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September 21, 2012 03:37 PM

Here's Your Shaq-Pointing Gif. You Figure It Out.

The internet may or may not be good for us. But it's the only place where we're going to find this gif of Shaq's dramatic/self-amused point from his Buick commercial, and that's something.

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September 20, 2012 02:17 PM

Thank You For Smoking: Talking to the Creator of the Smokin' Jay Cutler Tumblr

There are memes, and then there are memes. While anyone can put some LOLCAT letters over a picture of an athlete or fuming coach, only Brandon Freeberg was astute enough to recognize just how much photos of Jay Cutler can be improved—can in fact be perfected—by a Photoshopped-in cigarette dangling off his frowny mug.

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September 19, 2012 03:28 PM

David Roth

Kickstarter Korner: Brin-Jonathan Butler on Split Decision, Cuban Fighters and Cuba

Guillermo Rigondeaux is more than just the WBA super-bantamweight champion, although he's that, too. The Cuban defector is both one of the best fighters to come off the island in years, and a reflection of that star-crossed, Castro-afflicted islands contradictions and conflicts. In short, he's a great topic for a movie, which is why Brin-Jonathan Butler is making Split Decision.

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September 19, 2012 12:21 PM

Tim Marchman

Trout or Miggy: It's All Greek to Me

The debate about who or what is an MVP isn't so much a debate about sports, as a debate about debating about debates.

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September 18, 2012 02:38 PM

David Roth

Ali In Winnetka, Ali On Mars: Blank On Blank's Lost Muhammad Ali Interview

Back in July, Blank On Blank was one of our favorite Kickstarter campaigns. Today, they're already doing great stuff, starting with this lost interview from 1966 between heavyweight champ Muhammad Ali and some very ambitious high school students from Winnetka, Illinois.

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September 14, 2012 04:51 PM

Ryan O'Hanlon

Friday Afternoon Speculative Fiction: Jim Schwartz and Jim Harbaugh Go To Arby's

The Lions and 49ers play in San Francisco this weekend, where Lions coach Jim Schwartz and Niners coach Jim Harbaugh will revisit their botched, aggro handshake from last season. They probably will not go to Arby's together, but it's nice to think about.

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September 12, 2012 05:25 PM

David Roth

Mike Francesa Shouts In His Sleep

A couple weeks ago, human veal chop and sports radio legend Mike Francesa was screaming like someone who really cared about the New York Mets. Yesterday, he fell asleep on camera while a guest talked about the New York Yankees. It's all pretty much the same for this guy.

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September 7, 2012 02:31 PM

Suhrith Parthasarathy

Berd(ych) is the Word

Although he lost to someone not named Nadal or Djokovic, and just because he couldn't get it done under the lights for the first time ever in Flushing, now is not to the time to call for the demise of Roger Federer, but rather the arrival of Tomas Berdych.

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September 6, 2012 04:46 PM

David Roth

Teaching Superman To Run: A Short Film About Chad Jones and Some NFL Words

A short film about the amazing ongoing recovery of former LSU star and New York Giants draft pick Chad Jones is a reminder of how human even the most superhuman-seeming NFL athletes are. This is probably something to keep in mind as the NFL season starts up.

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September 4, 2012 07:38 PM

Eric Nusbaum

The Greatest High School Football Preview Section in America

The Tri-City Herald, in Southeastern Washington, put together a strange and magical and entirely unique high school football preview section this year. Not only are newspapers not dead, they're photographing high school football players as if they were Presidential candidates.

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