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Koji Uehara's Son Gave The Best Postgame Interview Last Night
If there's one thing about this World Series to be thankful for, it's the the fact that Red Sox closer Koji Uehara and his son Kaz have been thrown into the national spotlight....

Marshawn Lynch Had No Idea Buffalo Was Not In New York City
Marshawn Lynch was profiled on last night's E:60, and it was a fairly candid look at Lynch's upbringing in Oakland. But the single best moment was Lynch recalling his reaction to being drafted by Buffalo in 2007. The West Coast kid wasn't exactly up on his East Coast geography....

Watch Iman Shumpert Get A Very Somber Haircut
Iman Shumpert shaved off his signature flat top a few weeks ago, and everyone was kind of bummed about it. But nobody took the event more seriously that Shumpert himself, as evidenced by the extremely earnest vignette above....

New York Red Bulls Win First Trophy In Franchise History
Wow. What a sporting night. Not every night brings us a historic accomplishment 17 years in the making, but that's exactly what we got in New Jersey last night. I'm talking, of course, about the New York Red Bulls clinching the MLS Supporters' Shield....


From Barber Shops To Roof Tops, Watching The Game
Dig this photo gallery—From Barber Shops to Rooftops, Watching the Game—over at the New York Times. ...

Would You Do It Again? We Ask Former NFLer Eric Unverzagt
This is an interview series in which we ask the plaintiffs of the NFL concussion lawsuit one question (and maybe a few more): Knowing what you know now, if you could do it over again, would you still play football?...

Terrelle Pryor Runs 93 Yards Untouched For Touchdown, Sets NFL Record
Well, that read option worked out nicely. Terrelle Pryor's 93-yard dash is the longest run by a quarterback in NFL history and the longest run by anyone in Raiders history. ...

NFL: Jets Should Have Been Called For Same Pushing Penalty As Pats
There was a lot of bitter back-and-forth between the Jets and Patriots about last week's controversial overtime pushing penalty. At first, Bill Belichick didn't seem to know what the penalty was. (He made a big deal about the "second level" in the pushing penalty—"We weren't on the second level wh...


The Late Show
If you’ve never seen “The Late Show,” well, you should....

Here Are The New (Ridiculous) Creamsicle Orange Knicks Uniforms
Oh dear god. ...


Kelly Olynyk Was Also At The Red Sox Game And He Was Also Very Cold
Kelly, you are not appropriately dressed for the conditions! Next time try to be more like your friend Rajon Rondo....

Off-Broadway Joe: The Song And Dance Of A Playboy Nearing Middle Age
Originally published in the July 1981 issue of Inside Sports. Reprinted here with the author's permission. For more on Namath, check out this reprint of a frank Playboy interview from 1969....

Book Excerpt: Nicholas Dawidoff On The 2011 New York Jets
Over at Men's Journal check out this excerpt from Nicholas Dawidoff's new book, Collision Low Crossers: A Year Inside the Turbulent World of NFL Football:...

John Tavares Would Like To Show You His Disgusting Tooth Implants
We all kind of cringed/wretched a little bit when Islanders captain John Tavares yanked out one his front teeth right there on the bench a few weeks ago. So (ugh) let's re-live (gulp) it by checking out (covers eyes) what his mouth looks like now (runs away from computer)....

Man Arrested For Threatening The Mets
Aryn Leroux, a 42-year-old from West Haven, Conn., has been arrested and charged with second-degree threatening and breach of peace for allegedly sending a lots and lots of threatening tweets to Mets players, coaches, executives, and a "specific threat" to Citi Field....

If You Weren't Picturing Mike Milbury Having Group Sex, You Are Now
Last night's "30 for 30" was Big Shot, a look at John Spano, the con man who briefly purchased the Islanders before the NHL realized he didn't have any money. (A similar scenario would play out in Nashville just 11 years later.) The most prurient part was then-GM Mike Milbury recounting how Spano of...

Bill Belichick Says The Jets Also Pushed. Did They?
Lots of controversy—fun, silly controversy—over the overtime penalty on the Patriots that may have cost them Sunday's game at the Jets. Tackle Chris Jones was flagged for pushing teammate Will Svitek into the offensive line, negating a missed field goal. The first conspiracy theory was that the NFL ...