• Duan!

    Michael Phelps' Funky Face Is SI's Sportsman of Year

    In case you haven't heard, Olympic water boy Michael Phelps is SI's "Sportsman of the Year" this year, for his astounding 8 gold medals in Beijing. It's not a surprise pick, really, leaving most of the scrutiny for Phelps' spooky-ass Terri Schiavo face currently seen in the online version. According to one person on the SI online staff, the print issue cover doesn't look like it was photo-shopped by someone inhaling keyboard duster, but is actually very clean looking. This one, however, was not spared: "A lot of the times, we work with pictures in photoshop before we put them on the site – do things like lighten, darken, sharpen, etc. to get it to look as clean as possible. Perhaps this pic was overly lightened or sharpened." Yes. Perhaps. More »

    7:00 PM on Tue Dec 2 2008
    By DAULERIO
    6,698 views, 270 comments

    Most discussed Yostal: Further review of Sirius XM merger: Bad: Lithium has played songs from 1988 and 2000 in the last two days (admittedly, more »

  • Sean Avery

    Apparently, The NHL Won't Stand for Sean Avery's Sloppy Seconds

    Well, that was quick. After Dallas Stars agitator Sean Avery made those charming comments about "sloppy seconds" this morning to TSN, the NHL suspended him indefinitely. So his valiant return to Canada against the Calgary Flames this evening will have to wait a little while longer. Just to recap, this is what Avery told the network on camera: "I am really happy to be back in Calgary, I love Canada. I just want to comment on how it's become like a common thing in the NHL for guys to fall in love with my sloppy seconds. I don't know what that's about. Enjoy the game tonight." More »

    6:30 PM on Tue Dec 2 2008
    By DAULERIO
    10,739 views, 40 comments

    Most discussed UkraineNotWeak aka Praying for a Bullpen: Isn't Canada the US's sloppy seconds? more »

  • Plaxico Burress

    Plaxico Burress Suspended For The Rest Of The Season

    The New York Giants waited until the very end of the day to announce that Plaxico Burress will in fact be placed on the "non-football injury list." This is effectively a suspension that removes him from the Giants roster for the remainder of the regular season and the playoffs, and (unlike injured reserve) allows the Giants to not pay him, because his injury did not happen on the field (i.e., he was acting like an idiot.) More »

    6:11 PM on Tue Dec 2 2008
    By Dashiell Bennett
    3,385 views, 43 comments

    Most discussed Peter Cavan: We're already hearing talk about who will sign Michael Vick when he gets out of federal prison. If Vick more »

  • Rick Reilly

    Josh Levin's Fascination With Rick Reilly's Tooth Jokes Is Oddly Captivating

    When I initially took over this site there was a lot of discussion amongst former and current editors about doing a weekly feature devoted entirely to Rick Reilly's ESPN column. It would be too easy to just pick apart its contents FJM-style (R.I.P), but given his hubris, his enormous contract, and the thinly veiled penis-showing contest he had with "blogger" Bill Simmons, he seemed entirely deserving of some sort of weekly takedown. One reader actually submitted a pretty clever idea early in the summer, which was just to keep a running list of Reilly's out-of-date references in each of his columns. His initial list went as follows: Johnny Unitas, The Taco Bell Chihuahua (!), Mike Tyson, Scottie Pippen, Jack Clark. Leitch's idea to add up the words at the end of the year to see how much his per-word rate was pretty good as well. But then there's this Slate story by Josh Levin about Reilly's overuse of tooth-oriented jokes that is just so insanely inspired, it makes all other past and future ideas seem incredibly bland. More »

    5:15 PM on Tue Dec 2 2008
    By DAULERIO
    5,897 views, 57 comments

    Most discussed The KB: And THAT'S the tooth! /lisa needs braces more »

  • Tv time

    To Watch Tonight

    What to watch while you look for your teeth after getting run over by a bullet train ...

    • NHL: Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Philadelphia Flyers (7:00 p.m., ET) If only the puck were glowing... [Versus]
    • College Basketball: ACC/Big Ten Challenge: Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Miami Hurricanes (7:00 p.m., ET) That looks like pass interference to me. [ESPN]
    • College Basketball: ACC/Big Ten Challenge: Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Boston College Eagles (7:00 p.m., ET) Try the other men's room, Hawkeye fans. [ESPNU]
    • College Basketball: ACC/Big Ten Challenge: Clemson Tigers vs. Illinois Fighting Illini (7:30 p.m., ET) Needs more Zook. [ESPN2]
    • College Basketball: ACC/Big Ten Challenge: Duke Blue Devils vs. Purdue Boilermakers (9:00 p.m., ET) Yes, Duke will save us. [ESPN]
    • College Basketball: ACC/Big Ten Challenge: Virginia Cavaliers vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers (9:30 p.m., ET) Five games? Now you're just pushing it. [ESPN2]
    • Movie: "Citizen Kane" (8:00 p.m., ET) People will think what I tell them to think. [TCM]

    5:05 PM on Tue Dec 2 2008
    By Dashiell Bennett
    387 views, 19 comments

  • College Football

    You've Got Some Red On You: That Rebel Pete Carroll Is At It Again

    Trojan blogs are calling it a "ballsy" move, but I prefer the term harebrained, or possibly "retarded." USC coach Pete Carroll announced today that his team will wear their home jerseys in their game with UCLA at the Rose Bowl on Saturday, even though they're the visitors and by NCAA rules must wear white. That means that the Trojans will be docked one time out each half; and with a Rose Bowl berth possibly on the line and considering what happened in 2006, it's clear that this was probably all Will Ferrell's idea. More »

    4:30 PM on Tue Dec 2 2008
    By Rick Chandler
    5,425 views, 51 comments

    Most discussed Cherokee Parks Was Misunderstood: Looks like Pete went to the Phil Mickelson Man Tits Store and got himself a Hefty Lefty. more »

  • Announcements

    Introducing the Deadspin Customer Service Hotline

    2008 has been quite a year of change for Deadspin. Leitch out, Daulerio in. Exit Weintraub, enter Waxing Off. Goodbye Iracane, Hello Gaines. Yes, AJ has graciously asked me to step in and provide Deadspin with the same mediocre level of combudsmanship I've been providing for the past 4 months over at Deadspin's car-obsessed sibling Jalopnik (where we call it cotomer sevis, but the idea is the same). More »

    4:00 PM on Tue Dec 2 2008
    By Pete Gaines
    5,699 views, 104 comments

    Most discussed 12-Inch Idongivafuck Sandwich: I'm going to remember that you said we could come to you with jerky questions Pete... more »

  • Afternoon Blogdome

    Afternoon Blogdome: Hack The Shaq You're With

    • He is very photogenic: You know, I didn't read a word of this post, but man ... people sure do like getting their picture taken with life-size representations of Shaquille O'Neal. [Moderately Cerebral Bias] More »

    3:45 PM on Tue Dec 2 2008
    By Dashiell Bennett
    3,013 views, 19 comments

  • Derek Bell

    "Operation Shutdown" (Still) Proceeding As Planned

    Former Blue Jay/Padre/Astro/Met/Pirate Derek Bell was arrested last night in his hometown of Tampa and charged with four counts of possession of drug paraphernalia. It was his second drug-related arrest in three years and I haven't read a lot of statements we've read that are sadder than "Arrest records show he lives in Valrico and is unemployed." It's enough to make you feel bad for him, until you remember his most famous major league moment and then the smiles come back again. Ah, memories.... More »

    3:00 PM on Tue Dec 2 2008
    By Dashiell Bennett
    11,586 views, 62 comments

    Most discussed Enthused_But_Fired: All of the well-adjusted MLB players come from Tampa: Carl Everett, Doc Gooden, Gary Sheffield, Elijah Dukes, Lastings Milledge, who more »

  • Media

    SI's Dr. Z Recovering After Two Strokes

    This is sad news from the sports media world. Paul Zimmerman, the grouchy football columnist better known as Dr. Z, suffered two strokes in late November and is currently on a leave of absence while he recovers. He'll survive, but how it'll affect the rest of his writing career is still undetermined. Peter King wrote a pretty fantastic tribute to the man in his latest column, highlighting some of Zimmerman's long-form football pieces that he used to write for SI before he became the Dr. Z persona full-time. More »

    2:00 PM on Tue Dec 2 2008
    By DAULERIO
    4,719 views, 58 comments

    Most discussed The Muggsy Bogues Redux Experiment: Get well, get well soon. We want you to get well. No, seriously. Get well. more »

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