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Bill Belichick Ruins Yet Another Family
Danny Baugher dreamed of being a punter. He went to the University of Arizona, and signed late last year to the Patriots' practice squad. Big hopes, big dreams, this kid. Booming leg. Ten cent head. But just a strugglin' kid, hoping to catch a break. And then Bill Belichick sent him down the spiral ...

Deep Inside The U.S. Open
• Famed journalist Doug Smith has all you need to know about the U.S. Open. [Doug Smith Sports] • Here comes the Rugby World Cup. [With Malice] • Denzel Washington's son, not making it with the Rams. [Sports Review Magazine] • Get your Yankees earrings. [The Jaunt] • In defense of Edgerrin James, fa...

It's The NFC North Pants Party
OK, now it's time for the NFC Central North. We haven't seen anybody pick anybody other than the Bears yet. We suspect it won't be much different here....

Yahoo Fantasy Gets Its ESPN On
You thought ESPN had some trouble last year with their fantasy games? Yahoo had a major disaster of its own last night, at the worst possible time....

Scott Van Pelt Hates Anonymous Internet Garbage
It is amusing to watch a guy like Scott Van Pelt, one of the better ESPN personalities and a guy we certainly have our fair share of history with, struggle with the Internet. He is a Web guy, but he hates the Web; he fears becoming what he most despises....

It's The NFC East Pants Party
Considering the NFL season starts tomorrow, we figured it was probably time to stop dawdling and start previewing. You've seen all our NFL Season Previews — except for Dallas, which we're told is coming — and now it's time to go division-by-division. And do our yearly roundup of picks from around t...

A Kindly Plea For Tiki Barber To Shut The Hell Up
Tiki Barber, from all accounts, seems like a rather charming fellow. He's handsome, smart and obviously talented and comfortable in front of a camera; you don't just fall into a spot alongside Matt Lauer by stuttering and stammering. (This is why CBS went with Katie Couric rather than Eric Dickerson...

Rugby Players Love Their Children Lightly Toasted
This handsome young gentleman is Lucien Hoffman, of the Reno Zephyrs rugby club. This weekend, Reno held "The Biggest Little Rugby Tournament In The World," (clever!) which was sponsored by the Mustang Ranch brothel. Hoffman was there. Inside. At the brothel. Oh, yeah: And his two-year-old daughter ...

Join The Deadspin NFL Pants Party Pool!
We've already begged you to join our College Football Pick 'Em group — in which an impressive number of you picked every game correctly. (We did not. We weren't even close.) Well, now comes the big one: Our Big NFL Deadspin Pants Party Pick 'Em Group....

The NBC Sunday Night Crew Is Trying To Control Your Mind
You might think you want to watch the NFL on Sunday nights because it's often the best game of the week, or because you're related to one of the broadcasters, which, let's face it, as many as there are, is pretty likely. But no: You're watching football on Sunday nights because NBC is in your brain...

Imagine Being The Guy In The Plunger Costume
In lieu of some sound effects humor over at EDSBS, we present you with a rather gorgeous example of spot photography....

Jeff Reed Loves His Peeps
You know it's almost time for the NFL to start when even more drunken vaguely sexual Jeff Reed photos are hitting the Internets....

See, They're Nice People
• Introducing the first annual KSK charity drive. [Kissing Suzy Kolber] • Who in the world is going to win the NL MVP? [Vegas Watch] • J.D. Durbin screwed up a lot of fantasy teams over the weekend. (Including ours.) [UmpBump] • Sal is BACK! [Vote4Sal] • Jake Peavy makes Alabama look tough. [Rumors ...

NFL Season Preview: New Orleans Saints
Believe it or not, folks, the NFL season is much closer than you can possibly imagine. So close, in fact, that, if we're going to fit in every NFL team preview by the start of the season, we have to go this early. So there you have it....

Our Server Is Not A Sentient Being
To keep the comments as fresh and outstanding as they've been up to this point, we've commissioned Commenting Guru Rob Iracane to write a bi-weekly Comment Ombudsman column. It runs every other week. This is that week....

Don't Even THINK Of Ranking Michigan In Your Top 25
Dan Shanoff writes a weekly college football column for Deadspin. Email him to let him know what you think....