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<em>Dredd</em> Is The Second-Best Drug-Fortress Action Flick Ever

For reasons we may never understand, movie studios, in their infinite wisdom, often decide to drop two movies about the same thing at the same time. That's how we end up with dueling volcano-based disaster movies, giant-asteroid-based disaster movies, or Truman Capote biopics. But in 2012, we got su...

The Non-Soccer Fan's Guide To The 2014 World Cup

We get it. Soccer is confusing, and it's hard to know where to start. You know what a big deal the World Cup is, and this is the year you're finally going to get into it, and then you check in over at Deadspin and, well, fuck no, you're not reading 3000 words about Algeria. Don't worry about it! Thi...

The Brilliance And Madness Of Dutch Wizard Johan Cruyff

From Eduardo Galeano's classic, now available as an ebook. We'll have excerpts throughout the week....

Which Teams Will Be Having Sex At The World Cup?

It's a long-held myth that athletes should refrain from sex before a competition, for fear of exhaustion or a lack of testosterone. Nearly all scientific studies agree that there's no danger, but the belief persists. To that end, managers for a number of countries have banned their players from havi...

Roy Jones Jr.'s Sexting Technique Is Very On-Brand [NSFW]

Roy Jones Jr. has allegedly been sending dick pics to a female boxer named Stacy Reile. He appears to have done something to make Reile angry, because she spent the last few days slagging him on her Instagram page, and now nude photos of Roy Jones Jr. have leaked onto the internet....

Portugal's Eusébio Was As Gifted On The Pitch As He Was Important Off It

From Eduardo Galeano's classic, now available as an ebook. We'll have excerpts throughout the week....

Sheepherding Dog Is Very Bad At Herding Sheep, Still Very Cute

Meet Dexter. He's out here trying to herd these sheep, but he can't quite figure out the best way to get the job done. The sheep are just over here like, "What's going on with my man Dexter? Is he OK?"...

Double Dragon: <em>How To Train Your Dragon 2</em>, Reviewed

Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, DreamWorks Animation has enjoyed plenty of commercial and critical success, winning two animation Oscars and earning almost $11.6 billion worldwide. And yet, the company remains in the shadow of Pixar, which in about the same amount of time has won sev...

Victor Martinez's Sexy Dance Is Very Sexy

Is the bat supposed to be a dick? I think the bat is supposed to be a dick....

Burrito Smackdown: Chipotle Vs. Qdoba

Serious Mexican-food folk talk mostly about tacos these days, which is cool, except that tacos are sorta bullshit. I mean, there's nothing wrong with a taco, other than the fact that it's just a miniature open-faced burrito, i.e., a lesser burrito. Disdaining the burrito—it's not even authentic Mexi...

Do Not Wear A Suit With Shorts

Men's shorts are OK. (Women's shorts are also OK, but they are much more obviously OK, and not what we are talking about.) Summers get hot around this part of the solar system; why swaddle those vast swaths of leg-skin behind fabric when you could use them, sensibly, to radiate your body's interna...

<em>Joga Bonito</em> Incarnate: The Joy And Tragedy Of Brazil's Garrincha

From Eduardo Galeano's classic, now available as an ebook. We'll have excerpts throughout the week....

Robert Duvall: An American Hero, Or At Least An American Man

Careening down the road behind the wheel of a sturdy old Cadillac, Robert Duvall makes his intent clear: "I want some singin' and dancin'. And a woman. I want me a woman." With little more than a sharp tongue, pink and frequently squirming loose in anticipation, the weather-beaten octogenarian bulli...

Miguel Cotto Is Golden Arms

In kung fu flixtory, Golden Arm is the leader of the Chi Sah gang. ("Both of his arms are as hard and solid as gold and are invulnerable to anything.") In boxing, Golden Arms is Miguel Cotto. Heavy arms, heavy hands, he touch you, you go backwards. ...

The Complete Hagler Hearns Fight

How To Make Deviled Eggs, And Reign As Lord Of The Side Dishes

Somebody always brings deviled eggs to the cookout or potluck or NA meeting, and it's never you, and that person is everyone's favorite, because deviled eggs are just the best. ...

Johnny Manziel Drinking On An Inflatable Swan

There are some things that are inherently believable. Like, when someone tweets "not the greatest of pics, but here's Manziel enjoying some X games after party festivities in Austin at Rio" and it's a dude floating on an inflatable swan chugging a bottle of liquor, you just believe it because, well,...

"The Ball," From <em>Soccer In Sun And Shadow</em>

From Eduardo Galeano's classic, now available as an ebook. We'll have excerpts throughout the week....

Mark Teixeira's Fake Talk Show Is Actually Pretty Funny

I had no idea that Mark Teixeira has a fake talk show, which comes off as some kind of cross between Between Two Ferns and The Chris Farley Show, and I am upset about that because Foul Territory with Mark Teixeira is pretty funny. This is a surprising development, as I always just assumed that Mark ...

"The Referee," From <em>Soccer In Sun And Shadow</em>

From Eduardo Galeano's classic, now available as an ebook. We'll have excerpts throughout the week....