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He's A LumberJax And He's OK
Now you, too, can have a career in professional lacrosse. Just marry the owner! It's easy, and will result in absolutely no ribbing in the team locker room for years to come. More »
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There Are Now No Gay Lacrosse Coaches (That We Know Of)
Kyle Hawkins coached the Unversity of Missouri men's lacrosse team for nine seasons, but only this past season was it known that he is gay. And now — surprise! — he's been fired. More »
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Send In The Clowns
We have always been amused by lacrosse, which is America's oldest sport and tends to put us in the mind of butterfly collecting. It is also the only sanctioned activity in which it is legal to poke your opponent repeatedly with a stick. But we also knew that the pro version was missing one key ingredient: Drunken, loutish fans. Well, as you can see, problem solved. More »
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Duke Lacrosse Rape Charges Dropped
For those of you who still consider the Duke lacrosse rape case a sports story — we haven't for a long time; anything that makes that many people on basic cable scream into the camera immediately eliminates it from contention around here — the news just broke from Raleigh's WRAL station: Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong has dropped all rape charges in the case. More »
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Coach K Speaks!
Our long national nightmare is over. We can all rest a bit easier now, because Coach K is finally weighing in on the Duke lacrosse case. Our parents tell us stories of how they feared world events in the 1960s would overwhelm them, and how they would tune in to the CBS news every evening, and things would seem better. Somehow, the presence of Walter Cronkite made you understand that everything would be OK. And that's the way it is on the Duke campus now that Blue Devils basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski has spoken out
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A Lovely Way To Spend Mother's Day
Todd Munson is a Deadspin reader who lives in Los Angeles and — like all good sons — went home to see his mother yesterday, in Omaha, Neb. When he was walking down Dodge Street, the main Omaha drag, he noticed the word "WHORE" on a sign hanging from the pedestrian bridge just above. More »
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Duke Lacrosse DA Not Leaving Anytime Soon
You know how much we just love to write about the Duke lacrosse case. Today's a big day in the case, though; district attorney Mike Nifong, accused by many of using the case for political gain, won the Democratic primary yesterday by a slim margin. So far there is no Republican challenger, so he's likely to serve a four-year term. More »
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Jay Bilas Will Sue Your Ass
As an analyst, we've always liked ESPN's Jay Bilas. He's smart, low-key, occasionally understatedly funny and looks like the late, lamented Gob. We've been somewhat less impressed with his appearances around the ESPN loop in the last week talking about the Duke lacrosse case. He's a lifelong Dookie and seems more interested in protecting his school's reputation than anything else, though he's still a more intelligent voice that anything you'll find on the cable news networks. (Honestly, Fox News had freaking Mark Furhman on to talk about this case the other day. The only person who might have less to say about this is that dog with its head in a pipe.) More »
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My Teammates Went To Jail And All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt
Attention students of Duke University: If you want to help repair your image, which is suffering right now, stuff for sale like this on eBay just isn't helping. Actually this item — a t-shirt with a deragatory remark concering Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong — is only one of 56 pieces of Duke lacrosse apparel available on eBay right now, and the selection is growing by the hour. The bidding for a Duke lacrosse t-shirt, "pre-worn from a smoke free home," is inexplicably at $56. These items are "red hot," claims the seller, and are going fast. More »
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Duke Lacrosse Accused Turn Themselves In
The needle has at last moved a bit on the Duke lacrosse story; this morning, two players turned themselves into police and were charged with rape, sexual assault and kidnapping. The men are Reade Seligmann and Collin Finnerty, both sophomores; a police sergeant said Seligmann had already been released on bail. The grand jury had issued sealed indictments against the two players yesterday. Finnerty has a record for assault in his past. More »
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The news broke early yesterday evening; There was no DNA match of any of the Duke lacrosse players with evidence collected from the accuser in the rape case. As one would expect, the lawyers for the players are claiming vindication, while the district attorney emphasized that the investigation is ongoing, though no charges have been filed.
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Duke DNA Bomb Drops
The news broke early yesterday evening; There was no DNA match of any of the Duke lacrosse players with evidence collected from the accuser in the rape case. As one would expect, the lawyers for the players are claiming vindication, while the district attorney emphasized that the investigation is ongoing, though no charges have been filed.
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This was just posted on Duke's Web site: The University has cancelled the rest of the lacrosse season, and coach Mike Pressler has resigned, effective immediately.
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Duke Lacrosse Team Cancels Season; Coach Resigns
This was just posted on Duke's Web site: The University has cancelled the rest of the lacrosse season, and coach Mike Pressler has resigned, effective immediately.
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Duke Lacrosse Case Somehow Gets Uglier
If you were wondering if the Duke lacrosse case could possibly be anymore disturbing than it already is, the answer is a depressing, horrifying "yes." More »
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We promised an update on the Duke lacrosse rape allegations today, so here goes. A roundup of latest events:
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Up-To-Date On Duke Lacrosse Developments (Or Lack Thereof)
We promised an update on the Duke lacrosse rape allegations today, so here goes. A roundup of latest events:
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Durham Quickly Becoming Compton East
You know, between the rapes and the drive-by shootings, Durham doesn't sound like such a great place to be right now. More »
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