It's more fun when you can actually carry the ball

Has no one made the connection that the "front office strife" is this beef with "Kirk Lacob"? And that Kirk Fucking Lacob is the owner's motherfucking kid? Jackson eyerolled a 24-year-old Privileged Progeny and his dad fires him? Sweet move, asshole.

I'm not sure how it would fit into this picture, but it should be noted that many collegiate sports programs "split" scholarships. Baseball, track, volleyball and many other programs get a set number of "scholarships" that are fewer in number than the actual number of athletes playing for the college. So they split…

It's a freaking nice house, btw. Right in Beverly Hills. Photo courtesy Zillow

They didn't actually block someone, just organized themselves not to chase. Big difference. And in a two-hour race (see Tour de France, NASCAR), this kind of strategy is absolutely part of the game. The Kenyans know this. They saw the break, figured it was no threat, and let Meb get away.

Presciently timed. Nike just announced they're dumping the FuelBand

Thanks for the run-down, Sean. So to speak. It was a glorious day. Did Hall DNF again?

Baggs is a good writer, so I clicked on it and read it for you. To summarize: "Even if the answer is no, it's always worth asking the question."

Man that's a cool gif of fielding prowess. Major league third baseman breaks in and slightly right at contact. Ball spins weird, fielder shifts weight to left. Ball is exploding and bounces oddly? No prob; lemme hop to the right, cleanly field that hot mess with two hands and throw a duck to first base.

Boy, not even close to the biggest pimping. Jeffrey Leonard's One Flap Down absolutely trumps this because: 1. It was in the major leagues 2. It was in the NLCS 3. He did it more than once, including I believe in front of an awesomely hostile crowd in St. Louis and 4. it was more original. Crappy video below to…

"also he was my dad"?! WTH

"He needs to go to the bathroom."

So who on staff is responsible for pushing individual stories to the several annual anthologies of Best Sports Writing? Because I think we have a winner.

Who uses a freaking wash cloth? Isn't that one of the rewards you get for growing up — ditching the wash cloth? Also, what is your favorite NFL book and why is it A Few Seconds of Panic?

Whoa, easy there

Were you an RA?

If Dave Shireley hasn't nailed the assignment down already and I find myself in New Zealand for the Rugby World Cup, would you be interested in dispatches from the front? Perfectly happy to keep feeding you exploding patellas, if not...

You're kind of missing the point. Gay people can be flat-out fired from their jobs in almost half our states just for being...gay. Gay rights, despite the landslide of advances in the last couple of years, still have a way to go. The driver of these advances in equal rights has been "coming out." Therefore , coming…

You seem to completely miss the point: it is, actually, newsworthy, important to the world at last and of intrinsic interest.

Totally disagree. It was a great play, good article for late in the day and a great writer