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Gregg Popovich channels his inner Naismith: "Sometimes in timeouts I'll say, 'I've got nothing for you. What do you want me to do? We just turned it over six times. Everybody's holding the ball. What else do you want me to do here? Figure it out.' And I'll get up and walk away. Because it's true. There's nothing else… Read more

Deadspin Clean Person Jolie Kerr, author of a forthcoming book, is all up in your New York Times.

Worthwhile project: "Disappointing Moments In Cleveland Sports Coloring Book." [Kickstarter, h/t Same Sad Echo] Read more

Friends of the site Adam Pash and Ellen Flaherty have made this cool thing that won't in any way be used by randy teenagers for the purposes of displaying genitalia. [andtheniwaslike.com] Read more

A-Rod has dropped his lawsuits against MLB, Bud Selig, and the MLBPA, meaning his 162-game suspension will stand. A reminder: Baseball's war on drugs is an immoral shitshow. Read more

"On the face of it, there's nothing stopping more North American teams from being fan-owned—nothing, that is, except for the intransigent opposition of the major sports leagues." [Sports on Earth] Read more

"By 2017, you won't merely be ready to acknowledge that Bud Selig is the greatest commissioner of all time. You'll be ready to hand him the Nobel Peace Prize," writes ESPN.com's Jayson Stark, who is a crazy person. [ESPN] Read more

Volleyball goes to war: "Volley ball is a very suitable game for keeping women physically fit during this world crisis, when women are expected to play an important part and vital part in defense." [USA Volleyball] Read more

Shoals on David Stern: "And that's why your retirement is both sad and in some sense, a relief. There's nothing quite like the softening of authority figures, like those presidents who voters want to have a beer with, or prize-winning novelists playing Boggle. At the same time, the feeling that I've repeatedly been… Read more

"If one of these guys became a drug addict or was killed, well, then you got something": Take some time to read Jason Guerrasio's excellent Hoop Dreams oral history on The Dissolve. Read it even if you're like me and you reflexively click "close tab" whenever you see the words "oral history." It's really good. [The…