<![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness - Deadspin Comments]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness - Deadspin Comments]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> Great piece.

Even better reporting.

losloseeboy

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> So when are we getting the Panthers' beat reporter to tell us all about Rae Carruth?

ItsAlwaysSunnyInGoldenState

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> sorry, avondre was the one with the sword, forney just had a baseball bat

algiers4

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> YAY FRESNO! i'm just happy to see my hometown mentioned in an appropriate manner... i remember being sad when damon forney was kicked off the team for crashing a party with a samurai sword.. i still have his jersey.. go 'dogs!

algiers4

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> "You dial 9-1 and when I say so, dial 1 again."
- Millhouse's Grandmother.

Seriously, these are good to read. I'd prefer more screaming in the ear jerks and less murderous crazies, but good either way.

Dan Levy

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> Needs more Hugh Douglas.

Dave J.

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> Stories are getting better here.

Of course, unless the next story involves an actual act of bukkake, this series forever >>> the SSW.

Rock You Like An Iracane

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> Still waiting for the funny!

micke

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> I guess I better also add that I also enjoy this series even if I don't feel sorry for the wing nut.

Dany Heatley Speedwagon

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> I peeled around the corner, out of sight, and called an editor to ask what, exactly, I needed to do. Trust your common sense: If he hits her, step in, take the punches and hope someone calls the cops.

Jesus, even Ape's editor wasn't THAT bad.

Drew Magary

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> "I have a package for a Mr. Asswipe Jones .."

blastitbiggs

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> @LenPasquarelli'sStretchMarks: It appears he could probably use some work on his article flow and transitioning.

Dumbass.

LenPasquarelli'sStretchMarks

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> Criticizing everything means I'm sophisticated.

/98% of blogosphere

Great article, really.

David Hume

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> "Take That"

Apparently, Terry Pettis enjoyed Wham! minus George Micheal.

Karlifornia

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> @Magnakai Haaskivi: It's pronounced, "Oss-WEE-pay."

Chamomiles Davis

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> It is the "dark side", after all. I thought it was a great post.

Laser Guided

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> How do you go from covering Fresno State basketball to Kansas City Royals baseball?

TomahawkFlop

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> Um.... dick joke?

(This series is one of the best ideas that Deadspin has had -- seriously.)

A Pimp Named DaveR

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> @notthequarterback: +1

EditorOfTheDailyFaberian

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> I thought the Bob Ley voting was yesterday.

Max Power

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> @Chief Wahoo: Or Johnny Hildo.

notthequarterback

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> @HIV 2 Elway: [does soft-shoe dance, gets neck hooked by cane and pulled off-stage]

notthequarterback

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> @notthequarterback: His name was Dumas.

Chief Wahoo

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> @Dany Heatley Speedwagon:
+1. I had the exact same thoughts. The guy would have snapped eventually regardless of his skills or job.

I don't think Passan was trying to elicit sympathy for the scumbag. I think he was just showing us something different.

RachelRayIsTheDevil

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> Martin Lawrence?

Eh, what a depressing post.

LeagueofShadows

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> this guy's scout.com page is a great read, it goes from an all conference story, to wanted by police, arrested, suspended, pleads no contest, more problems, suspension partially lifted, more problems, wac notebook, oversteps bounds, and then kills a chick.

the dude could have been an astronaut.

mfdoom

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> I liked the article...good job again Balls & Co.!

However I think that if he started hitting the girl, I would have called the cops before stepping in...work be damned!

12-Inch Idongivafuck Sandwich

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> @Jubilation T. Cornpone: It appears he could probably use some work his article flow and transitioning.

LenPasquarelli'sStretchMarks

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> @notthequarterback: wakka wakka

HIV 2 Elway

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> @Phatty: "Why can't it be both?" - Every James Bond Villian

GreatOdensRaven

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> Compared to this shouldn't Jeff Pearlman (from a week ago) feel like such a crybaby? "Waah! Will Clark made wisecracks at me!"

Attempted Chemistry

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> @Phatty: He had a rapist's wit.

StuScott Booyahs

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> @Carlton_Whitfield: Umm, yeah -- "True enough, though the Cardinals seem stuck in that abyss of mediocrity that swallows so many teams." That seems like a bit of a stretch since they, you know, won the World Series two years ago. I've never understood the vitriol spewed between Cardinals and Royals fans (e.g., this article). They play each other, at most, 6 times a year. I think it's a superiority (St Louis)/inferiority (KC) complex.

LenPasquarelli'sStretchMarks

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> @Phatty:

No, you guys are missing the point. Jeff thought he was going to get murdered because he was a white guy in the wrong neighborhood.

BigTenObsession

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> @HIV 2 Elway: Man, what a whore. Is D-Wade aware of her promiscuous past?

notthequarterback

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> Liked it a lot.

futuremrsrickankiel

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> @Weed Against Speed: that would be unacceptable, however a naked picture of his daughter would work.

UpstateUnderdog

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> @Dany Heatley Speedwagon: You can feel anyway you want. this is depressing, not because he was a basketball player (I don't ever remember seeing Terry on any pro draft boards), but because someone who obviously needed help didn't receive it*, and at a minimum two lives ended with that bullet.

*from the tenor of the article, this was also his fault.

That-Dude

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> @PeteJayhawk: Second to that, to think the Star once had Passan, Wright Thompson, Whitlock and Posnanski, at the same time.

HIV 2 Elway

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> Don't wuss out Gil. Ol' Gil needs this story!

MeanMachine

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> Ummm, when I complained that the first "Dark Side" wasn't good enough, and then you went ahead and changed it, but I didn't like that change either. So I complained again, so then you went and did something different like this, and I don't like this, so can you please do something different again next time? Thanks!

-AnnoyingDSCommenter

BigRicks

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> @The Fan's Attic: Straight to hell.

The Fan’s Attic

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> @Doyle McPoyle: RIP Snotboogie.

That-Dude

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> @Jubilation T. Cornpone: I was just about to ask the same question. Either Terry was not smart, engaging, and charming, or Jeff did not think he was going to get murdered when trying to interview his girlfriend. Kinda hard to believe both.

Phatty

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> The stories at Fresno State , even the grisliest, usually carried some black humor.

Yeah, she was a nappy headed ho.

-Don Imus

The Fan’s Attic

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> @Chad Sexington: Nice avatar.

@TheLou-Do: But I was hoping for a Ron Artest column one of these days...

Jefferson Short Bus

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> Dick. No joke.

twoeightnine

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> @UpstateUnderdog: The next post will probably contain a photo of Terry Bradshaw's cock.

Weed Against Speed

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> @LenPasquarelli'sStretchMarks: Whoa, how'd I miss that? My opinion of Passan just plummeted.

Carlton_Whitfield

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> @Magnakai Haaskivi: was his name spelled "a-s-s-w-i-p-e"?

@Jubilation T. Cornpone: I can't speak for Passan, but if I found out that anyone with whom I was familiar had committed MURDER (based on my WASPy background), I would be surprised.

notthequarterback

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> @Weed Against Speed: dude, boys don't cry

UpstateUnderdog

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> Um, can the next Dark Side go back to athletes being assholes and not homicidal maniacs?

TheLou-Do

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> I peeled around the corner, out of sight, and called an editor to ask what, exactly, I needed to do. Trust your common sense: If he hits her, step in, take the punches and hope someone calls the cops.

And with that, DL Hughley has another five minutes of white people do this, black people do that material.

Chad Sexington

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> Shoudln't the answer of murder have been in question form?

CubsDynasty

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> the next post better involve that picture with cats dressed up like wizards and lady bugs to offset this depressing story.

UpstateUnderdog

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> Issues of Flow:
How is it the author thought he was going do die in the earlier sequence, but then was so surprised to find out that Pettis actually killed someone?

Anyone?

Jubilation T. Cornpone

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> Sorry can someone just tell me how this is supposed to make me feel? I'm a bit confused? So an idiot whackjob who had enough talent to play basketball in his sparetime when he wasn't to busy being crazy got into trouble and this is supposed to make us feel...? I don't get it? He seemed like he was destined for this kind of epic failure so is the world supposed to mourn he fell through the cracks because he could play a little ball?

Dany Heatley Speedwagon

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> While somewhat interesting - and conceptually sound -- these posts have a hint of the athlete complaining about signing autographs.

Sheepblog

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> Goddamn, Passan's a great writer. He is missed in KC.

Pete Gaines

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> I think we all can agree that the real crime is paying $280 for an ounce of weed.

jwaves2007

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> @EditorOfTheDailyFaberian: I have a friend we called exclusively by his last name in college; at his wedding, his name was announced with a different pronunciation. Apparently we'd all pronounced it wrong for at least five or six years and he was just too polite to tell us.

Magnakai Haaskivi

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> How did Will let someone who wrote this article author something on DS?

LenPasquarelli'sStretchMarks

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> "Why do you keep letting Terry play?"
"You got to, man. This is America!"

Doyle McPoyle

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> I would like it known that Pettis wasn't infinitely crazy, just 2^90423782 crazy.

roland_t_flakfizer

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> And keep them goddamn babies out the street!

Jefferson Short Bus

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> @Im a people person. Who drinks.: Bill Simmons' Dad.

VidaBlueBalls

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> That guy should be a writer.

goathair

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> Sigh.

(puts on an old album by The Cure)

Weed Against Speed

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> Jesus whats next Simmons writing about the Bruins?

CubsDynasty

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> Also - what kind of asshole calls someone up asking the "Guess what your boy did?" question when the answer is murder?

Im a people person. Who drinks.

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> That guy ain't got shit on me.

/Jerramy Stevens

Afino

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> @Barry Lutz: Horry Cow! +1!

notthequarterback

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> @Dead Wrestlers Society:

+1

Afino

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> @Im a people person. Who drinks.: well, yay! the smartest guy on the basketball team! I'm sure the smartest guy in the Engineering School could be President of the World! And the prettiest girl in the MassComm school can be Ms. America!

drewheyman

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> You can rearrange Terry Pettis to spell: Sit Pet Retry.

/warrants mentioning

VidaBlueBalls

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> I thought I was going to die at the hands of a man who later put a bullet through an innocent girl's head.

So merely being the driver in a drug deal frees one of culpability?

Terry allegedly wore a red basketball jersey while committing the crime.

"But did it have his name on the back?" -- Chris Henry

notthequarterback

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> That was wrenching. Life is full of being dealt shitty hands. Some worse than others. The sad part is what Rene Abbotts family will have to deal with for eternity. Hopefully some guy named Rene is corn holing Pettis in the pen. What a chicken shit.

RachelRayIsTheDevil

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> @drewheyman: "I can be very persuasive. Did you know that I was almost a lawyer?" --Kramer

Carlton_Whitfield

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> @Im a people person. Who drinks.: And being crazy is no obstacle to being a lawyer. In fact, its a prereq these days...

whodatmaninablacksedan

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> The dark side of the locker room ought to feature less shootings and more fungal infections.

roland_t_flakfizer

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> The coaches didn't cooperate, but they were impressed that Pettis was able to shoot 50% under pressure

/on the highway to hell

BarbarobicsInstructor

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> Cue the Tupac slow jam.

toecutter

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> "Dude, I saw it with my own eyes: he traipsed."

blastitbiggs

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> That could've been me. I didn't verbalize it, of course, wary of sounding too self-absorbed.

That was awful nice of you Jeff.

Phatty

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> The stories at Fresno State , even the grisliest, usually carried some black humor.

The tee-shirts outside Wrigley Field usually carry some Asian humor.

Barry Lutz

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> Deadspin Law & Order: Balls Division

Dead Wrestlers Society

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> Well if this story doesn't make you laugh, I don't know what will.

MeSoHornsby

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> Gary Pettis > Terry Pettis

Pittsburgh Sports and Mini Ponies

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> weird, this doesn't have anything to do with the Mets.

muggsybogues

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> @drewheyman: Dude - quit being a dick. It wasn't just his personality that would have made him a lawyer - He was probably the smartest guy on Fresno State's basketball team! That's right - Fresno State...

Im a people person. Who drinks.

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> Somehow that witty headline doesn't work with this article.

blastitbiggs

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> That was kind of a downer.

ArkansasFred

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> @drewheyman: "You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it."

Weed Against Speed

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> One of Terry's teammates, Chris Adams, told police he had spent the evening with one guy name Dreike and another named Dante, and that he didn't know their last names.

Big deal. I've known people for years without knowing their full names. Especially last names. After a certain point, it would just be weird to ask.

EditorOfTheDailyFaberian

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> Well this one took it up a notch.

Hank Scorpio-Steinbrenner

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> Man. Never saw that ending coming.

UkraineNotWeak aka Praying for a Bullpen

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> See, this was slightly less lame. Not actually IN a locker room, but less lame. Good stuff, Jeff.

SlickBomb

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> Only in the Dark Side of the Locker Room does the story of a run-in with a crazed, homicidal athlete end with said athlete saying "I love you" while choking back tears.

starksgotejected

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> You forgot:

/dick joke

StuScott Booyahs

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> @drewheyman: Agreed. This story didn't need any melodramatic overtones whatsoever.

/dick joke

GreatOdensRaven

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> he punched out a window at her apartment, traipsed over to her car, jumped on the roof, snapped off a side-view mirror and sent her a text message:

"Take that."

Who knew Elijah Dukes followed Fresno State basketball?

Secret Identity

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> Balls,
I'll pass on the depressing "Wire"-esque stories . . . damn.

That-Dude

]]> <![CDATA[Terry Pettis And The Infinite Madness]]> i love comments like that. He could have been a lawyer. Except that he was crazy. The "crazy" thing always holds people back.

Well, I want on this train.

I could have been an NFL quarterback. I am relatively smart and can yell HUT! The fact that i'm only 5'10" and can't throw the ball that well is a minor thing. Like a crazy guy becoming a lawyer because he's got a good personality.

drewheyman

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