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Joe McGinniss's Sarah Palin biography just landed on our desk, and our eyes went immediately to the excerpt—mentioned last week by the National Enquirer but quoted only in part—that proved for all time that Glen Rice never went to his left. Here it is, in case you were curious: More »
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If you want an intelligent take on Sarah Palin and Glen Rice, read this. If you want the take of a high school dropout working through his own sexual hang-ups, listen to Mike Tyson on ESPN Radio in Las Vegas. It's really a stunning piece of talk radio, or maybe performance art, or maybe just Tyson has no filter and the thought of sexing 23-year-old Sarah Palin is just too much to handle for him. Seriously, listen. More »
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Oh, sure. The original story was about her qualms with the McCain camp's decision a month before the election not to campaign actively in Michigan. But now that Seth Davis has called everyone's attention to it again, let's all completely reconsider its thrust. More »
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Just about three months after her alleged one-night stand with Michigan star player Glen Rice, Sarah Palin (then Sarah Heath) reported on a Wolverines game for Anchorage's KTUU-TV. In the clip above, she's reporting on Michigan's 80-67 loss to Purdue on March 3, 1988, in which clinched the Big Ten championship game for the Boilermakers. Her alleged former lover had just 11 points and shot 5 for 16 from the field in the game, so he goes unmentioned. More »
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The National Enquirer grabbed some details from the upcoming Joe McGinniss Sarah Palin book, and this chunk is too delightful not to share with you immediately. Apparently Palin had a fling with former Heat/Hornet/Laker Glen Rice while he was in college and while she was a sports reporter in Alaska, all the way back in 1987. Rice confirms it in the book. More »
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Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. More »
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That butt belongs to Gunnery Sgt. Benjamin "Gus" Lepping, an explosive ordnance disposal tech serving in Afghanistan. Reasoning: "What could be better than getting a tattoo of the hottest cougar in the Republican Party?" [Battle Rattle] More »
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Apparently John McCain is a really big boxing fan to the point where HBO wanted him to "mediate the drug testing dispute" between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. Can I start hoping for Sarah Palin as ring girl? [ESPN] More »
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Thomas Cetnar, an ex-cop convicted of stealing drug money, owns the Newark Bears, a minor league team managed by Tim Raines. Cetnar ejected three teenagers for not standing during "God Bless America." They're now suing him in federal court. More »
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We produce a lot of posts every month. Most of them disappear quickly. Some of them don't. Here are the 10 most popular posts from June July, starting with No. 10. More »
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The estimable Tommy "Scraggs" and The Mighty Bentern get golf claps from the Left for their Palin full-court press rendering. Unfortunately, Olbermann used Craggs' Garbage Pail Kid nickname. [MSNBC/Andrew Sullivan] More »
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Last Friday, Sarah Palin shrugged into her respectable Republican cloth coat and announced she was resigning from office. Along the way, she dropped a somewhat baffling basketball analogy, which we've helpfully diagrammed for you below, just as Palin described it. More »
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The world's most moustachioed flocked to Anchorage this weekend for the World Beard and Moustache Championship. Unfortunately, the winners forever will have asterisks next to their busts in Alaska, as Clay Zavada was in Oakland, whisker-twinged NHL players are busy and Sarah Palin couldn't make it. [Anchorage Daily News] More »
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Auto companies are failing, but don't you worry: The primary Zamboni manufacturer won't be filing for a government bailout anytime soon. Also, The Zambonis, North America's favorite all-hockey band, are coming to a town near you. Zamboni. That's a funny word. [NYT] More »
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In a surprise move that made waves from St. Charles, MO to Belleville, IL, the St. Louis Blues placed former all-star goalie Manny Legace on waivers yesterday, and it's all Sarah Palin's fault. More »
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Now sure, the McCain/Palin campaign have had their hardships over the past few weeks with some bad PR issue - who doesn't spend $150,000 on their wardrobe? - but until last night we didn't have indisputable proof that they are completely incapable of leading our country! At the most recent Palin puck-dropping ceremony in St. Louis, the vice presidential candidate made sure that Blues goalie Manny Legace didn't know there was a carpet on the ice, just so she could watch with glee as he left the game with an injury. (What liberal media bias?) More »
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Sarah Palin recently did an interview for the upcoming issue of People Magazine in which she, among other things, refers to herself as "an intellectual," and lists some of the publications she reads on a regular basis. But later in the article, almost as an aside, she speculates on the name she would give her sixth child, should she and husband Todd decide to add to the family. Now I'm no political expert, but in an already volatile election in which her ticket is down in the polls, the following revelation may not have been the wisest choice. But I'll let you be the judge. More »
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Noticing how seamlessly everything went together when the Philadelphia Flyers tried it, the St. Louis Blues thought that they'd get in on some of that sweet Sarah Palin puck-droppin' action theyownselves. The Blues confirmed Wednesday that Palin will drop the first puck at the Scottrade Center on Friday night as St. Louis meets the Los Angeles Kings. More »
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I think what I admire most about America — after our vast interstate highway system and the existence of fried elephant ears — is that you can literally bet on anything. The thing I admire most after that, is that a vice-presidential candidate could appear at professional hockey game in Philadelphia and there is no scenario — violent, comedic or otherwise — that is not out of the realm of possibility. So let's make some money off this! More »
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Yesterday the Philadelphia Flyers announced that a special guest will drop the ceremonial first puck for their home opener against the New York Rangers Saturday night and it's none other than everyone's favorite moose killer, vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Although Palin has no direct ties to Philadelphia (no, she can't see it from her backyard) many have questioned if she's an appropriate choice . Flyers owner Ed Snider claims that there's no ulterior motive, that she's a wonderful spokesperson for the sport due her strident hockey mom-ness. But others are suggesting that this is a way for the owner just to force-feed his own political agenda during a crucial election. h More »
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Rich Eisen's wife, former ABC Sportscaster Suzy Shuster, has this occasional column for lib dumping ground The Huffington Post and is fast emerging as one of the most terrifying women on the planet due to her attack dog writing-style. Last Friday, Shuster took the vice presidential nominee to task for flaunting her five-month old baby, Trig, as a political prop. More »
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You're slipping, Republican Party. It took you four entire days to find and eradicate the great Sarah Palin sportscaster video from the YouTubes; the one we found and posted on Saturday to the delight of a weary world starved for young newswomen with gigantic, 1980s hair. Those were a glorious four days, when the entire family would gather around the computer screen and hug and laugh and sing. But then, from his castle in Loudoun County, Karl Rove waved a chubby finger and hundreds of flying monkeys did his bidding, seeking out and destroying all copies of the video on every sports and political blog across the land. It was a terrible purge. Run Toto, run! (Do not fear, however. Our saved version is after the jump). On a related note, I'm seeing a level of email vitriol regarding our Palin coverage that I haven't seen since, well, ever on Deadspin. Politics indeed inflames passions, I realize, but some of the hate-spewing missives that have landed in our email bin over the past couple of days have been unreal. I haven't seen the like since back when I was writing Y2K stories for the old Ironminds.com. I wrote a series of articles in late 1999 debunking the scare tactics used by unscrupulous hucksters trying to convince people that civilization was going to collapse on the first day of the year 2000. In case you've forgotten, there were people all over the fledgling Interwebs trying to sell 50-pound bags of rice and portable generators and automatic weapons and the like — my favorite was the bulletproof briefcase — promoting a Chicken Little technology doomsday scenario. These people did not like me cockblocking their profiteering, and some of their letters were downright scary. And not to take sides here, but I think that many of those same folks are now Sarah Palin supporters. Sample: "FUCK YOU. Punk. Palin has more brains in her finger than you do in your whole body. Punk." — David Creed And our friend Mr. Creed was not done. The following day A.J. received this: "Fuck you punk. Take your liberal shit elsewhere punk. Palin has more intelligence in her clit then you do in your whole body punk." — David Creed Man, that is one smart clit. Now, where did I put that bulletproof briefcase again? ... More »
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Tonight, as well, Sarah Palin steps up to the microphone and attempts to recreate all of that feel-good momentum she provided John McCain for, oh, a few hours on Friday before America's Google-army did their own "vetting." She's going to show her feisty side tonight and let people know that she's tough enough for the job by clubbing a baby seal and eating its innards just like the Inuit people who live in ice caves in her home state. Or something. Also making his first public appearance this evening will be "high school hockey stud" Levi Johnston who flew in to support Bristol Palin, his knocked-up presumptive bride-to-be, and floor-check any reporters who start shouting out inappropriate questions. In even more riveting potential brawl news, the Phillies once again face the Washington Nationals and odds are good that somebody on the Phillies just might get plunked. Not on the hand, though, please. ****** Tonight, talk to your friends online about sports. Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. More »
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Interns; what would we do without them? They make coffee, do grunt work, execute commenters, and eventually become governors of large, beaver-infested states. Young Sarah Heath was an intern at KTUU-TV2 in Anchorage, Alaska in 1987 and '88, video proof of which we showed you on Saturday. She of course grew up to be Sarah Palin, Sen. John McCain's running mate/sidekick in the Race to Casa Blanca. One person who knows this well is John Hernandez, who happened to be the sports director at KTUU when Palin-Heath was interning there. He hired her. And he also happens to be a regular Deadspin reader. "The thing I remember most about that video was that it was only about two months after her TV debut," said Hernandez, who now lives in San Diego, where he is in the racehorse consulting business. "She was young and nervous, but she did OK." Hernandez was sports director at the station from 1984 to 1988, when he was ousted by a managing editor who suspected that he was grooming Palin to become the regular sports anchor. (Politics rears its head even then!) Not true, says Hernandez, who says that she was only intended as a weekend fill-in. And besides, the point became moot when she eloped with Todd Palin in August of '88. More »
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Barack Obama has gotten plenty of attention for his love of basketball, but it's worth noting that the GOP Veep candidate was a bit of a baller back in the day. Sarah Palin (nee Heath) was known as "Sarah Barracuda" (barracudas being the most tenacious on-ball defenders in the ocean) while captaining her high school basketball team. (She's #22 on the Wasilla squad.) More »
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John McCain's unpredictably odd but glamorous-looking choice for Vice President dazzled the media on Friday, but the case for Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin isn't looking as crafty a decision anymore. Most of the controversy stems from Palin's 17-year-old daughter, Bristol, tiny eskimo in the ovenand the predictable family values scrutiny that comes with such a revelation. More »
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In case you were out doing what normal people do over a long weekend and missed it, we found an old Sarah Palin video from her days as a sportscaster at KTUU-TV in Anchorage, Alaska, and posted it early Saturday evening. Here it is. A lot has happened on the Palin front over the weekend, including further revelations concerning Troopergate, and Babygate, and this video, which we will call BigHairGate. But if you're like me, you're wondering who keeps 20-year-old tapes of the Alaskan 10 o'clock news? A commenter sheds some light on that, plus a couple of other questions we all have about the video. More »
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Sorry to barge in on your holiday weekend — for God's sake, put on some pants — but I just got back from he movies and found this great video in a basket on my doorstep. It's the one we've all been waiting for, a gift from the cold, desolate North: A sportscast featuring presumptive Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin! Boom goes the dynamite, following the jump. The year was 1988. The Redskins beat the Broncos 42-10 in the Super Bowl. The film Gorillas in the Mist teaches us how to love once again. George H.W. Bush chooses Dan Quayle as his Vice Presidential running mate. And at KTUU-TV in Anchorage, Alaska, a plucky 24-year-old sports broadcaster named Sarah Heath is giving Knicks highlights and making snide remarks about Tommy Lasorda. Do not be frightened by her large hair: Everyone was wearing it like that then. Even the men.

Who would have thought that the young lass would grow up to run the great state of Alaska, and then be asked to the Big Dance by John McCain? Certainly not the news anchor guy shown in this clip, who appears to be a weird amalgam of Ron Burgundy and Carl Monday. Just think: If McCain wins, we will have the only Vice President who has once given Iditarod highlights. Thanks to brave tipster DW for this find. More »
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