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Week In Deadspin: Pulling For Peter
• Get well soon, Mr. Gammons. • There will never be another tirade like Joe Mikulik's, ever. • Louis Gossett Jr., college basketball superhero. • Michael Strahan is not gay, but he's still a big dope. • David Hirshey is everywhere. • We'd love to see more sportswriters get in fights. • Let's try t...
Some Things You See That You Can't Unsee
We've already mentioned the peculiarity of Bob Uecker having an obsessed stalker, and yesterday the woman, Ann Ladd, was ordered to stay 1,000 feet away from the Brewers broadcaster at all times. (Which means she can actually sit in the front row. Ahem.) Ladd will also not be allowed to attend any B...
Leftovers: Mariotti Continues To Not Do Himself Favors
• Jay Mariotti tells his tale of woe and bats up his arse sideways. [Chicago Reader] • Big Tour de France dopey scandal grips ... well, some French people, we guess. [Cycling News] • Lamar Odom's son dies in his crib. [Los Angeles Times] • We couldn't possibly be happier that The Mighty MJD has deci...
Cultural Oddsmaker: Fourth Of July Fiesta!
A.J. Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Send him all kinds of fan mail....
Blogdome: A-Rod Is Just Better, People
• You know what? Alex Rodriguez is better at Derek Jeter in every situation ... including clutch ones. [Sportszilla] • We totally forgot to welcome JJ Redick to Orlando yesterday. Hello, JJ! [Sports Oasis] • An Illini recruit and Coach K aren't getting along too well right now. [Illinitalk] • The At...
The Real Story Of The World Cup
After all the talk of diving in soccer yesterday, we couldn't possibly have been happier to receive this comprehensive study from "Information Builders." The point of the study is to look at the World Cup so far — up to but not including this morning's Germany-Argentina game — and tally which teams ...
Randy Walker, R.I.P.
Randy Walker, head coach of the Northwestern Wildcats, died last night of a heart attack. The former Miami of Ohio coach — that school has produced an amazing number of coaches, by the way, from Woody Hayes to Bo Schembechler to Ara Parseghian — had just signed a contract extension in April that wou...
Eddie Griffin Needs To Mind His Surroundings
OK, so we formally apologize for taking until 10 a.m. today to get to this. It's been a busy morning....
Hirshey: Now It REALLY Begins
David Hirshey is writing throughout the World Cup....
Get Your Isiah Popcorn Here!
Just to be cheap and pile on, we found this site which allows you to "become a Dale and Thomas popcorn affiliate. According to the site:...
Do Not Anger The Pirates Fans Any Further
We don't mean to imply that things are starting to get particularly ugly in Pittsburgh ... but people are now booing the mascot for not being a parrot....
Leftovers: McNeeley Robs The High-Rent Places
• Peter McNeeley arrested for stealing from a Walgreen's. [DonChavez.com] • The inside story of Kerry Wood's labia repair. [Radosh.net] • Kent State says no more athletes on Facebook. To "protect them." Yep. [Daily Tech] • Some final thoughts on the draft. [Complete Sports] • So, how did the draft "...
Illini Reunited In ... Utah! Go Jazz!
Forgive us a tiny bit of indulgence here, but our ultimate takeaway from the NBA Draft last evening was not the million Portland trades, Isiah Thomas' fumbling, Dan Patrick and David Stern's pissing contest or even the insane convergence of Michael Jordan and a guy who cries with two second left in ...
Diver Down
An oft-forwarded Slate piece written this week attempts to answer the question: What's wrong with diving in soccer? The mock, oh-lord-god-help-me-it-HURTS! soccer move that so infuriates Americans — most memorably demonstrated in a Dave Eggers essay — is probably the biggest roadblock to the sport c...
Heckling Stephen A. Without Mercy
The raucousness of the crowds at the NBA and NFL Drafts in New York are somewhat legend, and last night, from many accounts, nobody was hit harder than ESPN's resident screamer Stephen A. Smith. And now it's all captured on video. Stephen A. is hit repeatedly in this video, for his Cheese Doodles,...
Blogdome: Orton Lives
• It is physically impossible to have too many drunk Kyle Orton photos. [Kissing Suzy Kolber] • Oh, nothing better than when a football coach sells a Hummer. [Every Day Should Be Saturday] • For the first time, the NFL invited a gay former player to speak to its rookies. It's a step. [OutSports] • T...
Is This The Real Reason Pronger Wants Out?
Edmonton Oilers defenseman Chris Pronger has said he wants to be traded out of Edmonton, and his agent has been quoted as saying, "There is a very pressing issue that would make it nearly impossible for the Prongers to remain in Edmonton." Many have speculated that Pronger's wife can't stand to live...
Rick Reilly's Wide-Eyed Reaction Shots
Back in April, we told you about "The Beer Belly," a contraption that allowed you to sneak beer into stadiums through a fake beer gut. You would then drink there beer through a tube, or something like that....
Grand Theft Auto: BALCO
So in the new Grand Theft Auto game, one of your "missions," according to Sam at SLAM Online, is to hunt down and kill an informer planning on giving a doping report on "our country's most famous athletes" to the FBI. The man, we're told, has more than a passing resemblance to BALCO barker Victory C...