If you were ever forced to sit through a high school or college history class, you probably heard the story of the…
FiveThirtyEight has a cool breakdown of American soccer fandom and the huge lead Manchester United, who suck, have. Somehow, Leo Messi only has more American fans than 14 MLS teams.
How did a photographer covering the Rays’ (and President Obama’s) trip to Cuba file on deadline despite that country’s ancient Internet infrastructure? It wasn’t easy. [Tampa Bay Times]
Go read Craggs on the Laremy Tunsil fiasco; just go do it. [Slate]
Who were the NBA players who were passed to the least this year? Our friend Kyle Wagner dug into the stats and looked into a few of the more revealing cases. Read more
Our own Hannah Keyser has a great story up at ESPNW on the women who bookended MLB’s having managed to go 70 years without a female scout; go check it out. [ESPNW]
Here’s our old pal Jeb Lund taking us inside the first, and ultimately ill-fated, bare-knuckle Backyard Boxing pay-per-view taping.
Drew Magary hangs out with Donald Trump supporters at a Trump rally in Iowa. [GQ]
“My auntie fried up some chicken and I had my hands full, and I don’t have no pockets on my shorts, so I just had to use what I had.” - Marshawn Lynch on why he had chicken wings in his socks. [Maxim]
Vice Sports has a nice post today by Wendy Thurm, a friend of the program, about growing up in the 70s and going to Islanders games at the Coliseum. It catches just enough daylight to tell you how much communication, infrastructure, and the basic day-to-days of getting out to see a game can change in the time it takes… Read more
Jezebel staff writer Hillary Crosley Coker appeared on Chris Baes last night to talk about Bill Cosby. Her segment…
Live from a subway station, here's our Erin Gloria Ryan saying smart things about the Golden Globes with Janet Mock…
Our own Kevin Draper—who really should have written this for us—goes in on Yahoo scoop-machine Adrian Wojnarowski at
Our pal Sam Page has collaborated with artist Molly Brooks on Hockey Ops, a new comic book about hockey-playing soldiers in a war-torn future. It's pretty cool, and you can check it out for less than a dollar over at Comixology.
Meet Jake "Steiny" Steinberg, the 20-year-old Jets marketer, publicist, reporter, blogger, agent, and superfan who had an Entourage character named after him. [SI.com] Read more
Go read this story in Slate by a guy who makes a convincing case that he was the worst high school quarterback of all time. [Slate] Read more
How The Onion uses its three-person art department to help create and sustain a satirical alternate universe. [Co.Design] Read more
Read about Jets offensive lineman Oday Aboushi and how he worked out during Ramadan, from our pal Dom Cosentino. Also, did you know Aboushi has nine siblings? [NJ.com]
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Our pal BronzeHammer has an anti-comedy video series called "The Week in Jokes." You should watch. [YouTube]
This profile of Chuck Blazer is a good reminder that American soccer executives can be just as corrupt as the rest of the world's.