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The Branding of Melky Cabrera

Nick Bond

Melky Cabrera is not Manny Ramirez, in any number of ways. But the currently disgraced Giants outfielder could learn a lot about what to do, and what not to do, from his similarly free-spirited big league predecessor.

Heart, Beeps: Don't (Just) Be Inspired By Beep Baseball

David Wanczyk

Beep Baseball is the modified version of baseball for the visually impaired, and the Beep Baseball World Series is, yes, its answer to the World Series. But even at an event that's chock-full of sportsmanship and charitable feeling—what's more wholesome than a baseball tourney sponsored by an Iowa Lions club?—there was a little rivalry, some jingoism, and a dash of chest-thumping sports bluster.

The Disabled List: The Todd Bertuzzi Knock-Out Club

Jesse Ruddock

Todd Bertuzzi is famous for harming people as a hockey player. But credit where it's due: one of the NHL's baddest did come up with a very good way to nearly kill a (female) 11-year-old goalie back when he was just a minor league star/budding sociopath.

Goodbye To All That

David Roth

After 44 years with the Boston Globe, Bob Ryan is retiring from the sports column business. He's leaving in good health and good shape; the job itself, though, is kind of hurting, and will miss him mightily.

We Made a Sport: Jump Rope Sprint

Patrick Redford

The rules of the infant sport of jump rope sprint are simple and adhere to USA Track & Field guidelines for sprinting events as strictly as possible. The new wrinkles are 1) you must jump over the rope once per stride and 2) any tripping on the rope is cause for disqualification.

Calling to the Faraway Towns

Fredorrarci

Sometimes it feels that the Olympics are less an international event than two hundred simultaneous national events.

The World's Greatest Athlete

Josh Wilker

Rick Rhoden had a solid career as a pitcher (and an exceptionally good hitter, as pitchers go) in the Major Leagues. But there was something else, something harder to describe, that places him among Bruce Jenner and Jan-Michael Vincent in the ranks of the world's finest athletes.

The Sun Never Sets

Eric Freeman

With the all of the hoopla from London 2012 now in the rearview mirror, NBC can look back and say "We broadcasted the Olympics! In London!". We're not sure what else they could say beyond that, but what we are sure of is that they definitely missed out on some finer points of British culture. Thankfully, Eric Freeman is here to tell them where they went wrong. 

Analyzing Awesome: Breaking Down The Korean Zombie/Corgi/Chan Sung Jung

Tomas Rios

It's easy to get grumpy with the UFC's shenanigans. So, to lift your spirits and better understand one of the sport's stranger and more endearing fighters, we present this GIF-aided examination of what makes rising star Chan Sung Jung, "The Korean Zombie" to some and a savage Corgi to others, so very awesome to watch.

Giant Size

Tom Breihan

In a world filled with larger than life characters, "The Big Show" Paul Wight looms largest. But he's okay with that. And that's a lot more than most people his size can say.