It's usually because they're just so absurd or really lack even the most tenuous of news angles to give them the go-ahead. Other times it's because they're just absolute horseshit. But every Friday until we get sick of running them, we'll present to you some of these not-so-shiny gems. All items should be treated as [Sic'd]. Enjoy...

Tim Legler Shows Off The Lifetime Skills A La Salle University Education Provides

"Yep, Tim Legler still likes to party and apparantly sponsors some sort of team with his namesake. Go Phillies."

One Reader Offers Consistently Sage Advice

From a Mr. Joseph Devanna:

May 2:

Here's a tip, kill yourselves

you're welcome
Joe

June 16:

I don't really have much of an opinion about Joe Buck but I don't see how you can defend what Artie Lange did last night, It was fucking juvenile and it had no business being done on a show like that or any show. I know you view yourselves as some kind of truth meter that's gonna route out all the people that you perceive to be BS artists. You make a point of pointing out how phony and thin skinned these "celebrities" are, but whenever somebody critiques what you or one of the million other sites on the blogosphere you usually show yourselves to be every bit as think skinned as them. Just my opinion

Joe

June 17:

Your site blows, I guess that really isn't a tip ?

A Photo Of Adam Morrison Before He Was De-Locked

Stalking Steve Nash

snapped this picture of steve nash standing outside my apartment building in Tribeca, im assuming he was going to play socca on christie street where hes hosting some soccer/celebrity event soon. after i said hello and snapped the pic a man on a mo-ped pulled up, he hoped on, and they rode off together...figured id pass it along.

(Ed. Note: Or there's the Gawker version. Come on, guys. Quit stealing. Is this still about the Hipster Grifter?)

One For The Footie Fans

The former ESPN soccer commentator and egomaniac had a little Facebook explosion last night. I have pasted some of the choice comments where he slags on Adu, Donovan and basically calls the team a bunch of pussies on the attached image. If only someone could remind Eric that exactly 11 years before yesterday's loss to Italy, he and his buddies tucked their cocks between their legs at France 98 and lost 2-0 to germany. What an asshole.

With Sincere Apologies To Choi Young-hoon

(Ed. Note: I do apologize. I was flattered by his emails. Hopefully, we can still talk for his story.)

This screen-grab is courtesy of screen-grab King Of Chicago, The Sports Hernia, who also added this little observation on Morrison's extended airtime:

For a guy who's been carrying the confidence of an autograph seeker who was just informed that even his snail collection thinks he sucks, this is considered monumental progress.

On to the free beer memo. So apparently there's a Deadspin meet-up at some bar locations this weekend and those lovable pseudo Mexican beer makers, Corona, are offering up free beer to Deadspin readers watching the Subway series this weekend who attend. Yeah, it's in New York. Sorry. But take the trip if you'd like. Here are the details per Gawker ad fella, James:

-Deadspin Subway Series Bar Crawl, Saturday 6/13 from 3:30-8:30
-Start out at Mercury Bar on 34th and 3rd Ave from 3:30-5.
-Then over to Tonic (3rd and 29th) from 5-6:30.
-Finally, end the night at Sidebar (15th and Irving) from 6:30-8:30.
-Revelers can come and go as they wish, no need to show up exactly at 3:30 and stay the whole time.
-Corona has been nice enough to sponsor the meet up, meaning there will be FREE Corona all night for our readers.
-Obviously since it's a Subway Series Meet Up, team colors are suggested but not required.

If you'd like more details, email me at my usual address ajd@deadspin.com.No ninjas will be in attendance. Promise.

Anyway, thank you for your continued support of Deadspin and using this section to count how few comments there are in it since the Great Purge of 2009. I believe the other kids are at amateur movie maker Chad Sexington's blog, Behind The Moat. Say hi.

A reader — who said the "mosh pit" in which he was residing involved a considerable amount of passing it around — attending the Coachella Music Festival on Sunday took this photo of Adam Morrison during the Rage Against The Machine show. That really is a Che Guevara flag wrapped around his neck. We think we would enjoy being in a mosh pit with Adam Morrison, because there's no way he could possibly guard us.

Both of course are mustache pioneers, and to keep them out would be a true injustice. So we hereby begin our campaign to get Jackson and Hernandez into the Morristache Hall of Fame. In fact, we made a list of what we think the next Hall of Fame class should be. And if the site ignores our entreaties, well, we may just have to start a Mustache Hall of Fame of our own.

A potential prospective 2007 Hall of Fame 2007 class:

• Reggie Jackson.

• Keith Hernandez.

• Borat.

• Dan Quisenberry.

• A.J. Daulerio.

• Stuart Scott.

• Zorro.

• David Hirshey.

• Write-in candidate.

Good luck to all nominees!

The Mustache Hall Of Fame [Morristache, via True Hoop]

• So Put Your Hands Together Folks For Adam Morrison! Meet the Bobcats. These days they feature weepy, Che Guevara loving, bangs-challenged former Gonzaga superstar Adam Morrison, who on Wednesday scored a career high 27 points in a 95-92 OT win over the Spurs. Take it, Adam: "The coaches were telling me I was putting too much pressure on myself. Everyone was expecting so much out of me, especially at the pick I went (third overall).'' Morrison was shooting 32 percent from the floor until Tuesday, but is 21-for-41 in his past two games. Charlotte is 2-6. "Morrison is a basketball junkie,'' Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "He's a scoring machine. He's a fantastic young talent.'' Zach Randolph led the Trail Blazers with 26 points and 11 rebounds, but shot just 12-of-20 (60 percent) from the line, after going into the game with an 89 percent FT average. Hmm, what could possibly be distracting him?

• Jason And The Argonauts. Remember when the knock on Jason Kidd was that he couldn't shoot? Richard Jefferson is out with a sprained ankle and Vince Carter has the flu, so Kidd took over for the Nets, scoring 25 points, to pace a 100-87 win over the Bucks. Carter had 15 points, and Michael Redd 25 points for Milwaukee.

• Rockabye Sweet Baby James. More of the sweet goodness from LeBron James, whose 32 points, seven assists and seven rebounds helped the Cavaliers to their fourth straight win; 100-87 over Portland. AP says that the Cavaliers have started the season 6-2 for the second straight year, and why would they lie?

• Andre The Giant. Your Andre Iguodala update for today: 12 points, eight rebounds and nine assists; 76ers beat SuperSonics 96-90, breaking a three-game losing streak. Allen Iverson was 6-of-22 from the field for 28 points, not that there's anything wrong with that.

• Thank You Very Much. We never thought we'd see the day when the King disrespected Memphis. Mike Bibby's 32 points and 10 assists led Sacramento to its fourth straight win, 115-111 over Memphis.

To kick off your draft preview business, though, you are hearby instructed to head directly to True Hoop, which is absolutely destroying today. They've got huge previews up of unconventional picks like Mardy Collins, Dan Grunfeld and even one from us, about our boy Dee Brown. True Hoop was invented for days like this, and if you're into the NBA Draft, it's where you should be spending your day today. (Though come back by here and say hi, OK?)

TrueHoop Draft Day [True Hoop]
Adam Morrison, The New Face Of Marxism [The Realests]

(By the way, it's also Russ Granik's last night too. Sad.)

So which side are you on? Do you admire Duke's J.J. Redick and (especially) Gonzaga's Adam Morrison for their outbursts last night? Do you see that as examples of their passion and pride? Or do you think their weeping is a symptom of weakness, a sign of a weak disposition? Do you think they're wimps? Does it tell you more about them than you wanted to know?

We will say this: If Adam Morrison is planning on turning pro and wants to impress the professional scouts ... it will probably wise in the future to find a way to curb the crying while the game is still going on.

There Is Crying In Basketball [11 Outlawed Epithets]
If I Just Lost Like That, I Might Do More Than Cry [The Sports Pulse]
Wow [Complete Sports]