baseball
What Is It With Men and Spitting in the Urinal?
As it turns out, not spitting all over the place is a pretty recent idea
The Untimely Demise of a Big-Dicked Crustacean, ‘Mandholding’ and Navigating Romance in the Kitchen
The best of MEL from The Week that Was
Was the Sportswriter Who Invented Baseball’s ‘Save’ Stat Really That Dumb?
On the 10th anniversary of Jerome Holtzman’s death, we spoke to baseball experts, family and colleagues about his legacy, his era and whether saves still matter
A Cultural History of Butt Slapping in Sports
Ah, Opening Day! Fresh-cut grass. Vendors hawking peanuts and beer. And grown men slapping each other on the ass. At first blush, it seems strange that…
