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Do Not Let This Song In Your Skull
We've heard all kinds of pretty horrible team theme songs, starting with the Super Bowl Shuffle and heading all the way down to Bootsy Collins' "Fear The Tiger," the first-ever ode written for an NFL team for achieving the lofty goal of an early-season lead in the AFC North....
Leftovers: As the Norv Turns
• He's reached the Pacific Ocean, there's nowhere else to go — Norv Turner to 49ers as an assistant. [SFist] • Seahawks' Sean Locklear arrested, and you gotta admire his timing. [Seahawks Fan In Broncos Land] • Net fault: Roscoe Tanner gets two years in prison. [MSNBC] • After shamelessly flirting w...
The Millionth Reason Not To Watch Leno
After you've watched the Illini lay waste to the Indiana Hoosiers in Bloomington tonight, we humbly suggest that you turn your dial to "The Late Show With David Letterman" to watch official Friend Of Deadspin Jeff MacGregor talk with everyone's favorite gap-toothed wonder....
ESPN Hollywood Bites The Dust
Proving The Brushback's prediction a mere two months before it launched, several sources have confirmed that "ESPN Hollywood" is being cancelled by the end of the week. (The good folks at Sports Business Daily informs us the last day will be Friday, January 27, a week from Friday. This means "ESPN...
Isiah Thomas. Bill Simmons. Quien Es Mas Macho?
In one of those stories that almost seem too good to be true around here, it appears that good ole' Bill Simmons has been threatened by Knicks general "manager" Isiah Thomas on — of all things — Stephen A. Smith's radio show. In his newest "More Cowbell" post, a Simmons reader writes in:...
Why Your Hometown Columnist Sucks: Steve Serby
Yes, he once wrote that "if Tom Brady were a politician, he'd be JFK." OK, he once, on assignment at the 2001 Super Bowl, wrote an entire column off of radio quotes. OK, sure, he's at times jingoistic, hackneyed and wishy-washy. Yeah, yeah, it's true that Jets' quarterback Richard Todd once smacke...
Blogdome: You Can't Polish Poo
• To prepare for the Super Bowl, Detroit is cleaning up the Silverdome ... just to destroy it afterwards. [Detroit Wonk] • Yes, yes, we know our referees suck, but at least we're not fixing games! [The Hater Nation] • Nefariousness at Oklahoma State and its huge donations. [The Wizard Of Odds] • T...
Blogdom's Best: Miami Heat
It might not — yet — have the online fanaticism and cachet of baseball, but the NBA and its fans are starting to catch up in the world of team-devoted blogs. To this end, Deadspin salutes these modem-addled souls and proudly presents Blogdom's Best, given to the most outstanding blog for each NBA ...
Is The NFL Network Showing Games Next Year?
BenMaller.com is reporting that the second-half cable deal in place next year for the NFL — similar to the way TNT and ESPN used to share Sunday night games — will put eight regular-season games on ... the NFL Network....
The End Of Shaq Is Nigh
We couldn't have been more thoroughly depressed by last night's Lakers-Heat matchup, otherwise known as Shaq-Kobe II (or IV, or whatever). Aside from the much-heralded but mostly boring "peace accord" between Shaq and Kobe, and aside from the game itself (the Lakers finally beat Shaq), we were dow...
Uh, Actually, We're Kind Of Just Sitting On Our Couch
With a heavy heart, we inform you that, yes, Terrell Owens is back. Sorry. Don't kill the messenger....
No Soup For You!
The man you see pictured is Randy Monroe, coach of the Maryland-Baltimore County Retrievers. Last week, his team lost at home to New Hampshire, and Monroe — who is famous for stomping up and down the sidelines and screaming — officially lost it. So what did he do to motivate/punish his team? He ba...
"It Broke My Heart. Literally."
You know how crazy that Steelers-Colts game was on Sunday, how it was such an insane rush, exhilarating, exhausting, so exciting that it made you think you were gonna have a heart attack?...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 10 a.m. Fantasy Football Focus: My fantasy now involves Peyton Manning, a chain saw and a leather mask. • 11 a.m. NBA with Marc Stein: How many times during halftime do you think David Stern called their respective locker rooms to te...
The Final Wake Of Southeast Jerome
To, at last, close the book on our man Clinton Portis and all his press conference personas from the last year, the man himself has finally updated his personal Web site with a detailed timeline, with biographical sketches, of each fraction of his tortured soul....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while watching your Golden Globes Pool picks go up in flames ... • NBA: Lakers beat Heat as Shaq and Kobe have their Brokeback Mountain moment ... • College Basketball: Our Rashad Anderson Fan Club is looking pretty darned prescient after UConn snaps Syracuse's win streak. • NHL: Gre...
Ron Mexico Heading Toward (American) Courts
With all that has been going on with little brother Marcus "New Mexico" Vick, it's important to remember that Ron Mexico himself, Michael Vick, is still embroiled in his own legal woes. That's right, folks: The lawsuit filed by a woman who claims Vick/Mexico gave her herpes is set to roll this Apr...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch before you are sedated, tagged and relocated farther back into the woods ... • NBA: San Antonio at Memphis, Miami at L.A. Lakers. Could this be the episode where Shaq and Kobe finally kiss? [TNT] • College Basketball: Kansas at Missouri, Connecticut at Syracuse, Loyola Marymount at G...
Mo Vaughn, Still Pickin' 'Em Up And Settin' 'Em Down
We always liked former Red Sox first whaleman Mo Vaughn, if just because of his always-refreshing honest about where he spent his spare time: strip clubs. (We'll just say reporters always knew where to find him when they needed a quote.)...
Blogdome: Sidney Ponson ... No Longer Hairless!
• Sidney Ponson, now that he's a Cardinal, has decided to grow hair. We can't figure out why this frightens us so much. [Baseball Musings] • As happy as you might be to see the Colts go down, it's more difficult than you think to root for the Steelers. [The Sports Frog] • Mark Cuban releases his NBA...