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To Watch Tonight
What to watch while thinking maybe it's time to give Isringhausen a little break ... • MLB: Chicago White Sox at Boston. Somehow, they've managed to arrange different results for each respective network. [ESPN] [WGN] • Tennis: U.S. Open, at New York. We think we saw George Costanza on TV with his fa...
You're Seeing A Lot Less College Football Than You Used To
If you're not familiar with it — or just have better things to do than keep an eye on arcane NCAA offseason rule changes — you might not have been aware until Saturday about Rule 3-2-5e, which was imposed on the NCAA by television stations because the games were running too long....
Leftovers: Panther Indian Givers
• Yeah, see, if you say you're gonna give away a car, GIVE AWAY THE CAR. [Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer] • An interview ... with the Stanford Tree. IvyGate] • KSK is now taking over not just football, but the NBA world. [SLAM Online] • Might the NFL actually boost up its drug testing now? [New YOrk Ti...
NFL Pants Party: AFC West
This is the AFC West. This is not like the AFC North. You might have noticed this earlier. This is where they play in different time zones than the one in which we live. Whew. All irrefutable facts....
NFL Season Previews: Jacksonville Jaguars
We are officially one day before the start of the NFL season, so it's probably time to start previewing the monster. The key to the NFL's success — other than fantasy football and gambling, of course — is the rabid nature of its fans. That is to say: You don't see a lot of people painting their face...
Hall Of Fame Inductee: Clinton Portis
Presenting the next member of the inaugural class of the Deadspin Hall Of Fame ......
"Justify The Size Of Your Head, Sir"
We were particularly amused this afternoon by this clever piece on McSweeney's, otherwise known as "the Web site for those who don't actually have time to finish anything but can still call themselves a writer by getting a sestina about 'Survivor' published." (We kid McSweeney's; we love McSweeney's...
NFL Pants Party: AFC North
This might be our favorite division in football. Big Ben's bashed up face/appendix combo, Joey Porter, the Bengals cavalcade of feloniousness, Ray Lewis and sex tapes and murder raps ... oh, and the Browns too. What do the kids think?...
Well, Well, Look Who's Going To Be On The Colbert Report
We will confess to being big fans of "The Colbert Report." As hardcore "Daily Show" watchers since the (obviously inferior) Craig Kilborn days, we weren't sure we had time for another half hour of fake news — particularly fake news delivered as a satire of cable news show hosts we don't actually w...
Hall Of Fame Inductee: Kyle Orton
Presenting the next member of the inaugural class of the Deadspin Hall Of Fame ......
NFL Pants Party: AFC East
Personally, we think the AFC East would be a lot more fun to make predictions for if Troy Brown had to play quarterback for the Patriots every game. Oh, and is Culpepper organizing the rookie party for the Dolphins this year?...
Blogdome: This Is A Tailgate?
• So, that family friendly tailgating section on the Georgia campus last week? Worked out real well. [Georgia Sports Blog] • Beating Colorado? Bah! Bring on Chadron State! [Heavy Soul] • Chuck Norris. Chuck Norris? CHUCK NORRIS! [Every Day Should Be Saturday] • We don't care how many PR Web sites th...
Hall Of Fame Inductee: Vikings Sex Boat
Presenting the next member of the inaugural class of the Deadspin Hall Of Fame ......
NFL Season Preview: Carolina Panthers
We are officially one day before the start of the NFL season, so it's probably time to start previewing the monster. The key to the NFL's success — other than fantasy football and gambling, of course — is the rabid nature of its fans. That is to say: You don't see a lot of people painting their face...
"This Is The Parts Where They Say Who They Thinks Gonna Win"
In his nightmares, this is what Chris Fowler imagines every viewer of College GameDay is like....
NFL Pants Party: AFC South
Because the season starts, oh, tomorrow, we figured it was probably time to start laying out some of the predictions for you, division by division. So here's a quick roundup of predictions from around the series of tubes we call the Internet....
Hall Of Fame Inductee: Renee Thomas And Angela Keathley
Presenting the next member of the inaugural class of the Deadspin Hall Of Fame ......
Hall Of Fame Inductee: You're With Me, Leather
Presenting ... the first member of the inaugural class of the Deadspin Hall Of Fame ......
That's How You Take A Charge
We just realized that we haven't told your our thoughts on the weekend of college football that just (finally) ended. Well, we're happy the Illini won, though they're gonna get killed at Rutgers. We think Brady Quinn remains dreamy. And, mostly, we think it was an extremely dangerous weekend to be o...
Deadspin HOF Nominee: Marcus "New Mexico" Vick
We can't take credit for the beauty that is Ron Mexico, because it came before our time, so we can only have fun with the next best thing: His little brother Marcus, who has the most fun you can possibly have without actually having herpes....