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Deadspin Hall Of Fame Inductee: Marques Slocum's F—k Lion

Will Leitch — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:00:00 EDT

Presenting the final 2008 inductee to The Deadspin Hall Of Fame ...

Marques Slocum's Fuck Lion. Final tally: 78.1 percent.

Once again — for the third consecutive year — Barbaro has fallen short. Here are his numbers for the last three years:

2006: 31.1 percent.
2007: 74.6 percent.
2008: 73.7 percent.

The voters continue to make Barbaro wait.

Anyway, congratulations to all Hall of Famers. To recap, here are the current members of the Deadspin Hall of Fame, with their year of election:

2006
Carl Monday
Kyle Orton
Clinton Portis
Run You Stupid Fucking Dinosaur, Run
Renee Thomas And Angela Keathley
Viking Sex Boat
You're With Me, Leather

2007
Ned

2008
Buzz Bissinger
Will Leitch
Isiah Thomas
Marques Slocum's Fuck Lion

Way to go, all. See you next year.

(Plaque by the engaged Jim Cooke.)

Deadspin HOF Nominee: Marques Slocum's F—k Lion

Will Leitch — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:00:07 EDT

Because we all really must be reminded of the genius that is the Fuck Lion, allow me to, once again, give the exact quote from Marques Slocum's brilliant Facebook page self-interrogation.

Do you own any pets, and if so what do you have?
i got a fuck lion now come fuck wit me

Who do you admire most?
My mom CARLA, dat bitch da shit, i love her i think she da realest bitch alive

When do you plan on getting married?
it dont matta cuz i hope my wife know ima be playa 4 life

Sadly, Slocum is no longer a member of the Michigan Wolverines, which means this might be the one honor left that he has a chance at earning. It might be all he has.

But yeah, still: I'm totally getting that fuck lion.

But is he a Hall of Famer? Seventy five percent is the threshold for induction. Vote below: Polls will be open until next Monday afternoon. Vote like the wind.

Presenting The Deadspin Word Of The Year

rickchand — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:45:22 EST

"Attention: It's 5 p.m., and the San Francisco Zoo is now closed. If you are still here by 5:15, we will release the tigers. Thank you." Yes, a tiger got loose at the SF Zoo on Tuesday, mauling three people, one of whom died. Tragic, to be sure; but imagine the mayhem if it would have been a Fuck Lion. I shudder to think. The most feared of all jungle beasts will be forever immortalized here, because you have voted it the Deadspin Word of the Year. Yes, we realize that it's two words. But our Sports Human of the Year award last year went to a horse, so I'm not too worried about it.

There were 16 nominees, and we were going to have a runoff election; but Fuck Lion was such a runaway choice that we decided to forgo further balloting. It doubled the vote of the No. 2 choice, "Schrutebag." Come to think of it, I'd like to see Schrutebag locked in a cage with Fuck Lion for a few hours. "Aw, don't bother them; they're in love."

It was quite touching when Marques Slocum himself came up to the podium to accept the award, and thanked his mom, Carla.

Sadly, my choice, "Stabby," finished a distant 14th. See you next year!

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