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Peter Cavan: Aside from my family, my friends, and the fact that I have a roof over my head and heat in these dark economic times, I'm thankful that Ben Roethlisberger is still standing. His offensive line hasn't done him much good this season. And I'm thankful that Isiah Thomas survived his suicide...

Yeah, What Is That Smoke You're Blowing, Mr. Artest?
So, I completely missed this upon first viewing of Ron Artest's vlog post, but thanks to Pete Gaines, it was brought to my attention: Artest appears to be smoking...something. Maybe it's a cigarette. Maybe it's a napkin stuffed with pine needles. Maybe he's doing a dragon impersonation. Or, you know...


Athens Grease: • not having to spend any time with the in-laws this year •that I was able to stick around as a commenter for a few months - and even write a post! - before being executed in my previous life •seeing the Bulldogs play Georgia Tech on Saturday •at least two more years of A.J. Green in ...


Deadspin Deleted Scenes: The One With Facial Art and STD Addendums
We get a massive amount of tips in our inbox each week. Some are pretty interesting, but don't get published for one reason or another - usually because they're just so absurd or really lack even the most tenuous of news angles to give them the go-ahead. Other times it's because they're just absolut...


Ron Artest Unleashes His Unholy Vlog
The Deadspin Morning Video Wake Up Call will return for a brief period of time through the holidays. If you have any suggested videos to fill this space, email us. Subject: Morning Video Wake Up Call. This video was respectfully ganked from the man, the myth, the DUAN albatross...SKEETS. For the who...

PQ Crash — The past eleven months have been difficult for me: I lost my job at the end of October (and haven't found a new one yet), most of my family was in and out of the hospital for one reason or another and the Mariners, Seahawks & Huskies are in the collective shitter. I shouldn't be thankful ...


Well, That Was Fun While It Lasted...Brady Quinn Probably Out For Season
The Cleveland Browns season just became even more meaningless, thanks to the anonymously sourced- news that Brady Quinn, former starting handsome ball chucker, is most likely out for the season. Quinn attempted to play last Sunday with that fractured index finger, but apparently did more damage to i...

Yostal's Thanksgiving list: • The Detroit Red Wings, proving that not everything in Southeastern Michigan has turned to ashes. • Michigan football, (yes, even this year.) • Red Berenson, proving the wisdom of finding the right haircut when you're 22 and sticking with it. • The genius that is MGoBlog...

Phil Savage Didn't Help His Employment Situation With E-mail
Browns' owner Randy Lerner spoke out about the job security of coach Romeo Crennel and GM Phil Savage in a rare interview today and gave a little bit of a glimpse into what he's looking for leadership-wise for the Browns in 2009. Obviously, he didn't give his current coach or GM a ringing endorsemen...

Obama Knows How To Keep His Chicago Press Corp Happy
Well, President elect Barack Obama continues to show the world that his sports fandom was not an act to just to get on SportsCenter. At yesterday's briefing, reporters were separated into Sox and Cubs sections. In today's briefing, a reporter was singled out for an apology as he, a devoted Sox fan, ...

The Creative Impasse Between Bill Simmons and ESPN Appears To Be Over
The rumor about Bill Simmons "quitting" his B.S. Report podcast on ESPN due to restrictive over-editing policies were apparently overblown, for today the B.S. Report has miraculously reappeared. The one noticeable change to it is the new pre-show disclaimer from the Sports Fella himself that states ...

Matt Ryan Has Won Some of the Black Vote in Atlanta
Interesting story in the New York Times today about Falcons' quarterback Matt Ryan and how he's slowly winning over the large percentage of African-American Falcons' fans, many of whom were decidedly pro-Mike Vick. The timing is excellent too, given that Vick might be coming to a football stadium ne...

Gregg Doyel: Anger Is A Gift
There's something about CBSSport.com columnist Gregg Doyel that's very appealing, even though his combative nature and his odd mohawk stage would most often have him seated at the douchey table, he at least comes across as comfortable in his own Affliction T-shirt. Doyle has been on the wrong-end of...

He Totally Would Have Made It If He Only Had One Leg
The Deadspin Morning Video Wake Up Call will return for a brief period of time through the holidays. If you have any suggested videos to fill this space, email us. Subject: Morning Video Wake Up Call. I think it's safe to say that anytime you have two bored dudes on a roof, an old basketball hoop, a...

Lenny Dykstra Never Disappoints In Interviews
I had the pleasure of interviewing former Phillie/Met Lenny Dykstra over the phone last year when he launched his extravagant "Players Club" magazine. As a Phillies fan, this was one of those moments that was completely surreal and exciting — and he was stoked ( I believe he actually said "stoked") ...
