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Poll Results: Super-Size New Mexico!

Leitch — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:00:37 EST

You have spoken, dear readers, and it's perhaps little surprise that you'd be most afraid to run into Marcus "New Mexico" Vick at your local McDonald's. You know what's cool, though? He has a THUG LIFE tattoo across his McRib.

Impressively, our man gangsta Grimace came in a close second, followed by Fred Smoot and Maurice Clarett. Nobody is all that frightened of Jim Mora, Jr., which is a point in everyone's favor, we think.

Full results below. As always, thanks for making your voice heard.

Poll: Whom Do You Least Want To Run Into At McDonald's?

Leitch — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:30:34 EST

We still haven't quite come to terms with the bat-shit crazy weirdness of Marcus "New Mexico" Vick whipping out a gun at McDonald's the day after he declared for the NFL Draft, but it did get us to thinking: We haven't been to McDonald's for a long, long time. At first, we thought it was because we're older now and have more refined taste in cuisine (like, say, Wendy's). But we realize now that's not it; we're actually scared. You never know whose path you'll cross at a McDonald's.

Henceforth, a Deadspin poll: Which sports-related personality would you least want to run into at a McDonald's? Poll will be open all night and most of the day tomorrow.

It's a tougher call than you might think. Vote below.

Jim Mora, Blowin' Up!

Leitch — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 10:15:02 EST

Four days after his outburst following the Falcons' playoff hopes-ending loss to Tampa Bay last week, Atlanta coach Jim Mora Jr. is still doing damage control. In case you missed it, Mora, doing a radio interview with the Falcons' affiliate after the game, flipped out after being asked about a questionable punt call late and threw a microphone at reporter Nicole Watson. (Who has better things to do than dodge microphones from deranged coaches.)

Mora said yesterday that he "doesn't have a trigger", though he also almost attacked a referee last week and has been called a "walking drum of plutonium." (Does that mean he can trigger the flux capacitor and travel through time?) Mora says he's paying for the sins of his father, a notoriously emotional coach prone to bouts of rampant diddly-poo tossing. Meanwhile, we'll be keeping an eye out for Mora in the offseason; mainly, to make sure we don't accidentally cut him off in traffic.

Mora Must Avoid Meltdowns [Atlanta Journal-Constitution]