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Joba Chamberlain Nearly Bled Out On The Floor Of Rebounderz
A gruesome and scary update to the story of Joba Chamberlain, who yesterday suffered an open dislocation while playing with his son at a Florida indoor trampoline arena. Via Hardball Talk,...

Darren Sharper Says The Saints' Super Bowl Season Has "A Little Bit Of A Black Mark"
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: All Bountygate, all the time....

Goodbye, Old Friend: The Last Oddibe McDowell Water Bill We'll Ever See Is $80.55
The Broward County department of Waste and Wastewater Services is instituting password protection for viewing and paying customers' utility bills. This could be the last Oddibe McDowell water bill we ever see. It's $80.55, including a semi-annual stormwater fee....

$15,000 Says "Brad Johnson Doesn't Finish This Game": More Tales Of Redskins Bounties
The NFL will tell you repeatedly that it's the cover-up, not the crime. That the harshness of the Saints' punishment is due to the lies and obstruction from the higher-ups, even moreso than the actual bounty program. They'll tell you this because they don't want to have to go around investigating an...

Hey, A Jets Quarterback Controversy! Who Would've Thought?
There is no quarterback controversy, Mike Tannenbaum insisted yesterday. But here's one anyway!...

Alex Smith Used You For Your Beach, Miami
Smith re-signed with the 49ers after they lost out on Peyton Manning, and he couldn't be happier. "This was always the goal to me," Smith said on a conference call, "just to get back here." That's the sort of diplomatic thing you say when you sign anywhere, but was there really a need to kick sand i...

The Yankees Quit A Tie Game And Went Home, And Bobby Valentine Is Furious
It's only March, but new Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine is already in midseason antagonistic prick form. The latest controversy? A stupid spring training game, because the Yankees and the Red Sox can't even play a simple spring training game without being children....

Deadspin Up All Night: Spin Out
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Erik comin' at ya....

Pat Robertson: Because The Broncos Disrespected Tebow, They Deserve A Peyton Injury
Robertson, appearing on some talky-talky show today, decided that "it would serve the Broncos right" if Peyton Manning was incapacitated by that neck injury. What did they (and he) ever do to deserve that? They treated Tim Tebow "shabbily." In that justification, there's no mention of Jesus, but: Je...

Deadspin Does March Madness: The Sweet Sixteen
It's Syracuse-Wisconsin, Michigan State-Louisville, Cincinnati-Ohio State, and Marquette-Florida as the first night of the Sweet Sixteen gets underway. Come talk about them! Open thread » | Pat Jordan on Geno Auriemma, egomaniac and genius »| When the heroes of March Madness knew it was all over »...

How Not To Land A Helicopter
That's $20 million worth of AH-64 Apache crashing into the snows of Marzak, in southeastern Afghanistan. According to Stars and Stripes, the accident occurred last month, and no one was injured. The pilots, presumably showing off, could face criminal charges. [Jalopnik]...

The Jets Say There Isn't A Quarterback Competition
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: We couldn't even write that headline without laughing....

Adam Eaton The Prospect Gets Checks Meant For Adam Eaton The Former Pitcher
Adam Eaton is a 23-year-old outfielder in the Diamondbacks system, who's a long shot to break camp with the club. But sitting at his locker earlier this spring, he had a pile of checks dumped in his lap: more than $120,000 worth....

Memphis's GM Got The Idea To Sign Gilbert Arenas From A Blog Post
Memphis GM Chris Wallace said on the air that the idea to add Agent Zero came to him after being handed (a paper copy of?) this post on 3 Shades Of Blue, pushing Arenas as a veteran postseason presence. The reasoning? He's young, he's a good guy, fans love him, and most importantly, he's said it wou...

Tim Tebow Is In New York, And That's Good News For Everyone
Yesterday morning, after the Jets' interest in Tebow was made public but before any deals were made, these were some of the things written in the New York tabloid papers:...

Jeremy Shockey Gets Sean Payton To Clear His Name
Jeremy Shockey is going to great lengths to prove that he's not the snitch who notified the NFL of the Saints' bounty program, including texting Sean Payton, and posting that conversation for everyone to see....

Stephon Marbury Refuses To Do Interviews Unless He Gets The Cover Of <i>Sports Illustrated</i>
There are tons of lovable little nuggets in this SI.com piece on Marbury and how the mercurial outcast has somehow become the most beloved foreign player in Chinese basketball history. But our absolute favorite—that he turned down multiple interview requests unless he would be SI's cover boy—is vint...

Are Messi And Barcelona Sending Secret Messages To Help Rebels Smuggle Guns Into Syria?
The answer is, no, obviously not. That would be stupid. But we can't ignore it, because at least one entity is buying into the conspiracy theory that Messi, Pedro and their Barcelona teammates are sending hidden messages to the Syrian resistance via their on-field play in a recent Clásico: Syrian...

Jim Boeheim Calls Charles Barkley An Idiot
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Boeheim comes to the defense of the refs....

Obituary For Dead Broncos Fan Says He Hated Peyton Manning And "Wanted Out Before A Deal Was Done"
Jim Driver died on Monday, the same day Peyton Manning agreed to terms with Denver. Driver, 1933-2012, led an interesting life. He was a Navy photographer in the Korean War, transferred from Santa Clara Community College because "the curriculum was too liberal," and spent his later years teaching ch...