April 4, 2017

Earl Weaver after losing the 1969 World Series: “You can’t sit on a lead...and just kill the clock.” via @johnlingan / Twitter

Naturopathy could enter the mainstream as a pain relief alternative to opioids. / STAT

Reading scientific publications is excruciating, but it’s not the jargon causing problems. It’s the style. / Nature

People are learning the tracklists of new albums in advance by Shazamming the lead single. / Pitchfork

“I run to prove I can endure anything, including living in a four-by-nine-foot cell for 14 more years. I am running for success and for acceptance.” Inside San Quentin, a group of prisoners run marathons in the prison yard. / Outside

Vegas cleaned up on college basketball—until a former meteorologist’s blog armed bettors with objective data. / ESPN

Legendary shoegazers Slowdive were never really a shoegaze band. Though their first singles and album, Just for a Day, were pillars of the feedback- and effects-laden genre, their best work, Souvlaki (1993) and Pygmalion (1995), were more staring into the abyss than at their guitar pedals. Twenty-two years after the last record, they have a new album, and the latest single, “Sugar for the Pill,” is a healthy dose of austere pop. / YouTube