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Summertime
Charles Simic writes about summertime over at the New York Review of Books:...

Throw It Down, Big Man
Check out Pat Jordan's 2001 New York Times profile of Bill Walton:...

Hand Jive
You'll like this—Peter Duffy's 2009 New York magazine story on handball:...

Here's Chicago Booing A-Rod In His First At-Bat
We had to wait until the second inning thanks to some iffy baserunning and the human element, but Alex Rodriguez made his season debut moments ago in Chicago and it was, as expected, a shitshow. He was lustily booed in his first at-bat since Major League Baseball suspended him for 211 games....

Alex Rodriguez Speaks, Attempts To Mimic Human Emotion
In a statement accompanied by watery eyes and dramatic pauses, Alex Rodriguez addressed the media ahead of his first game since last October—and for the first time since MLB announced a 211-game suspension for his role in the Biogenesis scandal....

Remember When Joe Namath Was Accused Of Beating Up A Reporter?
This one's dedicated to one SEC quarterback under fire for his hard-partying ways, and one Jets QB struggling to balance his on-field and off-the-field activities: It could be so much worse. It could be like Joe Namath, who 46 years (and one day) ago broke training camp curfew, got hammered at a bar...

The Yankees Expect To Have Alex Rodriguez In The Lineup Monday
The Yankees expect to have A-Rod on Monday against the White Sox because they believe he will be suspended under the Joint Drug Agreement and not under the CBA, as MLB had previously threatened (Update: Joel Sherman is now reporting that the Yankees have been informed he will be suspended tomorrow a...

Mark Sanchez Booed At Training Camp, To Antonio Cromartie's Dismay
Believe it or not, Mark Sanchez is not quite setting the world on fire at Jets training camp. He was so bad at yesterday's practice, in fact, that he got booed by fans in attendance. But at least he still has defenders!...

ESPN: Alex Rodriguez Will Be Suspended Through 2014 Season On Monday
The Bud Selig wingtip that has been hovering over Alex Rodriguez for months will finally fall on Monday, ESPN's T.J. Quinn and Andrew Marchand report, in the form of a suspension that will last into and "likely through" the 2014 season....

A-Rod Is Negotiating With MLB Or Getting A 214-Game Ban. Who Knows?
Right now Alex Rodriguez is—depending on who you believe—either a dude trying to maximize his own leverage in a legal dispute with MLB and, implicitly, the New York Yankees, or a craven villain with whom the stout-hearted figures of central baseball are just plain tired of dealing. He may be engaged...

David Aardsma's Bed Is Missing
Fortunately, David Aardsma also has jokes:...

Photoshop Contest: A-Rod Out On The Town
If you happened to see A-Rod dawdling around Florida in recent weeks, we still want your submissions. But it's a summer Friday, and while we all wait for MLB to decide on A-Rod's punishment, let's see what other kinds of situations we can put him in....

Fireman Ed Just Wants To Be Wanted
In the middle of last season, tired of the Jets and the Jets fans and the lack of respect, superfan Fireman Ed picked up his ego and went home. But now that the Jets have indicated they'll get along just fine without him, Ed's sounding a little desperate. ...

Here's A-Rod Looking Miserable As He Poses For A Photo With Fans
Our tireless quest to track A-Rod as he moped his way around Florida continues....

A-Rod Now Has To Listen As Religious Zealots Harangue Him On The Field
Don't worry too much about A-Rod, you guys. According to his former third-base coach's wife, he's ready to be saved by God, or something....

Live Fast, Love Hard, And Don't Let Nobody Borrow Your Comb
Here's a little more Kornheiser, from when he was at the Times (’76-79). He worked at Newsday and then the New York Times before joining the Washington Post....

Oh, Nothing. Just A-Rod Outside A Starbucks, Lurking.
The tipster who sent this to us says it was taken about two hours ago at a Starbucks on Howard Avenue in Tampa. Look at A-Rod just sittin' there, right outside by the window. He's checkin' his phone, he's playin' with his ear. It's like he's got all the time in the world....

