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Ten years of great sports

Boston's road from Loserville to Title Town
Moments after Adam Vinatieri's field goal split the uprights as the clock expired in the Louisiana Superdome on February 3, 2002, the streets of Boston were in bedlam. Drunk people dangled from trees and hung off lampposts. Motorists leaned on their horns. I saw a guy hug a cop
By MIKE MILIARD | December 22, 2009

Bridge to nowhere

What's in a name? Plus, a curious consultant, and bashing Obama.
The Department of Transportation has taken quite a few knocks in this space over the years. So to try to offset that, spurred by the story in the June 8 Urinal about the Pawtucket River Bridge, let us throw them a compliment: they do a hell of an artist's rendering.
By PHILLIPE and JORGE | June 10, 2009

Just like old times

Two sports-crime all stars get busted again. Plus, another Bengal drops the ball.
Well, it's been a few months, so it's about time to check in on our old pal Todd Marinovich.
By MATT TAIBBI | April 15, 2009

Blue Balls

The word on the street is that sports are recession-proof — think again
It's one of the great myths of modern American life that, no matter what travesties befall us, sports will carry on unfazed.
By STEVEN STARK | April 15, 2009

Blount's blunts

Sports blotter: "Gone to pot" edition
Let’s just say it’s been a while since we’ve seen a pound-worthy entry to the annals of pot busts, as we did this week.
By MATT TAIBBI | December 19, 2008

Crossword: ''So cute''

If it gets any cuter, I'll get a toothache.
If it gets any cuter, I'll get a toothache.
By MATT JONES | October 22, 2008

New Mexico

Sports blotter: "Marcus Vick and more" edition
According to news reports, Lavender was drunk and disorderly on the streets of Cincinnati on April 6 when cops asked him several times to move away from an intersection.
By MATT TAIBBI | June 25, 2008

Bad sports

While old and new media are mending many fences, they’re still squaring off in jockland
When historians trace the rise of the blog as the dominant journalistic form of the 21st century, they’ll pay close attention to two recent developments.
By ADAM REILLY | June 18, 2008

Bought and paid for

Balls and pucks
Boston haters will say that the Celtics purchased their 17th championship.
By RICK WORMWOOD | June 18, 2008

Punk rock redux

Blood on the Wall pump out the nostalgia
Try reimagining early punk as some physically intense and massively popular athletic contest.
By NICK SYLVESTER | April 01, 2008

Must be the genes

Sports blotter: "Brother to brother" edition
You don’t often see sports-crime legacies.
By MATT TAIBBI | March 12, 2008

Keep on truckin'

Sports blotter: "A busy week" edition
No messing around with those long-ass crime-story write-ups this week.
By MATT TAIBBI | January 30, 2008

Skell of the year

Sports crime: 2007 in review
Much less funny than usual, was 2007.
By MATT TAIBBI | December 18, 2007

Can't drive 55

Sports blotter: "Sammy Hagar" edition
This past week, we snared an early candidate for the next Justin Miller Award, given to the athlete who most bollockses up his professional-draft status with an avoidable pre-draft arrest.
By MATT TAIBBI | December 12, 2007