Deadspin: josh levin

Sex, Lies, And Zionism

Josh Levin — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:15:00 EDT

So long Deadspin. The anorexic Jewish James Spader must now run off to his weekend gig—selling counterfeit menorahs on the street in exchange for methadone.

It's been fun, and I think we all learned a lot today. To recap:

1. Never write a sentence you've already read, and always squirt different flavors of juice in the direction of your readership.
2. Counterfactual history, like most things, is best left to Harry Turtledove.
3. Baseball Prospectus has no plans to start Plumbing Prospectus.

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Thanks for your continued support of floss. Super-intern Ben Cohen will be providing incisor-ive commentary tomorrow, and on Sunday A.J. will once again set out to destroy the site in a cryptic, Gestapo-like fashion. Enjoy your three-way calling.

Deadspin Very Special Guest Editor Days Are Here Again...

DAULERIO — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:40:21 EDT

And tomorrow, we've got ourselves a lofty one. Funny, but lofty. Perk up readers, skimmers and clever commenters who yell at the sun — Slate sports editor Josh Levin will be your sea captain tomorrow.

But don't be alarmed by his Slate-ness. He's assured me that most of the day's content tomorrow will consist of rejected stories from SI, The National , and the Ellie award-winning (but NSFW!) Leg Sex. Plus I'd like to find out how this discussion with Eddie Grant went. So plan your Friday accordingly.

Also you'll have your usual Deleted Scenes-filled stuff plus...a new columnist.

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Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin during these strange and scary days. Mr. Levin requested our musical selection tonight be Spoon's "The Underdog." Yeah, he's one of those. See you tomorrow.

Perhaps The Duke Hatred Has Gone Too Far

Leitch — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:45:47 EDT

Buried in a fun interview with Slate sports editor Josh Levin was this amazing tidbit about the Washington Wizards' promotional team:

I went to a Wizards game the other night, and despite the fact that Gilbert Arenas made a surprise return to the lineup, the crowd was comatose for pretty much the whole night. When the Bucks shot free throws, the Verizon Center crew put up a collage of Duke images — Paulus, Coack K, etc. — on the scoreboard to get the crowd to boo, and it worked like magic. I'm not kidding. That really happened.

OK, that's freaking brilliant. Pumping up the crowd to be angry and loud by simply showing images of Duke. We knew Duke was unpopular. We didn't know they were that unpopular.

Needless to say, the Wizards have no Dookies on their roster.

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