Deadspin: Puns

This Is A Kraftwerk Pun On The Cover Of Sports Illustrated

Jack Dickey — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:45:00 EST

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Oh Yu: A Collection Of Awful Yu Darvish Headline Puns

Patrick Burns — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:25:00 EST

Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish officially signed to a six-year, $60 million deal with the Texas Rangers on Wednesday. Darvish, perhaps the most highly-touted player to ever come out of Japan, will be counted on to help shore up the Rangers' pitching staff following the loss of their former No. 1 starter C.J. Wilson, who signed with the Angels in December. More »

SI's Post-Championship Cover: Recycling A Jim Nantz Pun

Jack Dickey — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 22:40:00 EDT

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Earlier today, we brought you wretched flashbacks from last night, when Jim Nantz, who is usually sharpei if mastiff, deployed the oldest dog-related puns in the bark. It was an announcing boner—the shih tzu see too often on TV. The line stank like poodle the moment we heard it. More »

Jim Nantz Predictably Overdoes It With The Dog Puns

Emma Carmichael — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:00:00 EDT

To be fair to Worst Man Jim Nantz, we understand that a Huskies-Bulldogs final is a bit like Christmas for him. A Christmas trimmed with multiple opportunities for insufferable references to dogs and winning. And so when the buzzer sounded, Nantz dropped three dog puns in under 20 seconds. It was either that he'd been saving them up for this moment, waiting to crown the "top dog," or that the wordplay just came out naturally. Like projectile vomit. Not even #jimnantzpunpredictions took it to this level. But that's what the Nantz is for. More »

Weekend Winner: Philly, Now Better Than New York At Everything, Including Dog-Pun Headlines

Tommy Craggs — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 12:15:19 EST

This is today's New York Post cover. For the sake of comparison, this was the Philly Daily News's cover back in September. Yeah, the Post should've just punted that shit out of bounds. More »

Why Your Team Sucks: New Orleans Saints

Drew Magary — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:00:38 EDT

Some people are fans of the New Orleans Saints. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the New Orleans Saints. This 2009 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. More »

Jay Mariotti On Erin Andrews, AutoSummarized

Tommy Craggs — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:45:04 EDT

"Why was the Internet ... giving semi-lives to people with no lives?" thunders Mariotti, who writes for the Internet. The column goes on in this vein for 1,500 words. Let's send this through Microsoft Word's AutoSummarize function, shall we? More »

It's Always The Clarinet Section That Suffers Most

Rick Chandler — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:15:31 EST

Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to tips@deadspin.com. Subject: Morning crap. More »