Deadspin: O.j. Simpson

Our Old Friend John Salley Says O.J. Was Innocent

Jack Dickey — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:35:00 EDT

Onetime Deadspin contributor John Salley joined 790 The Ticket's The Jorge Sedano Show for an interview that will air tomorrow morning. In it, Sedano asked Salley who he considered—aside from himself—to be the best thespian/athlete. More »

Hollywood Reporter Refutes Daily Mail Story About O.J. Confessing To Oprah That Cited National Enquirer Story That Doesn't Exist

Tommy Craggs — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:41:32 EDT

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The 1990 U.S. Men's World Cup Team Will Never Live Down This Video

Luke O'Brien — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:35:19 EDT

Numerous shots of half-naked players doing the running man on the beach to bad rap. O.J. Simpson. Strange hands rubbing Paul Caligiuri's hairy chest. This is either a brilliant homoerotic rip-off a Newport Full Flavor ad or the most disturbing video I've ever seen. More »

Kato Kaelin Sold O.J. Out On "The View" Today

Brian Hickey — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:30:00 EST

For some reason or another, the Barbara Walters damegaggle decided to put O.J. Simpson's old house guest, Kato Kaelin, on television this morning. Seems as if they presumed people wanted to know where he is now. And hot damn, he's rocking. Says his life has been "crazy great" since the Packers won the Super Bowl. In fact, he just did a game-show pilot called "Lucky Limo" in Vegas. More »

O.J. Simpson Didn't Really Get Beaten Silly By A White Supremacist After All

Brian Hickey — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:00:00 EST

The purported word coming from Nevada's Lovelock Correctional Center today had all the makings of a Rockwellian portrait painted by the would've-been U.S. Rep. Rich Iott of Ohio. Accused murderer and convicted armed-robber Orenthal James Simpson got beaten so badly by a young skinhead in the prison yard that he had to spend three weeks in the infirmary. More »

A-Rod Finally Worth $252 Million To The Texas Rangers

Brian Hickey — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. More »

In Which OJ Simpsons Befriends A Gay Prison Gang

Barry Petchesky — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 06:30:00 EDT

Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. More »

They Would Vie For Mr. Irrelevant In Dave Chappelle's Racial Draft

Barry Petchesky — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:45:00 EST

Three L.A. teachers were suspended for giving kids photos of O.J. Simpson and Dennis Rodman to carry in a Black History Month parade. Among the alternatives suggested by the district: Kobe Bryant. I have made none of this up. [AP] More »

O.J. Simpson Photographed With His Nordberg Hanging Out

A.J. Daulerio — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:10:10 EST

From the brave people who brought you nude Joe Dimaggio comes...nude O.J. Simpson. Note: this photo was taken by Harry Benson and not stolen from Grady Sizemore's girlfriend's computer. [The Daily Beast] More »

O.J. Simpson's Last Remaining Fan (And Other Tales Of Woe)

Dashiell Bennett — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:45:00 EDT

We got many weekend submissions for Morning Crap that weren't good enough to "wake up!" to (or earn their own post) but were too good not to share. So they morphed into this special Voltron-like gallery of awesomeness. Tremble, weaklings! More »

Forestalled: Hunter S. Thompson At The O.J. Trial

A.J. Daulerio — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:11:57 EDT

"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 »

Deadspin Classic: The O.J. Chase

Dashiell Bennett — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:00:50 EDT

In an alternate universe, Deadspin's archives would cover the whole scope of human history. Occasionally, we like to revisit those timeless moments that we would have written about, if only we could have. Today: The 15th anniversary of "The Chase." More »

Hey! There's O.J.! Let's See If He'll Pose For A Photo With Us!

A.J. Daulerio — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:15:53 EDT

Of course he would. This odd little snapshot of distorted history comes courtesy of the brilliant Awkward Family Photos. More »

How Billy Packer Solved The O.J. Simpson Murder Case

Dashiell Bennett — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:00:28 EDT

When most people hear about a sensational high-profile criminal case, they usually leave the solving of that case to the professionals. Billy Packer is not most people. More »

O.J. Simpson Sentenced To 15+ Years In Prison

Dashiell Bennett — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:59:30 EST

O.J. Simpson was sentenced today in a Las Vegas courtroom after being convicted of armed robbery and kidnapping, among other things. Before the punishment was handed down he gave a rather long, tearful confession about how hard it is to be O.J. and how he didn't mean to kidnap those people, just yell at them a bit and take the stuff he believes is his. And also this bizarre non-sequitur about a secret porn movie? ("I have no hatred for Mike Gilbert," Simpson said. "Mike Gilbert tried to set me up on a porn video - tricked me into a room with hidden cameras...."????) More »

ESPN Would Like You To Spend An Afternoon With O.J. Simpson

A.J. Daulerio — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:15:37 EST

Last October's O.J. Simpson verdict was not the watershed cultural moment everyone expected and actually most of America shrugged its shoulders after O.J. was finally found guilty of something — even if it wasn't the double murder he was accused of committing. O.J. will be sentenced this Friday in Las Vegas and ESPN will be covering it live on both ESPNNews and SportsCenter, just like a real live news channel would. Awful Announcing got the press release and by the looks of it, ESPN is very excited by the get: More »

O.J. Target Of Aryan Prison Gang? Yikes

Rick Chandler — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:15:00 EDT

O.J. Simpson is fearful that an Aryan gang hit squad has marked him for death, it was reported by The Sun, Britain's most trusted news source if you don't count all the others. Simpson, convicted recently on all 12 counts in his robbery and kidnapping trial involving a Las Vegas memorabilia dealer, is being held in Ely State Prison in Nevada until sentencing on Dec. 5. His lawyers plan to appeal the verdict. More »

America's Most Shameless Fallen Hero Finally Gets the Lack of Attention He Deserves

A.J. Daulerio — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:45:36 EDT

Think about how remarkably different this O.J. trial was than the one that ultimately defined our generation. On early Saturday morning when the Las Vegas jury recited their not-so-surprising guilty verdict, you saw O.J. purse his lips, quietly accept his fate, and move on. Surprisingly, there were no white people celebration-rioting through the streets of Brentwood, drinking white wine spritzers and over-spending on drapes. The only people seemingly affected by it were the two "family friends" embracing and weeping. (Which was...odd and pathetic.) Perhaps the story was pushed out by the lazy weekend news cycle and the ever-looming financial crisis that left America's most famous acquitted double-murderer as an afterthought. Maybe it was because, regardless of this verdict, he'll still enter prison as a bumbling crook instead of throat-slashing monster most of America considers him. Even more karmic than the fact that O.J. will (finally) head to prison is the lack of wall-to-wall attention this trial received. What was most troubling throughout O.J.'s time as a free man was how publicly he still chose to live his life. His odd interviews, his road rage trial, his failed Punk'd-style reality television show, his failed creepy book, and, of course, this bizarre memorabilia stick-up in a Vegas hotel room which ultimately did him in. More »

Hey, I'm Here For The O.J. Aquittal Party. Hello? Anyone Here?

Rick Chandler — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:30:08 EDT

O.J. Simpson was so sure of being found not guilty in his Nevada robbery and kidnap trial that he had planned an acquittal party, said a Las Vegas detective in a radio interview on Saturday. (Funny how my invitation seems to have gotten lost). Also, Simpson liked Vegas so much that he was considering moving there following the trial, according to the Las Vegas Review Journal. Well, mission accomplished, I guess. More »

OJ's Lawyer Calls Guilty Verdict "Payback"

Sarah Schorno — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:00:00 EDT

As we reported overnight, OJ Simpson has been found guilty of armed robbery and kidnapping. It took them 13 years, but a jury finally got one right. I say when you get away with murder, don't push your luck with robbery and kidnapping. Just a suggestion. Simpson could be facing life in jail. His lawyer, of course, said he would appeal. Here's a breakdown of some post-verdict quotes and facts. More »

O.J. Simpson Down to One Co-Defendant; Other Four Have Now Copped Pleas

Clay Travis — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:30:53 EDT

This is why when you want to commit a crime and get away with it you have to go get a knife, kill two people, and then blame racist cops when the DNA proves you did it. Otherwise you're just setting up your co-defendants to testify against you. Which is exactly what Charles Ehrlich just agreed to do. More »

Fourteen years ago, the American justice...

Will Leitch — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:30:16 EDT

Fourteen years ago, the American justice system scored an earth-shaking victory, and racism never reared its ugly head again. [Gheorghe: The Blog] More »

Ex-Associate Claims In Book That O.J. Confessed To Murder While High

Christmas Ape — Sat, 10 May 2008 16:30:10 EDT

The Associated Press (via SportsbyBrooks) got the advance scoop on a book to be released Monday by Mike Gilbert, a memorabilia dealer who profited off O.J. Simpson for years, claiming Simpson admitted to killing his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, after he was acquitted for her murder.
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OJ's Different, More Philly Lawyer

Leitch — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:10:42 EDT

One of the nice things about these new O.J. Simpson charges, for journalists, is that it's a helluva lot easier to get Simpson's attorneys on the phone than it was 12 years ago. This is no high priced dream team; this is a guy named Yale from South Jersey, and now he's chatting with AJ Daulerio. More »

Trojans Fans Have Their Eyes On The Prize

Leitch — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:35:12 EDT

It is good to know that USC fans, with their team continuing to steamroll opponents, taking a moment to support the underdog. More »

Who's The Next To Be Taken Down By Karma?

DAULERIO — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:15:48 EDT

AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think. More »

Putting A Price On OJ

Leitch — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:05:55 EDT

We all had a few days of respite, a few days of safety, but as everyone now knows, OJ Simpson is now back out on the streets, somehow making a $125,000 bail. (Do the Goldmans get that money if he's convicted?) Now that we realize he can be arrested for stealing his own property — if it's really his — we wonder: How much is OJ's property actually worth? More »

OJ Simpson Is Unbreakable

Leitch — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:40:37 EDT

Our favorite thing about this whole O.J. Simpson business is that he seems legitimately unconcerned about any of these charges, despite the fact that he's been in jail for a few days and will be arraigned on six felonies today. He's whistling dumb songs, he's making "what happens in Vegas staying in Vegas" jokes and generally acting like a guy who's untouchable. We suppose this makes sense. If we had fallen out of an airplane sans parachute, and survived, we'd be unlikely to feel obliged to wear our seat belt when driving. More »

Nope, OJ Is No George Clooney

rickchand — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:40:51 EDT

I know that Will covered this earlier, but I can't get the image out of my head. OJ, Las Vegas, casino heist ... are you thinking what I'm thinking? Yes, a very, very short sequel to Ocean's 13 in which OJ gets everyone captured within the first 10 minutes. The rest of the film is Bernie Mac beating the shit out of him in their Clark County jail cell. More »

The OJ Simpson Feel Good Moment

Leitch — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:40:36 EDT

Like most people, we took a certain satisfaction in watching O.J. Simpson taken away in handcuffs yesterday after being arrested for armed robbery , assault, burglary and conspiracy. We never even had the satisfaction of seeing him carted off when he was arrested the first time, before we knew he was guilty (or before, say, he wrote a book about it), so this one had a nice kick to it. It was like watching the bully who terrorized you in high school and gotten away with it get his comeuppance, if that bully had sliced two people to death. More »

O.J. Is Superbad

rickchand — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:40:45 EDT

From Winning the Turnover Battle comes a very odd story. In fact, we're not entirely convinced that someone didn't dream it. If David Lynch had adapted the Berman "You're With Me, Leather" saga for the big screen, it might have gone something ... like ... this: More »

No One's More Fun Than OJ Simpson

Leitch — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:00:07 EDT

If you haven't seen this highlight reel of O.J. Simpson being interviewed by some Website we've never heard of, it's worth checking out. We don't quite understand the mindset of pranking O.J., though; we mean, the guy killed two people. You think you can really embarrass him? More »

Insert Your "Slicing Through The Line" Joke Here

Leitch — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:35:17 EDT

You've probably seen this by now, but it's worth checking out again anyway. The new video game that features all the old NFL players does include O.J. Simpson — whom we always imagined being pretty awesome at Madden — and you can put him on a team called the Assassins. Which means, if you watch the whole video, you can make him your star player AND your Jumbotron mascot. That's versatility! More »

The Last OJ Post We'll Do Until He Confesses Again

Leitch — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:45:23 EST

As we wrap up Day 2 of the OJ Isn't Going To Tell Us How He Killed Those People era — by the way, is it just us, or was Mike Lupica unusually fired up about this? — we must, rather than be forced to watch Fox, go back to the parlor game of ... well, whatever we were doing with O.J. before. The blog Just Call Me Juice has been tempting us with a potential Meeting OJ story in Spring 2004 for a few weeks now, and today they finally came out with it. More »

OJ Simpson's Traveling Roadshow

Leitch — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 10:30:06 EST

Sure. We suppose there could be reason to believe that OJ Simpson's supposed "If I Did It, Here's How" confession book that comes out in a couple of weeks — full on with Fox interview where OJ apparently goes into full hypothetical bloody detail — is anything other than yet another OJ infomercial where he hints at the notion he might be a murderer to garner a paycheck ... but we can't find one. More »

OJ Simpson And Mike Ditka Play Sega

Leitch — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:00:52 EDT

Just to get you adequately prepared for a season of the NFL being back on NBC (and all that comes with it, up to and including Bob Costas), here's an old clip from Super Bowl XXVII in which Costas introduces a "Computer Bowl" matchup between analyst Mike Ditka and non other than O.J. Simpson. This was January 1993, so O.J. actually had another year of cheesy television appearances left before, well, you know, before. More »

O.J. Simpson, Unplugged

Leitch — Fri, 12 May 2006 15:15:54 EDT

Let's Hope No Jockeys Return Any Lost Sunglasses

Leitch — Fri, 05 May 2006 17:15:37 EDT

Now we know why they have a full stable of 20 horses for the Kentucky Derby tomorrow; O.J. Simpson is hanging around at Churchill Downs, and they want to make sure there are enough horses alive to still hold a race. More »

Great Moments In Al Michaels History

Leitch — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 10:11:56 EST

One of the worst kept secrets of the Super Bowl week is that Al Michaels, after all the Monday Night Football switching-around, will leave ABC once Sunday's broadcast is over. (If you have a subscription, FTVLive.com has some good info on this.) More »

Athlete Run-Ins: Mistaken Identity With O.J. And Nicole

Leitch — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 16:31:25 EST

Continuing our series of great athlete run-in stories, we present winner No. 2, Mahwah, N.J.'s Steve Frischer and his obviously old yet still gripping tale of running into slashing halfback O.J. Simpson and his lovely wife, Nicole Brown Simpson. More »