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How Not To Run A Cheerleading Squad
As Every Day Should Be Saturday put it, this is a story that's best read while listening to the "Benny Hill Show" music....
Brett Myers Punched His Wife In The Face
It is commonplace among Major League Baseball teams to send the starting pitchers for upcoming road series ahead of the team, allowing them to get on a normal travel schedule. That's what the Philadelphia Phillies did with starter Brett Myers, who was scheduled to pitch against Boston tomorrow after...
Hirshey: Gonzo About Ghana
David Hirshey will write regularly during the World Cup....
Non-Retired Guy Comes Out Of Non-Retirement To Non-Retire
Our long national nightmare is over: Roger Clemens is back. How did we ever make it so long without him? His "return," obviously, would have a little more resonance if he had, you know, ever left, but whatever. He's back. Playing the Twins. We hope Bat Girl comes up with a Lego version of him....
Leftovers: Do Not Anger The Canadian
• The U.S. ambassador to Canada says hockey isn't the best sport. Man, the Canadians are pissed now! [National Post] • The St. Louis Blues have a new owner. And he's a buddy of Jim Dolan. AWESOME. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch] • A surprisingly funny Brewers commercial with Derrick Turnbow. [Brewers.com]...
Looking At This Year's Draft ... Four Years From Now
Excellent conceit from excellent Golden State Warriors blog today: A look at what we'll be saying about upcoming NBA Draft prospects in 2010....
An Ultimate Fighting Bedtime Story
We don't know much about Ultimate Fighting Pride, and we definitely don't know who these two people are. But, somewhere in this short, quick, violent clip, there's a moral. A lesson. One to grow on. Something like that....
Oregon Ducks Continue To Assault The Pupils
We've never had the inherent fascination with sports uniforms that some folks have — it is, after all, laundry — but we couldn't help but note the new Oregon Ducks football uniforms, which they call "the next step in uniform development," which we suppose is true if that step involves playing footba...
Of Mad Dogs, Nike And Englishmen
This Nike ad featuring England young turk Wayne Rooney, apparently, is drawing all kinds of ire in England....
Blogdome: Heat, Meet The Marlins
• There are more similarities between the 2006 Miami Heat and the 2003 Florida Marlins than you might think. [The Polo Grounds] • Why Ozzie Guillen can get away with talking like that ... for now. [Chicago Sports Review] • Popular Red Sox blogger ... has been working for the Red Sox? Well, kinda. [F...
Well, That Was Miserable
Yeah! Soccer! Reading through the comments from the United States-Ghana live blog — the United States lost, by the way, if you didn't hear — pretty much prepared us for the postgame comments of ESPN analyst Eric Wynalda (whom we've actually enjoyed thus far): "Bruce Arena screwed up this World Cup f...
A Helpful Tip For Ozzie Guillen, And It's Free
Last night, before yet another brutal pasting of the Cardinals — hey, look, the White Sox just put another 10-spot on the board, and it's only noon! — White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen apologized for his reference to Chicago Sun-Times and "Around The Horn" "reporter" Jay Mariotti as a "fag," but not t...
Hirshey: Boring? Please.
David Hirshey will write regularly during the World Cup....
The Moment You've All Been Waiting For
Ladies and gentlemen, this man — this guy — has been rewarded for the job he has done over the last three years. Larry Brown has been fired, and Isiah Thomas — Isiah Thomas! — will take over as coach and general manager....
Not That Many Hours Left 'Til Gametime
Since it's a one of those 10 a.m. starts tomorrow, we figure this is as close to a preview of tomorrow's United States vs. Ghana matchup as we're going to get, considering the sleep schedules of your average Deadspin reader....
The Deal With The TRL Thing
Back when we announced the sale of the "You're With Me, Leather" T-shirts, we promised a free post for whichever reader was able to feature the shirt on national television. But we — obviously — never dreamed it would be the host of TRL....
Leftovers: Careful Of Nolan's Cattle
• Someone stole Nolan Ryan's cows. What? Did we read that right? [TMZ] • Bernie Kosar says he was a little wacky as a husband, but not a druggie. So you know. [Newsnet5] • Keith Hernandez, Mr. Hip! [Out Of Left Field] • It's drunk athletes as "The A Team," we think. [Gheorghe: The Blog]...
The Only Logical Choice For ESPN Soccer Analyst
If you're like us, you've been repeatedly jabbing objects both sharp and blunt into your ears while listening to the ESPN soccer announcers, particularly the "lead" team of Dave O'Brien and Marcelo Balboa, whose extensive yammering and criminal butchering of the English language — respectively — hav...
Mark Cuban's Relaxation Techniques
Our affection for Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is well-documented, and we certainly don't mean to pile on during what's assuredly a difficult day for him. But nevertheless, we wouldn't be doing our job if we didn't show off these photos sent to us this morning, supposedly taken last Friday nigh...