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College football makes its big honking return tonight. There's a fairly full slate of games to watch, so how would you like an open thread? More »
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Intellivision came out in 1979 as a competitor to the Atari 2600. Within a few years, Intellivision had its own baseball game with its own celebrity pitchman, forcing Atari to respond in kind. Thus, the George Plimpton-Billy Martin rivalry was born. More »
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Tonight, Texas A&M-Kingsville kicks off the season at Northwest Missouri State, in a continuance of the epic D-II rivalry. (Maybe. I don't know.) One mainstay that will be absent: the traditional Tossing Of The Tortillas after Kingsville touchdowns. More »
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Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: boxing trainer Freddie Roach. More »
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While the Funbag is away, we still play, albeit dully. Time for The Boring Bag! More »
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New Yorkers: Tonight is another installment of Gelf's Varsity Letters reading series (7:30 p.m. in DUMBO), featuring authors Dan Epstein, Dave Zirin, and Michael Weinreb, from whose book we excerpted that story about Jim McMahon not calling the women of New Orleans sluts. More »
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Noted short person and former NBA player Muggsy Bogues let the cat out of the bag today, finally coming clean about his jealousy of Spud Webb's ability to dunk. [@muggsybogues] More »
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The Emeritus stopped by The Chucklehut With Joe Scarborough this morning to talk about his new book and baseball. If you've ever heard Will talk, you know he's...excited. He did not disappoint this morning, stammering through his segment. More »
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From time to time, we'll select stories — old and new, sports and otherwise, relevant and merely sublime — that we urge you to read for one reason or another. Today: Dan Jenkins on the 1971 Nebraska-Oklahoma "Game of the Century." More »
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Jonathan Lee Riches, in prison for wire fraud, spends all his time filing lawsuits against public figures. This week sees a new one, involving a number of prominent sports stars, and it is a doozy. More »
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- Utah freshman Brian Blechen intercepted a pass on the first play of overtime, setting up Joe Phillips for a 21-yard field goal that gave the ...
- With the season down to its final 31 days, the American League playoff field is all but set. The National League, however, has an intriguing ...
- Hall of Famer Terry Bradshaw renewed his criticism of Ben Roethlisberger on Wednesday and said he's rooting for the NFL to impose the maximum ...
- Roger Federer is one cool customer. The temperature climbed into the 90s yet again Thursday at Flushing Meadows, and the guy showed up for work ...
- The blurry-eyed Philadelphia Phillies didn't mind that they wouldn't get a lot of shuteye after making their one-night stopover in Denver so ...
- The Sprint Cup Series is making its second pre-Labor Day trip to Atlanta Motor Speedway, and several drivers won't need to work too hard over ...
- The St. Louis Cardinals and San Diego Padres recently looked as if they were on a collision course to meet in the National League playoffs.
- He's undoubtedly the most physically fit head coach in the NFL, a lean 220, six pounds lighter than he weighed a generation ago as the game's ...
- Eric Gordon scored 21 points as the United States pulled away from Tunisia after sleepwalking through the first half, winning 92-57 on Thursday ...
- As dominating at their respective positions as these two New York Jets teammates are, Nick Mangold never was going to be a Darrelle Revis in ...
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