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Could Someone Please Tell The Crazy Man With The Head Tattoo To Stop Doing The Wave? He's Blocking Our View.
In case you needed to be reminded that Stephon Marbury is having fun in the off-season, even though his career with the Knicks (and any other team) might be finished, look no further than this bizarre photo and story from last weekend's Long Beach Post. The shots were taken at the AVP Pro Tournament...
Another Downfall Of Joe Paterno's Old Age: Rampant Thuggery
In an attempt to clean up a program which has come under intense scrutiny lately over its myriad off-field issues, Penn State defensive tackles Chris Baker and Phil Taylor were kicked off the team. This news comes just a couple days after ESPN's damning "Outside The Lines" piece on the alarmingly hi...
Government Issued Fashion Directives & the Internet Censors Who Love Them
The Olympics begin in August, and they're in China, so, you know, it should be a rather fascinating world event, if you're into fascinating world events. And we are proud to welcome back our Deadspin Beijing Bureau, our own trio of correspondents living in China and reporting on everything they see...
Jason Giambi Thinks Your Shift Is Worthless And Weak
• He put the finger on you: Just in case Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts was unaware about Jason Giambi's feelings toward the shallow right-field shift employed last night. [Sports Crack] • Cock you like a Hurricane: Apparently, some U of M football players don't like to wear towels in the lock...
Scott Ferrall Needs Some Publicity
Sirius/XM Satellite Radio host Scott Ferrall actually had Ron Artest on-air last night and asked the forward about the pending trade to Houston. Unfortunately, Artest wasn't aware of the trade at that time. "I had my phone off," Artest tells the raspy-voiced Ferrall. Although he was a little shocked...
Members Of The LPGA Would Like To Take This Time To Remind Michelle Wie That She's Still An Awful Golfer
As long as Michelle Wie continues to derail her own career by playing on the men's tour instead of first being competitive in a women's major tournament, she'll be considered a joke by some of her LPGA peers. Golfers Annika Sorenstam, Helen Alfreddson, and Paula Creamer didn't mince words about Wie'...
Morning Blogdome: The Patriots Would Like To Sell You Autographed Pictures Of Their Teenage Cheerleader
• The Patriots aren't helping: Remember the fresh-out-of-high school cheerleader on the New England Patriots that caused such a stir last year? Well, now you can get an autographed picture of her courtesy of the Pats. [Busted Coverage] • NHL fans should be happy with this haul: A Minnesota Wild jack...
The Packers Want This Brett Favre Thing To End Just As Much As You Do
It's reached that point. Greg Bedard of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported Packers' team president Mark Murphy boarded a plane late last night for Hattiesburg, Mississippi to visit Brett Favre now that he's officially faxed over his reinstatement letter to the league. According to the story, Mu...
Mike And Mike Can Blow Up The Internet With One Sentence
What on earth could have possibly driven the ESPN duo Mike And Mike (or greenberg golic ESPN) to the "On Fire" setting on Google trends earlier this afternoon? I saw this earlier today and thought something preposterous happened on-air this morning, like Golic attacked Greenberg with a mallet. But ...
Jeff Kent: A Good Jerk Is Hard To Find
The Manny Ramirez rumors and, you know, the earthquake are the top news in LA right now, but there's also an interesting article by the T.J. Simers in today's LA Times about Dodgers Dangle-stached second baseman Jeff Kent. The headline is "Appreciate Jeff Kent While You Still Can", which while overl...
Afternoon Blogdome: Joe Torre Gets Accosted By Rubber-Faced Fan At Ballpark
• He seems friendly Interesting photos of "Desperate Housewives" star Nicolette Sheridan glad-handing with some of the LA Dodgers. In one of the photos, Russell Martin looks like he's wondering if this is some cruel prank being perpetrated by his teammates. [Big League Stew] • This T-shirt comes in ...