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What's The Matter With Jim Brown?
Originally published in the December 1986 edition of Sport magazine, as part of a special 40th anniversary issue devoted to "The 40 Who Changed Sports." This story is a good analytical companion to Pete Dexter's insane 1981 profile of Brown, reprinted here last week ....
Brandon McCarthy Pitches Immaculate Inning, Breaks Season Record
Yankees pitcher Brandon McCarthy contributed to a broken MLB record tonight against the Rays when he tossed the sixth immaculate inning of the season. His effort broke the record for most immaculate innings in a season, set in 1998. The first five were pitched by Brad Boxberger, Cole Hamels, Jus...
Joe Girardi Says Rays Pitchers Aren't Good Enough To Safely Pitch Inside
The race for third place in the AL East is a snippy one, with the Ray's honoring Derek Jeter before last night's game, then clipping him with a fastball in on the hands. Afterward Joe Girardi blasted the Rays for hitting so many Yankees batters recently, but with a twist: instead of accusing them of...
Adam Jones Pies Fans While Celebrating AL East Title
The Baltimore Orioles clinched the AL East last night, which is great news, because the Orioles are not the Red Sox or the Yankees. It is also great news because it gave Orioles all-star outfielder Adam Jones a chance to celebrate his team's division title by mashing pies into the faces of Orioles...
Korean Mayor Egged By Councilman For Relocating Baseball Stadium
What you see here, via our friends at MyKBO.net, is the mayor of Changwon, South Korea, Ahn Sang-soo, getting busted with an egg thrown by councilman Kim Sung-il. ...
Rays Gift Derek Jeter A Kayak, Fastball To The Hand; Benches Clear
Derek Jeter received a lot of gifts today. Before the game, the Tampa Bay Rays gave him a $16,000 donation to his foundation, a Don Zimmer jersey, and a pinstriped kayak. And in the eighth inning, Steven Geltz gave him a fastball to the elbow hand. You know, something to remember the Trop by....
I'm Giants Offensive Lineman Geoff Schwartz. Ask Me Stuff.
Geoff Schwartz is a six-year NFL veteran who currently plays guard for the New York Giants. He's waiting in the discussion section below to answer any questions you have for him. You can follow him on Twitter @GeoffSchwartz....
James Dolan And His Dopey Band Went On TV And Things Got Awkward
James Dolan went on Good Day New York this morning to talk about his corny-ass blues band and play multiple(!) songs in studio. He was on the show for so long, but the highlight of his appearance was when co-anchor Rosanna Scotto couldn't remember the name of Dolan's band while introducing them fo...
Why Did The Mets Briefly Drop The United Nations From Their Logo?
Illuminati-related? Probably not. (But probably.)...
Even Bank Robbers Decide What Tie To Wear: The Essence Of Elmore Leonard
Hard to imagine having a cooler job than the one Gregg Sutter had for more than 30 years, when he served as the late Elmore Leonard's researcher. Sutter is the editor of the Library of America's Elmore Leonard anthology, which will be released in three volumes, the first of which was published a f...
Jacob DeGrom Ks Eight To Open Game, Tying Modern-Era Record
It hasn't been a great season for the Mets, who will miss the playoffs for the eighth consecutive season, but one of the bright spots has been pitcher/ Rookie of the Year candidate Jacob deGrom. His campaign got a serious boost tonight, when deGrom struck out the first eight batters he faced before...
Here's What A 1943 NFL Tryout Invitation Looked Like
Reddit user "drepicgames" posted a letter belonging to his great-uncle Harold "Butch" Gutke. Dated April 30, 1943, it invites Gutke to come try out for "the New York Football Giants." ...
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Jets Call Timeout, Nullify Own Game-Tying Touchdown, Lose Game [UPDATE]
The Jets called an illegal timeout to cancel out their own game-tying touchdown in the fourth quarter, and ended up losing to the Packers. It was a very Jets sequence....
"Hey, Is That A Football?"
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Chase Headley Takes A Fastball To The Chin
Yankees designated hitter Chase Headley took a fastball to the chin from Rays reliever Jake McGee in the ninth inning of tonight's game....
Watch This Bonkers <em>Universal Soldier</em> Sequel, But Skip The First Scene
Universal Soldier, you may remember, was a blast of pure 1992 cheese in which Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren play reanimated Vietnam super-soldiers who fight each other. It was pretty good! It was, in fact, the only pretty good movie ever made by German director Roland Emmerich, and its su...
Jazz Needs A Better Sense of Humor
What can it mean for jazz as a living art when the most hotly debated genre event of 2014 was a satirical post on a humor blog? Only Charlie Haden's death earlier that month can rival the New Yorker's awkward July 31 unveiling of writer Django Gold's "Sonny Rollins: In His Own Words," a 480-word g...
Former Mets Exec Sues Team, Says She Was Fired For Being Pregnant
I'd say this story belongs in the LOLMets pantheon, but this is less "ha ha" funny than it is "wow, the Mets appear to be run by a tremendously scummy sexist" funny....
Yesterday's Hero
Let's take time out from the distressing state of modern football for this melancholy portrait of Bob Suffridge by the great Paul Hemphill:...