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Plaxico Burress Talks About Being in Prison, Doesn't Seem to Like It
The New York Daily News spared no hokey imagery in bringing America the long-awaited "Hey, I wonder how Plaxico Burress feels after almost a year of being locked up" story today....

Michigan State Coach Has Heart Attack Shortly After Beating* Notre Dame
Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio was hospitalized Sunday after suffering a mild heart attack shortly after an overtime victory against Notre Dame....

Your NFL Early Games Open Thread
Of the nine early games, I'm most interested in finding out whether Michael Vick gets three touchdowns by arm and two by foot, or two by arm and three by foot....

Aussie Says There Are "Some Perks" To Having the World's Widest Tongue
Jay Sloot, aka Tongue Boy, says he doesn't use his freakishly huge slab of mouth-meat as "a pick-up line." No, I reckon he wouldn't have to....

Bobby Knight Got Totally Roasted Last Night
You know a roast/fundraiser is going to rule when one of the roasters is relegated to video-conferencing in because of a broken hip, like Jud Heathcote did last night for a Bobby Knight roast in Hammond, Ind....

Guy Without Arms or Legs Swims the English Channel
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 Video of a White Dude Tightly Embracing His Inner Bengals Cheerleader
Bob Herzog is the traffic reporter for a Cincinnati television station. His favorite band is Huey Lewis & the News and his favorite dance tune is Footloose. ("Yep, I'm a dork," he explains on Local 12's website.)...

Ricky Hatton Says Retirement Depression Drove Him to Cocaine
Hey, remember last week when the News of the World went all public with video of Ricky Hatton ripping lines?...

Mike Singletary Doesn't Much Like Talking
Mike Singletary's team got smoked by Seattle opening week and some rat 49er fink told Yahoo Sports! the team's losing faith in offensive coordinator Jimmy Raye....

Your College Football Late Games Open Thread
Air Force at Oklahoma. Arizona State at Wisconsin. Clemson at Auburn. Texas at Texas Tech....

Here's Video of a Lady Weightlifter Puking Like a Fountain
(H/T Bob's Blitz)...

Armed Lions Fan Makes Creepy Video About Hunting Eagles
Sure, it's great that the Detroit Lions have fans passionate enough to make YouTube videos about their upcoming games like this week's against Philly. It's still kind of jarring to get a behind-the-scenes look at how militias form....

Really Old Guy Doesn't Like Drama Queen Cheaters, So He Doesn't Like Derek Jeter
When Derek Jeter stole first pretending he'd been hit by a pitch, 87-year-old baseball-card-store "volunteer" Al Merrill didn't just get mad. He cost himself about a hundred bucks....

Analyst: Cardinals Quit With "Poopy in their Pants" and "Skid Marks in Their Britches"
Former St. Louis Cardinals outfielder, and current team anaylst, Jack "The Ripper" Clark has grown tired with the home nine's lack of effort. He isn't content just to mention that they're "quitters," though. He gets all diagnosis-y with it....

Your College Football Early Games Open Thread
Can Massachusetts keep the final score respectable against Michigan? Someone really values the rivalry that is Northern Illinois at Illinois, right? And maybe, just maybe, someone can explain how Georgia doesn't upset No. 12 Arkansas....

Joe Torre Quits on the Dodgers
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....

John Harbaugh: God Makes Foolish The Wisdom Of The World (Specifically, Vegas Point Spreads)
"Where is the wise man?" John Harbaugh asks his team. "Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Does God not make foolish the wisdom of this world? That's what He did tonight, because we're the Ravens."...

John Salley Story Corner: Dennis Rodman Will Blow Up Your Spot
Every week, John Salley, onetime Bad Boy and currently the arachnoid half of the Spider and the Henchman podcast, will regale us with an amusing and occasionally salacious story from his playing days. Today: getting your spot blown up by Dennis Rodman...

Tuneful, Preppy Version Of "Bitches Ain't Shit" Suggests Bitches May Be Shit, After All
Oh, there's nothing quite like a post-ironic a cappella version of a white man's very ironic cover of a Dr. Dre song done by a group of spunky young tarts....

The One Where Erin Andrews And Kirk Herbstreit Rumors Resurface
Welcome back to Deleted Scenes. If you're new, read this to figure out what we do here. If not, well, let's get down to business....