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Ann Romney's Horse Hangs Out With Assholes
So, part of my job as a Deadspin intern has involved writing some those fun Olympic field guides that you may have seen on the site recently. Today I started writing one about Ann Romney's dressage horse, Rafalca, who will be competing in the London Olympics. I wanted to get a nice photo of Rafalca...

Bernie Williams Was Selling Some Cupcakes In Our Neighborhood, So We Stopped By And Said Hello
We got word earlier today that five-time All-Star Bernie Williams was making a charity appearance at Georgetown Cupcakes on Mercer Street here in SoHo and immediately hopped into action. I set out with my fellow intern Isaac to see if we could meet Bernie and purchase some delicious confections. Th...

Whoa, We're Halfway There: The Grierson & Leitch Top 12 Movies Of The First Half of 2012
Shockingly, we are more than halfway through 2012. (It's a backloaded year: Olympics, election, total global catastrophe—all stacked up from late July on.) As always, the best, most "prestigious" movies won't be released until November or December, because the people who vote on the Oscars are senil...

Jeremy Lin Will Be A Houston Rocket
Ending a week of speculatin' and cap-crunchin' and hand-wringin' and what the fuck are you doing Dolanin', it seems the Knicks will pass on matching Houston's offer sheet for Jeremy Lin. Three years and $25 million (plus assorted luxury tax penalties) was too rich for the Knicks, despite a few optio...

Some Atlantans Are Not Happy About The Idea Of Living On Cam Newton Drive
South Fulton, just outside Atlanta, is considering changing a stretch of Scarborough Road to Cam Newton Drive. It's near where Newton went to high school, and he has family living in the area, but some people actually living on the street aren't so keen on the change....

Is The Name "Le-a" (Pronounced "Ledasha") An Urban Legend? Probably.
I wrote a Dadspin post about stupid baby names last week, and whenever I write about baby names, I inevitably get scores of emails featuring the same dubious story. Here is one such example:...

How The Knicks Could Afford Jeremy Lin, And Other Questions Answered
Thanks to everybody who sent in questions—which is none of you, because I never told you to send them in. So I made up some of my own, and answered them. ...

Deadspin Up All Night: Be On My Side
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Triathlete Hospitalized After Otter Attack
So, here's reason #245 we'll never attempt a triathlon: angry otters. A Minnesota woman was practicing for next month's Duluth Triathlon in a nearby lake, when she was set upon by an adorable furry little daggertoothed killing machine....

Can Seattle Support Any More Sports Teams?
It's more or less assumed that if Chris Hansen and Seattle can build a new arena, the reincarnated Sonics would return. It's probably just a matter of time before the NHL tries its hand in the American Cascadia. Seattle is a wonderful sports town and is unrepresented in two of the four major sports,...
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Jeremy Lin's Contract Could Cost The Knicks $58 $43 Million In Year Three [UPDATE]
From a purely basketball standpoint, there are very few fans and GMs who would take Raymond Felton over Jeremy Lin (and Jared Jeffries!). But Houston's offer sheet to Lin, with that massive $15 million salary in the third year, makes this about a lot more than basketball, or Linsanity. As the Knicks...

A Toothbrush-Wielding Red Sox Fan Was Ejected From Tropicana Field This Weekend
There are myriad ways to earn ejection from a major league ballpark, and most of them are punctuated by overconsumption of alcohol. That appears to be the cause of this incident from Saturday's Red Sox-Rays game in St. Pete, as a Red Sox fan quickly found herself parked outside after a bizarre int...

Deadspin Up All Night: Holy Sweet Goddamn
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Jason Kidd Allegedly Drives Into A Telephone Pole, New Boss James Dolan's Cable Company Has To Clean Up Mess
A reader sent along a few pictures of the aftermath of Jason Kidd's wild Saturday night/early Sunday morning. Initially we were excited because maybe they would show Kidd's car at the scene and other interesting aspects. While it certainly appears to be the scene—in the last picture in the gallery y...

The Knicks Are Going To Let Jeremy Lin Walk And It Might Be The Smartest Thing They've Done In A Long Time
The Knicks brought in Raymond Felton last night through a sign and trade with the Portland Trailblazers. He joins Jason Kidd* on the roster while Jeremy Lin looks more like a Houston Rocket with each passing day. In a way, it's a nice little bit of kismet, both franchises get back point guards on wh...
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Jason Kidd Arrested On DUI Charges In The Hamptons [UPDATE]
According to Southampton Town police, Jason Kidd was arrested early Sunday morning (during the midnight shift) for alleged drunken driving....

Deadspin Up All Night: One More Time
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Deadspin Up All Night: A Lotta Love To Get Us Through The Night
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"The Trade For Joe Johnson Really Solidified Our Vision." Get Excited, Nets Fans!
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Avery Johnson says Brooklyn is "top three or four" in the East right now....