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Five Thoughts On Chris Christie, On Sports Radio At The End Of The World
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie spent the first two days of this week auditioning for a job on New York sports talk radio giant WFAN. Whether he gets it or not, he's earned it.
Chris Christie Gets Called a "Fat Ass" in Sports Radio Audition
The sitting Governor of New Jersey continues to pursue his twin passions of talking loudly about sports and collecting new and hideous indignities.
Throwback Thursday: Johnny Vander Meer's Back-to-Back No-Nos and the Art of Almost Losing It
This week in 1938, Johnny Vander Meer did something no other pitcher has ever done: he just barely kept it together in his consecutive no-hitters. But so are we all, in a way.
By The Numbers, Rutgers May End Up As The Worst Major Conference Basketball Team Ever
Rutgers is winless in Big Ten play, and they deserve every bit of it. Advanced statistics more accurately capture the Scarlet Knights' historical futility.
David Roth's Weak in Review: Re-Learning to Love College Basketball
Even at its best, college basketball is a flawed and messy and occasionally hard-to-watch thing. It is not at its best just yet, but it's just what we need. Bill Raftery knows this, and he's good at it.
David Roth's Weak In Review: "American Ninja Warrior" Is The Only Sport
"American Ninja Warrior" is a television show about people climbing around on a crazy playground. It also gave us the purest, cleanest high in sports this week.
Rutgers Suspends Kyle Flood Three Games for Trying to Strong-Arm Professor into Changing Grade for Nadir Barnwell
Kyle Flood has been suspended for trying to influence a professor into changing a grade for one of his players.
Mistakes, Meaning, And March Madness
The madness of March has a way of washing away everything that's dirty, flubby, and bad about college basketball. Who would really want it any other way?