7:53 PM This is pretty damn cool: Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times has picked Hoop Dreams as the greatest American documentary of all-time. Ebert also called it the best film of the '90s.
7:50 PM With Newcastle United fans incensed about the perilous direction of the venerable English Premier League team, eminent Northerner Sting has stepped into the breach and formed a group aiming to buy out Owner Mike Ashley.
7:16 PM Former Nationals GM Jim Bowden Tweets this afternoon that the Washington's MLB club has hired Jim Riggleman as its new manager. Our sincerest condolences go out to Riggleman's friends and family.
7:01 PM 26-year-old Steven Smith, an assistant varsity football coach in Paso Robles, CA, has been charged with two counts of attempted murder after shooting a pregnant woman several times, including in the head. He remains in a local jail in lieu of $1 million bail.
Reggie Bush’s girlfriend Kim Kardashian poses bottomless in the recent issue of a Portuguese magazine. Thanks to scanners and the Internet you don’t have to travel to Portugal to see it, just click over to POPOHOLIC.
The Jeff Samardzija era began in Wrigley yesterday, DEADSPIN’s got the former Notre Dame wide receiver turned Chicago Cub reliever covered.
While THE BIG LEAD discovers that the Adam Pacman Jones: Used Car Salesman era is off to a fantastic beginning (video after the jump) Read more…