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A few months back, Reilly, who was new on Twitter, tweeted Colin Cowherd a photo of his wife in a gross interoffice "scoreboard!" incident. On Friday he posted a blog entry about the Twitter contest he's starting. He managed to work his wife in. More »
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It's that time of the week when Super Bowl analysis starts to devolve into silliness, isn't it? Thank the stars TMZ is there to counterbalance things with some serious, well-sourced reporting: More »
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We can confirm Knicks sensation Jeremy Lin wasn't with Kobe shooting in the gym, either. Because some reporters asked Kobe—whose Lakers will play the Knicks tonight—what he thought of Linsanity, and he had no idea: More »
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Holy alleged eugenics, Boston! A sister of Boston's resident best athlete (sorry, JaJuan Johnson) is getting married to its resident Greek god (sorry, Niko Koutouvides), if this story is true, anyway. More »
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The Baltimore Orioles are dragging a streak of 14 consecutive losing seasons into 2012. Last month, they made a move that could pay significant future dividends when they inked 17-year-old Kim Seong-min to a $550,000 contract. A lefthander considered to be South Korea's best pitching prospect, Kim is even expected to report to the O's minor-league camp in Sarasota, Fla., in the weeks ahead. More »
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We got an email this afternoon from a man who says he was at the same Dallas bar as Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton on the night Hamilton had a relapse and (allegedly) bathroom sex. Here's our source's version of events: More »
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Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Bubble screen! Bubble screen! Bubble screen! More »
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Look at that man up there. Does he look like a funny Twitter person to you? Probably not, right. He looks like the senior partner at your dad's accounting firm. He seems like he would have a really firm handshake. He looks like he would interview you for Harvard in the lobby of a local hotel and nod reluctantly when you mention your slam poetry. More »
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While he waits for the Miami Marlins to report to spring training, new manager Ozzie Guillen still has some time to take to Twitter to discuss the NBA. For instance, he is tired of hearing the constant criticism of LeBron James: More »
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You will recall that Blake Griffin dunked on Kendrick Perkins not so long ago. One rarely dunks on a player of Perkins's height and reputed toughness, so it was a big thing. Kevin Durant said Griffin's dunk was not a dunk—making him the clubhouse leader in petulance—but here comes Perk himself! More »
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OK, so last time Bruins goalie Tim Thomas spoke up on Facebook he received plenty of scorn. (He justified skipping a White House visit by describing, on Facebook, his vague but spirited objection to things the federal government had done.) Will Tim Thomas back down? No, Tim Thomas will never back down! Tim Thomas stands up! More »
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer was born and raised in New York City, and when she was young, her family had Giants season tickets. Last night, she and Eli Manning were both guests on The Late Show With David Letterman. But, as Gellar explained to Letterman, she didn't get to meet the two-time Super Bowl MVP backstage: More »
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We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries. More »
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Knowshon Moreno, the former Georgia star and current Broncos backup, was pulled over on suspicion of DUI February 1, last Wednesday. More »
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I could tell you that Haley ran a super-successful version of a pass-heavy offense like Pittsburgh's under Ken Whisenhunt (a former Steeler OC) in Arizona, but it's much easier to laugh at him for stuff like this. [ESPN] More »
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Stand down, Edwin-Jackson-to-the-Nats. Relax, Broxton-to-the-Royals and Madson-to-the-Reds. We have a new steal in an offseason filled with ridiculous splurges (C.J.-Wilson-to-the-Angels, Pujols-to-the-Angels, Reyes-to-the-Marlins, Heath-Bell-to-the-Marlins) and not too many bargains. The Seattle Mariners just signed longtime Dodger Hong-Chih Kuo. More »
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We at Deadspin have had a lot to say about the Super Bowl over the past few days. It was one hell of a Super Bowl to analyze beforehand, and even better to watch. Manning, Manningham, Madonna, M.I.A., all of that stuff. And it was close. All throughout the game, our fair site was churning, with videos and screen caps and analysis and Rush Limbaugh picking his nose in the owner's box. Catch up here on what you might have missed.
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This morning, the Patriots are talking dropped passes. Aaron Hernandez had one, Deion Branch had one, but most visibly, Wes Welker was hit in the hands on a long pass that would have extended the Patriots drive with four minutes left. It wasn't the best throw, but it was catchable, and after the game Tom Brady put it was gently as he could: "missed opportunities." More »
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We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries. More »
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The "Law Firm" nickname that's stuck to Patriots running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis triumphs over the average modern sports nickname—it's not based on his initials, or the first syllable of his last name, and it features an allusion to a milieu more buttoned-down than the NFL. (If that's your thing.) Cris Collinsworth will probably call Green-Ellis by his nickname at some point on Sunday, and some clueless guest from Weil, Gotshal and Manges at a well appointed Super Bowl party will go, "Oh, man, I totally comprehend that point of reference!" More »
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There hasn't been much to celebrate in San Diego sports in many, many years. The Chargers last won an AFL title in 1963, and, uh, the Padres have never won an MLB title. But San Diegans can't curse at the games! More »
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Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton—the 2010 AL MVP and four-time All-Star whose battle with drug and alcohol addiction nearly ended his baseball career—had a relapse with alcohol at a Texas bar on Monday, reports Gerry Fraley of the Dallas Morning News. More »
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We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries. More »
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With 18 seconds left in the first half of Super Bowl 43 and the Cardinals on the doorstep, James Harrison picked off Kurt Warner and barreled 100 yards for a touchdown, dancing along the sideline as he went and narrowly breaking the plane of the end zone before Larry Fitzgerald dragged him down. As referee Terry McAulay went under the hood for the replay, he and the fans at home watched cameras track Harrison from the sideline, from the end zone and in super slo-mo as he crossed the goal line. That we all had definitive looks at this pivotal play was no accident; it was the product of months of preparation by NBC, and additional cameras meant to capture every angle. More »
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Former NBA scrub Casey Jacobsen—not to be confused with former MLB scrub Bucky Jacobsen—blogs occasionally for SLAM from Germany, where he now plays for Brose Baskets. His most recent post, where he describes his NBA teammates with senior superlatives, offers a real gem about Darko: More »
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"I'm Tom Brady, I'm from Staten Island and I predict Giants will prevail," Tom Brady told some poor reporter at 1010 WINS who drew the short straw. When you're scraping the bottom of Rick Reilly's barrel for Super Bowl week stories, it's probably time to rethink things. More »
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We thought we settled this Tuesday morning, but KD's back today to rag on Blake's bonkers dunk over Kendrick Perkins: More »
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Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: you don't get the McNabb media treatment when you win. More »
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We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries. More »
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After last week's Tim Thomas brouhaha, in which the Bruins' goalie skipped his team's White House visit and explained the thing via nuttily capitalized Facebook message, which made the Bruins mad at him, we figured we would examine just how much Tim Thomas exercised his own rights as a free citizen. The results don't speak too highly of the young man's civic virtue. More »
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How shocking would it be if Madonna brought gay themes to the Super Bowl halftime show? Not very. Throughout its history, the halftime entertainment has meandered from straight to gay and back again. (Click here for my homemade infographic rating the halftime shows from straightest to gayest.)
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Sidney Crosby suffered a neck injury, we were told. It was supposedly separate from his concussion issues, and announced by someone with the ominous title of neurological spine specialist, but we were reassured that it was fully healed. Nothing about that terse Penguins release was reassuring. Crosby has been more or less concussed for 13 months, and it's okay to start fearing the worst. This would be Crosby's seventh NHL season, which was right about when Eric Lindros approached the cliff. More »
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Your morning roundup for Jan. 29, the day we got a little bit extra out of the ATM. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors. Image via. More »
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The former Ron Artest's game is slipping. His numbers are down, and even his trademark defense isn't what it once was. Is it because he's 32 now? It is because he arrived for training camp out of shape after spending the offseason changing his name, doing stand-up, and texting his dong? Nope. World Peace had just gotten to be too good at what he does, according to what he told ESPN Los Angeles: More »
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Gary Williams retired after last season as the winningest coach in the history of Maryland basketball, a 22-year run that included a national title in 2002. The school has named its court at the Comcast Center after Williams, but not without an objection from Lefty Driesell, who coached the Terps from 1969-86 and had a higher lifetime winning percentage than Williams did. More »
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The US shredded its opponents in CONCACAF women's soccer Olympic qualifiers this week—14-0 over the Dominicans, 13-0 over Guatemala, and 4-0 over Mexico—but Brandi Chastain, the lady who's famous for this, was not impressed. She called the games for Universal Sports Network (it's not the one formerly known as Versus; it's that other one) and critiqued the women for not working on their fundamentals or something. In Olympic qualifiers. The first two of which they won 27-0. And Solo did not dig it. More »
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Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer are set to meet in the Australian Open semifinals on Thursday, in a match scheduled to begin at 3:30 a.m. ET. It's the 27th time the pair have met on a tennis court, with the Majorcan matador holding a 17-9 edge all-time, 7-2 in Grand Slams. The meeting is notable, considering Nadal's uncharacteristically salty comments about his hirsute Swiss rival before the tournament. The last time Nadal and Federer met Down Under was in the 2009 final, an epic four-hour, five-setter that ended with an inconsolable Federer in tears. More »
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From now until the end of the season, we'll be posting a number of clips from the previous weekend's English Premier League games. If there's a goal, save, dive, lip-read profanity, or hocked sputum we should know about, drop us a line at tips@deadspin.com. (You might also enjoy our better-late-than-never EPL guide) More »
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