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Game 7 Through The Eyes Of A Kings Fan
Too often the GoPro is used for things like surfing and wingsuiting, things that we can't relate to and end up looking shaky and nauseating. But Kings fan Eric Locko strapped on the helmet-cam for the most exciting event most of us could realistically hope to experience: a game 7....

The Rangers Have Fired John Tortorella
After four and a half seasons of halfway decent hockey (which included a Eastern Conference No. 1 seed in 2012 and a 19-25 playoff record overall), the New York Rangers have canned head coach John Tortorella....

Nobody Can Hijack A Playoff Game Quite Like An NBA Referee Can
With 1:20 left to play in last night's Heat-Pacers game, LeBron James received the ball on the left wing, stared down his defender, and then casually dropped a 28-foot three-pointer. It was a heroic shot, the kind of shot that NBA fans live to see in the playoffs, and it set the tone for what should...

With A Little Luck And A Gigantic Glove Save, The Kings Carry On
Hockeywood is halfway to putting out a sequel, and the script looks a lot like last year's: timely goals from unlikely sources, defense that doesn't take a breather, and a Conn Smythe-caliber campaign from Jonathan Quick in net....

When The Yankees Face The Mets, It's Duckface Supreme
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Everything Went Wrong For The Heat, And The Pacers Won By Only Seven
The Indiana Pacers beat the Miami Heat tonight, 99-92. But before everyone pulls out the André Extra Dry and talks about how Indiana is going to do it and how the Heat might have finally met their match and how much of a clinic in hustle stats and team cohesion and bench spirit the Spurs-Pacers seri...

LeBron James Blocks The Absolute Shit Out Of George Hill's Layup
That's not fair, man. ...

Lance Stephenson Is Pulling A Miami Heat On The Miami Heat
The Indiana Pacers are up at halftime over the Miami Heat, 48-47, in the fourth game of the Eastern Conference Finals. This is your open thread. Knock yourselves out....

ESPN President's Memo: Support The Troops; Also, We're Firing People
Below is a memo from ESPN president John Skipper, sent companywide just before the Memorial Day weekend and forwarded to us by a Bristol tipster. "This is the only communication we've received from upper management this week that mentions the layoffs," our tipster writes. Happy Memorial Day!...

Down on the Corner, Out in the Street
From the SI Vault, check out Gil Rogin's 1964 story, "Confessions of a Stoop Ball Champion":...

Gregg Popovich Is A Man Of Two Words
Well, he's a man of one word said twice, anyway. ...

College Hoops Coach Who Made Players Run Until One Pooped Keeps Job
University of Wisconsin—Green Bay men's basketball coach Brian Wardle made news last month when it got out that he may have made his players run hills so much that one of his players, Ryan Bross, shat his pants, and that he may have then proceeded to heckle the poor pants-shitter all season long. ...

The Pacers' Paul George Has Gradually Exploded All At Once
After two games in Miami, it's no longer assured that the Heat — reigning champs, winners of 27 straight in the regular season, top seed in the Eastern Conference, proud owners of fans like these — are going to dispatch the Indiana Pacers quickly, or for that matter, at all. The series is tied at a ...


David Foster Wallace's Interview With Roger Federer Lasted 20 Minutes
David Foster Wallace's 2006 Times Magazine profile of Roger Federer is one of sports journalism's most famous write-arounds. Or, as Wallace wrote himself, the piece was "a spectator’s experience of Federer, and its context." But the Times flew Wallace out to Wimbledon, so surely he got to spend some...


Here's A Very 1990s Photo Of A Young Joe Mauer
The Twins' catcher already looked like an all-star in this undated photo taken in front of the St. Paul, Minn., house where he grew up—and not because he was holding a basketball trophy....

The Rangers Steal One Freaking Game, And Here Comes The Comeback Talk
After the Bruins played one of their worst games of the postseason, and the Rangers came up with one of their best (luckiest?), there's no reason to panic in Boston about a 3-0 series lead being cut to 3-1. Right? Right?...

Here's The Overtime Goal That Kept The NY Rangers' Season Alive
The New York Rangers, down to the Boston Bruins 3-0 in the Eastern Conference semifinals and facing a sweep, scored twice in the third period to tie the game 3-3 and send it into overtime. ...
