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People Won't Stop Sending Severed Goat Heads to Wrigley Field

Police are investigating a severed goat head that was delivered to Tom Ricketts, owner of the Chicago Cubs, at the iconic Wrigley Field. That's weird right? Not in Chicago. Apparently this has happened before — several times.

By Connor Simpson

Apr 1, 2013

Welcome Back, Baseball: Now Deliver Us from the Evil of Winter Already!

It sure seems like everyone is more excited for baseball's Opening Day than usual. Maybe it's because every pretty good team is great again, except the Yankees and the Red Sox, and because, hell, the Cubs might win it all. Or maybe it's because this winter has been the one that refused to end — the season someone finally up and sued the groundhog, for crissakes — and because baseball is a sure sign that spring — finally, blessedly — is here again.

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By Connor Simpson

Feb 23, 2013

The Yankees Are Officially the Bad Guys

May no Yankee ever complain about being hated ever again. Because, after a lengthy legal war, the Yankees are officially recognized by the courts as Baseball's Evil Empire. They had it copyrighted.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Feb 21, 2013

Trimming the Times

The Voice of Hacking Victims, Angry Bob Menendez, and Precious Gems

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Feb 7, 2013

Trimming the Times

Unmasking the Horror of Guns, a Healthy Restaurant Boom, and NYFW's Front Row

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Jan 10, 2013

Trimming the Times

The Emerging Flu Epidemic, Gay Marriage in France, and the Hall of Fame

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Connor Simpson

Jan 9, 2013

Baseball Hall of Fame Rejects Steroid Era by Electing Exactly No One

The Baseball Writers of America elected no one to the Hall of Fame for the first time since 1996 in what's being largely seen as a rebuke of the "steroid boom" that consumed Major League Baseball and many of its record-holders in the late '90s.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Jan 9, 2013

Trimming the Times

Iranian Bank Hackers, the Fate of the Dreamliner, and a Poetic Inauguration

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Dec 31, 2012

Trimming the Times

The Road to Fiscal Doom, Women in India, and Baseball's New Trauma

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Dec 18, 2012

Trimming the Times

How Newtown Affects the Cliff, Wal-Mart in Mexico, and Prehistoric Health Care

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By Esther Zuckerman

Dec 14, 2012

Trimming the Times

Susan Rice's Tough Talk, Cory Booker's Dilemma, and the New Silverado

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Dec 5, 2012

Trimming the Times

The Most Powerful Ferrari in China, Hillary 2016, and a Nutcracker Marathon

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Nov 16, 2012

Keith Olbermann's New Job: Make Off-Season Baseball Exciting

The search for bridges that Keith Olbermann has not yet burned has stopped at the MLB Network where he'll be a guest host ... while there is no baseball being played. Laugh all you want—we know it's not glamorous as his previous jobs, but we think it's actually all a pretty good fit.

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By Connor Simpson

Nov 15, 2012

The Idiot's Guide to Being an Outraged Math Nerd Over Miguel Cabrera's MVP Award

Math has taken over every other aspect of baseball, from the way general managers put teams together to the way fans watch the game, but it still can't affect the outcome of baseball's biggest solo award.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Oct 22, 2012

Trimming the Times

Benghazi, Disney.com, and Meningitis

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Oct 17, 2012

Trimming the Times

Exit Visas, Prostitution Scandal, and The Real-Life 'Argo'

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By Esther Zuckerman

Oct 11, 2012

Trimming the Times

Violence in China, Barbra Streisand, and the Nationals

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Oct 10, 2012

Trimming the Times

The Man Who Fights Gay Marriage, Walruses and Whales, and Tasting Menus

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Oct 8, 2012

Trimming the Times

SNL, Car Washes, and Dartmouth

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Oct 4, 2012

Trimming the Times

Wheelchairs, Miguel Cabrera, and 'Impressionism and Fashion'

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By Esther Zuckerman

Sep 28, 2012

Trimming the Times

Frogs and Prisoners, a Chance At Bat, and the Barclays Center

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Sep 25, 2012

Trimming the Times

The Arab Spring, Yom Kippur, and Women in Science

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Sep 14, 2012

Trimming the Times

Trikes, a Mustache, and Andy Warhol

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Sep 7, 2012

Trimming the Times

Medicaid, Hungry Bears, and Buck Showalter

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Aug 29, 2012

Trimming the Times

GOP Platforms Then and Now, The Amish, Tom Hardy's Voice

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Aug 28, 2012

Trimming the Times

Convention Tensions, The Midtown Shooter's Mother, and Ichiro Suzuki

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

Comments | 517 Views

By Esther Zuckerman

Aug 24, 2012

Trimming the Times

Lance Armstrong, The 'Steroid Era,' and Public Art

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Aug 23, 2012

Trimming the Times

Medicare, Lil Wayne, and Women at Google

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Aug 22, 2012

Trimming the Times

Afghanistan Casualties, 'Call Me Maybe,' and Michael J. Fox

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Aug 20, 2012

Trimming the Times

The Republican National Convention, Ryanomics, and K-pop

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Aug 17, 2012

Trimming the Times

Romney's Transition Team, West Nile, and Opera

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Aug 16, 2012

Trimming the Times

Haiti, New York's Yogurt Summit, and Paul Ryan's Clothes

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Aug 14, 2012

Trimming the Times

Romney-Ryan 'Bromance'; Hamptons SAT Prep; Helen Gurley Brown

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By Adam Martin

Jul 6, 2012

The Lou Gehrig Baseball That's Paying Off a Med Student's Debt

The baseball Lou Gehrig knocked over the fence in game 1 of the 1928 World Series could have had any number of fates, but it just so happened to be caught by a serious baseball nerd who passed it on to his less baseball-obsessed kin, one of whom really needs it right about now.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Jun 27, 2012

Trimming the Times

Stop and Frisk, A Koran Competition, and a Stolen Atlas Recovered

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Ray Gustini

May 10, 2012

Punches Fly Over Big Parks; The Day The Dream Team Lost

Today in sports: MLB's big field problem, a new documentary details the day the Dream Team looked mortal, and the case for Rajon Rondo being the NBA's most watchable player.

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By Jen Doll

Apr 27, 2012

The Most Evocative Terms for Male Facial Hair

In Friday's Wall Street Journal there's a deeply evocative piece on the many and varied mustache styles of baseball players and the many evocative words used to describe said mustaches.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Apr 18, 2012

Jose Canseco Is At Least Half-Aware of What He's Doing on Twitter

Semi-retired baseball star Jose Canseco is both unaware and too aware of his public persona when he's being crazy on Twitter, and the result is sometimes intentionally funny.

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By Adam Martin

Apr 16, 2012

Tebow Booed in New York; Yachtsmen Mourned in San Francisco

Today in sports: Tim Tebow gets booed at a Yankee game, a yacht race turns deadly in San Francisco, New Orleans gets the NBA All-Star Game, Boston's too hot for a good marathon, and Derrick Rose is still complaining.

Comments | 4,038 Views

By Ray Gustini

Apr 10, 2012

Richard Russo's E-Book Workaround; Spring of the Yankee Book

Today in books: Richard Russo is putting his money where his dislike of e-books is, another filmmaker lands a deal to write a filmable series of YA books, and 2012 has been a good year for fans of baseball books.

Comments | 625 Views

By Ray Gustini

Apr 5, 2012

The Faces of Opening Day; Bountygate's Smoking Gun

Today in sports: Opening Day across America, a smoking gun in the Saints bounty investigation, and the president weigh in on the Masters.

Comments | 349 Views

By Elspeth Reeve

Feb 23, 2012

Will Someone Please Hug Jose Canseco?

Onetime baseball star Jose Canseco is having such a good day he wants to hug a stranger -- in fact, he's feeling so touchy-feely he's begging his Twitter followers to hug him and looking for feel-good signs from Mother Nature.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Feb 16, 2012

Hall of Fame Catcher Gary Carter Has Died

Gary Carter, the 11-time All-Star catcher nicknamed "Kid," died Thursday, the Associated Press reports.

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By Ray Gustini

Jan 17, 2012

Mike Martz Retires; The University of Miami Is Getting Tough on Boosters

Today in sports: father of the "Greatest Show on Turf" offense says he's done coaching football, the University of Miami will no longer let donors buy players "occasional meals," and Tim Tebow will not be a guest analyst for CBS this weekend.

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By Ray Gustini

Dec 14, 2011

Meet Yu Darvish, the Next Possibly Great Japanese Pitcher

Today in sports: The bidding process for star Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish ends tonight, Cleveland Browns president Mike Holmgren thinks his training staff is doing a heckuva job, and Chinese soccer struggles to keep up with the march of progress.

Comments | 893 Views

By Adam Martin

Dec 8, 2011

Pujols Inks $250 Million Deal with the Angels

After 10 years on the Cardinals, Albert Pujols has agreed to spend his next 10 with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for $250 to $260 million, putting him in a pay scale exceeded only by Alex Rodriguez, who signed with the Yankees for $275 million in 2008.

Comments | 1,207 Views

By Ted Mann

Dec 4, 2011

Manny Ramirez Can Even Make Errors While Retiring

The former Greatest Right-Handed Hitter Alive and performance enhancing substance enthusiast wants to come out of retirement to play baseball for money. Free Manny!

Comments | 1,132 Views

By Ray Gustini

Oct 31, 2011

Cardinals Manager Retires; The College Football 'Game of the Century' Isn't

Also in the day in sports: Tony La Russa exits the castle, why college football's "game of the century" is bound to disappoint, and Iran suspends two soccer players indefinitely for an "immoral" post-goal celebration.

Comments | 918 Views

By Dashiell Bennett

Oct 28, 2011

World Series Goes to Game 7 After an Epic Win by St. Louis

After being one strike away from elimination in back-to-back innings, the St. Louis Cardinals twice rallied from two runs down to win an 11-inning classic and force Game 7 of the World Series.

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By Ray Gustini

Oct 19, 2011

A Wet World Series Forecast; NBA Players Plot World Tour

Today in sports: the first game of the World Series will be wet, cold, and windy; NBA players are planning a well-paid, multi-continent exhibition tour; and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers would like to be England's NFL team.

Comments | 614 Views

By Ray Gustini

Oct 18, 2011

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