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Blogdome: If You Don't Know Him By Now
• We're probably never going to stop chuckling to the notion of Kobe Bryant and Jannero Pargo dancing to a Simply Red song. [J.E. Skeets] • Yeah, we agree: The Sagarin college basketball ratings make no sense. [Critical Fanatic] • We'll confess: It weirds us out when people get all excited about a h...
Blogdom's Best: Hating The Steelers
Previously we have examined the great fan blogs of the NFL and Major League Baseball, and what an interesting journey it was. But every great story needs a strong antagonist, and to that end we now present the anti-blogs — those Web chronicles devoted to abhorrence and loathing — what the French c...
Kornheiser To Klosterman: Come Get Some!
It's always funny when writers fight — imagine fourth grade girls, except with more slapping — and it's even funnier when both writers take paychecks from ESPN. Unfortunately, as much as we might like to make this little tidbit into a fight, it's mostly just an old guy with a microphone tossing pe...
Athlete Run-In: The Mystery Of The Mustache
Today's first athlete run-in story answers a question we've had for a long time: Has Don Mattingly ever not had that mustache? (We were scared enough when Bruce Bochy shaved his.)...
Matt Leinart's Big Post-Heisman NYC Adventure
We present the above picture, with the following story, without comment, sent anonymously to us this morning....
A-Rod, The World's Free Agent
Much talk this morning about Yankees hero of the working man Alex Rodriguez telling a radio station that he is leaning toward playing for the Dominican Republic in the upcoming World Baseball Classic rather than the United States. A-Rod has never, in fact, lived in the Dominican; he was born in Ne...
Merry Christmas, I Hate You
Deadspin weekend impresario calls it "the perfect gift for that special someone on your list that you'd like to see commit suicide," and, as usual, we couldn't put it any better....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 10 a.m. Multi-Sport Fantasy Focus: My fantasy involves multiple members of the Norwegian women's Alpine Ski Racing team. You covering that today? • Noon. Men's College BB Report Card: I love this hour we spend together where we put "co...
PETA's Super Bowl Shuffle
According to the New York Post, the fine folks at PETA are putting together an commercial for the Super Bowl that will involved female models "'flashing' the camera, and when they lift their shirt, they will have prosthetic udders over their breasts." Ignoring the fact that this is almost, letter ...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while destroying your accordion with a shovel ... • NBA: Riley's coaching, Shaq's playing like a college kid, Bulls lose — it's like 1988 again! • NHL: Bertuzzi spends nearly entire match in penalty box as Cooke lead Canucks over Rangers. • College Basketball: DePaul exhibits stronge...
Year In Review: January
So we were thinking that, you know, the year is, like, almost over. All the magazines are doing year-in-review type stuff, so we figured, why should we be any different? Therefore, for the next 12 days, we will be looking back on each month on the calendar, pointing out the weird/important/amusing...
Sources: Roy S. Johnson Leaving SI
All kinds of job cuts happening at Time Inc. today — because it's not just important to make gobs of money; you must make gobs and gobs of money — and our fine friends at Sports Illustrated were not spared, it seems....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you realize you are a ping pong ball in the bingo hopper of life ... • College Basketball: DePaul at Wake Forest. Battle for the throne of evil: Blue Demons vs. Demon Deacons. [ESPN] • NHL: Pittsburgh at St. Louis. Fun, fun, fun in the Savvis Center. [OLN] • NBA: Atlanta Hawks at Cl...
Athlete Run-In: Chad Johnson's Side Job
Today's final athlete run-in story comes to us from another blog, actually, the creatively named Positively Verisimilitude-esque. Like a lot of Deadspin readers, surprisingly, the author is a beleaguered law student; the more law students we hear from, the happier we are that we didn't try very ha...
Leftovers: Days of Tiny Glory
• Tony Stewart's strange midget racing addiction. [I Like Racing] • Catch Me If You Can: Montgomery banned two years for doping. [Smart Guys Sports] • Obviously desperate Texans hire Dan Reeves as consultant. [Sporting Fools] • Who's on first? I don't know ... third base! Yankees want Nomar play to ...
More Shameless T-Shirt Shilling
If you haven't bought your Free Darko T-shirt yet — ours just arrived in the mail today, and it's sure to cause confusion for everyone we run into at the gym — the benevolent overlords here at Gawker Media would like us to once again encourage you to check out the Gawker Shop store, where you can ge...
Freddie Mitchell: Still Alive, Apparently
Well, last night was Terrell Owens' 32nd birthday party in Atlantic City, and reports are filing in. Not surprisingly, the biggest star of the show was former Eagles receiver Freddie Mitchell, or, as he might be known, "Terrell Owens if Terrell Owens was 85 percent less talent and 27 percent more...
Why Your Hometown Columnist Sucks: Skip Bayless
We've been doing this feature for a while now, but this is the first time we've dressed in a tux to write it. Featuring Skip Bayless on Why Your Hometown Columnist Sucks is like having a play open on Broadway. Which play? Springtime For Hitler comes to mind — a subject so rancid, it can't help but...
Get Your Comment Invites Here!
Honestly, one of our favorite parts of doing this job is checking out the comments: We are proud to say that we have the smartest, most thoughtful and hilarious commenters on this little sports corner of the Interweb, and we thank you for it. And yes, we're kissing your ass....
Blogdome: More Silly Blog Awards
• If you're left unsatisified by the Weblog awards, you can try this guy's awards on for size. [Red Reporter] • If you're the type of person who doesn't know Togo from Ghana, and doesn't know a soccer ball from a medicine ball, this is the World Cup preview for you. [That's On Point] • Honestly, let...