Deadspin: Steve Mcnair

Why Yes, Jaguars Fans Tailgated With A Skeleton In A Bloody And Torn Steve McNair Jersey

Dom Cosentino — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:35:00 EDT

"The picture, which arrives via email from a reputable source, included these details: "A very close friend who lives in Jacksonville that is a big Jaguars fan took the photo Sunday before the game. He asked me who [No. 9] belonged to. When I replied he apologized for the classless Jag fans.'" Then again, they're not the first to do such a thing. [Outkick the Coverage] More »

Steve McNair Not Allowed To Rest In Peace

Barry Petchesky — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:30:00 EDT

One Nashville man is working tirelessly to reopen the investigation into Steve McNair's death. Or at least, to sell his own amateurish self-published conspiracy theory book. More »

McNair's Death "Scared" Some NFL Players Into Monogamy. For A Little While.

A.J. Daulerio — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:15:56 EST

CBSSports' Mike Freeman (and other reporters) interviewed some NFL players on the state of NFL side projects. Has it decreased since McNair was shot by his mistress?: "I admit once time passed. I went back to my old ways." [CBSSports] More »

And Steve McNair's Other-Other Women Finally Come Out From The Shadows

A.J. Daulerio — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:59:11 EDT

It appears Steve McNair had a harem of women (in addition to his wife). And The Tennessean apparently sat on the story. [ClayTravis/CBSCrimeInsider] More »

CBS Airs More McNair Dirt, Police Beat Them To The Punch

Dashiell Bennett — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:15:27 EDT

Armen Keteyian promised more lurid details about the Steve McNair murder case today, but the Nashville Police stole his thunder by releasing their own updated report that basically says—"Yeah, we already knew all that." More »

Armen Keteyian Will Solve This Steve McNair Business Himself

Dashiell Bennett — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:30:18 EDT

You probably thought that whole ugly Steve McNair business was over and done with, right? Guess again. You will never be rid of this story, because CBS News is still on the case—the Cold Case, if you will. More »

Steve McNair Murder Scene An Ill-Advised Halloween Display

Barry Petchesky — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:15:00 EDT

Halloween! Time to scare the kiddies with graphic depictions of recently murdered NFL quarterbacks! That's what one amusement park figures, at least before the inevitable boycott. Let's work up our righteous indignation. More »

NCAA Expands To Canada; Can University Of Phoenix Online Be Far Behind?

Barry Petchesky — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:30:00 EDT

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 the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. More »

July: Fin.

Ben Cohen — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:00:00 EDT

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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 »

Fox's Shepard Smith Explains McNair Case: "Dying Is Not Illegal"

Dashiell Bennett — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:30:49 EDT

Mike Florio stopped by Shepard Smith's show today to explain the Ben Roethlisberger case to Republicans, but first, Shep had to explain the Steve McNair case. Did you know that getting shot in the head is not a crime? More »

Did Paper Spike Steve McNair Mistress Story?

A.J. Daulerio — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:30:56 EDT

There's a potential journalism dust-up happening down in Nashville where, according to our old buddy Clay Travis, The Tennessean newspaper may have killed a McNair follow-up story featuring anonymous quotes from McNair's other-other women. More »

"Groupie Expert" Lets People Know Why Steve McNair Was Killed

A.J. Daulerio — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:45:03 EDT

The Daily Beast explores the unseemly rules of sports mistressing, ones that Sahel Kazemi or Steve McNair blatantly ignored. If only they'd played within these imaginary, inhuman guidelines for their affair, both would be alive today. More »

Report: Unnamed Amorous Ballplayer Plays For Team That Appropriately Doesn't Know How To Score

Tommy Craggs — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:00:42 EDT

Onetime declared virgin Jeff Pearlman knows which baseball player was cold mackin' on an intern in Houston recently, but he's not telling. All he'll say is that the ballplayer was — are you ready for this? — a Washington National. More »

Oddly Enough, Married Athletes Are Still Foolin' Around

Matt Sussman — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:15:00 EDT

And here I thought Steve McNair's death would eradicate unfaithfulness among sports figures, the same way Charles Barkley's DUI was the last one of those to ever happen. More »

Hopefully The Stories Will Be Laid To Rest As Well

Barry Petchesky — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:15:00 EDT

Thousands, including Vince Young, Brett Favre, Ray Lewis and Jay Cutler, gather for Steve McNair's funeral in Hattiesburg, Miss. [CNN] More »

Tennessean Brings Out The Dead, Asks About Exciting New Line Of Restaurants

Tommy Craggs — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:30:56 EDT

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Here's the front page of the Tennessean's weekly Davidson A.M. edition, which is one of those zoned supplements that go yellow on your lawn and contain nothing but Zales ads and the occasional fluffy interview with a dead person. More »

Sahel Kazemi's DUI Video

A.J. Daulerio — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:45:36 EDT

Here's some creepy cop-cam footage of Steve McNair's murderer/mistress getting pinched for the DUI just a couple days before the tragic night at Hermitage. [Deuce of Davenport] More »

Police Close The Book On The Steve McNair Case

Dashiell Bennett — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:05:46 EDT

Nashville's Chief of Police Ronal Serpas just gave a very thorough and detailed account of the death of Steve McNair and Sahel Kazemi and provided a rather convincing explanation of why investigators have officially ruled it a murder-suicide. More »

Live-Streaming The Love Life And After-Life Of Steve McNair

A.J. Daulerio — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:45:11 EDT

McNair's best friend Robert Gaddy says, despite all glaring indications, Mechelle and Steve weren't getting for a divorce. Nope, the happy couple was buying a new home together. Now stop asking him about the 20-year-old girlfriend. More »

CBS News By Brooks

Tommy Craggs — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:00:19 EDT

This photograph of Sahel Kazemi comes from CBS News' Crimesider blog, which promises "a rare glimpse into the slain football hero's hidden world" but in reality offers nothing but a glimpse into a dead woman's cleavage. More »

Steve McNair's Death Doesn't Make SI Cover

Ben Cohen — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:19:59 EDT

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The May 3, 2004 Pat Tillman cover was the last time Sports Illustrated put a professional athlete's death on the next week's cover. This week's has a cover line about Wimbledon, but no hint of S.L. Price's elegant McNair tribute. More »

The Death Of Steve McNair And The War Against Cliché

Tommy Craggs — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:00:23 EDT

The eulogies to Steve McNair are pouring in from all points on the compass, and one word seems to be showing up again and again. You know which one: "warrior." More »

Steve McNair's "Girlfriend" Bought A Gun

Dashiell Bennett — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:50:00 EDT

The latest tidbit of news on the Steve McNair investigation: Reports are now saying that Sahel Kazemi allegedly bought a gun just days before she and the former quarterback were found dead. That's probably not a coincidence. More »

More Steve McNair Revelations And Fallout

A.J. Daulerio — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:20:38 EDT

Mechelle McNair, Steve's wife of 12 years, had no idea her husband was cheating on her until after his death, the NY Daily News reports. But one former NFL quarterback's wife offered some unfiltered opinion on how she'd react. More »

The Mysterious Keith Norfleet Keeps Popping Up (Update)

A.J. Daulerio — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:03:45 EDT

So this doesn't look great for cuckolded ex Keith Norfleet: "never let anyone or anything come in between you and the one you love because when you do you lose everything." I can't wait for this guy's alibi. More »

And Now Let's Dive Into This Bizarre Steve McNair Situation

A.J. Daulerio — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:45:45 EDT

First it was a double homicide. Then it was murder-suicide. Now it's just tragic and sad. And TMZ has pictures of the doomed couple parasailing. More »

Steve McNair 1973-2009

Gourmet Spud — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:15:20 EDT

Not much more to talk about, as details are still pretty scarce. Sucks to end on this note, but thankfully it's not every day you lose one of the classier and tougher quarterbacks of all time in such horrible fashion. More »

Steve McNair Found Shot to Death [UPDATE]

Gourmet Spud — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:28:28 EDT

No joke. A Nashville news channel is reporting he was shot to death in downtown Nashville. A female has also been found dead. More obviously as soon as we know anything. Terrible, terrible news. More »

Titans Fans Outraged By Lack Of Loyalty From Traded Player

Dashiell Bennett — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:15:37 EST

A Baltimore radio station organizing a "pep rally" in Nashville for fans attending the Ravens-Titans game on Saturday, naturally looked to a former Raven with local ties to help out. Big mistake. More »

Goodbye, Steve McNair. We'll miss ya. [Music...

Leitch — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:25:00 EDT

Goodbye, Steve McNair. We'll miss ya. [Music City Miracles] More »

The Gripping Ravens Quarterback Controversy

Leitch — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:25:04 EST

Say what you will about how bad Steve McNair has been this year ... but it sure beats Kyle Boller. For Ravens fans, we can't imagine how depressing this sideline cutaway must be. More »

Steve McNair, The Non-Driving Drunk Driver

Leitch — Thu, 10 May 2007 11:30:56 EDT

So Ravens quarterback Steve McNair was arrested in Nashville this morning for a DUI, which is impressive considering he wasn't driving the car. More »

The End Of The Kyle Boller Era Of Joy

Leitch — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:45:51 EDT

Yesterday, after much debate and "controversy," the Baltimore Ravens finally traded for Steve McNair. Until McNair's legs fall off — we have Week 8 in the pool — he will take over the starting job for Brian Billick and his Nevermores. More »