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America's Most Shameless Fallen Hero Finally Gets the Lack of Attention He Deserves
Think about how remarkably different this O.J. trial was than the one that ultimately defined our generation. On early Saturday morning when the Las Vegas jury recited their not-so-surprising guilty verdict, you saw O.J. purse his lips, quietly accept his fate, and move on. Surprisingly, there were ...
Houston Astros' pitcher Brandon Backe is a great wedding guest:" Backe was one of 10 people arrested Sunday morning, many of them guests at a wedding, The Houston Chronicle reported. A Federal Emergency Management Agency coordinator identified as Jaime Forero was also taken into custody, the newspap...
Farewell, Kimbo Slice
Prior to his shocking knock out by Seth Petruzelli on Saturday night, the worst case scenario for Kimbo Slice was achieving a Mr. T-like career arc by parlaying his reputation as a power-punching street freak into something more cuddly and mainstream. (Sadly we'll probably never see the Kimbo versio...
Morning Blogdome: The Redskins Installed a Special Package for Chris Cooley
• This is what you get for revealing Jim Zorn's playbook: Chris Cooley on the SVP show last week about the fallout from his exposed member:"I walked into the team meeting the next day and it was on the projector. In a team meeting. And everyone is laughing. So I can't sit there upset because I'll ju...
Week In Review: A Club Full of Tiny Members
So there have obviously been a few minor changes here this week, all of which will be addressed at a later date. Nothing to see here, please disperse, all that. For now. Also, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Clay for all his contributions to Deadspin during his full-time tenure here. Hone...
Mike Sellers and Chris Samuels Forge a Friendship Through Nude Hijinx
Sometimes I really envy Dan Steinberg. As one of the few sports bloggers in the country with real-deal locker room access, Steinberg takes us to places those of us trapped in underwear-covered cellars can only dream about . He gets to show-off his deft reporter's instincts and tenacity, but still wr...
Some People Still Don't Believe That "Fukudome" is Not A Dirty Word
Last week it was revealed that one Oklahoma woman was asked to remove her Kosuke Fukudome jersey during work hours because the F-U-K-U letters may be offensive to some. The Fuk-u problem is still rampant — even in Chicago, apparently — as a 15-year-old sophomore at Elgin High School named Jill Howe...
Morning Blogdome: More Gratuitous Mariotti Bashing
• NY Daily News writer, Ralph Vacchiano, unloads on Jay (and Deadspin): "As for Jay Marriotti, allow me to get down in the mud and muck for a second and say he is a loudmouth moron who is very lucky that ESPN has built a platform for know-nothing, say-anything buffoons over the years, so he and guys...
ESPN continues to take over the world: ESPN will rebrand the North American Sports Network, renaming it ESPN America, beginning on Super Bowl Sunday, February 1. NASN, soon to be ESPN America, televises North American sports to viewers across Europe and the Middle East. It televises more than 800 li...
Sometimes It's Good To Walk
So, it's funny, the day I find out I'm (officially) moving away from Philadelphia, back to New York, a day when I'm dutifully counting off personal items and crappy furniture, examining dying plants, and doing all that stuff you do when life doesn't turn out the way it's supposed to, becomes one of ...
Tommie Harris needs a little time to think: "You just don't know how much having a child out of wedlock has weighed on me," he said. "When your own child doesn't live with you, when you have to go pick him up. … I mean the whole thing has really affected my professional life. The reality of it is, I...
Rays Take Game One
Evan Longoria hit two home runs and had three RBIS and James Shields pitched ably as the Tampa Bay Rays won their first ever playoff game, defeating the Chicago White Sox 6-4. Paul Konerko led off the 9th inning with a solo shot, but the White Sox were unable to crawl back and defeat the scrappy Ray...
Now Batting For GiGi Movers...Tony (T.K.) Kornheiser
Here's a hilarious photo submitted form a reader that features everyone's favorite Monday Football Analyst and crab enthusiast, Tony Kornheiser in his younger, flanneled, Doobie Brothers-mustachioed days as a member of the 1974 GiGi Movers softball team located in Long Beach, New York. Kornheiser is...
Failure can make you a millionaire: “We felt that he’s the right person to lead our baseball operations today and through an extended period,” said Jeff Wilpon, the team’s chief operating officer, in a conference call. “Listen, we failed this year, and we want to get the redemption that we need and ...