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Derek Jeter Was OK

Tom Scocca · 09/25/14 11:35AM

After tonight—or as of yesterday, depending on the rain—Derek Jeter will have played his final game in Yankee Stadium. It's as fine a time as any to note, for the record, that Derek Jeter was an OK ballplayer. He was pretty good at playing baseball, overall, and he did it for a pretty long time.

Courageous Compassionate Dude Saves Blinded Skunk from Certain Doom

Neetzan Zimmerman · 01/15/14 11:29AM

Jeremi Lorenti and his buddy were driving down the street when they suddenly came upon a skunk wandering in circles with a cup stuck on its head. Sure, they could have driven on, but compassion compelled them to stop and save the poor creature from becoming just another roadkill statistic.

'Ninja' Confronts Bike Thief, Gets Him to Repent

Neetzan Zimmerman · 09/23/13 02:01PM

While strolling through Manhattan's Upper West Side one warm summer's day, a concerned New Yorker spotted a bike thief casually removing the front tire off a delivery bike that belonged to a local Lenny's location, and then just as casually walking away.