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Typical Philadelphia Marketing
An outstanding find from Mr. Irrelevant: A television station in Philadelphia is reporting that the Phillies made a bit of a mistake with a promotional DVD they sent out....
Leftovers: Afternoons With Rickey
• You can't write too many words about Rickey Henderson. You just can't. [Yahoo Sports] • What kind of world do we live in, where a perfectly innocent Playmate can be hit in the face with a puck at a hockey game? [The Wade Blogs] • Celtics "guard" likes to drive his car very, very fast. [Daily News ...
LeBron James' Mom, On A Rampage
One of our favorite underreported stories of the last few months was the arrest of LeBron James' mother for drunken driving. In case you don't remember the details, Momma LeBron — who, by the way, is the exact same age as Bill Simmons — was placed in the back of a cop car, kicked out the back wind...
The Gruesome Duke Lacrosse Details
Some new developments in the Duke lacrosse team case, which appears to have "tipped" in the last 24 hours; we just saw it featured on our local afternoon news, and we're nowhere near Durham....
Random YouTube Finding Of The Week
As our brother at Defamer noted yesterday, if you can't find something fascinating on YouTube, you're just not trying. Henceforth, we're starting a new feature here at Deadspin: Random entertainment you can find on YouTube in, like, five seconds. It'll run every Wednesday, because Wednesdays are tra...
It's Almost Opening Day! AL Central Preview
We almost forgot in all the George Mason hysteria, but, jeez, folks, baseball starts, like, Sunday. So, we figured it was probably time to start paying attention. Henceforth, we're going to be previewing each division, two a day, through the end of the week. We thought we'd start with the America...
Blogdome: No Rivalries, Not Anymore
• The end of the NBA rivalry, as we once knew it. [Free Darko] • Is Jim Bowden the worst GM in baseball? Gotta be, right? [Get Up, Baby!] • Joakim Noah's mother gets her rocks off. [Microbano] • They painted the Phillie Phanatic red. Wha? [The 700 Level] • Does the NBA put too much stock in March? [...
Spring Training Fights, Zapruder Style
If you can't get enough of some good spring training bench-clearing brawl action, Boston.com has your fix: A complete frame by frame deconstruction of the Julian Tavarez-Joey Gathwright scuffle earlier this week....
Everybody Hates Barry ... Even Pepsi
So, let's just say that Barry Bonds does break Hank Aaron's home run record this year. It's not that crazy of a notion, you know; he needs 48, which is fewer home runs than Andruw Jones hit last year. How will you react? OK, let's rephrase that: If you had a multi-million dollar advertising budget...
"Bristol Is Big Ten Country"
Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany is visiting ESPN's campus in Bristol today and tomorrow, and it appears ESPN brass is doing everything they can to make him feel comfortable....
What's On Peter Gammons' iPod?
If you don't have ESPN Insider, well, you miss out not just on Bill Simmons mailbags from late 2002, but also various "blogs" from Buster Olney, John Clayton and our man Peter Gammons. We always enjoy Gammons' blog, if you can call something a blog that's really just feature stories that are a lit...
Nike Has No Love For GMU
In the world of coaching sponsorships, summer basketball camps and AAU leagues, if Nike doesn't acknowledge you, in the world of college basketball, you simply do not exist....
To Watch Tonight
What you missed while attending Kevin Federline's birthday party ... • National Invitation Tournament: Semifinals, at New York, Old Dominion vs. Michigan and South Carolina vs. Louisville. Somehow we knew that Rick Pitino would still be around in late March. [ESPN2] • NCAA Womens' Tournament: Region...
"Facebook Princess" Hits Maxim
Online wankers, your day has come: The long-awaited photo shoot pictures of FSU Cowgirl Jenn Sterger have finally been posted on Maxim's Web site. The photos are as understated and subtle as you would have expected from a Sports Illustrated columnist; the "outfits" consist mostly of dental floss a...
Leftovers: Forgetting The Bats (Literally)
• We know the A's didn't hit that well last year, but they're still going to need their bats. [SAn Francisco Chronicle] • He plays for Notre Dame, and he boxes. The motif here: Hitting people. [Boxing Talk] • This is what happens when you beat a Final Four team twice; Hofstra coach gets extension an...
In Case You Need Just A LITTLE More Duke Hate
Yes, yes, we know that Duke has been out of the tournament for coming up on a week now, and yes, we know that everybody loves George Mason and that's all that really matters. But that doesn't mean people have satiated their bloodlust for Duke hatred. Witness, this video from a bored student having f...
Fresh Meat In Bloomington
To us, being the coach of Indiana is about as thankless a job as you might possibly imagine. No matter what you do — remember, Mike Davis once took the Hoosiers to the national title game — you're always going to pale in comparison to the fundamentals-spouting ogre in the red sweater....
Hey, Teachers! Leave Those Kids Alone!
The day's half over, and we haven't even mentioned George Mason yet. Time to rectify that....
Dhani Jones Has Happy Feet That Can't Be Beat
We have been called a "chronicler of athlete misdeeds," though we think we're a little more optimistic than that; we prefer "chronicle of athlete malfeasance." Or even "athlete tomfoolery." Whichever; pick your poison....
Duke Lacrosse Team On The Brink
We touched on this briefly last week, but it merits rementioning: The Duke University men's lacrosse team is in serious trouble. If you missed the details of the case, a student at North Carolina Central University was hired to dance for various members of the team at a "small bachelor party." The...