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Blogdome: Sasha Cohen's Future
• An interview with Sasha Cohen, circa 2016. [Taylor Bunts] • The only way to withstand Knicks basketball is by watching games from 10 years ago. [High Socks & Short Shorts] • Could Cuba win the World Baseball Classic? [Talking Baseball] • Or maybe the whole tournament will just kill Chad Cordero. [...
The J.J. Redick It's OK To Like
This story is a little bit old, and pretty much everyone else has written about it, but we don't care, because we were gone all week and do not want to go down in history as having ignored it....
Anybody Out There Have ESPN Mobile? Anyone?
We were watching another one of those impressive ESPN Mobile commercials this morning, and we thought we'd check in and see how the much-ballyhooed big-bucks launch of the product was going. Of course, finding sales numbers is pretty much out of the question, and most of the mainstream press has f...
Vince Carter Getting "Freaky?"
We were sent the following video from a fellow named Mr. Jones, claiming that Nets guard Vince Carter is shown frollicking in Cancun. If one can classify this activity as "frollicking." We will say that our vacation was nothing like this at all....
Intimate Fantasies About ... Aw, Jeez, HER?
Inspired by a look back at Tonya Harding's career a couple of days ago, a reader, who must be the sports fan equivalent of a cutter, did some research into Tonya and found something so disturbing that pointing it out to you makes us feel like we might be a bad person....
So, Did We Miss Anything?
After eight days floating around a tiny boat in the Caribbean sun, we are proud to say that we are back and, as they say, ready to rock. Our trip was most pleasant, thank you, and we even spent half an hour at the Nevis Sports Museum (apparently they play much cricket there)....
NBC Resorts to Child Porn for Olympics Ratings Boost
Or, at least, it would seem that way. Why else would the Olympic website feature some, um, questionable photos of figure skater Sasha Cohen? Hey, I'm no prude, but for the love of Jon Benet Ramsey this just seems a little...creepy. Maybe this is strategic network synergy? You know, NBC gets people...
Leftovers: Give Paul Pierce a Hug
· Yes, the Bill Simmons drinking game has arrived. Commence shark jumping theories and audible groaning. [PeterDeWolf] · Rick Majerus is taking nonsensical commentating to a whole new level. [Critical Fanatic] · Dissecting the Nationals name snafu with pluck and wonder. [Gheorghe Blog] · More ana...
Dunk Face Fever!: Gheorghe Muresan
Spinheads: Thank you so much for your overwhelming response to Dunk Faces. I am suggesting to the other members of the B-squad to carry on with this experiment as they are becoming more and more bizarre. I will put up a couple more today, but I apologize if any were overlooked. Please continue with ...
Dunk Face!: Ben Roethlisberger
More Drunk, er, Dunk Face submissions. Of course once the "Drunk" Face gets mentioned, Big Ben comes up. Alas, here we have this champion submission from a Deadspin Reader showcasing Steeltown's finest go-to chugster. Wave those Terrible Towels high!...
Those Lovable Michigan Scamps
Well, according to more than one Deadspin tipster a highly involved(and evolved) prank was executed on the MSU student body over the weekend during Saturday's Michigan State/Michigan basketball game. Some students at the University of Michigan posed as Big 10 interns to distribute cards to unsuspect...
Swedish Hockey Coach Shows Off his Bode Miller Side
Once again, there's more head-shaking controversy surrounding the Olympics as Swedish hockey team coach Bengt-Ake Gustafsson suggested that his team would be better off losing to Slovakia tonight(or, right now, actually) in order to get a better match-up in the medal round. Obviously, the Internat...
Desperate Dog Search Now Getting Help from Weirdos
Yes, dogs are fun little animals and all that, but the search for the prized whippet named Vivi who escaped from JFK terminal after last week's Westminster Dog Show has gone completely off the rails. Joining the search for the missing champion dog are none other than 12 psychics....
Dunk Face: New Mexico
The gauntlet has been thrown down. It didn't take long for the rash of New Mexico Dunk Face submissions. (Three in one hour, actually.) So, here he is in all his glowering, heat-packing glory. Surprisingly, this dunk face is very similar to Terence Stansbury's....
Dunk Face!: Eddie Sutton
Yes, creativity is abundenat today amongst the Spinheads. Here we have another reader submission for Dunk Face, this time with former Oklahoma State Coach and friend of Bill W. ,Eddie Sutton. Note the obvious alteration to the title. This Dunk Face gets a voting score of .224. May not make the cut....
Ricky Williams Appealing Hot Piss Test
Ricky Williams is reportedly appealing his most recent failed drug test, which if proven true, could end his 2006 season for the Miami Dolphins. Williams previous failed tests were for marijuana but, according to the story, the latest failure was for another illegal substance. The ruling on his ap...
Dunk Face!: Johnny Weir
First Dunk Face submission comes from Deadspin reader Mike from Boston, who catered to the world's fascination with the figure skating princess and put together this dazzling little photo for our enjoyment. We'll call this Dunk Face, "Sassy."...
A-Rod Chucks Dominicans Under the Bus
Well, not really. But regardless of how it plays out, that's what most people will think. Everybody seems to just HATE this guy. Yesterday, Alex Rodriguez spoke openly about his decision to play for America in the upcoming World Baseball Classic, mostly because, well, he was born here. He didn't ...
Shuffling Off the Mortal Casio Coil
Interesting(but sad) story about retiring Philadelphia Phillies' organist Paul Richardson who's apparently played his last dwink-dwunk-dunh-dunh and been quietly phased out of Citizen's Bank Ballpark activities in the age of "Who Let the Dogs Out?". Richardson reminisces about the good ol' days at...
Just in Time for Tax Season
Fantastic post by the Wizard of Odds, highlighting the Ohio State autograph shilling non-controversy, which seems a little sketchy considering some of these non-professional athletes are making six-figure incomes during "autograph season." According to the Wiz—via the Cleveland Plain Dealer—, some O...