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  • Behind the Bets: Mailbag Time November 20, 2008, 12:44

    [Ed's note: Magazine senior deputy editor Chad Millman wrote a book called The Odds, about gambling culture. He also oversees The Mag's coverage of sports gambling, among other subjects. In a new feature for The Mag.com, he will take a look at the lives behind those making sport's biggest bets.]

    I’ve only been at this column for a week (we can’t even settle on what to call it, yet) but it’s exhausting. So let’s do a mailbag!

    Actually, in the wake of the Steelers-Chargers fiasco, I was moved by the heartbreaking emails you sent in about your tough loss sob stories. So much so I felt compelled to put together a mini Bad Beats Hall of Fame to make everyone feel better (meaning: get some perspective, you degenerates, and try to remember the good sweats). Sure it might seem like I’m lazy and can’t think of anything better to write up. But the truth is I think sorrow like this has to be shared, the burden is truly too much for one man. So here goes.

  • The Action Sports Report November 20, 2008, 11:02

    [Ed.'s Note: The Action Sports Report is a weekly blog that covers sports from skateboarding to snowboarding to FMX.]

    A COUPLE MINUTES WITH SLATER:

    Kelly Slater has locked up his ninth world title, but before heading back to Hawaii for the Eddie and the winter season, he’s traveling around the country in support of his new book, an autobiography in pictures called For The Love. We caught up with him for a couple minute.

  • Malcolm Gladwell Talks Sports (And His New Book) With Us November 19, 2008, 3:49 P

    Malcolm Gladwell is a serious observer of sports. The author of iconic books Blink and The Tipping Point has no problems applying his theories to our realm. And though only one chapter in his new book, Outliers (Little Brown, $27.99), is committed entirely to the sporting discussion, he had a lot more to tell us. Such as how Bill Walsh could make us re-think Joe Montana, or how Tiger Woods is more practice than inspiration. He even touched on, yes, the brilliance of Charles Barkley.

    Here, we chatted with the New Yorker writer about some of his interests, and ours.

  • In This Issue: Up Front November 20, 2008, 9:16 A

    In his latest column for ESPN The Magazine, Stephen A. Smith tells the story of Dave Robbins, a coach who broke through some racial barriers, and achieved a success that should take him to the Hall of Fame. Barriers? Well, yeah. As a white head coach at a black college in Virginia, this isn’t exactly the typical tale of a man overcoming some pre-formed biases to be recognized for what he is: a great coach. But it is a good tale.

    UP FRONT: VIRGINIA UNION’S “WHITE SHADOW” WAS AHEAD OF HIS TIME

  • How We’re Gonna Be Indiana Again November 18, 2008, 10:15

    Tom Crean knew he’d have to build at Indiana. He just didn’t expect there to be so little lumber. After taking over, he dismissed forward Brandon McGee for academic negligence, Jordan Crawford defected to Xavier and he booted DeAndre Thomas, Jamarcus Ellis and Armon Bassett (the latter two had already been kicked off the team by interim coach Dan Dakich, but were appealing).

    It got worse.

  • MMA Submission: Mike Swick November 20, 2008, 1:03 P

    [Ed's note: If you're interested in more of Ryan's writings on MMA and the fight world, you can check his archives here. ]

    Mike Swick was like all kids growing up in Texas: he idolized Chuck Norris.

    “Just the beard alone made him a super hero,” Swick says.

    Swick grew up memorizing the Missing in Action movies and later Walker, Texas Ranger. Living in Houston, Swick on occasion would be sitting in the back seat as his family drove by Norris’ Texas ranch. Once, Swick even wrote a note to Norris, put it in an envelope and sealed it. At age 8, Swick didn’t yet know that Norris doesn’t read letters, only minds.

  • NEXT Sport: XARM November 20, 2008, 2:41 P

    It’s happened to all of us. You’re sitting in your living room, watching Over the Top for the twenty-sixth time, and you start to wonder, why doesn’t Stallone just crack that pudgy dope with the fu manchu in the side of the head with his free hand? Surely that would win him the respect of his estranged son. But he can’t, friends. Such violence was frowned upon in the realm of legit arm wrestling—until now.

  • “Sunday in a Box” Giveaway: Winner! November 20, 2008, 10:47

    Yesterday we asked you to write in and tell us your Biggest Gameday Cooking Disasters for a chance to win a gift package from T.G.I. Friday’s. Imagine our surprise when we opened our inbox this morning and found this lovely gem of a story from Issac in Ohio: