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Leftovers: Tracking Ole LeBron
• TrueHoop continues its look at LeBron James and the U.S. team. [True Hoop] • Norwegian sprinter banned for life after another, third, positive steroid test. [Associated Press] • Barry Bonds' "indictment clause." [Baseball Musings] • A Toledo to lead the Green Wave! [ESPN] • The Heisman Trophy show...
Carson Palmer Throws Better Than He Listens
What do you get the multimillionaire quarterback who has everything? That's the question The Dayton Daily News asked Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer, and his answer is a reminder why we are not friends with athletes. Here's what Palmer said he wanted for the holidays (emphasis ours):...
Time To Display Some Confidence, People
We promised you a reminder when our little College Bowl Pants Party League officially went live, so here it is: You can join the Deadspin Pants Party Bowl League right here....
The True Essence Of Every TMQ Column
This was so inevitable that we can't believe it took them so long: The gang at Kissing Suzy Kolber have finally gotten around to mocking Gregg Easterbrook. Some comedic highlights:...
Our Message Of Peace To The Friends Of Barbaro
We are happy to note that our "garbage" Web site that "is so negative and mean all the time" has not succeeded in our sinister, dastardly plan: The Barbaro Message Board is back up and running. As some of you might have noticed on Friday, the sainted souls desperately trying to be heard by The Limpi...
Always Beware When There Are Bears
The concept was a pleasant, make-the-world-a-better-place one; after the first goal scored by the Minnesota-Duluth hockey team, fans were to throw teddy bears on the ice. The bears would then be collected and given to needy children (in lieu of food, apparently). But then it all went wrong....
Blogdome: Turn Your Sheets Crimson
• It's the Yale-Harvard hate rap! [The Big Picture] • Philadelphia REALLY wants a sports title, any sports title, and they just can't get it. [Just Call Me Juice] • In case you had any doubt, the Bears still have the best defense in the NFL. [Chi Sox Blog] • Goodbye, Ken Harvey; Royals fans will nev...
Year In Review: February
We're reviewing each month of the past year leading up to New Years Day. We call it, imaginatively, "Year In Review." We're digging through our archives pretty well, but if you think we should definitely feature something for the last year that we might overlook, email us at [email protected] with s...
Hirshey: A Game Even Dumb Newbies Could Love
David Hirshey writes regularly about soccer for Deadspin....
NFL Roundup: What The Hell Got Into The Saints?
News And Notes From Week 14 In The NFL ......
Week In Deadspin: The Ballad Of Ron Herpes
• Calling himself "Ron Herpes" probably would have defeated the point. • David Hirshey takes on Bill Simmons. (Kind of.) • ESPN is down with independent films. One might almost call them underground! • Tony LaRussa is ACTING! • You know what's awesome? The BCS! • Ali Rap is bullocks. • USC just ha...
Your Shirt Will Keep Score For You
So here's a novel concept: Currently some "researchers" at Australia's University of Sydney are working on a basketball jersey that will compile your stats for you while you're on the floor....
Leftovers: You Can Go Ahead And Start T.O. This Week
• Was Terrell Owens almost suspended last week? [CNBC] • Yes, this man is a professional soccer player. [DC Sports Bog] • The five ugliest people in sports. [Rivalfish] • Jay-Z is totally messing with the Mavericks' schedule. [Fort-Worth Star-Telegram] • What's the most steroided-up sports? Billiard...
A Very Quick (And Cold) Way To Hurt Yourself
Islanders Army brings us this video from CSTV, which explains how the Cornell hockey team is using the first ever ice-skating treadmill. It's bizarre to even look at; do you have to store it in a freezer?...
Cultural Oddsmaker: Who'll Be The Next Victim Of A Vicious Rumor?
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think. Poor Vince Carter. Even though he wasn't specifically outed as a semi-flaming bisexual, there was enough of a not-so-blind item implication that the forward is a man who likes to possibly ride the dirty tu...
Do We Laugh Now, Or Wait Until It Gets Funny?
We picked you for the job, not because we think you're so damn smart, but because we thought you were a shade less dumb than the rest of the outfit. Guess we were wrong. You're not smarter, Walter. You're just a little taller....
Blogdome: Free Darko Blows Our Minds
• Free Darko hits a new high in NBA visualization. You really, really have to read this post. [Free Darko] • Somebody on the Giants needs a personal assistant. [SFist] • Fox Sports' soccer guy, who missed on the Klinsmann to the U.S. story, takes his hits like a man for getting the story wrong. [Fox...
Year In Review: January
You might remember, toward the end of last year, when we reviewed each month of the past year leading up to New Years Day. We called it, imaginatively, "Year In Review." Well, we're gonna do that again, starting today, with the fine month of January. We're digging through our archives pretty well, b...
New Defense Secretary A Closet Online Football Chatterer
Robert Gates, as those of you who lower yourselves to pay attention to the world outside of sports might know, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the new Secretary of Defense, replacing Donald Rumsfeld, the Marty Mornhinweg of foreign policy. Gates was most recently president of Texas A&M Universit...
Careful: That Punter Will Go For The Nuts
It has been a felonious year for backup punters. There was, of course, the famous leg-stabbing punter of Northern Colorado, and now we have Kyle Keown, punter for Vanderbilt who got himself in all kinds of trouble last week....