<![CDATA[Deadspin: Hunter S. Thompson]]> http://cache.deadspin.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/deadspin.com.png <![CDATA[Deadspin: Hunter S. Thompson]]> http://deadspin.com/tag/hunter s. thompson http://deadspin.com/tag/hunter s. thompson <![CDATA[Stories That Don't Suck: Hunter Thompson On Al Davis]]> Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear And Loathing At The Super Bowl" essay ran in the Feb. 15, 1973 edition of Rolling Stone magazine. In it, Thompson chronicles a pair of encounters with the general manager and "de facto owner" of the Raiders. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5847934&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Stories That Don't Suck: The Kentucky Derby Is Faulkneresque, Heartbreaking And, As Always, Decadent And Depraved]]> Every week, Tommy will excerpt a handful of stories - old and new, sports and otherwise, relevant and merely sublime - that he urges you to read for one reason or another. Today, I'm filling in. Still, send suggestions: craggs@deadspin.com. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5528844&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Hunter S. Thompson Yelling About This Wretched DVD Machine]]> Thanks again to Gawker.TV for this remarkable little find. Even if this is an impersonator, they're still pretty goddamn brilliant. [GawkerTV] More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5471120&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Stories That Don't Suck: Starstruck In N.O., Drunk In Indy, Badly Beaten In Yonkers, Gonzo At The Big Game]]> Every week, I'll excerpt a handful of stories — old and new, sports and otherwise, relevant and merely sublime — that I urge you to read for one reason or another. Send any suggestions to craggs@deadspin.com. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5465510&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Forestalled: Hunter S. Thompson At The O.J. Trial]]> "We had an eight-hour negotiating session. Hunter wanted satellite dishes, an unlimited expense account and a suite or two at the Chateau Marmont. We were a dying afternoon paper with no budget." [MarketWatch via Busbee] More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5346224&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Hunter S. Thompson, Those Old ESPN Columns And Large Wads Of Cocaine]]>
Honestly, I had forgotten that Hunter S. Thompson had written for Page 2 until I watched "Gonzo," the new documentary about Mr. Duke (produced by my old pal Mark Cuban). I'm pretty embarrassed to have forgotten it; it's like I blocked it out. I suspect many of you feel the same way; those columns were pretty bad. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5025192&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Remembering Hunter, Two Years Later]]> In a tribute post, Athletics Nation reminds us that it has been two years since Hunter S. Thompson killed himself. It seems strange now, with the littered landscape over there, that Hunter spent a considerable amount of time writing for Page 2; it's almost like a weird dream that didn't actually happen. Can you imagine that guy sharing space with Skip Bayless? His columns weren't always the most lucid productions, but like that mattered. More »
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