Was walking past the newsstand today when a plastic-wrapped magazine caught my eye. It was Maxim—with a cover featuring Amanda Bynes. Glub. I understand Maxim going after a certain genre of celebrity—Brit, Aguilera, Cuthbert, Tiger Woods’ lady friends, Pink … so on and so on. But Amanda Bynes, queen of

Had lunch today in Manhattan with an interesting dude—Tim Lincecum. Met up with him for a magazine piece. Never spoke with the guy before; actually knew little about him, not having covered the game in several years. Sat down at a restaurant in Manhattan—me, Tim, his girlfriend, his dad, his

Odd story today out of Cleveland. A very, very, very large woman named Mia Landingham killed the father of her three children by, well, sitting on his head after an argument. She went to trial, got off, and now has to live with the fact that she squashed her kids’

On the most recent Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, the famed host closes the show by reciting an open letter to Mark McGwire. It was pretty bland stuff, but capped off by this interesting little wrap-up: “In closing, guys,” Gumbel said, “please feel free to share this letter with Bagwell,

I’ve actually had a very good postseason. Whiffed on the Jets vs. San Diego and the Packers and Cardinals. Otherwise, all my picks have been right. For me, very rare … This weekend: Colts 31, Jets 17 Saints 45, Vikings 34 I would love to see the Jets in a

Two nights ago the wife and I went to see It’s Complicated, an utterly inane film that people over the age of 120 seem to love. The thing was so dreadful that, midway through, I wanted to stand up and scream, “FIRE!!! EVERYONE RUN OUT OR YOU’LL DIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEE!” But I

I’m sure people think it’s funny, seeing Tiger Woods in the photo from sex rehab. But, to me, it’s not especially humorous. No, it’s sad. Sad that he’s reached such depths. Sad that his wife has gone through this. Sad that an icon has been smashed to pieces. Also, sad

When I was in college there was a guy I knew—a real frat-boy moron—who had the Coors’ Beer Wolf tattooed on his ankle. I have long thought that was the worst tattoo I’d ever seen. Now, I find myself corrected. Here is the greatest website of all-time—Ugliest Tattoos. Warning. It’s