I despise the Yankees and this still brought a single tear to my eye. It's rare for a legendary athlete to go out this way, most of the time they hang on too long and bounce around to other teams (Brett Favre, Jerry Rice, Michael Jordan) and that tarnishes their exit, or they've done something that's caused fans to…

Players would hate it though. It's like Mile High on steroids between the elevation and air quality

"Alistair Kirkwood" sounds like a name that just naturally needs a "the Third" tacked on to the end. Even if he isn't actually the third

Todd Helton was hugely disappointed after an administrative error affected his request for a bunch of whores when he retired

Yeah, close games aren't necessarily good games. Remember the Mud Bowl where the Steelers won 3-0?

I dunno man, I don't think Rivera can close that well

Still can't top Chris Bosh

Was she? I literally know nothing about her besides the obvious

Does anyone know where Mariano Rivera was last night?

Detective: We've got a man in custody in the stabbing case

"Getting cut after being with a white woman really sucks"

This isn't nearly as offensive as when he got the entire Boston Red Sox franchise to do an impersonation of the twin towers

Intentional? If so, you win headline writing for the day

I thought he would be chomping at the bit to get involved in this one

Is there anything more American than celebrating the super rich's successes in a competition available only to the most wealthy?

To be fair, last season was a small sample too. I don't think anyone can conclusively say whether Kaepernick is good, bad, or somewhere in between. Either his insanely hot end of the previous season, or his mostly chilly start to this one could be an aberration. We can conclusively say that Alex Smith was never…

My problem isn't necessarily the bias, hell, Deadspin is unrepentantly biased and that isn't a problem because Deadspin also acknowledges said bias. The problem is that the refusal to acknowledge bias (and in fact outright denying it) undermines the credibility of the piece and leaves readers to speculate on…

Soccer isn't gay

Don't worry, I'm sure many of the workers will get a piece of some of the economic prosperity brought by hosting the World Cup, that's the whole reason they put them in developing nations these days, right? Look at how well off South African and Brazilian workers are now

The biggest problem for me was the use of Thayer Evans. I'm not saying that he's necessarily a hack or out to embarrass Oklahoma State, but by using him, they introduced uncertainty of bias. It's the same thing if, for example, you have a Congressman who takes money from the coal industry and then votes for fewer…