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What It Took To Get Ted Williams's Head Off His Body
Adapted from The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams (Little, Brown and Company). ...
BC's Andre Williams Runs Like He's Got A Super Mario Invincibility Star
Boston College running back Andre Williams leads all FBS running backs with 2073 rushing yards, good for an average of 6.5 yards per carry. The senior's a potential Heisman finalist, and to help his case, someone put together a video of him bowling over opponents to the Starman music from the Super...
Trent Williams Says Ref Called Him A "Disrespectful Motherfucker"
Washington OT Trent Williams claims that umpire Roy Ellison called him a "garbage ass" and "disrespectful motherfucker" at some point late in the first quarter of the game against the Eagles....
Florida State Defensive Backs Play Hangman On The Sideline
Florida State creamed Syracuse 59-3 yesterday, and at some point, when the game was apparently out of hand, defensive backs P.J. Williams and Terrence Brooks used the whiteboard to play Hangman....
J.J. Hickson Submits An Early Candidate For Dunk Of The Year
No one will blame you for not watching last night's Nuggets-Jazz game, as neither team has done much more than depress the hell out of their respective fan bases this year. But you are not allowed to go through life being unaware of this J.J. Hickson dunk, which turned poor Marvin Williams into a c...
Come Chat Live With Former NFL Running Back Ricky Williams
We're pleased to be joined now by Ricky Williams, the former Heisman Trophy winner who spent 11 seasons in the NFL with the Saints, Dolphins, and Ravens. He's now the running backs coach at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, and he's down in the discussion awaiting your questions, ...
Michael Carter-Williams Just Misses Quadruple Double In NBA Debut
Holy shit, Michael Carter-Williams! Where the hell did that come from?...
This Is Just The Worst Rugby League Failed Try
In American football, you merely have to carry the ball into the end zone. But in rugby league, a player has to put the ball on the ground in the in-goal area for the try to count. Yesterday at the Rugby League World Cup, New Zealand's Sonny Bill Williams had an easy four points, but inexplicably s...
Serena Williams Closes Out One Of The All-Time Great Seasons
Serena Williams came back to defeat Li Na in the WTA Championships today, 2-6, 6-3, 6-0. Williams won the final nine games, including a bagel in the third set, which caps off the greatest year of her already-storied career, and one of the most dominating seasons in the history of women's tennis. Wil...
All Hail Division III For Giving Us This Must-Watch Punt Return TD
It's been a pretty lousy day for football highlights, so let's dig a bit deeper to the OAC for this wild 74-yard punt return from today's Heidelberg-Muskingum game....
What's Behind The Grambling Football Team's Protest
Grambling's storied football program is in complete disarray. On Tuesday, players walked out of a meeting with coaches and administrators. On Wednesday, they skipped practice altogether in protest, then repeated the boycott again today. And interim coach George Ragsdale has reportedly been fired. Th...
Major Wright–But <em>Not</em> Terrance Williams–Sued For African Diamonds Loan
So, which is the better story here? TMZ's report that Bears safety Major Wright's diamond trading company is being sued for not repaying a loan that carries 100 percent interest? Or that TMZ's initial report claimed Cowboys receiver Terrance Williams was in on it too, but quickly removed him after h...
Want To Buy Some Vintage Condoms With Ted Williams's Face On Them?
Take a look at what is likely National Hygenic's most infamous product: a brand of condoms released in the 1950s that were unwittingly endorsed by Ted Williams. And now you can own a pack for just $99....
John Lardner Evaluates Ted Williams
From a John Lardner column for Newsweek, “The World’s Richest Problem Child”:...
Father Of Cardinals Defensive Tackle Killed In Car Crash
Cardinals defensive tackle Dan Williams will not play today against the Saints because his father was killed in a car crash this weekend while en route from Memphis to New Orleans to watch his son play....
The Better Man: How Sugar Ray Leonard Handled Fear And Marvin Hagler
Originally published in the May 17, 1987, edition of The Washington Post Magazine. Republished here with the author's permission. His postscript follows. For more on Hagler-Leonard, check out Grantland's oral history....
Tyrone Williams Rents A Citi Bike
Kottke delivers. So what else is new?...
Here's A Guy Doing Some BMX Tricks With A Heavy-Ass Citi Bike
The bikes from New York City's Citi Bike bike-share program are heavy as shit and slow as all hell. Our friends at Animal NY wanted to see if it was possible to have a little fun while riding one, so they put BMX pro Tyrone Williams to the test. Watching this makes me want to be 13 again. ...
Serena Williams Finally Has A Real Rival: Vika Azarenka
Over the past week, it's been tempting to compare Roger Federer with Serena Williams, two tennis greats approaching the same bad end of the aging curve in very different ways. Federer, 32, lost last week to Tommy Robredo in a three-set blowout in the fourth round. Federer didn't win a Grand Slam thi...