<![CDATA[Deadspin: Bad Idea Jeans]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/deadspin.com.png <![CDATA[Deadspin: Bad Idea Jeans]]> http://deadspin.com/tag/bad idea jeans http://deadspin.com/tag/bad idea jeans <![CDATA[ Never Leave For The Draft Too Early ]]> korleoneyoung.jpgAll this talk of players leaving early for the NFL Draft got us, and The Angry T, thinking: Who made the dumbest decisions to apply early for professional drafts?

We're tempted to go with Leon Smith, but we suspect he would have cracked up no matter when he went pro. The Angry T makes a compelling case for Korleone Young.

Drafted by Detroit, who had the theory "well if a high school kid thinks he's good enough to play in the NBA, he's probably right", Young played in 3 career NBA games. This was 1998 of course, amid the drafting of high school kids with talent, but because of all the talent to come around that time (Garnett, Bryant, McGrady, etc.), Young sticks out like a sore thumb. As of 2006, Korleone was still playing in Europe.

Something to keep in mind, as the meat market grinds on.

Stay As Long As You Can [The Angry T]

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Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:40:02 EST Leitch http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=345575&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Wait, Major League Baseball is licensing ... ]]> Wait, Major League Baseball is licensing hats in gang colors? What? [Deuce of Davenport]

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Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:15:37 EDT rickchand http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=293077&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ A Baby Name Which Will Cause No Future Embarrassment Whatsoever ]]> nascarbaby.jpgWhen all is said and done, I blame the mom. When your last name is Karr, and dad comes up with the brilliant idea of naming the new baby Chevy, that's when you put your foot down, ladies. And you put it down hard ... on dad's genitals while he's sleeping, if necessary. And if he still insists, then you take the kids and get the hell out.

Roger Karr Jr.'s first wheels were a Chevy El Camino. In fact, he's driven nothing but Chevys ever since So it seemed only fitting that he named his first-born son after his favorite brand of car, with the name of his favorite NASCAR driver — Dale Earnhardt Jr. — thrown in for good measure. Chevy Dale Karr arrived at Brandon Regional Hospital on June 13.

The good news is that this kid is surely destined to snap from the taunting no later than second grade; while he's still too young to do any real damage.

Actually I'm a little more concerned about a baby born the next day at the same hospital ... named Alexavier Love Ledesma. Hey, I think we've found the next Harry Potter villain!

Parents Name Baby Chevy Dale Karr [Tampa Tribune]
Births [Tampa Tribune]

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Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:35:37 EDT rickchand http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=279096&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ This Is Probably Not A Good Idea, But ... ]]> weloveandyrooney.jpgSo you know the Super Bowl? Big game, Bears-Colts, this Sunday, Billy Joel's gonna be there? Yeah, that one. Well, in a move we'll probably end up regretting, we have accepted an invitation to do the live blog of the game for CBS Sportsline. We decided to do this because the Super Bowl is on CBS, and lots of people watch the Super Bowl, and there will be Deadspin stuff all over Sportsline, and the notion of that makes us laugh. (It has a certain Trojan Horse quality to it.) We are taking no payment for the live blog and only accepted because we thought it would be funny. We're not sure we're gonna be correct about that.

There are a few issues that concern us:

• 1. They insist on calling it a "glog." Seriously, that's what they call it. We are a "glogger." This sounds like a stagehand on a gay porn film.
• 2. They say we can say what we want. We're not sure we believe this. We can't curse, but we're not big into the expletives anyway, and they would rather us not imply that Phil Simms is gay, which is fine, because that's his son anyway. But still: We're not sure we believe them.
• 3. MJD. The Mighty MJD will be here all weekend and will be live-blogging the game for us. He is a much better live blogger than we are, and he will shame us, and not just because he can say dirty words.
• 4. General ethos. We prefer just doing our own thing over here and answering just to you. We worry about doing — gratis, but still — work for someone else who might be wearing cufflinks. For crying out loud, have you seen what CBS has done to Andy Rooney? He's actually 37 years old.
• 5. Glog. Seriously. "Glog."

But, well, we're gonna do it anyway, if just because we didn't have anything going on Super Bowl Sunday anyway. So if you want to come by and mock us for a few minutes before heading back over to MJD, feel free. It might be fun to see what we can get away with ... but probably not.

We Saw Chris Simms Make A Spinach Dip In A Loaf Of Sourdough Bread Once [Deadspin]

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Fri, 02 Feb 2007 17:15:58 EST Leitch http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=233608&view=rss&microfeed=true