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Baseball's back, baby! More »
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I guess we could assume that the security at MetLife Stadium was being extra vigilant during tonight's stressful, gloomy anniversary game and were so preoccupied with making sure no fan tried to sneak in an umbrella or a laser pointer that they simply forgot to pat-down everyone for the little things like, you know, stun guns. More »
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As Deadspin's resident crazy old coot railing against things not being like they were back when I was a lad, I've been asked to comment on a regular season NFL game beating a World Series game for the first time ever. More »
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Considering the flood of emails, you people are all about Devin Hester's ass. I'm not here to judge, so we present it in all its glory after the jump. More »
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I don't know if this was Al, a phlegmy Cris Collinsworth, or one very sick statistician, but who the hell hocked up a (presumably) gigantic loogie on air last night? Do they have spittoons in the booth? [Video via NBC] More »
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People continually point to the NFC East as pro football's best division, and they should. Theso-called "Black and Blue" division features four well-run organizations with rabid fanbases and a clear priority set on not only winning on the field, but running their teams better than anyone else in the league. It should be no surprise that the New York Giants look poised to repeat as Super Bowl champs, having been a 5-seed in last year's NFC that got their shit together down the stretch in 2007. And despite personnel losses to retirement and injury, they look poised, at 7-1, to do it again. More »
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The Washington Post has just reported that NFL broadcasting stalwart John Madden will miss his first week blabbering about football for the first time in 476 games. He's not gravely ill and not planning on retiring soon either, so the Frank Caliendo suicide watch is also put off indefinitely. No, the 72-year-old Madden insists the week off is more "circumstantial" than anything else and, instead, he will be at home in the Bay Area spending time with his five grandchildren doing grandfatherly things. More »
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As you no doubt already know, the Titans control their own playoff fate tonight as they battle the Indianapolis Colts in the RCA Dome. Win, and they're in. Lose, and they're ... um ... what's bad and rhymes with lose? Bruised? Sure. Lose, and they're bruised. That, and the Browns get to massage their horse balls for one more week. More »
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Well, we said the Dolphins had to beat the Ravens to avoid the ol' schneid season, and gosh golly gee dang it, they somehow pulled it off! In overtime! Shortly after Baltimore missed a 44-yard field goal, Greg Camarillo caught a short pass over the middle and busted off the 64-yard winner. Final score: Miami 22, Baltimore 16. The '76 Buccaneers salute you, Greg! Even though they have no idea who you are. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=334508&view=rss&microfeed=true The Colts return to Baltimore face the Ravens in the city birthed them. They should expect to be greeted by large groups of confused men wearing purple camouflage and the women that love them because they don't know any better. Enjoy the game, I just realized the Wizards were playing tonight so I've got about twenty minutes to haul my ass down to Chinatown. More »
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The biggest question regarding tonight's Eagles and Patriots game (8:15pm, NBC) isn't whether the Pats can keep their perfect season run alive. They will. It's whether or not this inevitable gong show will resemble anything even close to a competitive football game. It probably won't. More »
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It's been quite a day of football and I'm not sure my heart can take much more after what the Redskins just put me through. Fortunately tonight's game will be the football equivalent of a low-sodium diet. New England is walking into Buffalo having had two weeks to gameplan for a wounded opponent. This could get ugly. New England is favored by anywhere from 15-17 depending on where you're shopping. I've got a minor financial interest in the outcome, but my focus will probably be on cartoons for the next couple of hours. I'm all done for the weekend, enjoy your night and feel free to follow along in DUAN. They don't bite but a few of them will oblige if you buy them some of drinks. More »
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Brett Favre joined Dan Marino as the only quarterbacks in NFL history to throw for 60,000 yards during the Packers' 34-0 shellacking of the Vikings today. (Yes! I started the GB defense this week!) Adrian Peterson injured his knee thanks to an Al Harris helmet shot, but Jesus eventually rose and made his way to the bench. Expect Big Daddy Drew to announce a cool $37.62 bounty on Harris's dreadlocks by noon tomorrow. More »
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Brett Favre threw three touchdown passes, including a 57-yard strike to Greg Jennings late in the game, to tie Dan Marino for the all-time touchdown mark and lead the Packers over the Chargers, 31-24. More »
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Well, another weekend, another twenty to thirty televised football games. Whew. What a weekend. I've never eaten so much beef jerky in my life! (I really need to take up smoking.) But hey, we're not done yet. No, that would be healthy. More »
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Ain't It Cool News has managed to get their hands on an .mp3 of the brand new theme song for Sunday Night Football. They opted against something Hank Williams-esque (or even Pink-esque) and went for the big guns: John Williams. More »
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