December 28, 2008 – Brett Favre threw his team's playoff chances right into the arms of the Miami Dolphins, giving them the AFC East title while keeping the 11-5 New England Patriots out of the playoffs. The Jets might just be fed up with the decision making of their quarterback (last item), while in other AFC East q... More »

December 28, 2008 – The Dallas Cowboys have fallen behind by... let's see now... 312098398219031-3 at the end of the third. Baltimore and Miami continue to battle for the remaining AFC spots. It's fair to say that Eagles fans are enjoying today's proceedings at Lincoln Financial Field: Eagles famed radio broadcaster M... More »

December 28, 2008 – The Detroit Lions showed true devotion to the perfectly awful cause today while the rest of the NFL North showed why they should consider CFL applications. More »

December 28, 2008 – The New York Times would love to sell their state in the Boston Red Sox, but easier said than done. As newspapers collapse and journalism circles the drain hole and all that, one of the survival techniques for media companies has been to shed non-core assets to prop up the failing news business for ... More »

December 28, 2008 – Tom Brady and Gisele awaiting MRI results? NHL awaiting winter in Chicago? Browns awaiting football genie to grant wishes? • So maybe Tom Brady is engaged and maybe he's not. More »

December 28, 2008 – The recently-former coach of the Walpole (MA) High state champion football team and former NFL player turned himself in to authorities in Tuscon after being accused of raping a Walpole High student-athlete. Daniel Villa, a former New England Patriots and Arizona Cardinals center, turned himself in t... More »

December 28, 2008 – UFC 92 left Forrest Griffin looking for answers, Frank Mir looking for ways to slip "interim" off his new title, and Wanderlei Silva looking for hints about who the President is. Forrest Griffin dominated the first two rounds of the light heavyweight bout last night in Vegas, but Rashad Evans finall... More »

December 28, 2008 – Your non-NFL vegetation fertilizer (hint: not a lot of options)... • 3:00 - Movie: Edward Scissorhands [HBOP] - A troubled young man tries to find his place in the world despite having hands that damage him and everything around him. More »

December 28, 2008 – Weather threatens in Buffalo and Houston (despite the dome), Detroit threatens to actually play, and Ed Hochuli threatens to be mentioned no less than 87 times tonight. First: More »

December 28, 2008 – Emmitt speaks (we think), Adam Dunn doesn't sign, the Thunder gets the nickelodeon treatment (doo doo doo doo doo doo DOO doo), and the Stars give up on selling the on-ice product. • So what we're saying here is that putting bikini'd women on the front page of your site is something you should lea... More »

December 28, 2008 – Two double-overtime games, one overtime game, and one game apiece where either offense or defense was played in the L last night. • Atlanta 129, Chicago 117. Memo to all NBA teams: More »

December 28, 2008 – We talk about all of Saturday's bowls without once mentioning the title sponsors. Take that, we say! • The Cal Golden Bears pulled out a 24-17 win over the Miami Hurricanes in Telecom Conglomerate Park in San Francisco after breaking out a winning preparation strategy (from the AP): More »

December 28, 2008 – Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to tips@deadspin.com. Subject: Morning crap Little-known fact: JoePa (1926) has two years on the Mouse (1928). More »

December 28, 2008 – In which we provide today's convenient excuse to drink alone at 8:30 in the morning. Please forgive our inability to service your La Liga needs as we barely know enough to keep our Ronaldos and our Ronaldinhos apart. More »

December 27, 2008 – UFC 92 has more than its fair share of heavy-hitting heavyweight bouts tonight, including former stars, current stars, and those wishing to switch stations between the two. Las Vegas will host a light heavyweight title bout, an interim heavyweight title bout (what, so they don't have to put the rea... More »

December 27, 2008 – What to watch while decrying the end times (of VHS)... • NBA: Chicago Bulls vs. Atlanta Hawks (7:00 pm ET) [WGN] - Nice of WGN to interrupt their flood of Andy Griffith episodes and crappy first-run syndicated fare to run something that's nowhere near as good as we remember it and something nowher... More »

December 27, 2008 – York College has been sued by three former wrestlers for letting a herpes type 1 carrier wrestle on the team and spreading his special gift to everyone. "There's no greater contact sport than wrestling. More »