I took this photo at the height of my baseball fandom and my not-coincidental fascination with statistics.  I was either 10 or 11, and this was the first pro baseball game I’d ever attended.  I kept score for this game on the scoresheet in the program, the same way I did for about 1/3 of [...]

If, like me, you spent much of your childhood glued to WWF broadcasts on television–or (also like me) if you spend much of your adulthood geeking out at well-crafted, incisive articles about the careful organization and marketing of commercial entertainment, then Deadspin’s “Dead Wrestler of the Week” feature is right up your alley.  It’s the [...]

I’ll go ahead and assume this is a Nike commercial, but that doesn’t make it any less enjoyable.

From the ancient sports journalism desk: A 1981 SI profile on Steve Stipanovich (via DS), at a time when casual racism still permeated the upper ranks of sports journalism.  Remember, kids: just because black players are born with a natural ability to play basketball doesn’t mean you can’t work harder than them:
“Unlike Sampson and Bowie, [...]