February 9, 2012 – Via the Boston Globe: "Dennis 'Oil Can' Boyd's new tell-all book, 'They Call Me Oil Can: My Life in Baseball,' which hits bookstores in June, should be a blockbuster if the stories are similar to what the former Red Sox pitcher told WBZ's Jon Miller yesterday at JetBlue Park.
The Things ESPN’s Complaints-Page Robots Expect You To Be Mad About (Besides Female Commentators)
February 9, 2012 – Jezebel alerted us to this on Tuesday: ESPN's feedback page allows you to pick from a menu of presumably common complaints, sorted by sport. For both men's and women's college basketball, for instance, your choices include "Schedule," "Bands/Halftime Performance," "Technical - Audio/Video,"... More »
Remembering The Violent Death Matches Between Bruiser And The Butcher, Pro Wrestling’s Auteurs Of Bloodshed
February 8, 2012 – The Violent Death Matches Between Pro Wrestling's Auteurs Of Bloodshed: A Tribute The Masked Man remembers Bruiser and the Butcher, two wrestlers who operated on the edges of the script—and at their own threshold for pain. More »
Remembering The Violent Death Matches Between Bruiser And The Butcher, Pro Wrestling’s Auteurs Of Bloodshed
February 8, 2012 – Dead Wrestler of the Week is an occasional feature in which we honor the sport's fallen and examine their legacies. In (belated) honor of Deadspin's Blood Week, we're looking back at the epic rivalry between Abdullah the Butcher and the late Bruiser Brody. Look at the picture up top. More »
"Was That A Sasquatch?” The Misery Of Watching Canadian Super Bowl Ads
February 7, 2012 – 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. « Previous entry | Next entry » Canadians might love the Super Bowl, but we... More »
This Is Why JaVale McGee Is The Best Thing In The NBA
February 7, 2012 – This is from last night's Raptors-Wizards game. Please keep an eye on JaVale McGee. He's the fellow who first goes backward between the legs (impressive), then throws up the ball within an area code of the hoop (less impressive), then goes tearing down the court while the Wiz still have possession... More »
The Ballsiest Call In Super Bowl History
February 6, 2012 – 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. « Previous entry | Next entry » Bill Belichick may have made one of the... More »
Tom Brady, Bill Belichick, And The Genius Of The Patriots’ No-Huddle Offense
February 3, 2012 – 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. « Previous entry | Next entry » Tom Brady is a fortunate guy. More »
No One Knows Exactly How Boxing Broke Ken Norton’s Brain
February 3, 2012 – LAS VEGAS—Ken Norton never fell down in 39 rounds of professional boxing with Muhammad Ali. But Ken Norton did fall down on Jan. 23, 2012, while posing for a picture after a press conference at the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas. More »
What It’s Like When An NFL Linebacker Nearly Knocks Your Head Off
February 3, 2012 – 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. « Previous entry On a Thursday night in 2008, Willie McGinest nearly... More »
"I’m Walking Around With A Bullet In My Head And A Scar On My Neck": Clint Malarchuk, At 50
February 3, 2012 – On March 22, 1989, Buffalo Sabres goalie Clint Malarchuk had his neck slashed by an opponent's skate, slicing open his carotid artery and bringing him within minutes of his own death. More »
Feet In Smoke: A Story About Electrified Near-Death
(Deadspin.com ) February 1, 2012 – The following is excerpted from Pulphead, John Jeremiah Sullivan's new collection of essays, which Deadspin cannot recommend enough. On the morning of April 21, 1995, my elder brother, Worth (short for Ellsworth), put his mouth to a microphone in a garage in Lexington, Kentucky, and in the strict... [Gawker]
Feet In Smoke: A Story About Electrified Near-Death
February 1, 2012 – The following is excerpted from Pulphead, John Jeremiah Sullivan's new collection of essays, which Deadspin cannot recommend enough. On the morning of April 21, 1995, my elder brother, Worth (short for Ellsworth), put his mouth to a microphone in a garage in Lexington, Kentucky, and in the strict... More »
Exclusive: Here Are Plans For A New Professional Football League, Run By Former NFL, XFL, And USFL Executives
February 1, 2012 – The document below is a November confidential summary obtained by Deadspin of something called the Spring Professional Football League, which presents itself as a non-hostile NFL alternative, to be built on the bones of the several leagues that have tried and failed before. More »
Why Are Ray Lewis And Friday Night Lights‘ Peter Berg Shilling For The NFL On Player Safety?
January 31, 2012 – 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. « Previous entry | Next entry » From: More »
Deadspin Up All Night: And So It Goes
January 26, 2012 – Thanks for your continued support of Deadspin. Onward.
Eli Manning And The NFL’s Trouble With Goodness
January 26, 2012 – 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. « Previous entry | Next entry » From: Tommy Craggs To: Barry Petchesky, Tom... More »
Billy Cundiff Rushed His Kick Because Of An Error On The Gillette Stadium Scoreboard
January 23, 2012 – 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. « Previous entry | Next entry » From: Stefan Fatsis To: More »
"You Don’t Have To Worry About Me Jumping Off A Ledge": An Interview With Billy Cundiff
January 23, 2012 – 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. « Previous entry | Next entry » From: More »
