Today in TMZish Sports: J.J. Redick, Rachel Glandorf, Olivia Namath, Wes Welker, And The Almighty Beaver

These are some of the things that are happening in the nether regions of the sports gossip world. This news is not breaking. It is not exclusive. There are no exclamation points. We did not pay for these photos. More »

J.J. Redick Is Not Worried About TMZ Sports

"J.J. Redick read about TMZsports.com on Deadspin.com and said he wasn't really worried about it because he doesn't really do anything newsworthy. He also doesn't think there's a big market for sports gossip." DOES NOT COMPUTE. [OrlandoSentinel]

TV Guide Writers Captivated By Any Ex-Dukie Matchup (Update)

What was the most compelling storyline of this weekend's Orlando-Boston showdown? The heated rivalry between J.J. Redick and Shelden Williams that dates to the time Williams stole Redick's juice box on the team bus to Wake Forest. [Thanks, Todd] More »

J.J. Redick's Got A Rap Album

Of course he does. The Magic guard will be heading a "supergroup," which is a generous term when Jonathan Clay Redick is the most famous member. More »

The Return Of The Cultural Oddsmaker

One of our favorite features of the late Oddjack was the Cultural Oddsmaker, editor A.J. Daulerio's strange odds on everything you wish you could bet on but can't. (We loved them so much, we even wrote one.) So we are very honored to return them to a wanting nation here at Deadspin, starting today. More »

This image, put together lovingly by our friends at Bad Idea Blue Jeans, pretty much sums up reaction to Day 2 of the JJ Redick story: Yep, it's still unbridled glee, all around. More »

Not to pile on here, but we'd say the odds are pretty good this is going to make him cry. More »

It Gets The Feelings Out

The question has been asked by sports fans for a while now, and it's tough to get a straight answer: Is it all right to cry? Howard Stern's old radio show once ran a montage of celebrities crying in public, and though the sentiments were sincere enough, it was difficult to hear the clips without holding the celebrities up for at least a bit of ridicule. We live in an era of controlled public personas; crying in public is often seen less as a spontaneous display of emotion and more as a breakdown, a loss of the control we require of our respected public figures. More »