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"I'm The Hoff" In Milwaukee
The recent surge in baseball stadiums encouraging fans to send text messages to show on the scoreboard is an encouraging one; we've heard rumors of a "You're With Me, Leather" at Busch Stadium, though no screenshot exists yet, and we haven't hit the zenith of a "Get Away From Me, Carl Monday" at Jac...
Do Not Date Flozell Adams, Girls
A Web site we hadn't heard of before called Don't Date Him, Girl purports to list the names and descriptions of guys that girls should, you know, not date, girl. Web sites like this make us nervous, so after we searched for our own name and the names of almost all our friends, we were pointed to t...
Reds Fans Not Handling Kearns Trade Well
The first big trade of the baseball season went down yesterday, and, to just from the popular reaction, you'd think the Washington Nationals were in wild-card contention and the Cincinnati Reds were selling off. The Reds traded Austin Kearns and Felipe Lopez, two of their best young hitters, for a...
It's Judgment Day For Mike Cooper
Today, friends, could be the final chapter in The Most Amazing Story Of Our Time: Mike Cooper himself is due to be sentenced today, at 1:30 p.m. ET, in Berea Municipal Court....
Stepping In The Ole Way-Back Machine
OK, so this is three years old, apropos of nothing — other than baseball finally coming back tonight — and has probably been seen by a lot of you. But someone just sent it to us, and even if you have seen it, it's still worth a revisit....
Your Child Can Be Swaddled In Bristol Wear
Sometimes, we wonder if there's any way we could find a gift for one of our friends' children that might assure that he be beaten up on a semi-regular basis. Hmm. Perhaps if one could combine the hip, cutting-edge stylings of ESPN and sweatshop-stitched shoddy garb of J.C. Penny's....
Leftovers: "When She Said She Was Gonna, Like, Wreck My Car ... I Didn't Know What To Do"
• Not looking good for Barbaro, folks. [New York Times] • Pac-Man Jones is showing Vince Young the ropes this summer. What could possibly go wrong? [The Hater Nation] • What's a Thursday without a Jheri Curl post? [Joe Sports Fan] • The Raiders are always so much fun. [Kissing Suzy Kolber]...
Run, You Stupid Linebacker, RUN!
Just to be clear on this, if some guy stabbed us, in a bowling alley or elsewhere, we would never stop crying. We're a bleeder. We would wail and scream and whine and plead and any other verb that connotes sniveling wimpdom....
We Were Probably Due For One Of These
For reasons unbeknowst to us, straight male bloggers at Snobs Vs. Slobs have decided to rank the All Handsome Man 2006 Baseball Team. It is amazing the depths we will sink to in order to keep ourselves entertained on the last day of the All-Star Break. They do play tonight, yes? Please?...
The Post Where We Ruin The ESPY Suspense
Desperate to find out what happened at the ESPYs last night? Can't wait for Sunday? Just can't believe that they'd make you sit around that long? We feel your pain! We do! We've spent hours already frantically analyzing our "Best Male" cheat sheets, and we can't take it anymore....
Blogdome: 10 Years Ago In Philly
• Look at all the people who were in the game the LAST time the National League won the All-Star Game. [High And Inside] • How far we've fallen, announcer-wise. [Awful Announcing] • Part two of the big Billy Beane interview. [Athletics Nation] • A blog about the Cardinals-Cubs rivalry is our kind of...
Brian Urlacher's "Domestic" Woes
You know, people keep telling us about this Brian Urlacher custody trial business in Chicago, and it just makes us uncomfortable. Like many football fans, we like to think of Urlacher as an old-school, square-jawed bruiser cut from the Butkus mold. So when we start reading stuff like this —...
Hey, Let's Do It Here Next Time
Are you ready to have the World Cup in the United States in four years? It could happen....
TBS Knows Baseball, ESPN Hopes Not To Forget
So we're a day late on this, but we wanted to make sure we had all the details correct. As menacingly pointed out during the All-Star Game, FOX has re-upped for the rights to the World Series, Saturday games and one LCS for the next seven years. For Joe Buck and Tim McCarver haters, this is bad ne...
Big Ben's Radio Buddy
We think you can probably tell a lot about an athlete by whom he/she chooses for their first post-big-career-moment interview. Which "reporter" shows them enough deference, respect and suck-up-itude to be handed that big scoop?...
You Know, We Hear The Smell Attracts Bears
You know, there are times when it's obvious that we're not covering enough auto racing around these parts....
Second Half Preview: American League
OK, before we start: Seriously, this is just the worst sports day of the year. Do you realize we did a post below on bowling? Can we please get back to the games tomorrow? What? No afternoon games? Man!...
Ichiro Continues To Lose It A Bit
Ichiro Suzuki has been acting more erratically the last few years, we've noticed, coinciding almost directly with the Mariners' struggles the last few years. But in an interview Monday, Ichiro might have lost it a little while discussing the team's difficulties....
Leftovers: One Guy Alone In A Room
• The NHL starts its own social networking site. [PaidContent] • Kids, we wouldn't lose too much sleep over that whole House voting against online gambling bill. [Business Week] • Babe Ruth's balls still lucrative. Wait ... [Sports Collectors Daily] • When Michael Jordan takes over Indianapolis, peo...
The Winner Of The World Cup Pool Speaks
When we launched the Deadspin Pants Party World Cup Pick 'Em Game back in June, we promised a free post for the winner. It turned out it was Alan Fortunate, with his "Enrico Pilazo" entry, scoring 99 points, just edging out E. Shepard's "Snitches Get Stitches" entry. Fortunate actually ended up sixt...