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NHL Games Get Dirty Dirtier
Who says characterless arenas don't have home field advantage? Thanks to lasers and "lost" replays, Vancouver and Pittsburgh have been able to get a leg up on the competition...

Ravens Fan Pays For Treason With Mild Electrocution
If you're going to bet against your team, do the world a favor and make sure the wager provides for some excellent physical humor. Like an electric dog fence, for example....

Hicks Jr. Out At Anfield
Tom Hicks Jr. resigned as Liverpool director after those embarrassing emails came to light. Just goes to show the only acceptable time to use "fuck face" is on Billy Ripken's baseball card. [Guardian]...

Let's All Remember Shea Stadium, With Drunken Fatty Lawsuits
A woman is suing the Mets after an intoxicated 300-pound fan comically tumbled down several rows of seats, and not-so-comically landed on her and broke her back....

Gilbert Arenas Is Not A Political Prisoner
DeShawn Stevenson gave over valuable ankle tape space, and fans brought signs reading "Free Gil" for today's game. It's the only evidence in the building he ever existed. We've always been at war with Eastasia....

"Blow Me F**k Face" — Great Moments In Fan Relations
Tom Hicks Jr., the Texas and Liverpool exec, might be rethinking his decision to make his contact info public after a foulmouthed response to one concerned fan. We've got the emails....

Jeter And Minka To Wed, Says Occasionally Reliable Tabloid
Even an irrepressible bachelor needs to settle down sometime, says the guy who learned nothing from Tiger Woods. [NY Post]...

The Jayhawks' New Game Plan Is Undefendable (Too Bad They Didn't Use It Today)
Looking for a way around the half-court press, practicing Kansas players jacked up a half-court shot. Then another. Then another. And so on and so forth....

He Thought He Was Whaling
Japan's Manabu Kurita caught a world-record tying largemouth bass, clocking in at 22 pounds, 4 ounces - but only after months of investigation and polygraph tests. Don't fuck with fish people. [Fishing World]...

NFC Wild Card Open Thread: Packers-Cardinals
Kurt Warner could hang it up after this one. Meanwhile, we're getting unsubstantiated chain letters about Aaron Rodgers giving 100 disadvantaged kids Christmas presents. Which beloved quarterback shall rule them all? Discuss it here....

When LT Meets Tim And Eric
Welp...guess those drugs you didn't know you took haven't worn off yet....

Selig Wants To Outsource Championships Now
A "global World Series," besides being redundant, is Bud Selig's latest bright idea to grow the game worldwide. It will also make us look bad....

Sanchize To Carroll: Stay In School
A year after the then-USC coach called him out for leaving for the NFL, Mark Sanchez gave Pete Carroll a taste of his own medicine....

Hawk About To Get Paid Hawking Autographs
Having a plaque in Cooperstown is nice. The unstated-but-significant financial windfall that comes with being a hall-of-famer could be nicer....

AFC Wild Card Open Thread: Ravens-Patriots
Ravens fans are all getting inked up. Patriots fans are feeling kinda "meh." Team that plays in the suburbs vs. team whose fans live in the suburbs - who ya got? Talk amongst yourselves in the comments....

Alabama Celebrates As Only Alabama Can (Updates)
With the Coaches' Trophy on display at Tuscaloosa Walmarts, we're awash in photos of Alabama goobers posing with a crystal egg in front of Dr Pepper pyramids. Send us any more you can find, and we'll add to our gallery....

Pakistani Sex Scandals Are Somewhat Tamer
A Pakistani national field hockey superstar was fined 100,000 rupees (about $1200) after being photographed hugging a tournament official. That sounds excessive and draconian, but we all know hugging is a gateway drug to holding hands. [Dawn]...

Marshawn Lynch Is All About The Jacksons
We thought quiet little Buffalo would be good for the troubled Lynch. We thought wrong, as the RB couldn't avoid the criminal breeding grounds of the T.G.I. Friday's at the mall, where he's accused of stealing $20 from a woman....

Just Two Horsemen Shy Of An Apocalypse
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....

Scottie Pippen Would <u>Not</u> Like To Thank All The Little People
Pippen was attacked by little people. Pippen sent one of the little people to the hospital. This is a thing that happened....