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"What if Arvind finishes third again? How would he handle that?" I asked Arvind Mahankali's parents while we waited for their son to return from one of the competition's two computer-based tests. Srinivas Mahankali is a software engineer, and his wif...

In case you were out protesting your local theater's lack of midnight showings of After Earth, here's what you missed in sports on Thursday: The Miami Heat, buoyed by another vintage LeBron James performance, won a crucial Game 5, 90-79, to take...

With every new day comes a new chance to link you to "Get Lucky." Tonight's special is the "Ultimate Johnny Galecki Fan Video," which can't be explained so much as delivered to your eyes and brain in a vacuum-sealed pouch. Also I just found out that ...

Arvind Mahankali has won the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

It was 1995. And after months of studying words with my mother whenever I was awake and not in school (breakfast table, drive to school, drive to practice, drive from practice, dinner, before homework, after homework), it was time for the spelling...

In honor of the 2013 Scripps National Spelling Bee beginning today, we bring to you some of the most challenging names to spell in sports. Duke men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski has to be at the top of the list. Following closely being are T.J. ...

In honor of the Scripps-Howard National Spelling Bee coming up this Wednesday and Thursday, you will find one of the winning words from the last 10 years of competition in each entry. When they don't fit naturally — which will be always, if my ...

Adults are ruining things again. Starting with next month's National Spelling Bee, competitors will have to know the definitions of words to advance to the final round. What the H-E-L-L (a place thought to be a realm of suffering and pain)? ...

Organizers of the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Tuesday announced a major change to the format, adding multiple-choice vocabulary tests to the annual competition that crowns the English language's spelling champ.

In an effort to keep up with some of the larger issues in the media, every month Grantland Racial Issues Correspondent Andrew Ti will be rounding up some of the biggest questions to hit the Yo, Is This Racist? inbox. Ashton Kutcher and Jason Biggs...

Earlier today, we posted a blank cartoon and readers offered their captions. Our favorite was by commenter BrushGoodDar. Please check your ESPN.com profile message center for an email. Thanks for participating. Check back Monday for another cartoo...

I don't think there's a TV-watching soul in America who doesn't love the Scripps National Spelling Bee. It cuts across boundaries and appeals to the frightened child in all of us — that petrified little tyke who remembers the drama and heartbre...

The 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee may be over, but let Snigdha Nandipati and the other champion spellers inspire you to use a richer vocabulary. Don't convince yourself that the difficult words used in the competition are impractical. Here ar...

In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports on Thursday. Kevin Durant scored 22 points and Thabo Sefolosha nabbed six steals as the Thunder dealt the Spurs their first loss of the postseason, 102-82. "Tim's pr...

Take a shot at writing a cartoon caption. Playbook cartoonist Kurt Snibbe will offer up a blank cartoon each weekday morning, and he will fill in the blank with our favorite reader submission at the end of the business day. So please, by all means...

In the video clip above, ESPN NFL analysts and former Patriots Tedy Bruschi and Damien Woody were challenged to an impromptu spelling bee on NFL Live on Thursday, in the spirit of the Scripps National Spelling Bee airing on ESPN....