America’s Pastime: NBA vs. Major League Baseball Comparisons
This week Major League Baseball played its annual Mid-Summer Classic. As the game’s greatest players took the field in Anaheim for Monday’s Home Run Derby, followed by Tuesday’s All-Star Game, it got...
View ArticleKobe Bryant & Brett Favre: A Tale of Two Gunslingers
Last week, an argument broke out in the Smack comments section that was started by Dime reader Chicagorilla: “The one thing I don’t get about the Kobe as #1 argument is this BULL$H!T about him being...
View ArticleJordan Brand’s Epic New Derek Jeter Spot, “Re2pect,” Will Give You Goose Bumps
In Jordan Brand‘s new ad for Derek Jeter, scheduled to air just before he appears in the 2014 MLB All-Star Game Tuesday night, a stunning collection of fellow baseball players, NBA stars, coaches,...
View ArticleMARIANO RIVERA DISGRACED JACKIE ROBINSON
Mariano Rivera — the last MLB player to wear number 42 on a daily basis thanks to a grandfather rule — disgraced Jackie Robinson's legacy by allowing a two-out, three-run walk-off home run to Marco...
View ArticleMARIANO RIVERA HELPED HIS OWN CAUSE
Mariano Rivera earned his 500th save last night. But the Yankees reliever helped his team complete a sweep of their subway rival Mets in a very impressive and badass way. Rivera entered the game with...
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Mariano Rivera Can't Go Out Like This
Love or hate the New York Yankees, you have to admit that Mariano Rivera is the greatest closer of all-time. Rivera, 42, was already putting together what could have been a swan song season to close...
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Mariano Rivera And The New York Yankees Love To Laugh
The New York Yankees are currently in first place in the AL East with the second-best record in all of baseball, so as soon as they have that best record in baseball status locked up – and maybe toss...
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Metallica Played ‘Enter Sandman’ For Mariano Rivera And It Was Awesome
Say what you want about the guys from Metallica – they’re old and balding, they’ve lost their edge, it’s like watching your grandparents mosh, etc. – the fact that they showed up to Yankee Stadium...
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Mariano Rivera’s Final Exit Is The Goose Bumpiest Baseball Moment Of The Year
The New York Yankees may not have made the playoffs, but they did wind up with one of the biggest stories of the year in the farewell tour of their longtime closer and one of Major League Baseball’s...
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Darren Rovell Took BP From Mariano Rivera And Screamed Like A Wounded Hyena
Via ABC News ESPN’s business guru Darren Rovell is all about branding. If a company’s about to release a new product, he’s going to be the first in line to decide not only if that product is any good,...
View ArticleMetallica’s Really Fallen On Hard Times Since Mariano Rivera Retired
Never fancying myself as a Metallica guru or expert, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out they’re not the everyday, run-of-the-mill band. They’ve done rather well for themselves over the...
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The Guys From Metallica Are Looking For Jobs In The Latest ‘This Is...
YouTube When it’s not trying to cram LeBron James’s free agency into every split second of air time, ESPN is still the best in the business at making clever commercials for its programming that...
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The Seven Baseball Records That Will Never Be Broken
Getty Image Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak came to an end on this day in 1941. The streak is considered by many to be unbreakable, with Pete Rose mounting the most serious offensive in 1979...
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Metallica’s ‘SportsCenter’ Ad Shows The Band Suffering From Post-Mariano...
ESPN Hey, what would James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich look like in a cubicle? Let “SportsCenter” show you. The long-running ESPN series has been putting out some pretty buzzworthy commercials over the...
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