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The second Presidential debate is tonight, coinciding, quite helpfully, with the first night off of the baseball postseason. I spend about 45 percent of my workday reading political blogs from all sides of the spectrum, some conservative, some (OK, more) liberal, and absolutely none written by that theoretical and mythical bird of the "impartial." This is warping my worldview; right now, more than the main two candidates, I'm ready to elect Chuck Todd and Nate Silver president. I'll be watching the debate tonight with considerable nostalgia. I long for the days, like in the clip above, when the first question at a presidential debate was some sort of variant of "So, what would you do if your spouse were raped and murdered?" More »
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So The Big Ten Network has this reality show about the Illinois football team called "The Journey." Even though this is a "Hard Knocks" type series — albeit one with decidedly worse production values and dramatically more nondescript players — about my alma mater's football team, I have never seen this show, because I made the foolish decision to live in the sleepy outpost of New York City, where it is unavailable. God I hate The Big Ten Network. More »
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]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5019115&view=rss&microfeed=true You've heard about the crazy Chick-Fil-A tomahawk chopping cow at Turner Field. Now, UmpBump has the shocking video. More »
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]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5018735&view=rss&microfeed=true You might have wondered why Major League Lacrosse would possibly need cheerleaders. Wonder no longer: Major League Lacrosse needs cheerleaders so they can be hit in the face by errant shots. Duh. More »
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Because we're video crazy this morning, Bromoblog has uncovered an apparent bet between Jason Varitek and Kevin Millar on the NBA Finals; loser has to come to bat to Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby." Apparently Millar lost. More »
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It's a lazy, post-Finals Thursday morning, with the sports world mostly taking a deep breath to relax over the next month and a half. We're going to spend most of our day waiting for our parents' plane to arrive and trying to direct them through the vagaries of the New York City subway system. (Honestly: Parents should always take cabs.) So, as we wake up and shake off the cobwebs, we can think of no better way to start our day than ballpark racing sushi. More »
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Keith Olbermann seemed genuinely flustered last night when Al Gore took his sweet time taking the stage at Joe Louis Arena to endorse Barack Obama; so much so that he forgot what team Chauncey Billups plays for. Billups was onstage to introduce Gore, and Olbermann had to go to his notes to identify him; at first claiming that he played for the Nuggets. Close ... both cities begin with a D. Come on Keith, you're a former SportsCenter anchor. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5017096&view=rss&microfeed=true Well, that went about as expected, considering that Sussman is their starting goalie. Barbados lost to the U.S. 8-0 on Sunday in a World Cup qualifier, as you can see in the above video highlights, which are nearly as long as the match itself. Watch closely, because I'm pretty sure we scored two goals during the National Anthem. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5016677&view=rss&microfeed=true We were in Buffalo this weekend — on Father's Day, for cripes sake — so the death of Tim Russert was at the forefront of every conversation. So we'd like to thank Eagle In Atlanta for this promotional video Russert did with his son at Boston College two seasons ago. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5016753&view=rss&microfeed=true Of all the weird, vaguely insane things that Kobe Bryant has done in his weird, vaguely insane life — this is still our favorite — the most public and quietly strange might have been his claim at his press conference last night that he would go home and "whine about it tonight ... lot of wine ... lot of beer ... couple shots ... maybe like 20 of 'em" after the collapse last night. More »
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]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5015827&view=rss&microfeed=true We'd never seen this video of a couple Toronto Blue Jays fans heckling Troy Percival and other members of the Tampa Bay Rays, but man, after watching it, we're not exactly doing backflips over our status as "fans." More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5015423&view=rss&microfeed=true If you've got fist bump fever, the Tampa Bay Rays — who have instantly become the most fun franchise in baseball, on-field and off — have a helpful history of the fist bump. It makes absolutely sense that Kenesaw Mountain Landis would look to ban it. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5015025&view=rss&microfeed=true Lion In Oil points out a particularly proud moment in the annals of Yankees fans proud moments: Yesterday afternoon, amidst the intense heat in New York City — and Lord, don't we know it — they booed the sun. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5014990&view=rss&microfeed=true Like the rest of you, we enjoyed seeing Larry Bird and Magic Johnson making a cameo appearance in those new NBA Finals ads. But still: Why make the poor guys wear their old uniforms? Middle-aged guys in tank tops? We really don't want to see two legends from our youth in their old uniforms; this is one behind-the-scenes video we do not want to see. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5014593&view=rss&microfeed=true You might think it's a good idea to show up at one of those "viewing parties" at the stadium of the visiting team during championship series. What's safer than the Staples Center? Well ... More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5014534&view=rss&microfeed=true From The Colbert Report last night, this is the best satire of pre-boxing hype we've ever seen. Wait for the Timber Sports Report. We're legitimately pumped! America! Fuck yeah! More »
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The NHL Closer is written by five people of European descent at Melt Your Face Off. We're not the first people to blog the Stanley Cup Finals, but Don Cherry still calls us "soft". So, for all you kids out there, Raskolnikov toughened up to recapitulate Detroit's clincher. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5013373&view=rss&microfeed=true Any sports personality who's established a serious level of online notoriety now has a must-stop to truly establish themselves as an internet mega-star: Mottram and Steinberg's "Blog Show." The Comcast D.C. mini-sodes have risen from the depths of cable access-style shlockyness to fascinating and entertaining meta-coverage of the sports blog universe. The show's power and influence reached a new level of legitimacy with its most recent guest: ESPN sideline princess, Erin Andrews. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5012976&view=rss&microfeed=true We don't have any trips to Busch Stadium planned until August — by then, the damned Cubs will be 20 games up — but after watching this (silent) danceoff between Superman and Man With Tight Shorts, we're thinking we can take our time. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5012624&view=rss&microfeed=true We guarantee that this Georgia high school catcher is not the first person to realize that he can duck out of the way of a pitch and nail the umpire, but he's the first we've ever seen actually try it. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5012360&view=rss&microfeed=true By now, everyone's seen the Mariah Carey first pitch video. (A friend said, "It would be difficult for someone to throw that pitch again even if they were trying.") But FanIQ argues that it's far from the worst one of all time. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5011831&view=rss&microfeed=true Basketbawful just mentioned this, so we thought we'd dig it up: It's the old Kobe trashing Andrew Bynum video. (Forgive the histrionics at the beginning of the video; we're not sure what that's about.) More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5011823&view=rss&microfeed=true Stephon (Tracy Jordan) Marbury says that he will "dominate" this season, and that he has been training by "running in the mountains." Tirico Suave imagines this process. More »
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]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5009129&view=rss&microfeed=true From today's Orioles-Red Sox game: If there has ever been a more definitive Manny Ramirez moment in his career, we can't think of one. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=390571&view=rss&microfeed=true Of everyone we've featured in our Media Approval Ratings, the two most popular media members are TNT's Ernie Johnson and Charles Barkley. (They've both ahead of Erin Andrews, for cripes sake.) This prank on Barkley, by Johnson, might help explain why. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=388388&view=rss&microfeed=true Because Hirshey isn't filing today, it's up to us to provide your daily dose of soccer bidness. Here's a goal a low-level British soccer league. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=387056&view=rss&microfeed=true As you might have seen by now, the Mets really were "Rick Rolled" yesterday with the playing of Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" at Shea Stadium. If they're going by crowd reaction to decided what the permanent winner is ... it doesn't looks good for Mr. Astley. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=377674&view=rss&microfeed=true In honor of the Memphis-UCLA matchup this Saturday, we present you Andy Kaufman — whom, yes, we do consider a genius — and his famous "I'm from Hollywood!" rant against Jerry Lawler, from "Mem-PHUS Tuh-nuh-SEE." This should really be in the promo for Saturday's game. All we do is plow the fields and farm in the farm and duh duh ..... God, he kills us. Join Andy's funhouse right here. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=375145&view=rss&microfeed=true The Chicago Tribune hates the Chicago Sun-Times, and vice versa ... it's like Spy vs. Spy, only with the threat of layoffs. (For myself, it's hard to pick sides: One paper is owned by Sam Zell, the other employs Mariotti). This round goes to the Tribune, however, who secretly embedded an intern into the Sun-Times' video contest to save the Wrigley Field name, and won the whole thing. Boy was the Sun-Times mad when they found out. More »
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