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Brett Favre's 2005 Continues to Suck
2005 wasn't an easy year for Brett Favre. It started off with that whole Javon Walker contract dispute, then detriorated into a miserable season in which basically his whole team got injured, his coach got fired and more insistence from NFL fans that he just hang it up. And in the middle of all th...
Announcements: Greetings, Spinheads
As you may know, your beloved, floppy-haired Midwesterner Will Leitch is gone today, gallavanting across the not-so-frozen tundra to "another goddamn wedding." And I, A.J. Daulerio, have the unenviable task of writing America's most popular sports blog on Will's first full day away from his baby. He...
About Last Night...
What you missed while Grandpa was spinning another one of his pedantic, homespun, drunken stories ......
Bring Us Your Finest Beers And Cheeses
For the first time since we started this site four-and-a-half months ago ... we are taking a day off. Tomorrow, to be specific, because we'll be at a wedding in beautiful Green Bay, Wisc. (We're gonna see if we can catch Mike McCarthy and Brett Favre making out again.) It's going to be cold; we m...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you finally come to terms with the notion that Clinton Portis has jumped the couch ... • College Basketball: DePaul at Pittsburgh. It's Throwdown Thursday in the Big East! Which makes absolutely no sense to us!! [ESPN] • PGA Tour, Sony Open, first round, at Honolulu. Want to mess wi...
What Could Be The Greatest Sports Story Ever
The man you see in this picture is Kevin Rogers. A football lifer, he is most famous for being Donovan McNabb's quarterback coach at Syracuse. He and his wife Betty are the parents of three. Earlier today, Rogers was hired by new coach Brad Childress to become the quarterbacks coach for the Minnes...
Leftovers: Sorry I Got So Bombed, America
• Skiier Bode Miller apologizes for drunk skiing comments on "60 Minutes." Not until he had a chance to drink Lesley Stahl under the table, however. [CBS News] • His mojo is in a kangaroo's pouch, we guess: Andy Roddick the No. 2 seed at Australian Open. [SI.com] • Web site launches ... for the firi...
Bush Decides Not To Play For Free Anymore
Surprising no one on this planet — though we hear some Klingons were just shocked — Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush announced today that he will forgo his final season of eligibility and enter the NFL Draft....
Advertising Whoredom, Commence!
We have advertisers on this site — yeah, we're as surprised as you — so we encourage you to buy their products, along with cheese and assorted meats. If you want to advertise, this handy link will tell you how....
Do Not Taunt West Virginia Fans
We always feel bad for college journalists who stumble across shitstorms; when we worked for our college newspaper, we just wanted to type a bit and then get out in time to drink until dawn. We wanted no trouble....
Mike Tyson's Punch Out ... LIVE!
Via Mr. Irrelevant and Bill Simmons' intern — look, we saw something on your site first, and we credited you with it; see how easy that is? — comes some pretty solid early-afternoon entertainment: A bunch of college students doing a live-action version of Mike Tyson's Punch Out....
Blogdome: Go ... Trojans?
• Boy, USC cheerleaders have absolutely no idea what to do with themselves when they lose. [The Wizard Of Odds] • Hey, new Cincinnati Reds owners ... listen up. [Red Reporter] • Which playoff team is like which Hot 100 Billboard artist? [SportsZilla] • Panthers fans, the Packers fans have your bac...
Blogdom's Best: Fire Millen!
We have traveled to many strange, exotic team hater blogs, witnessed the disdain first hand, and purchased souvenirs. But now we shall go one step beyond — stepping into uncharted territory: hater blogs devoted to a single person. Yes, we know it's dangerous. There's a chance we will never see hom...
OIbermann Vs. Swann: Battle Of The Intellects
We'll confess a slight affection for Keith Olbermann, though we sometimes think this conversation happens in his head every day:...
We Won't Even Discuss The Virgin Islands
We know that the Swiss have an uncanny knack for avoiding trouble, and here's why: their extraordinary common sense....
New Mexico Packs Some Serious Heat
We've received a lot of amusing PhotoShop montages involving former Virginia Tech quarterback Marcus "New Mexico" Vick, but, for some reason, we think this is our favorite one....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NBA with Chad Ford: Forgive us, but are the shortest Mormon ever to be involved with basketball? • 1:30 p.m. Glory Road producer Jerry Bruckheimer: What was it like to finally do a movie without a green screen in every shot? Was ...
OK, The Knicks Are Starting To Freak Us Out
Last night, the Knicks — the New York Knicks — won their fifth straight game, beating the Dallas Mavericks 117-115 in overtime. (We had tickets to this game but had to turn them down; hey, "Yes, Dear" was on.) These weren't weak wins either; they beat Cleveland on the road, and Phoenix and now Dal...
Welcome To The Bizarro NFL
Word on the street is that the Green Bay Packers are set to hire San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator Mike McCarthy as the team's new head coach, with an announcement to come maybe later today. This may come as a surprise to, well, anyone who is familiar with the final NFL regular season stan...
He Stands Before You. Clinton. Simply Clinton.
If the real sports world were like the Deadspin sports world, someone like Dennis Rodman or Joe Pepitone would be popping open some champagne this morning, 1972 Dolphins-style: The Clinton Portis madness streak has finally come to an end....