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Batter Up!  Celebrating Opening Day With Our Baseball Covers

Happy Opening Day!

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The Flying Women of London

Amazing images of the balance beam competition during today’s gymnastics at the 2012 Olympics.

1. Ralitsa Mileva of Bulgaria photo: by Cameron Spencer / Getty Images
2. Deng LinLin of Chinaphoto: by Jamie McDonald / Getty Images
3. Deng LinLin of China photo: Carl de Souza, AFP/ Getty Images
4. Yuko Shintake of Japan photo: by Cameron Spencer / Getty Images
5. Deng LinLin of China  photo: Adrian Dennis / Getty Images

Is it weird that I like the feet one the best?

They just keep moving the goalposts. It’s unfortunate for me, because I’m in the middle of it, but it’s unfortunate for all athletes…If I can’t face my accusers, that’s a joke. We did that in medieval times.

Lance Armstrong says U.S. anti-doping officials are ‘moving the goalposts’ in an attempt to discredit him by reportedly delaying suspensions against his accusers.

Our reporter visits the Quidditch Western Cup—and finds a handful of punny team names. The one pictured here has a motto: “Our team is Bruin up some Felix Felicis,” which, Jace helpfully explains, refers to both the UCLA Bruins and Felix Felicis—“a potion in the Harry Potter universe is essentially liquid luck.” More photos here!

As you prepare for the big game, take a look out our super scientific breakdown of Brady and Manning, off the field. 

marklisanti:

“Derek has girls stay with him at his apartment in New York, and then he gets them a car to take them home the next day. Waiting in his car is a gift basket containing signed Jeter memorabilia, usually a signed baseball,” the friend dished.

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That’s so money.

Derek Jeter sends off his one night stands with a signed memorabilia - NYPOST.com

And then there’s this: Derek Jeter’s one-night stands (allegedly!) go home with a Derek Jeter-themed gift basket.

Thanks to Amendola’s idiocy, we actually could see the 67-year-old Sandusky. We could feel this alleged sexual predator, just like he apparently wooed his child victims with soft talk, attempting to do the same with us in proclaiming his innocence of butt-f—-ing, getting blow jobs, c—- groping, and other depraved acts on eight different minor victims over a 15-year span.

Buzz Bissinger, again pulling no punches, on accused child rapist Jerry Sandusky’s odd NBC interview—and the lawyer (Amendola) who made it happen.

We need to stop the daintiness and describe the alleged offenses for what they truly are in the vernacular to somehow try to capture the monstrousness. Not anal intercourse or oral sex, which sounds clinical, but butt-f—-ing and blow jobs and cock-grabbing and pants-groping and other assorted acts that the 67-year-old Sandusky allegedly inflicted on eight minor victims over a 15-year span, according to the 23-page grand-jury report, and resulted in 40 counts of serial sex abuse of minors.

That’s Buzz Bissinger on the Penn State sex scandal.

This captures it.

With the benefit of hindsight, I wish I had done more.

Joe Paterno issued a statement this morning regarding his announced retirement, in the wake of Penn State’s sex scandal.