Jason Collins is the First Professional Athlete in the US to Come Out

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NBA player Jason Collins has announced he is gay.

A Manly List of Summer Fun

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Tom Matlack puts together a man’s man list of things that have made this summer truly awesome.

Celtics Show Manhood; LeBron Not So Much…Headed into Game 5

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Some observations on the Celtic’s wins over the Heat as the series heads for a game 5 show down.

Video: Daddy’s Little Girl Curses at Basketball Game

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Adorable and funny of a video cursing just like her daddy while watching basketball.

Funktionslust: What The Hell Is It?

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Prompted by the death of NBA player Dwayne Schintzius, Liam Day looks back on his own life and wonders if could ever have been as bold as the man in the mullet.

The Week in Review

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Well, last week I loaded up my week in review with links and … no one read it. So I’m taking a different approach here.

Big Baby and Me

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Oliver Lee Bateman appoints Glen “Big Baby” Davis spokesperson of all the people who are not exceptional, but rather just good enough to do what they do.

I’m Climbing on the Clippers Bandwagon (Don’t Tell Anyone in Boston)

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Any enemy of my enemy is my friend. Specially if they have Blake Griffin.

Kenny Smith: MVP of the NBA Playoffs

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Kenny Smith is the best analyst in the game, in large part because his earnest love of basketball is infectious.

How’d that taste New England?

“Uh…they scored more points than we did.” Bill Belichick, Patriots I was 1-3 this weekend in picking playoff games.  That’s sad.  For those of you who don’t know, I did sports talk radio for a few years.*  That makes my performance this weekend totally pathetic and makes me kind of a jackwad.  That’s OK, though.  [...]

Random Thoughts

Stuff that pops into my mind and keeps me from falling asleep… A couple years ago I got pulled over by the po po.  Dude comes up to my window and asks, “Do you know why I pulled you over?”  I responded with, “Because I thought it was yellow and you thought it was red?”  [...]

Big Red

Tom Matlack talks to NBA Hall of Famer Dave Cowens about his dad—and why people think he gave up basketball to drive a cab.

The Sensitive Dude’s Guide to Sports

Matt Salesses breaks down the seven kinds of sports fans—and celebrates his own kind.