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Leftovers: A New Rangers Skipper
• Who's the recipient of the Buck Showalter Theory? Ron Washington! [Dallas Morning News] • What exactly do the Knicks want you to experience, again? [copyranter] • Crown their ass! [CrownTheirAss.net] • A consistently funny site about wacky hockey logos. [Bush League Factor]...

Drew Tate Does The Ocho
In the spirit of the Big Ten football theme we've got going this afternoon, we proudly present you with Drew Tate, quarterback for the consistently disappointing Iowa Hawkeyes, rocking out the Halloween party circuit with some pals as, apparently, the bad guys from "Dodgeball." Frankly, this is the ...

Set Tasers Phasers To "Conduct"
At halftime of the Michigan-Ball State game on Saturday, of all people, freaking Picard proved something we've always suspected: Anybody can be a damned band conductor....

Bo Schembechler Gets Meta On Us
We've told you repeatedly about the Dead Schembechlers, the Ohio State fan punk band that features thrash ditties like "Bomb Ann Arbor Now" and "Chad Henne is A Motherfucking Joke." (Their official site is right here, though someone should probably mention that no one does splash pages anymore.)...

Blogdome: Jesse Saves The World
• Jesse Jackson brings peace to Ron Artest and Ben Wallace. [Bench Renaldo] • Another dead horse that just can't get the love of Barbaro. [The Big Picture] • The Sooners pull a Bush-Leinart. [The Wizard Of Odds] • You can find out whatever you need about an NBA guy from his blog. [The Basketball Jon...

Sometimes, The Gatorade Bottle Is Just Too Far Away
We're posting this just to be obnoxious, and we will not pretend otherwise: During Nebraska's 34-20 victory over Missouri, Tigers quarterback Chase Daniel discovers a way to replenish proteins burned through on the field of battle....

Hirshey: Coach Fight!
David Hirshey writes regularly about soccer for Deadspin....

Thinking Good Thoughts For JoePa
If you haven't seen the "highlight" yet, here's video of Joe Paterno's broken leg accident on Saturday. We are extremely fond of Paterno — we always find him lovable; we want him to read us a story or something — and hope he has a speedy recovery, or as speedy a recovery that a 79-year-old man can h...

NFL Roundup: Bears Down!
• Hey, so what did happen to the Bears yesterday? We know they had trouble handling the Buzzsaw, but hey, who doesn't? Losing at home to the Dolphins is not the type of thing that's gonna make people feel all that positively about an all-Midwest Super Bowl. Wasn't Rex Grossman good at the beginnin...

Another "Outstanding" Regular Season Manning Triumph
There is a temptation to point out that if Peyton Manning had thrown four interceptions at home on national television against his biggest rival, he would have been vilified by anyone with a keyboard yet again for being a choker; because it was Tom Brady who did it, it was just an "off night" for ...

Week In Deadspin: World Series Hangover
• Hey, the Cardinals won the World Series. And, amazingly, we were there. • Ben Roethlisberger is wisely keeping his distance from the motorcycles. • Whoa. The Knicks won. • Harold Reynolds is coming, ESPN, he's COMING! So be ready. We went in depth on his suit. • GARRRRRRRRR! • Eagles fans are havi...

Time For Manning-Brady ... Uh ... What Number Are We On Now?
You might have heard: The Colts play the Patriots this weekend, which means it's time for more Brady vs. Manning stories. We think everyone's issues with Peyton Manning are nicely summed up by Kissing Suzy Kolber:...

Leftovers: Digging Up ESPN Dirt, Harold Style
• Harold Reynolds has hired a private investigator to go after ESPN. Oh, this could be fun. [New York Post] • Dirk Burgundy. He's Dirk Burgundy. [The Basketball Jones] • You can't expect Terrell Owens to stay awake during team meetings, seriously. [Cowboys Plus] • A-Rod: Trade or keep? [New York Tim...

Block A Shot And Boogie: A Day In The Life Of Isiah
This is an older video, and we've never seen it ... but that doesn't make it any less hypnotic. Shake it, Isiah ... SHAKE IT!...

Cultural Oddsmaker: The New York City Marathon
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him and let him know what you think....

We Haven't Had A Drink In A Lotta Years, But Now We're Gonna Have Us A Cold Beer
There's no one knows your life better than a brother that's near your age. He knows who you are and what you are better than anyone on earth. My brother and we said some unforgivable things the last time we met, but we're trying to put that behind us, and this trip is a hard swallow of our pride. We...

Blogdome: Not Too Much Longer Now, Nope
• Man, Ohio State-Michigan just can't get here soon enough. [The M Zone] • Larry Johnson does his best Herm Edwards. [Heavy Soul] • Brady Quinn is ACTING. [The Big Picture] • The story of the Atlanta Hawks, in picture form. [Sports Gone South] • Here's your big list of baseball free agents. [MLB Tra...

It's Really Just Cruel To Not Allow Rasheed To Bitch And Moan
Much has been written about the new "zero tolerance" rule in the NBA, which allows referees to slap a technical on anybody who so much as sneezes in their general direction. Already, three players have been ejected because of the new rules, including Mike Bibby, Carmelo Anthony and, yes, Rasheed Wal...

Woody Paige Refutes His Own Refutation
About three weeks ago, "Cold Pizza" dog-food eater Woody Paige denied rumors that he was leaving New York and all its Atlantic Video goodness to go back to The Denver Post and write columns about, uh, wearing funny hats or something. He said the rumors were just rumors....

Funny How All The Corn Is Brown And Dying
If it's October or November, in part of the country that isn't infested with commie pinko postgraduate hippie folk — that is to say, the middle part — the season means one thing: Corn mazes!...