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Your morning roundup for Jan. 2, the day we learned you're not that tall. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors. More »
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These sad dancing cyborgs came all the way from the future just to beg on the street for St. Louis Blues tickets. They did successfully predict a rare Blues win, so maybe this time-travel thing is legit? [Riverfront Times] More »
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Racing fans are so dedicated to their favorite drivers that they won't even remove their easily identifiable NASCAR merchandise before committing bank robberies. There's an epidemic of high-octane felonies, but ironically, the getaway cars aren't that fast. [All Left Turns] More »
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The baseball field, Turgenev once wrote, is a sacred bonding ground for fathers and sons. And what's bonding if it's not daring your son to sprint across the infield of a minor league ballpark? Visiting him in juvi, maybe. More »
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"A referee should first demand over the public address system that fans stop their racist behavior. If they fail to do so, the game should be suspended for five to 10 minutes, with teams sent to the locker rooms." [AP] More »
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Houston Dynamo announcer on the Chicago Fire's Section 8 celebrating its Friday night with flares: "That is a thing of beauty. You're not going to see that at an NBA game." More »
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With the Yankees in town, a Texas woman proudly sported her anniversary present: a "Yankees Suck" T-shirt. That's against the law in Rangersland. It's considered profane. So she had to turn her shirt inside-out. But in her defense, the Rangers did let A-Rod in the stadium. [Dallas Morning News, NBC] More »
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Upset with Manchester United's loss to Barcelona in The Biggest Game Ever, a fan steered a minibus into a group of Barcelona fans and killed four people. "The man confessed to doing it on purpose," a police spokeswoman said. "He now says he doesn't know why he did it." [BBC] More »
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All was not so peaceful and friendly inside Peace and Friendship Stadium last night in Athens. With their Olympiakos losing to nemsis Panathinaikos in the Greek League final, fans made the Malice at the Palace look like a game of sandbox tag, hurling flares and bottles at the visitor's bench. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5267116&view=rss&microfeed=true "I have one thing to tell you, T.O.: I. Hate. You. You like writing disses? I can write them right back to you." More »
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At first, when we heard about Fan For Hire, we yawned a bit. At first glance, it's just another sports fan trying to make a bit of cash by "auctioning off" his "loyalty." We have no problem with this — there are so few opportunities sports fans have to actually make money rather than, you know, shovel it directly into people's pockets — but still find it somewhat over and done with. More »
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We knew the Cameron Crazies, the famed Duke Blue Devils cheering section, was well-organized ... but we had no idea it was this organized. More »
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All kinds of glee around college basketball this morning, because ding dong, Duke has lost. We always notice a bit of a buzz around this here Web world the morning after a Duke loss; the sun's a little brighter, the grass is a little greener, so on. More »
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Remember that post from earlier today, about the sports bra Bounce-O-Meter? This is the opposite of that post. More »
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We Americans get so cute sometimes with our little disagreements in the stands at NBA games, and our occasional guy who runs onto the field to take the football from Brett Favre. Meanwhile, in England, they're doing things like this: More »
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Far be it from us to tell an officer of the court how to do his/her job, but we have to say, when you're sentencing a man to 13 1/2 years in prison for shooting a man in a bar fight, it's probably not appropriate to start yelling, "Let's Go Seahawks! Let's Go Seahawks!" More »
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Apparently the Pittsburgh Pirates have a rather rambunctious, star-gazing clubhouse employee who goes by the online handle "whatupstankho." And he has a Webshots album full of pictures of him and various athletes, including the above picture of him, former Cardinals reliever Steve Kline and, uh, a special inflatable friend. More »
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Another reason we're both terrified and in awe of Steelers fans: Someone snuck to the top of the Space Needle in Seattle and started waving a Terrible Towel. Frankly, with all we're learning about Steelers fans, we're kind of surprised they didn't climb up to the top and replace that "12th Man" flag. More »
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In the first of what we're sure will be countless ridiculous offers for Super Bowl tickets over the next two weeks — two weeks ... sheesh — some guy in Canada is offering to destroy his car for two Super Bowl tickets. More »
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Before the Broncos-Steelers game last week, one co-worker, a Broncos fan, took a Steelers flag from the desk of a co-worker, balled it up and threw it in the trash can. More »
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If we could impart one piece of wisdom to the youth of America, it would almost certainly be this: Don't fook with Steelers fans. The Denver Post reports that a 17-year-old senior at a Pittsburgh-area high school was commanded by his teacher not to wear another team's jersey into class. The kid wore a John Elway No. 7 anyway, and, well, it didn't end well. More »
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Deadspin reader Tom Malkin was in a section right by Antonio Davis' wife during the incident at the United Center last night, and he has a very different take on what actually happened prior to Davis' stomp upstairs. Here's an excerpt: More »
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Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer has been having a grand time this week showing pictures of borderline insane sports fans and the lengths they will go to support their team; our personal favorites are the guy with all the Steelers tattoos and the Seahawks fan who calls himself "Cannonball." More »
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As most of you have probably already seen this morning, Knicks forward Antonio Davis ran into the stands last night in Chicago to "protect his wife from an intoxicated fan." Davis said, "I saw him touch her, and I know I should not have acted the way I did, but I would have felt terrible if I didn't react. I felt I had to act." More »
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We've heard all kinds of pretty horrible team theme songs, starting with the Super Bowl Shuffle and heading all the way down to Bootsy Collins' "Fear The Tiger," the first-ever ode written for an NFL team for achieving the lofty goal of an early-season lead in the AFC North. More »
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You know how crazy that Steelers-Colts game was on Sunday, how it was such an insane rush, exhilarating, exhausting, so exciting that it made you think you were gonna have a heart attack? More »
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It does seem like this has been happening a lot of late: The Buffalo Bills a couple of weeks ago didn't allow several fans to bring their anti-management signs into Ralph Wilson Stadium, threatening them with ejection if they didn't throw the sign away. The Associated Press interviews Mike Allenbaugh, whose ESPN-inspired ""firE coacheS dumP maNagement" sign rivals our famous "macroEconomically baSquiat-like lessonPlan raisiNs" for readibility and coherence. More »
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Since, like us, you're probably kind of grumpy about having to work today, we invite you to enjoy two videos that are all full of holiday goodness. More »
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We'll be honest: We've considering doing this. An enterprising Lions fan, fed up with the historic run of bad football team has put up over the Matt Millen era, is putting \his fandom up for auction on eBay. Currently, it's up to $10.51, and even though we can come up with a few better ways to spend that kind of money, we suspect that price will go up. More »
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Phoenix, Ariz. Home of The Buzzsaw That Is The Arizona Cardinals. Birthplace of Barry Bonds. Spot for an unusually high number of UFO Sightings. More »
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More info on the guy who ran on the field Sunday to spread his mother's ashes on Lincoln Financial Field, thanks to the suddenly sports-huge folks at The Smoking Gun. Turns out his name is Christopher Noteboom, also known as "Chip," and he cuts a mean mugshot. More »
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At last, a fan running on the field story everyone can get behind. During the Eagles game yesterday, an unidentified fan sprinted onto Lincoln Financial Field to spread the ashes of his dead mother onto the grass. Apparently, this is because he liked his mother, rather than vice versa. More »
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Fans of America, you can now breathe easier: You can still get shit-faced, run onto the field and slap Carson Palmer on the ass, and you won't have to worry about much time in the clink. A day after a zealous prosecutor threatened to put crazed Bengals "fan" Greg Gall away for 30 days for becoming the 40,000th Cincinnati resident to steal a pass from Brett Favre last month, today Gall was merely sentenced to probation and community service for his mad dash. More »
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Some more news from our old friend Greg Gall, the guy who has spent an inordinate amount of time drinking with Deadspin readers. (By the way, we will be in Cincinnati for Thanksgiving week, so Greg, hey, drop us a line, we'll chat.) Ordinarily, when American Heroes like Gall bolt onto the field, they get the proverbial wrist-slap, a little probation here, a little fine there, maybe some alcohol counseling, no problems. More »
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We found this photo of "The Sopranos"' Vito Spatafore and video game shill Lawrence Taylor, and even though it has nothing to do with the rest of this post, it made us laugh, particularly considering Vito's quiet preferences on the show. More »
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More info on our main man Greg Gall, who, as established yesterday, has spent an inordinate amount of time drinking with Deadspin readers. Yesterday afternoon, he pled not guilty to the charges against him, which many people have mocked, considering, you know, his actions were seen by anyone who watches NFL Countdown or, for that matter, has cable. You can say that it would be difficult for Gall to beat the charges, but, jeez, did you see that guy run yesterday? That guy could beat anything. More »
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Yet another reason we have the best readers in the world here at Deadspin: We asked you for info on Greg Gall, the Cincinnati guy who ran on the field and took the ball away from Brett Favre yesterday, and man, did you ever come through. More »
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Via Fine Fellows comes a full report about that guy who ran on the field in Cincinnati and stole the ball from Brett Favre yesterday. His name is Gregory Gall, he's 31 years old and he lives in Mount Washington, Ohio. He was charged with criminal trespassing, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct and was arraigned this morning. (You can find his mug shot here.) More »
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The Wizard Of Odds sends us this photo of some chubby fellow streaking down the sidelines at Saturday's Cal Poly-Montana game. More »
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We've been watching video of that dumbass teenager who jumped onto the screen behind home plate at Yankee Stadium last night. We love contrasting the terrified look on his face after he pulled that stunt with the this-is-why-we're-never-having-children smirk when he was taken into police custody this morning. Honestly, we've always thought that anyone who pulled any stunts at Yankee Stadium would be taken out by Steinbrenner-approved snipers on the roof. Maybe they thought he was a minor. Close. More »
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