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The Moonstruck, Rather Wacky Email From Jimmy Patsos To Kornheiser And Wilbon
Being a major college basketball coach is like taking a daily bath in crock pot set at 450; you live in your basketball world 24/7, eating and breathing the insanity until stuff like what you're about to read below slowly starts making sense. Following the jump is a rather remarkable letter from Loy...
Please Put Your Hands Together For The Winston-Salem Dash
In a move that's highly significant to followers of North Carolina minor league baseball and Deadspin associate editors, the Winston-Salem Warthogs (Class A Carolina League) have announced that hereafter they will be known as the Winston-Salem Dash. Their fans, of course, are ecstatic. [The Business...
Deadspin Reader Heroically Attends Screening Of Ryan Leaf Movie
In a simpler time, Mike Sebeckis was known as Seabass, Deadspin commenter extraordinaire. A software engineer who has been living in San Diego for 2 1/2 years, he doesn't have much time to frolic in the comments section these days; although he is still a regular reader and thinks Baby Mangino is a l...
Oh Tevez, What Are You Doing, Son?
Although he's actually from Argentina, Carlos Tevez was all on board with the slant-eye throw down on Wednesday, as we see here following one of his three goals vs. Blackburn. The gesture of course was made famous by Spanish teams at the Beijing Olymipcs, and the Manchester United star has said that...
Please Watch Your Footing NHL Fans; We Can't Afford To Lose Any Of You
Here is palatial Scotiabank Place, home of the Ottawa Senators and, unfortunately, the scene of a rather spectacular accident on Wednesday night in the upper deck. As the Sens toiled against the Atlanta Thrashers below, a gentleman was lugging beers to his seat when he stumbled and went a-sailin' cl...
Countdown To Fun With The T-Mac Injury Ticker
It's safe to say that the the Houston Chronicle has about had it with Tracy McGrady. These are tough financial times, the newspaper figures, so why is the Houston Rockets' star being paid so much dough for sitting in the whirlpool?...
Lindsey Vonn Loves Spherical Sports Trophies, Cows
Why do I love U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn? It's not because she won last season's overall World Cup title, and also won the opening slalom of the 2009 Cup season in Finland on Nov. 15. And it's not because she's the most underrated female athlete in the U.S. It's because she's the only professional athl...
Hockey For Wrigleyville?
Local politician introduces ordinance that would allow Wrigley Field's rooftop clubs to open on Jan. 1 for the Blackhawks vs. Red Wings outdoor hockey game. I'm freezing certain body parts off just thinking about it. [Chicago Sun Times]...
Get Ready For 'Rinku And Dinesh And The Goblet Of Fire'
A must-stop destination for many sports fans these days is Our Baseball Yatra, the blog written by Rinku Singh and Dinesh Kumar Patel, the Indian teenagers who recently signed pro contracts with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Despite having grown up in small villages in India and never having picked up a b...
And So Another Member Of The Chess Team Is Born
I can't count the number of times our inbox has been clogged with demands for more kid karate videos. Here, you maniacs! Now leave us alone for a couple of days....
It's Going To Be A Cold Winter In Knoxville
The effects of the recession are being felt everywhere, even at universities with big-time football programs. In Monday's online edition of the Knoxville News Sentinel, it was reported that new Tennessee head coach Lane Kiffin will make $2 million next season. Then, in the local news section the fol...
Greg Robinson Reads Children's Classics
You've gotta feel for Greg Robinson. He seems like a nice enough guy, and by all accounts he's a decent coach. His heart's in the right place, and all that. But if you ever wanted a more vivid picture of what the strain of coaching a major college football team is like, take a look at the video belo...
More On Pete Carroll And The Code Red
A reader writes: "This is in response to your article referenced above. Suggesting that Pete's decision is "harebrained or possibly retarded" tells me that you don't understand the business of college football. By doing this, Pete has given an important PAC 10 rivalry game drowned out by the SEC and...
Coming Soon To A Library Near You ...
If you're like me, you're constantly writing to Paramount and TriStar demanding to know when the life of Ryan Leaf will be made into a movie. Put away that spec script, because it's already here. Filmmaker Tim Carr has made Leaf, an 82-minute film about the former Chargers quarterback, which, accord...
Colbert: It's High Time The Government Stays Out Of Our Sweatpants
If you think you've considered all angles of the Plaxico Burress story, think again. Stephen Colbert provides food for thought in this segment from Tuesday's Colbert Report, in which he asks the perfectly reasonable question, why should a consensual act between a man and his semiautomatic Glock hand...
When What To My Wondering Eyes Should Appear, But Baby Mangino, And Eight Tiny Reindeer
Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to [email protected]. Subject: Morning crap....
You've Got Some Red On You: That Rebel Pete Carroll Is At It Again
Trojan blogs are calling it a "ballsy" move, but I prefer the term harebrained, or possibly "retarded." USC coach Pete Carroll announced today that his team will wear their home jerseys in their game with UCLA at the Rose Bowl on Saturday, even though they're the visitors and by NCAA rules must wear...