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As Greg Maddux Stories Go, This Is A Hard On To Top
When Greg Maddux was elected to the Hall of Fame today (thanks in part to you!!) the news was less that he'd made it, but that someone hadn't voted for him. We're in the second wave now: Maddux stories. Like his arm, they're better than most....

Here's An Awesome Story About Greg Maddux
Yahoo Sports' Tim Brown just posted a nice column about Greg Maddux, and it is is full of the kind of anecdotes that have always made reading columns and profiles about Maddux so damn satisfying. One in particular caught our attention:...

Tyson Vs. Ali
A performance piece at PS122 reviewed in the Times and also featured in the Wall Street Journal. ...

Red Sox Fan In New Zealand Wins $83,000 With One-Handed Cricket Catch
A catch by a cricket spectator in New Zealand net the fan $100,000 in Kiwi money ($83k American) simply by making the grab one-handed while wearing the appropriate T-shirt....

Texas Booster Says Charlie Strong "Would Make A Great Position Coach"
Nearly everyone thinks Texas did right when they tapped Charlie Strong to be their next head coach—everyone outside of Texas, anyway....

Does Your Personal Trainer Suck?
Do you pay someone money to help you with "fitness" in some way? Let me ask you a personal question: Does he or she suck? Oh it is quite likely, yes. ...

Greg Maddux Will Not Be A Unanimous Hall Of Famer
Because one jackass just announced his ballot, and Maddux isn't on it....

Watch Alex Trebek Rap An Entire <em>Jeopardy!</em> Category
Today's episode of Jeopardy! featured a category of famous rap lyrics. So here's video of Alex Trebek rapping famous lyrics, featuring the words of Dr. Dre, Public Enemy, and Biggie....

Fox Sports 1, CBS Still Struggling In The Graphics Department
USC freshman Nikola Jovanovic is a frontcourt star for the Trojans, but we have to wonder what age-defying magic they've got over in Serbia. Can they get some to Novak Djokovic? We'd love to watch him dominate tennis for another 75 years....

This Fox Sports 1 Commercial Is So Bad And Gross
What the hell, Fox Sports?...

1966 "Lost" Interview with Ali: Found
Over at the dope site, Blank on Blank. ...

PSA: That Viral News Blooper Someone's About To Send You Is Fake
Here is a purported news blooper in which a reporter says, of a missing woman, "I'd fuck her. I'd fuck her right in the pussy." It is not real....

Rex Ryan Waits In Airport, Wears All-Orange Sweatsuit
Rex Ryan went to the Orange Bowl to support his son Seth, who plays for Clemson. Someone spotted him after his trip, waiting at JFK's baggage claim, decked out in a full orange sweatsuit. He earned that "Sexy Rexy" nickname, dammit....

Paul Bissonnette's Face Is All Messed Up
[This is just one of those perfect hockey fight moments. Jay Rosehill is mangling Paul Bissonnette's face at this point, but the fight was even. Photo by Ross D. Franklin/AP]...

How To Make Steamed Pork Dumplings, Like My Great-Grandfather Did
Albert Burneko is off. Your guest Foodspin columnist today is KSK and SB Nation contributor Eric Sollenberger....

Reports: Charlie Strong To Texas Will Happen Eventually
If we've gotten this far in the Strong-to-Texas story—he reportedly called a staff meeting at 9:00 a.m. this morning—it seems pretty certain that Charlie Strong is going to leave Louisville for Texas. But who knows, everyone always gets so careful with these things....


