The scamps over at the New York Post's Page Six got ahold of a copy of Julius Erving's autobiography today, and…
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Your mom might've told you to write thank-you notes once upon a time, and it seemed like such a chore, an exercise…
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Blue Devils football, heretofore a model of futility, managed to roll into Blacksburg, Va., today and slip past a…
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After 13 minutes of football today, Florida State was beating North Carolina State 35-0. The game was over. Here's…
Peyton Hillis's touchdown in the Giants' win last week came immediately after the team signed him off the proverbial scrapheap — in Hillis's case, off his 1,300-acre soybean farm in Tennessee. The Times has the overalls-to-riches story. [New York Times] Read more
The laughing lightweight you see in the background is Scott Jenkins, who went to 10-0 with his five-round takedown…
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With the score knotted at a goal apiece and the overtime clock dwindling, Aurora (Ohio) High School's Trever Wendel…
Tonight perpetual pine-rider Greg Oden, who was picked ahead of Kevin Durant in the 2007 NBA Draft, logged his first…
The Rolling Stone roundup of top concert venues in America (presented by StubHub!) includes 10 sports arenas. Presumably because ticket sales. Anyway, here's some argument fuel. [Rolling Stone] Read more
After almost 30 years of using the 2-3-2 schedule in the Finals — giving the team with the worse record three…
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The GoPro bike helmet-cam footage from Kelly McGarry's canyon-skating run in the Red Bull Rampage will leave you agog and aghast. [YouTube]
William Harrison, the author and screenwriter whose 1975 classic Rollerball semi-accurately foretold how the future…
After losing to the inept Steelers, and on the eve of hosting the Patriots, Jets head coach Rex Ryan instructed his…
The debate of our time is happening over on Mental Floss: Should men sit to pee? Even when they're not dropping the kids off at the pool? [Mental Floss] Read more
In what is surely a mere bump on the way to the third World Series title for St. Louis in the past seven years, the…
The New York Times has one of the saddest fatherhood stories of the year: A man whose gay son killed himself was walking across the country to denounce bullying. Then, another tragedy. [New York Times] Read more
Jimmy Johnson got shot dead by the good-for-nothing who was stealing from his bass boat in the parking lot of Motel…
Texas Monthly this week threw a Proustian 12,800 words at the sad, strange story of Bev Kearney, and if you manage…
How racist is your sports team? asks Marc Tracy. Then he answers himself, because that's what headlines like that do. He finds the Redskins near — but not at — the top of the racist list. Gotta head to Ohio for the winner. [TNR.com] Read more
The Pittsburgh Pirates got bounced Wednesday from their first postseason trip in approximately forever, losing to…