Got this from espncricinfo.com, which got it from Getty. Moment before impact, and why the helmet didn't help.

My faith in humanity has been restored a small bit

The helmets are very well protected for that sort of hit. The problem is that, while trying to play the shot, he turned his head, exposing the unprotected side. From that angle the coverage isn't terribly different than a baseball helmet with a ball coming at that angle.

May be a restaurant thing, outside of that I've only had our family recipe, which is done as God intended. Even cornmeal sounds a touch sacrilegious.

What's wrong with all the losers that completely bread their okra before frying it? Little bit of flour, straight in the oil, delicious and crunchy (not mushy and gooey) okra

This is a bone the New Testament throws to the Romans to try not to draw their ire. The Romans were fine with people and their religions as long as they didn't try to subvert the empire. Jesus and his messiah thing could have run foul of that because the Jewish messiah is (or was at the time) believed to be a military…

How many Little Rascals pictures do you guys have for these?

The government can, however, enforce a minimum level of safety in vehicles it allows on the road, so a pending recall that affects safety could be an inspection failure. I like the idea but the logistics of actually pulling it off seem problematic.

I feel like at this point we need a tag for "Why Is This Not A Thing in the US?"

Postscript: In the game of cricket, a ball that moves from off to leg stump, that is left-to-right on the field of play, when delivered through the front of the hand is called an off-spinner. When delivered from the back of the hand, through a cocked-wrist, it is called a googly. As a batsman, spotting a googly should…

How much would Deadspin pay for a slightly used middle finger with 462 home runs?

Yeah you need to make the pipeline better, but to make it better you need people with experience at higher levels to work it. So, while you may lower the quality of the local pool by sending the best overseas, those kids can come back older and more experienced, and you can harness that to help the new kids. From a…

You missed the real winner: NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe

#5 started with a slow burn but that ending blew my mind. Comprehension is awesome.

So I guess the question is, what's the difference between different trims and different models? We give Porsche grief for having so many different 911s, but really you've got three core models or so (normal, cabrio, maybe GT3?), with different performance packages (base, S, GTS, 4).

The Sky guys are the best, espeically in Tests. The Aussies seem more American, but aren't bad. The Kiwis are good, though. And IPL is, well, the IPL.

I don't know why but it seems that cricket commentators are uncommonly good to listen to (with some exceptions). Poor Ian Smith is a good one.

I'm disappointed they're not using that paragraph to put in easter eggs

Makes me wonder: what is his average goals per game when he scores in a game? Seems to be a lot of multi-goal games in there.

Is the annoying HDR an artifact of the camera, or just an unfortunate stylistic choice?