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How am I just now learning about "Cryami Weaks"???...

"'LeBron is obviously a Pantheon-level guy who would have been an All-Star in any decade,' said Simmons, his very being and consciousness spreading apart along a 26-dimensional space comprised of bosonic strings." [The Onion]...

American, More Or Less

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Trollscouting Superman: "Loner, often retreats to Fortress of Solitude. Lacks killer instinct—believes injuring opponents is immoral. Refuses to undress in front of teammates. Died in 1992, so durability is a concern. A bit stiff in the hips." [Slate]...

This NFL mock draft generator has a great motor....

Retro Report does its thing on the '98 Manning-Leaf draft and the cottage industry of character whisperers that sprang up in its wake. (If you've never heard of Retro Report, take a few minutes to watch this, about the myth of the crack-baby boom.)...

This, from Andrew Baggarly, is good: "When making comparisons between prospects and established players, have I tended to group them along racial lines? Did I once compare Jason Heyward to a young Willie McCovey because they have similar baseball skills, or a similar complexion? Have I ever been mor...

Deadspin Up All Night: You're A Waste Of Space

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How The Media Abuse Hank Aaron

On Tuesday, the Braves celebrated the 40th anniversary of Hank Aaron's 715th career home run, and the mindless debate over who is baseball's "true home run king" sprang idiotically to life. Barry Bonds "has more home runs," Sports Illustrated's Tom Verducci wrote, "but true greatness and authenticit...

Deadspin Up All Night: We Love You

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"That is Arlington's anxiety: that for all its success and its great stadiums, it had become a way station of the sports world, the Casablanca of 'North Texas.' Arlington was easy to love and it was easy to leave." What is Arlington, Texas? Bryan Curtis has your answers. [Grantland]...

"Wait, can you ask that question again, I got distracted real quick, there was a bird outside my window."—#CancelColbert activist Suey Park, who from this interview appears to be a sort of talking Sokal hoax. [Salon]...

Old pal Emma Carmichael tells you everything you need to know about UConn's Breanna Stewart, whom Geno Auriemma calls "the first Durantesque player in the women's game." [SI]...

The Brilliant Dirty Tricks Behind <em>Esquire</em>'s Famous Ted Williams Profile

Below you'll find Alex Belth's fun story about the making of Richard Ben Cramer's famous Esquire profile, "What Do You Think of Ted Williams Now?" We shared this over earlier today, but I wanted to draw your attention to one section in particular. It's about Cramer's efforts to restore 1,500 words t...

"Their unfair sex practices," and 19 other things that men in 1945 did not like about "women in the office." [Jezebel]...

I don't know if I buy his conclusion, but it's always fun when Joe Posnanski goes rummaging through baseball's attic. Here he is on Louis Sockalexis—the legendary Penobscot ballplayer who once shredded his ankle jumping from a whorehouse's second-story window—and the naming of the Indians. [Hardball...

Bruce Pearl's First Con: The Scandal That Defined Auburn's New Coach

Auburn has hired ESPN analyst Bruce Pearl, the man who spent his coaching career either narcing on behalf of the NCAA's rules or making a paper hat out of them, to be its future former basketball coach. In 2011, shortly after Pearl had bombed out of Tennessee with a three-year show-cause penalty to ...

Mankind's 10 Stages Of Drunkenness, According To Our Best Sportswriter

In honor of his new book (and in grudging acknowledgment of Frat Boy Thanksgiving), we give you Dan Jenkins's famous list, from Baja Oklahoma:...

Deadspin Up All Night: Mother Don't Cry

Thanks for your continued support of Deadspin. Question for DUAN!ers: If we were to do away with DUAN! in its present form, what would you like to see in its place? ...