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MaddenPalooza Report
Maddenpalooza: Stunted Paloozaness, Lots Of Badges, And Warren Sapp Is Insane
This year is the 20th anniversary of John Madden football and to commemorate this historic occasion, the folks at EA Sports held a "MaddenPalooza" event in Los Angeles. Deadspin dispatched Michael Tunison to cover some of the sights, sounds, and overall geekiness. This is his second dispatch from the Rose Bowl festivities. Enjoy. More ยป More » -
bully for him
Len Shapiro Tilts At "Uninformed" "Cowards"
As time marches on from the contentious Leitch-Bissinger showdown on HBO, more and more mainstream writers are weighing in on the matter. And, for the most part, they're not getting any more insightful. The latest comes courtesy of The Washington Post's Len Shapiro, who, while conceding that Buzz Bissinger hurt his argument with his behavior on Bob Costas' show, thinks the journalist and author should not back down from his core points: that blogs are full of filth-flarn-filth and are the end of the world as we know it. Of course, Shapiro does so while trafficking in the usual hoary cliches about bloggers (they're uninformed and their commenters are anonymous cowards) and generally displaying little familiarity with the medium he derides. More » -
is that jon kitna?
About Last Night...
What you missed while mixing your sports metaphors...
- NBA: The Suns picked the wrong time to go on their first three-game losing skid of the season, falling to the spurs 115-99. Tony Parker had a bit of a game with 41 points and 12 assists. Shaq just wants to get started on his jockey career anyway.
- NHL: The golden shin of Evgeni Malkin lifts the Penguins over the Rangers 5-4 in Game 1. The Pens overcame a 3-0 deficit to quiet a certain formerly mulleted Czech who evokes Stanley Cups of yore.
- NCAA: Psycho T opts to stay in Chapel Hill. Dick Vitale opts to stay engorged.
- NBA: The Suns picked the wrong time to go on their first three-game losing skid of the season, falling to the spurs 115-99. Tony Parker had a bit of a game with 41 points and 12 assists. Shaq just wants to get started on his jockey career anyway.
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god save the washington post
KSK Blogger Disgraces Washington Post's Pristine Image
The young man in this picture, enjoying himself with the Pittsburgh Parrot, is Michael Tunison. He has two lives. In one, he is Michael Tunison, reporter for The Washington Post. In the other, he is Christmas Ape, one of the crew at Kissing Suzy Kolber and a weekend editor at this here site. Earlier this week, these two worlds collided when Tunison shed his anonymity. In most cases, this turns out well for bloggers; heck, Jason McIntyre is getting freelance work now. It did not turn out well for Mr. Tunison. More » -
final four
Your North Carolina-Kansas Live Blog
Now, at last, is the Jayhawks' chance to extract some measure of revenge against Huckleberry Roy Williams, he who doesn't comprehend the enmity, by denying him another title that he couldn't win them. In this likely shootout, a lot hinges on whether the three-man rotation of Sasha Kaun (Sasha Kaun!), Darnell Jackson and Darrell Arthur can help slow stupid-face Psycho T. More » -
dickensian duan
Man's Gotta Have A Code
It's a non-selective Sunday without a great deal of intriguing matchups (sorry those looking for an Avalanche-Stars breakdown), so my attention turns to the grand finale of what has been hailed by a great many pundits as the Greatest TV Show of All-Time. I'm not qualified to make that judgment, but The Wire easily ranks at the top in my list. More » -
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its weekend time baby rrrraaaawwwwrrr
"Kick Me In The Jimmy!"
Jaguars defensive tackle John Henderson needs that extra little slap in the face to get ready for gametime. Funny, as Brett Myers does the same thing to his wife come bedtime. I'd like to think Joe there was hired solely for this purpose. As seen on Jaguars job board: "Wanted: fella with shaved head to meekly slap mammoth killer of men in the face." Why not take it a step further and hire a dandy to slap him with white glove? I know that'd get me riled. More » -
abortions for some duan for others
I Trust I Can Rely On Your Vote
Tomorrow's a pretty big primary day for the Dems, what with Texas, Ohio and, to a much lesser extent Rhode Island and Vermont, going a long way to determining who the nominee will be. With Greg Oden and Leigh Steinberg recently publicly throwing their support behind Barack Obama, we're once again confronted with the notion that we're supposed to care what athletes', or for that matter any celebrity's, views on politics are. I mean, other than Charles Barkley, of course. Hold forth, Sir Charles. More » -
deadspin announcements
The Editor-In-Chimp Is Here
Much of your human world continues to horrify and confuse me, most of all your bizarre construct of weekdays. The one you call Will has cast me into my Monday bondage by bludgeoning my mate to death with his advanced human weaponry. How ever did you concoct stick with a nail in it? Sadly, I am now in his thrall until Bubbles the Monkey God sees it right to call me home. More » -
wacky races
Other Than That, How Was The Race, Mrs. Lincoln?
New weekend editor Christmas Ape tried out to be one of the guys who run the Presidents Races at Washington Nationals games. Here's how it went.I've attended a handful of Nationals games each of the three years they've been in D.C. and the composition of the crowd is largely unchanged from the midpoint of their first season on: bored couples, bored families, Hill staffers I want to garrote with piano wire and more than a small smattering of opposing fans. But last year on Opening Day, I glimpsed what, to me, was the first moment of palpable excitement in RFK since baseball returned to D.C. in 2005 and, of course, it had nothing to do with the sport itself. More »
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