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Math Says If Wes Welker Catches That Ball, The Patriots Win
We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries....

Wes Welker Mocked With Pile Of Butterfinger Candy Bars In Boston Town Square
It was a marketing trick by an online pawnshop, and not any sort of additional commentary from Gisele. [BostInno; photo via Megan Marrs]...

Excited Woman At Super Bowl Parade Tells Reporter She Can't Wait To See Mark Sanchez
This young lady appears to be a Giants fan, but she unwittingly speaks for Jets fans everywhere. [Flopping Out]...

A Rob Gronkowski Onstage Dance Video Has Been Unearthed
After seeing this video, I'm convinced that Rob Gronkowski's ankle is hurt much worse than anyone realized. It's the only explanation for why he'd be dancing like this....

"Was That A Sasquatch?” The Misery Of Watching Canadian Super Bowl Ads
We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries....

Rob Gronkowski Post-Super Bowl Dance Videos Begin To Surface
Yesterday we published photos of Rob Gronkowski and Matt Light mourning their Super Bowl loss by dancing shirtless onstage to LMFAO at the Patriots post-game party. Today brings video, supposedly, of Gronkowski warming up his gimpy ankle before taking the stage with LMFAO. It comes to us from Bars...

Here's A Photo Of A Guy Named "East Side Dave" Bothering Chris Berman After The Super Bowl
Your morning roundup for Feb. 7, the day BACON. Photo courtesy @eastsidedave, via Busted Coverage. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....

We Now Have The Will Ferrell Old Milwaukee Super Bowl Ad In HD, Along With More Info About It
This bizarre TV spot for Old Milwaukee beer starring Will Ferrell aired in exactly one TV market last night during the Super Bowl's local ad block at the end of the first half. That market is North Platte, Nebraska, and it's the second-smallest TV market in the country, ranking 209th out of 210. ...

Watching The Super Bowl, Brett Favre Got A Little Antsy About His Retirement
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: Sounds like the gunslinger's competitive juices are flowing again....

Report: Allen Iverson In Talks To Play In Puerto Rico
The Puerto Rican league is basically trying to sell the 36-year-old Iverson an opportunity to prove himself to teams in the NBA. It's not like he's already tried to do this or anything. [Yahoo!]...

Hot In Super Bowl Commercials: Car Commercials Starring People Who Kill People With Their Cars!
What's the difference between nostalgia and remembering stuff? Hey, there's Matthew Broderick selling Hondas. It looks like fun to ride around with Matthew Broderick in a car. Unless he's in Northern Ireland and he's in the wrong lane and he kills you, like he killed Margaret Doherty and Anna Gallag...

Eli Manning: Stop Wearing T-Shirts Over Your Shoulder Pads
I'm really happy for Eli Manning and all, especially since he just beat America's Most Dominant Sports City for the second time and sent Shank into his usual round of rectal self-examination. But someone needs to explain to this man that he'll never stop being treated like a 12-year-old from a Sunny...

Rob Gronkowski, Shirtless Matt Light Danced Away Their Sorrows After The Super Bowl
Ever wonder what the losers do after the big game? Well, some sulk in hotel rooms. Others cry in their beer. And some dance. They dance like no one's watching, even when someone is watching, which is what many people were doing last night as Matt Light took off his shirt and started to boogie, accor...

Bristolmetrics: <em>SportsCenter</em> Mentioned Tim Tebow 18 Times Last Week, Somehow
This is a regular feature breaking down, minute-by-minute, the content that appears on ESPN's 11 p.m. edition of SportsCenter throughout the week. Graphic by Jim Cooke....

New Jersey Football Team Makes Triumphant Return To New Jersey
We are currently watching, with attention as rapt as rapt can be, the silent helicopter-cam of Newark Liberty International Airport, where the Giants are due to land any moment. The team, which proudly plays out of East Rutherford, N.J., will hold a ticker-tape parade tomorrow across state lines in ...

Did The Giants Put 12 Men On The Field On Purpose For Brady's First Hail Mary?
We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries....

Patriots Linebacker Brandon Spikes Is Probably Taking The Super Bowl Loss A Little Too Hard
C'mon, man, you won two national titles in college. And you might just have some more opportunities. Act like you've been there before....

A Roundup Of All Our Coverage Of Super Bowl 46
We at Deadspin have had a lot to say about the Super Bowl over the past few days. It was one hell of a Super Bowl to analyze beforehand, and even better to watch. Manning, Manningham, Madonna, M.I.A., all of that stuff. And it was close. All throughout the game, our fair site was churning, with vide...

Here Are The New York Giants Celebrating On Their Plane Ride Home
Catchy tune. [via]...

Katy Perry Seems To Want Tim Tebow's "Peacock"
The temptation of Timmy continues: It's been rumored for weeks that the minister parents of the newly single, girl-kissing Ms. Perry would like to set their daughter up with the wholesome Mr. Tebow. And this weekend, Perry did her part to play along. First, while presenting an award during Saturday ...