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Tonight's HBO Show Headlined By Hot Chicks With Douchebags
I love boxing. I love the strategy, the head games, the athleticism, and of course the unparalleled drama it can offer. However tonight I'll be watching for another reason entirely. To put it simply, I want to watch Ricky "Hitman" Hatton and Pauli "Magic Man" Malignaggi beat the shit out of each oth...
Hugh Johnson Feels Right At Home In Beaver Stadium
Penn State needs to secure a home win this afternoon against Michigan State, and through one and a half quarters things couldn't be going much better. The Nittany Lions have built up a 14-0 lead over the Spartan. Penn State is getting great performances out of quarterback Daryll Clark,who has throw...
Hugh Is Impressed With What He Sees From the 'Eers
West Virginia, led by the fleet-footed Pat White, is having a field day on the ground in Louisville. Energized by a goaline stand to end the half the Mountaineers opened things up and have now compiled well over three hundred yards on the ground. White is leading the way with 199 yards and three to...
Hugh Aren't What You Used to Be
This interesting little piece of body comes from Rate My Tattoos (via FanIQ) and it's probably a pretty good representation of today's rivalry game. Ohio State is dominating Michigan to absolutely nobody's surprise behind a 59 yard Beanie Wells touchdown run and a 53 yard touchdown catch from Brian ...
Where the Strong Feast On the Weak
Welcome to another glorious weekend at the Deadspin Pub. This week we're featuring huge clashes between Italian powers Inter and Juventus as well as a huge match in England pitting the Red Devils against the Villans. Aside from that the day is primarily composed of world powers like Liverpool, Chels...
The Deadspin Pub Appreciates Both of the Cities
Welcome to another glorious morning of soccer. Hopefully you are enjoying a hangover that rivals that of my own, and are enjoying this week's preferred cure. In addition to the Boddington's, today we're featuring the upstart Tigers of Hull City against the struggling Citizens of Manchester. A win fo...
The Deadspn Pub Turns Its Eyes on Villa
Game of the Week EPL - Arsenal vs. Aston Villa at 10:00 am on FSC The Gunners are riding high off of their upset over United, and today they run into another tough test against Aston Villa. The Villains can position themselves in the top four, but they'll need to beat the squad sitting directly abo...
The Deadspin Pub Is Up Early For Manchester-Arsenal
There's no questioning what the match of the weekend is this time around as two of England's big four meet at Emirates Stadium at a crucial point in the year. The Red Devils are clearly the team in form while the Gunners will be forced to go without the services of Emanuel Adebayor (injury) and Robi...
The NFC East Is One Big Hugfest
Kevin Boss, Amani Toomer, and Steve Smith (pictured receiving love from Brandon Jacobs) have been the recipients of Eli Manning's three touchdown passes as we head from afternoon to evening at the Meadowlands. It hasn't been all good for the media's new favorite Manning, he's tossed an interception ...
Darchinyan Lives Up to His Promise, KO's Mijares
In a busy night of boxing, it was Vic Darchinyan who stole the spotlight. Not everybody believed Darchinyan's assertion that he'd knock out Christian Mijares, one of the world's top fighters, but in the ninth round he did just that. ...
Spurs do Everyone a Favor, The Big Four Are Back In Place
Good God, you go and get drunk on Halloween and by the time you remember where you are you realize that Chelsea is back on top of the table thanks to Tottenham's humbling of Liverpool. In fact the entire big four of the English Premier League now sit in the top four positions for the first time this...
The Gators and Bulldogs Are Ready For Cocktails
You might still be hungover from your Halloween shenanigans, but for the ladies and gentlemen at Florida and Georgia the party is just starting. Today of course is the date for the world's biggest outdoor cocktail party. The two top ten teams are set for a 3:30 kickoff in the neutral site of Jackso...
Why Can't NFL Fans Celebrate Like That?
To my knowledge there haven't been any delightful female-on-female celebrations in the stands at today's NFL games, but as we all know the real action takes place in the Carolina bathrooms. Fortunately the games themselves have produced their own entertainment, unlike your average Big 10 game. New ...
The Deadspin Pub: Featuring The EPL's Top Two
There's really nothing that needs to be said. Keeley Hazel just looks hotter in the beautiful blue of Chelsea. Oh, and Chelsea happens to be hosting Liverpool with first place atop the English Premier League's table at stake after nearly a quarter of the season. The Scousers and Blues have each rac...
The Deadspin Pub Opens Early This Morning
Holy crap, don't these Brits know we're trying to sleep over here. I'm jetlagged and there's know way in hell I'm waking up at the crack of dawn to watch the Red Devils. But still, it's a pretty good game, so I'll probably be arriving at my couch in about an hour. If you are up for the early match ...
The Deadspin Pub Gets Nutty In Argentina
Ladies and gentlemen of the Deadspin Pub, if you've never seen the Superclásico, an Argentinian derby between the nation's top two teams, today you can change all that. Whenever River Plate and Boca Juniors get together on the same field it's going to be pretty tough to tear your eyes away. Continue...
The Ghost of Youngstown Takes On Philly's Executioner
The sport of boxing is in the spotlight tonight with Kelly Pavlik, the emerging darling of the mainstream sports media and middleweight champion of the world, facing the legendary Bernard Hopkins in Atlantic City. No titles are on the line because the men are fighting at a catch weight of 170 pound...
League Play Returns to the Deadspin Pub
Welcome back to another weekend at the Deadspin Pub. The World Cup qualifying matches that interrupted club matches last weekend is in the rearview mirror, and now we can revert our focus back where it counts, on the thrill of domestic competition. Today we're featuring an English Premier League bat...