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Miracle Of Coogan's Bluff: Red Smith On The Shot Heard ‘Round The World
Red Smith is the most respected sports columnist we've ever had. In his prime, Jimmy Cannon, Smith's friendly rival, was certainly as well-known. Cannon, the Voice of New York, was an emotional, colloquial writer whose reputation, unfortunately, has faded. But Smith endures. What is it about his wri...
Summer Has Officially Arrived: Here's Chris Berman Sweating Like A Pig
Our friends at Busted Coverage got their dirty mitts on this shot of Boomer bumblin', stumblin', and sweatin' through his shirt at last week's Boston Strong concert. We know it had to be hotter than a pizza oven that night inside TD Garden, but it still bears repeating: Nobody brings the swamp ass l...
College Baseball Player Takes A Slider Right To The Dick
Cal State Fullerton's Austin Kingsolver only got two plate appearances in yesterday's game against Arizona State, and he probably wishes that he could have skipped the first one. In the top of the seventh inning, Arizona State pitcher Josh McAlister let a 3-2 slider get away from him and sent the p...
The 111-Year-Old Yankees Fan Is Probably Lying About His Age
It was the ultimate photo op: Derek Jeter, the face of the Yankees, meeting Bernando LaPallo, who at 111 years old would be older than than Yankees franchise itself. Like every other good thing, it's probably not true. LaPallo's age is very much in dispute, and he's been accused of lying about it to...
Seconds Out
Matt Wilson's "Second Out" series. Found via Museumuseum. ...
The Japanese Version Of <em>Sport Science</em> Is Awesome
We've said before in this space that ESPN's pseudoscientific Sport Science segments are "sneakily awful," but this weekend I happened across something from Japanese national broadcaster NHK that puts ESPN to shame....
Domonic Brown Is Your New Favorite Slugger
If you haven't been paying attention to what Phillies left fielder Domonic Brown has been doing this season, now is the time to start. In the first inning of yesterday's game against the Brewers, Brown hit the absolute bejesus out of a Mike Fiers pitch, depositing the ball into the second deck in ri...
This Punt Return Is A Polish Football League Highlight
Clarence Anderson destroyed the NAIA record book as a wide receiver for the Ottawa (Kan.) Braves, but his NFL dreams fell a bit short. He's playing these days for the Warsaw Eagles of the Polish American Football League, which is a thing....
Maloof Family Thanks Sacramento In Newspaper Ad
Years of prayers were finally and officially answered: as of Friday, the Maloofs are no longer NBA owners. Sure, they drove the team into the ground, and sure, they did everything possible to sell the franchise to an owner who would move it from Sacramento, and sure, just two weeks ago George Maloof...
Reporter Gets In A "Tongue Twat" Trying To Congratulate Cliff Lee
Cliff Lee recorded career strikeout number 1600 yesterday, and Philadelphia reporter Sigourney McCreaf wanted to relay some fans' congratulations to Lee on the Phillies postgame show. Unfortunately, she got her tongue all twatted up. ...
Hold that Tiger
From Stanley Woodward's great memoir, Paper Tiger, here's how the legendary newspaper editor lured Red Smith and Joe Palmer to the New York Herald Tribune:...
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Roundup: What You Missed The Weekend Roy Hibbert Said Something Dumb
Roy Hibbert Had A Bizarre Post-Game Press Conference...
The Independent Review Into PAC-12 Referee-Bribing Allegations Is In
And it makes no sense. The PAC-12 "engaged" the oddly-named firm Ice Miller, LLP to conduct an independent review into allegations that former head of officiating Ed Rush bribed game officials into T'ing up Sean Miller for disputing a call at the end of Arizona's semifinal loss to UCLA in this year'...
No Rutgers, This Is Not How You Defend Julie Hermann
Today, the Star-Ledger published an op-ed from Rutgers's newly-appointed senior vice president and general counsel, John Farmer Jr. He attempts to defend the hiring of their new athletic director, Julie Hermann, a hiring which, as we've so diligently chronicled, is probably indefensible. And well......
Man, The Los Angeles Clippers Just Can't Catch A Break
One of these days the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim will get the respect they deserve. ...
Wrigley Field: Home Of The Pantomimed Blowjob
Remember this jackass? He made his way onto TV in a late-night, nothing game in Chicago and made blowjob gestures for a whole inning. He had at least two competitors during today's Diamondbacks-Cubs action today at Wrigley Field....
Wayne Rooney Scored A Pretty Decent Goal Today
England traveled to Brazil today for an international friendly, and they for the most part got absolutely manhandled by the home side. Brazil had over 60% of the possession and took an obscene 32 shots to England's 11. It was a clinic start to finish. But Brazil didn't win. Actually, they almost los...
Here's A Rick-DiPietro-Vanity-Plated Car Parked In A Handicapped Spot
Sounds about right....