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APSE Continues To Take Firm Stand Against Thing [APSE]
Yesterday we brought you the breaking news that the Associated Press Sports Editors had released a statement about…something. No longer would they sit quietly by; as the gatekeepers of journalism, they had to draw a line in the sand and say “no more.” It wasn’t clear what they were against, but whatever it was, we wholeheartedly agreed. Today the statement has been updated: APSE has been asked by several organizations for a statement related to the coverage of Knicks basketball player Jeremy Lin. Continue reading
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Help Us Identify These Hundred-Year-Old Sports Photos [Deadspin At Your Service]
A reader named Sam sent along some wonderful old photos, taken more than a century ago, of what appear to be local sports teams. Sam says the photos were in the possession of his late grandmother, but they have no provenance beyond that. There are clues. Continue reading
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socialass >: Teenage Girl Continues to Shoot Basketball Hoops While In a Coma [Weird Things] http://t.co/mrxWHqFF
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Teenage Girl Continues to Shoot Basketball Hoops While In a Coma [Weird Things]
Maggie Meier, who went into a coma after suffering a seizure in 2008, was somehow still able to shoot a beach ball through a hoop while in her, to use a Margaret Atwood-ism, fallow state. Meier had played basketball for years, and doctors believe that the motion of shooting a basket was so deeply ingrained in her that she was able to do it without thinking. Continue reading
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socialass >: How Could You Miss the Best Damn Pickup Truck Racing Game on the Wii? [Video] http://t.co/I8JnkqpY
How Could You Miss the Best Damn Pickup Truck Racing Game on the Wii? [Video]
Yes, yes, whine about how overly-saturated the pickup truck racing genre has gotten during the past console generation. Continue reading