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Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe, who posted his Hall of Fame votes and column earlier today, slipped in an interesting aside about the clubhouse shenanigans of former MLB outfielder and HOF candidate Jeromy Burnitz: More »
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The media conference call with Tim McCarver that accompanied this morning's announcement of his Hall of Fame award got off to a rocky start (which may have been our fault) when the first question was "What, exactly, is your vendetta against the New York Yankees?" It went downhill from there, especially once someone claiming to be "AJ Dolano from Deadspin" called in (it wasn't our AJ). To his credit McCarver was generally a good sport, if remaining a terrible broadcaster. As the conference call was brought to an early conclusion, he stated: "Criticism doesn't bother me. Never has." More »
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So some dope interrupted the Murdoch family's stammering and mumbling today by "throwing a pie" at Rupert Murdoch, which actually meant waving a styrofoam plate in Murdoch's direction as some sort of foam slid off it, till Mrs. Rupert Murdoch jumped up and clobbered the "pie" guy. More »
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ESPN's Shelley Smith did some weird crowd-sourced journalism via Twitter late last night. She tweeted, "neefd rasheed walace to coll me et 310-251-2516. important nreedvrws." A short time later, she tweeted, "ooops . always love hearing from rasheed wallace.....but really need rasheedbhazzard .....310-251-2516." (Rasheed Wallace, you'll remember, is a retired former Piston and Blazer, while Rasheed Hazzard is—or was—a Laker assistant coach.) More »
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Jeremy Smith and Kalifa Faifai Loa are cousins. They also both play rugby in Australia. During a recent Cronulla/North Queensland match, Faifai Loa was on the ground with Smith atop him. That much is clear. Here's what isn't clear: Whether Smith slid his fingers up his cousin's ass. More »
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Brah here goes to Penn State. When he went out to study for a "very important test," Brah's bros covered his bed with, per the summary of whomever posted this video, "hundreds of plastic solo cups." Dude. More »
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An ABC affiliate in Atlanta aired a piece about Tom Shaw, one of those fitness types who gets NFL prospects "bigger, stronger and faster" in advance of Draft Day. More »
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Last week, Elizabeth Moreau was the victim of a prank in which she was prevailed upon to break a window in her hotel room, among other things. Here's a snippet. Head over to The Smoking Gun to listen to the whole thing. More »
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Elizabeth Moreau was in a Gainesville hotel to cover a UF volleyball game for ESPNU, when she got a phone call. Hijinks definitely ensued. More »
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Adam LaRoche made sure the PA system played "It's Raining Men" the first two times Kelly Johnson stepped to the plate. This will feature prominently in season ticket sales pitches, since it's more fun than any actual baseball in Arizona. More »
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Get a bunch of Russians together, ply them with alcohol, and it's only a matter of time before this happens. Interestingly, this is a perfect re-creation of the later years of the Soviet Space Program. More »
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Carroll hid a fake snake in the Gatorade cooler, and filmed the results. Credit where credit is due: getting large men to scream and hop around like girls will never not be funny. More »
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Click to view Don't call Chris Hansen; Chris Cooley put it there to leap out and scare McNabb after the new QB finishes up with the media. Spoiler alert: it works. [Cooley Zone] More »
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Damn it. I hate when this happens. A guy you don't want to likes goes and pulls off a prank that can only be described as excellent. Goddamnit. More »
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It certainly looked like the interlocking NY was writ large on the side of the Prudential Center last night. More »
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Remember how I said yesterday that people have become immune to online April Fool's jokes? Well, I should have left STUPID people out of that stance, like Jason McIntyre and the New York Post. More »
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Did you know there was heavyweight title fight tonight? Well there is. And one fighter is getting more coverage for the zany fat-man prank he pulled at the weigh in than the fight itself. [USA Today] More »
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It's time for Waxing Off, the Deadspin feature that will go topless if you throw it beads. This Friday's topic: Sports pranks. More »
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APB, State College, Pa., Police Department: All units be on the lookout for anyone wearing pair of thick, bronze glasses. Suspect may also be wearing a USC sweatshirt. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5126150&view=rss&microfeed=true How do you turn a Little League game into a madhouse of American consumerist sports consumption? All you need is a Jumbotron, a blimp and a surprisingly game Jim Grey. Good work, Improv Everywhere. We are impressed. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=377008&view=rss&microfeed=true By now, many of us have seen the video of the fan who ran on the track at Altamont Motorsports Park last week and stole the winning car, driving it away. The above video was all over the place, from CNN to "SportsCenter" to "Today." More »
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Some clever guys at "The Beast," a satirical newspaper in Buffalo, made some truly legendary prank phone calls to the mayors of both Ottawa and Buffalo as the Sabres and Senators go head-to-head in the NHL playoffs. They ended up propositioning the wife of Buffalo mayor Byron Brown, and then getting Ottawa mayor Bob Chiarelli on tape conspiring to fix an NHL playoff series. Not a bad day's work there. More »
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Well, according to more than one Deadspin tipster a highly involved(and evolved) prank was executed on the MSU student body over the weekend during Saturday's Michigan State/Michigan basketball game. Some students at the University of Michigan posed as Big 10 interns to distribute cards to unsuspecting Izzone darlings which were supposed to say "GO STATE." Instead, they said "GO BLUE".(The above picture is what it was supposed to look like.) One of the pranksters has given us full detail of how this time-consuming, maniacal prank was executed. Apparently, 625 members of the MSU student body held up the phony cards at one point, dumbfounded by the cruel Punk'd-like ruse set upon them: More »
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