<![CDATA[Deadspin: Dorks]]> http://cache.deadspin.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/deadspin.com.png <![CDATA[Deadspin: Dorks]]> http://deadspin.com/tag/dorks http://deadspin.com/tag/dorks <![CDATA[On Eve Of Princeton-Harvard Championship, Vikram Spills Tiger Blood]]> This week we've followed the story of Harvard and Princeton, two storied crew programs, somehow stuck playing a basketball game Saturday for a spot in the NCAA tournament. You've heard from Brad and Vikram, and Jasper and Colin, all smack-talking because Greg Mankiw and Lars Svensson can't do it on their own. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5781041&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Bill Simmons, Malcolm Gladwell, And The Dirty Secret Of The MIT Sports Analytics Conference]]> The Joke That Started It All More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5779375&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Harvard-Princeton War Of SAT Words Escalates, Yale Joins The Fray]]> Big basketball game Saturday afternoon, folks: Harvard (23-5, 12-2 Ivy) and Princeton (24-6, 12-2 Ivy) fighting to the death on Yale's court, a neutral site, for the Ivy League's March Madness bid. Extra high stakes for Harvard, who hasn't appeared in the tourney since 1946, back when RFK was punching the Spee. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5780470&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Harvard And Princeton Will Fight Old-Fashioned Douchebag Standoff In Saturday Playoff]]> Big news for our high net worth contingent: Princeton defeated Penn in the Ivy League's regular-season finale tonight, meaning—you guessed it—the Tigers will battle Tommy Amaker's Harvard squad for the conference's automatic berth in a playoff at Yale on Saturday. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5779978&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Minor Leaguers Mercilessly Teased For Their Giant, Goofy Heads]]> Big helmet or tiny head? Francisco Cervelli fans (hey, he has some!) have been wondering that for a few weeks now, but in the coming years an entire corps of MLB players may look like futuristic, yet dorky space travelers. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5546823&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Calling All Baseball Dorks! Bill James And Joe Posnanski, In Conversation!]]> They're talking about Randy Johnson, but does it really matter? I've written slash fiction about this very moment. [SI.com] More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5263312&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Lemme At 'Em! Lemme At 'Em!]]> Twice a year, members of the New York media play members of the Boston media in baseball. This is surely amusing to watch — fat guys fielding grounders is always a reliable source of comedy — but yesterday, at Fenway Park, there was a truly beautiful happening: They almost had a bench-clearing brawl. (Via Barstool Sports.) More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=265595&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[He's Afraid The Defensive Line Will Be Quite Operational When Your Friends Arrive]]> A friend who's a big Star Wars dork — you're shocked that we have such friends, we're sure — forwards us this creative concoction put together by an inventive (and, certainly, lonely) Star Wars aficionado and college football watcher. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=258277&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[God, Not More Sports Bloggers Talking To Each Other]]> If you wanted proof that the people who write all of these sports blogs actually know how to read, New Yorkers can find it tonight at the Varsity Letters reading series, hosting by Gelf Magazine. We won't believe it until we see it. More »
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