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Monday Night And Tuesday Morning Football
You know, we watched football all day yesterday, and it absolutely wore us out. As great as it is, that's a lot of football. But imagine that actually starting at night....
When Male Cheerleaders Attack
We'd like to congratulate THE Ohio State University for their convincing victory over Texas on Saturday night. We are also pleased that the Buckeyes waited until 2006 to beat the Longhorns, rather than 2005; last year's game was in Columbus, this one was in Austin and that meant all fires and riot...
Leftovers: That Fat Donovan McNabb
• Look which NFL players the government considers "obese." [Consumer Freedom • An oustanding approximation of a Mitch Albom column. [Breaking The Formula] • It's a minor league bar fight! [Minneapolis Star-Tribune] • The NBA and its referees are, once again, not happy with each other. [USA Today] • ...
Kareem Takes A Large Dump On Someone Else's Lawn
If you needed another reason that the late Wilt Chamberlain was countless times more interesting than all-time scoring champ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, we bring you this gossip item from today's New York Daily News....
Eventually, It Will Just Be A Graphic Below Irvin's Name
So we haven't actually seen this, so we need someone to confirm it for us, preferably with video. Let that be our disclaimer prologue....
A Slight Change In The Commenting Rules (Don't Worry, It'll Be Fine)
As anyone who has ever spent longer than five minutes around these parts knows, we have the best commenters on the planet. We have yet to make a joke that's funnier than about 10-15 comments that show up in the first five minutes after making a post. We've made our peace with this; we never thought ...
Blogdome: Five Years Later
• Here's our only 9/11 anniversary mention of the day: We'd prefer to be sad in private, if that's OK. [Kissing Suzy Kolber] • Chadron State, folks: Chadron State. [Heavy Soul] • Making a strong case for Jack Morris. [Off The Baggie] • The Rocky statue has returned to Philadelphia. [The 700 Level] •...
Perhaps Fergie Can Return Punts
They opened up the Pink Taco yesterday ... and the Black Eyed Peas welcomed a new member....
Hirshey: Sweetness And Light In The Prem
David Hirshey writes weekly about the Premiership for Deadspin....
Fortunately, It Was To A National Powerhouse Like Rutgers
The last time we were able to watch our beloved alma mater play in the New York City metropolitian area, it was the Coaches Vs. Cancer Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden. The Illini lost by 20 to Providence and Ryan Gomes. We thought it couldn't get any worse....
Stableford: Roddick Federized
Dylan Stableford is the editor of media blog FishbowlNY and will write occasionally on the U.S. Open....
NFL Roundup: Mangini's Workout Regimen
Muses and ruminations after Week 1 of the NFL ......
Week In Deadspin: Bronzed Leather
• Presenting the inaugural class of the Deadspin Hall Of Fame. • You know, Dave Thomas used to do this all the time. • Bert Blyleven is f—-ing up that f—-ing thing. • Who will Bill Simmons put on notice? • Goodbye, croc hunter man. • Heath Shuler could actually be a winner. • This is how you comme...
The World's Smartest Athletes
So let's say, hypothetically, that someone were to walk up to you right now — or, say, type something you might be happening to read on their sports blog — and say that there was a sport whose players are, consistently, across the board, not just more intelligent than other sports' players, but in f...
Leftovers: Turkey Baseball
• We honestly cannot believe it took people this long to come up with turkey baseball. [Baseball Think Factory] • Brian Billick would like you to help him spy on his players. [The Fanhouse] • Waving Terrible Towels as a mayor's funeral procession comes by seems entirely appropriate to us, why? [The ...
Get Thee To A Newsstand (Or SI.com, At Least)
Though we grew up thinking he was the the best sportswriter on the planet — and one of our favorite journalists anywhere — we'll confess souring somewhat on Sports Illustrated scribe Gary Smith in recent years. His writing was still top-notch, but it was beginning to become repetitive. He'd either w...
Cultural Oddsmaker: Which Fantasy Expert Will Score First?
A.J. Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs ever Friday. Email him to let him know what you think....
Don't Come Kicking In Our Homeroom Door 'Cause Of Something We Didn't Do
Throw one at us if you want, hash head. We've got all five senses and we slept last night ... that puts me us up on the lot of you....
Blogdome: Everything's Better With Tecmo
• A week 1 NFL preview ... using Tecmo Bowl! [The Ex-Burgher] • For 40 minutes, Kevin Kouzmanoff was a baseball god. [High And Inside] • Keith Hernandez ... "out in the wilderness." [Off Color Commentator] • Hangin' out with the Football Outsiders dude, yo. [Sportszilla] • This day in history, in bl...
Wheels Of Justice Grind Slowly For Clarett
The Maurice Clarett story, with its deep debts and Israel mobs and Grey Goose, has almost become too sad for us to take much joy in goofing on it anymore, though we're still always going to be a little tickled by the fact that he had a hatchet....