Dan Ogborn :: Exercise Scientist Sports & Outdoors

Dan Ogborn :: Exercise Scientist

Dan Ogborn. A man with barbells on the brain. Handsome site designed by Forefathers1 . "I’ve been involved in the health and fitness community for 12 years. I started as the guy that cleaned up the weights, moved up to…

Wes GarciaJuly 27, 2011

Bruce Ely :: Sports Photographer Photography

Bruce Ely :: Sports Photographer

Bruce Ely :: Sports Photographer

Wes GarciaJuly 26, 2011

Eastbound & Down: The Complete Second Season (2010) Sports & Outdoors

Eastbound & Down: The Complete Second Season (2010)

Because he's Kenny f*ckin' Powers. + Sources: • Eastbound And Down :: HBO • Pre-order on Amazon.com :: Release date: August 2, 2011  

Wes GarciaJuly 25, 2011

Darren Heath :: Photographer. Formula One CarsPhotography

Darren Heath :: Photographer. Formula One

Darren Heath :: Photographer. Formula One

Wes GarciaJuly 25, 2011

Four Balls – No Waiting Sports & Outdoors

Four Balls – No Waiting

Range of baseballs from 1850's to 1920's. From Antique Athlete: 1) Turn of the Century Reach BOUNDER Baseball. This is an exceptional antique baseball which dates to the prime of the deadball era. Baseballs from this era were often given…

Wes GarciaJuly 25, 2011

Old Debden Speedway Racers Clubhouse Coffee Table Sports & Outdoors

Old Debden Speedway Racers Clubhouse Coffee Table

Modern50 is my favorite place to go see objects. This site makes you an instant deluxe dumpster-diver. + Source: Modern 50  

Wes GarciaJuly 24, 2011

Found Baseballs :: Don Hamerman Photography

Found Baseballs :: Don Hamerman

Found Baseballs :: Don Hamerman

Wes GarciaJuly 22, 2011

The Future Mapping Company Sports & Outdoors

The Future Mapping Company

I have two of these maps from the The Future Mapping Company. They're stunning in both color and detail. From The Future Mapping site: This is an alternative and thought-provoking vision of our planet, using an equal-area projection to represent…

Wes GarciaJuly 22, 2011

1910’s Short Brim Baseball Cap Sports & Outdoors

1910’s Short Brim Baseball Cap

They don't make them like this any more. "This is a 1910’s Short Brim Baseball Cap. This antique baseball cap is made of maroon colored wool with a soft and supple leather band inside. The leather interior band remains soft…

Wes GarciaJuly 21, 2011

Derringer Cycles :: D. McPherson. Que Bella! Motorcycles

Derringer Cycles :: D. McPherson. Que Bella!

Created by renowned industrial designer Adrian Van Anz, each motorbike is meticulously appointed with unique components available at the owner's discretion.

Wes GarciaJuly 21, 2011

Official NBA Painted Basketballs Sports & Outdoors

Official NBA Painted Basketballs

+ From Etsy.com: 9.5″ Official NBA Basketballs. Limited edition. Artists: 1. Alex Yanes 2. Rekal & Grab 3. Under Water Pirates 4. Ewok 5. Billi Kid 6. 9teen  

Wes GarciaJuly 19, 2011

Bill Buckner & Mookie Wilson Autographed Photograph Sports & Outdoors

Bill Buckner & Mookie Wilson Autographed Photograph

Walmart and Mookie Wilson end Bill Buckner's 25 year nightmare. It's official – after twenty-five years of living-hell – Bill Buckner is over the whole '86 World Series scapegoat-thingy. The proof: Billy Buck and Mookie Wilson have signed an 8x10…

Wes GarciaJuly 19, 2011

No Mas Es Toda Madre Sports & Outdoors

No Mas Es Toda Madre

No Mas. New York City Sport and Culture since 2004. Sports equipment. A sporting goods store named after Roberto Duran's infamous "No Mas" fight with Sugar Ray Leonard. Now that's some boxing nostalgia. + Source: No Mas. Original acrylic on…

Wes GarciaJuly 17, 2011

Chanel Sports Equipment Line Sports & Outdoors

Chanel Sports Equipment Line

Let me repeat that stunner: C-h-a-n-e-l Sports. Chanel and sports equipment go together like Catherine Deneuve and wine spritzers at a monster truck rally. + Source: Chanel, White Zine  

Wes GarciaJuly 15, 2011

Pete Rose Hustles Schwag On Walmart Sports & Outdoors

Pete Rose Hustles Schwag On Walmart

So what’s next...officially MLB licensed Ted Williams Igloos? So who was the major-league genius who came up with this piece of merchandising caca? Oh, it says it there in the product description – Major League Baseball. Genius! Perhaps the most…

Wes GarciaJuly 14, 2011

Leather Basketball Shoes. Circa 1915 Sports & Outdoors

Leather Basketball Shoes. Circa 1915

One of my favorite vintage sports sites – Antique Athlete recently sold these leather basketball shoes. From the looks of it, the original owner’s ¹ petrified-feet (sawed off at the ankles) were also included in the sale. ¹ Update: I…

Wes GarciaJuly 13, 2011

Sam Fuld :: Fearlessness Is His Only Option Sports & Outdoors

Sam Fuld :: Fearlessness Is His Only Option

Everyman outfielder Sam Fuld plays the game with a reckless-abandonment that fans love. A story in the New Yorker about Sam Fuld – Tampa Bay Ray's scrappy outfielder.Super Sam, written by Ben McGrath. "Fuld attributes his kamikaze style of play…

Wes GarciaJuly 12, 2011

2006 World Cup German Sweatbands Sports & Outdoors

2006 World Cup German Sweatbands

I had to pass on this craigslist offer – since I prefer that all my German sweatbands have DNA authenticated Germanic-sweat. As one of the world's top German Sport sweatband collectors 1 – my reputation is all that I have.…

Wes GarciaJuly 10, 2011

Want to be a better three-point shooter? Stanford study says get some more sleep. (What Would Clyde Do?) Sports & Outdoors

Want to be a better three-point shooter? Stanford study says get some more sleep. (What Would Clyde Do?)

For now, the study offers no conclusive evidence on whether a binky or a nighty-night-kiss could also increase performance. As reported by Erin Allday in the San Francisco Chronicle, Stanford study on sleep shows that increasing ones sleep can also…

Wes GarciaJuly 9, 2011

Dodgy McCourts Sports & Outdoors

Dodgy McCourts

The McCourts and their ugly divorce shows how this couple treated the Dodgers like a bottomless piggy bank. I just finished reading "A Major-League Divorce" written by by Vanessa Grigoriadis for Vanity Fair. It's an excellent account of the McCourt…

Wes GarciaJuly 9, 2011

Vintage Football Helmets Sports & Outdoors

Vintage Football Helmets

Back when football players had mannish names like Jim "Blood" McNally, Otto Graham, and the still-ticking Eddie "Ironballs" Budzinski. From the look of these vintage helmets, I’m guessing face-masking wasn’t in the rule book yet. Fashion side note: I believe…

Wes GarciaJuly 6, 2011

It’s Confirmed – Chunky Glasses Are In Again Sports & Outdoors

It’s Confirmed – Chunky Glasses Are In Again

Because nothing says hot-intellectual like butch glasses. It crept up on me like a Tom Cruise film festival.1 When did black-rim prescription glasses become a favorite accessory amongst the vertically gifted? We’re talking Amare, Lebron and Baron among the better…

Wes GarciaJuly 3, 2011