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Your Morning Video Wake Up Call
Good morning, sunshines. Today's video recap features your College World Series, Mike and Mike throwing out first pitches, Tony Reali giggling and, yes, Erin Andrews. Enjoy....
Jason Giambi Has Become A '70s Porn King
Jason Giambi has dyed his mustache. That made this happen. Heavens to Betsy....
They're having so many technical difficulties broadcasting the Euro 08 semifinal between Turkey and Germany. The entire international feed is down. We cannot fathom the fury in Turkey and (especially) Germany right now. Germany just took a 2-1 lead, and nobody in Germany saw it. Yipes. [Malone's Blo...
SuperYid Youkilis Drubs The Hardly Punchless RedBirds
Slate's Robert Weintraub, like many of us, loves the old purple prose of early 1900s sportswriting, the Grantland Rices, the men who painted epic tales of warriors, grizzled combatants and lardywarks too manly to wear gloves. In an occasional series, Weintraub writes about the week's best baseball g...
What A Hall Class We Have Coming
• The Hall of Fame class of 2014 is going to be amazing. [The Grand National Championships] • This Olympic basketball team business is not going to end well. [With Malice] • Jheri Curl All-Stars. [Home Run Derby] • Ron Artest is not taking no damn pay cut. [Sports By Brooks] • Get Doc Rivers' smelly...
Media Approval Ratings: Terry Bradshaw
We can say with 100 percent certainty that, of all the people we've mentioned in this Media Approval Ratings business, Terry Bradshaw is the first whose bare ass we have seen. We're not sure which is worse: Having that happen, or admitting that we've seen Failure To Launch....
Our Friends At Bristol
On the book tour, one of the most common questions we were asked: "Do you ever talk to any ESPN guys? Do they hate you?" The two people they asked about most often were Bill Simmons and Chris Berman. We're not sure what that says about either of them, or us....
J.P. Ricciardi Meets The Jerky Boys
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Clinton Portis Plays All The Old Hits
We hope whoever takes over this site keeps the Deadspin Hall Of Fame going; it would make us very happy to see that still cruising along in a decade. (We also love that it's so difficult to get in; just one inductee last year!) One of the earliest enshrinees, Clinton Portis, is returning to his old ...
Is There Any Way Turkey Pulls Off The Upset?
Forgive me if my memory from that night in Frankfurt, Germany two years ago is a little hazy. It definitely included conversations with members of Germany’s Stampede Wrestling Federation. And yes, the Gypsy Kings, “Volare” blared over the speakers on repeat. There may or may not have been an appear...
Your Morning Video Wake Up Call
Good morning, sunshines. Today's video recap features College World Series innuendo, Tony Kornheiser discussing his sexual exploits in the restrooms of chain fast-food restaurants and John Anderson's amazing new show....
All Hail The Brilliance Of Zombie Kickball
Oh, but to be in Portland, Maine this weekend! We have found the next great American sport, and it will be celebrated this Sunday. Ladies and gentlehumans, we introduced you to ... Zombie Kickball....
They Sure Know How To Celebrate A Win In Russia
You think Boston fans were out of control after the Celtics won the NBA Finals? (OK, maybe they weren't.) Regardless, nobody has anything on the Russians....
Twenty Years For Remy
• Info on Jerry Remy's least favorite interviewer. [Baseball Musings] • Bats in Africa that do not shatter. [Vanity Fair] • How The Netherlands did not learn the lesson of the Indianapolis Colts. [Dave's Football Blog] • Here comes ... Scarlett Ice! [Scarlett Ice] • This Benson business is odd. [The...
Media Approval Ratings: Michael Smith
There's probably no show on earth that we hammer on more than "Around The Horn," and jeez, how could we not? But of all the regular cast of characters — Mariotti, Plaschke, Paige, what not — Michael Smith (who's probably a semi-regular) seems to escape a lot of hatred....
Someone Hates You Online. Try Not To Be Offended.
When this here site launched on September 8, 2005, we wanted to introduce ourselves to other sports blogs around the Internets. Sports blogs did not start with Deadspin, obviously; there were some great ones out there, from Mr. Irrelevant to Free Darko to SportsPickle. One of our favorites, though, ...