followers' photos of the best moments of their lives. It's mostly ugly babies. So we're putting out the call: Please email [email protected] with photos or video of The Worst Moment of Your Life....
Why Pre-Recorded Stadium Music Is Stupid, By Huey Lewis
This post was originally published on The Talkhouse....
How To Do A Bieber Fangirl Story: Ask About The Eagles' QB Dilemma
Dear local television producers: If you insist on assigning a reporter to do an on-camera spot from outside an event like a Justin Bieber concert, don't have her play it straight. Don't have her ask stupid questions that elicit nothing but squeals of joy and shouts of excitement. Don't have her show...
Bidding Is Now Open On RGIII's Supposed Sext Life
On Sunday, Busted Coverage posted screencaps of text messages supposedly between a professional athlete and a college student/Hooters waitress. The story would not have been all that newsworthy had it not been for two factors: The athlete is Robert Griffin III, and the texts were sent on Griffin's w...
The Hornets' Name-Change Party Is Going Strong
The Bobcats are holding an all-day "Buzz City Celebration" to mark the impending return of the Charlotte Hornets. Reader John stopped by:...
Nuggets Guard Jordan Hamilton's Magical Shorts Fly Right Off His Body
I have watched this video multiple times, and I still don't know how the hell Hamilton ended up with his shorts around his ankles....
The Good News Is There's Not A Birkenstock In Sight
Good piece by Robert Weintraub on Ultimate over at SB Nation Longform:...
Unicorn Mask-Wearing Porn Star Kicked Out Of PNC Park For Sexy Dancing
When our pal Dave mentioned last week on Twitter that "a stripper wearing a unicorn mask was just kicked out of PNC Park," we felt obligated to seek out a photo and some more information. Little did we know we'd be discovering an odd cult of unicorn mask-wearing porn stars....
"I Don't Like Excess"
From Isaac Chotiner’s 2008 Atlantic interview with Jhumpa Lahiri:...
Groom Tricked With Elaborate Bungee Jumping Prank At Bachelor Party
This is from Norway. The groom is terribly afraid of heights, and bungee jumping and parachuting are two activities he specifically wants to avoid during his bachelor party. But he's got great friends, so of course they're taking him bungee jumping. Or so he's led to believe....
Hey, Everyone, Look At This Azerbaijani Wrestler's Wonderful Dance
At the 27th Summer Universiade earlier this week, Azerbaijani wrestler Rasul Chunayev found himself squaring off against Russian foe Islambek Albiev for tournament gold in the 66 kg weight class. It didn't take him long to secure the win, which was good for him and good for us as, at about the 0:34 ...
The Charlotte Hornets Are Coming Back
Today's the day: after a decade of existence as the Bobcats, the franchise will officially receive league approval to change its name, and bring the Charlotte Hornets back to the NBA in 2014....
Graven Image
Check this out over at the New Yorker: E.L. Doctorow reads John O'Hara's short story, "Graven Image" and discusses O'Hara—a wonderful writer—with Deborah Treisman....
A.J. McCarron Scoreboards Johnny Manziel
The tweet has, naturally, been deleted already but here it lives for eternity. McCarron, it turns out, was also Manziel's roommate at the infamous Manning camp where the Heisman winner was sent home for being hungover or a heavy sleeper or whatever....