Chris requested this earlier in the time-travel post, then he found some more embarrassing pictures of Cole Hamels, so I figured I’d take a stab at it.
From the Wikipedia: the Higgs boson
Yeah, I’m sorry. I have no idea what the Higgs boson really is. Supposedly finding it will help explain why matter has mass, and [...]

This space is not about politics, nor do I ever intend it to be.
But could you imagine not being allowed to join the ranks of Dan Snyder, Jerry Jones and Al Davis because the things you’ve said and done have offended too many people?
Yikes.

Does the fact that the Phillies topped the Mets three seasons in a row get you down? It bums me out, for sure.
But every time I feel a little depressed, I look at these photos of Cole Hamels, and suddenly nothing seems so bad anymore.
Here’s Cole Hamels and his wife, in an ad for luxury [...]

Alex Belth and Cliff Corcoran from Bronx Banter let me fill in for the amazingly mustachioed Jay Jaffe for the Bronx Banter playoff preview. Here’s our take on the NLCS:

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Yeah, that’s a Virginia Woolf reference. What of it?
So apparently Charles Wang is refuting earlier reports and insisting that the Lighthouse Project to rebuild Nassau Coliseum and develop the area around it is still on.
I haven’t been following this story that closely, but I grew up about 10 minutes from the Coliseum, and when I [...]

According to the Daily News, Rex Ryan held a closed-door meeting with his defense that Kerry Rhodes deemed “PG-13.”
The good news is the rating means Ryan almost certainly didn’t take his shirt off.
But seriously, this type of thing is pretty run-of-the-mill in football, it seems. A coach gets angry and lights into his players in [...]

In a post to NY Baseball Digest, Mike Silva asks, “Can Ike Davis change the offseason?”
That’s all well and good, but here’s what I want to know:
Can Ike Davis change… THE FUTURE!?
After reading this New York Times article, it has become abundantly clear to me that the events of the past four seasons preventing the [...]

Paul drops more John Olerud facts at Section Five Twenty-Eight.
Lots of good stuff from Adam Rubin today. First and foremost, Manny Acta could return as third-base coach next year.
Second, Manny Ramirez hopes to enjoy a postgame beer with Pedro Martinez. That’s a conversation I’d kill to be a part of.
Slim Pickens at TheNoonerBlog breaks down [...]