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Shaun Smith Can't Stop Grabbing Guys' Packages
A week after the Chiefs DE was accused of, erm, manhandling Cleveland's (The Secret World Of) Alex Mack, San Fran's Anthony Davis comes forward to show on the doll where Smith touched him. "He tried to feel me. That's weird, right?" Right....

Getting Around Local NFL Blackouts, The Fun And Illegal Way
This is the story of a bar with a modicum of computer knowledge, and a dream. That dream: to watch the Buccaneers get massacred, even though the game wasn't sold out and therefore not shown on local Tampa television....

Weekend Winner: New York Jets, Enablers
In sports, everyone is a winner-some people just win better than others. Like alleged drunk driver Braylon Edwards, whose blood alcohol content was twice the legal limit not a week before he scored the touchdown that put the Jets ahead for good....

Lions Player Holds Up One More Finger Than His Team Has Wins
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....

Here's A Video Of A Hot Chick Wearing Gator Colors And A 6'5" Guy Who Probably Won't Live Much Longer
The Florida/Alabama kickoff ain't for six days but after this video makes the rounds, the pack of Crimson Tide fans seeking blood shall form at the "northwest side of the stadium" or "Gate 42, Section U-1, Row 1, Seats 3-8."...

This Bit of Hard Knocks Fan Fiction Includes A Talking Mustachioed Butt
Ines Sainz. Football. Ass. On-field chaos. The sexy. The unsexy. Yep, this Tauntr video essentially captures most of the overarching themes of today's posts....

David Beckham Doesn't Like Getting Taunted About Hookers
Some heckler got all "Stop with the prostitutes'" yell-y at bare-chested David Beckham after he and the L.A. Galaxy lost to the N.Y. Red Bulls on Friday night....

Your NFL Late Games Open Thread
The lineup: Indianapolis at Denver; Washington at St. Louis; Philadelphia at Jacksonville; Oakland at Arizona; San Diego at Seattle; and, later, NY Jets at Miami....

The One Where Ozzie Guillen Threatens To Manage The Cubs
Somewhat-clear-and-coherent quotes from a guy who Tweets in better English than he speaks? Yep, that's why White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen's answer about whether he'd ever coach cross-town bears repeating....

Here's The Address Of The Place LeBron James Is Apparently Buying (With Pictures!)
LeBron James has apparently scaled back his South Florida housing aspirations. Initially said to be ogling a $49.5 million, 11-bathroom castle, he's reportedly grabbing a $7.65 million villa in an enclave named for Howard Hughes of crazy-long fingernails fame....

HS Football Coach Moons The Crowd
Saturday's game in Queens between Campus Magnet and Boys and Girls High School got mercy-ruled with 3:49 left in the fourth. Not because of the score, which was only 16-6. Because of assplay....

Your NFL Early Games Early Thread
The best early games? Atlanta goes to New Orleans while both Dallas and Minnesota try to avoid an 0-3 start (versus Houston and Detroit, respectively)....

At Promoter's Request, Ines Sainz To Work Pacquiao Fight
Bayanihan Tayo! reports Ms. Ines Sainz will "work the microphone for the weigh-ins and other events concerning the [Pacquiao/Margarito] fight" at Top Rank's Bob Arum's behest....

Oh Look, The Mets Are Still Whining About Chase Utley
Listen, Chase Utley's Friday Night Slide into Ruben Tejada (video here) was a little over-the-top; not just because the Mets are as harmful a foe as a bike helmet, but because he went behind the bag at 'em....

Albert Haynesworth: I'm Not "A Slave Or Whatever" to Redskins
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....

Let's See What Happens When A Baltimore Oriole Meets A Flight Attendant
And now, a feel-good post to close the day....

Dong Or No Dong?
Several tipsters have dutifully sent a TV-screen shot in from the Ohio State game, maintaining it represents "Telestrator Dong," "Long Crooked Dong," and/or "Long Buckeye Dong."...

Mike Singletary Doesn't Handle Criticism Well
Remember that whole "Mike Singletary Doesn't Much Like Talking" post from seven days ago this very minute? Fine, refresh yourself....

Here's A Video In Which Tim Lincecum Seemingly Says The Ball Is Juiced
This meeting of the Deadspin Lip-Reading Team is called to order. It starts at roughly 24 seconds of this video which will likely disappear with the quickness so get on it, yo....

Your Late College Football Open Thread
I have to ask, so you have to tell: That thing from Gameday at Boise State is a potato, right?...