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Media Approval Ratings: Rob Neyer
As he loves to point out, Rob Neyer has written more words for ESPN.com that just about anyone over there, and if you've read Simmons' two-part NBA MVP series, you know that's no small feat....
Gus Johnson Is Still The Dancing Queen
Proving once again that Meryl Streep made an awful career decision starring in "Mamma Mia;" this belonged to Gus, obviously, from the get-go....
ESPN's Featured Comment Of The Day
ESPN scoured its message boards this morning to find its cleverest, boldest, most enlightening comment, and chose this one above all others ......
The Ducks Aren't Licked Yet
The NHL Closer is written by the five delightful gentlemen from Melt Your Face Off. When not writing for MYFO and commenting on Deadspin, the fellas enjoy spending time listening to songs that are a trip with a funky beat that they can bug out to. Enjoy....
Celebrating Jackie Robinson Day With Canadian Highlights And Lou Gossett Jr.
When honoring the great Jackie Robinson and all he has meant to baseball, my first thought was the same as the Dodgers': Roll out Chaka Khan. What, no Rufus? Tell me something good .... Of course Lou Gossett Jr. was also there, so it made perfect sense. Look, I don't like the fact that Jackie Robins...
Satan Gives Lakers Power of Levitation, Western Conference Title
The NBA Closer is written by Matt McHale, who says, "The world is looking mighty good to me, because Tootsie Rolls are all I see. Whatever it is I think I see, becomes a Tootsie Roll to me." When he's not loving himself some candy that looks like forest animal droppings, you can find him reaping sou...
Reynolds, ESPN Deny Us What Could Have Been A Beautiful Trial
It might seem strange to imagine now, but for about three days back in July 2006, the words "Harold Reynolds" were the most commonly searched terms on the Web. This was back during the time that ESPN would pretend the world didn't deserve to know about its personnel issues, before they showed the su...
ESPN Nixes Bill Simmons-Barack Obama Podcast
If Bill Simmons seems grouchier in his MVP column today, or in his podcast later this week, you'll have to forgive him. He was scheduled to have Sen. Barack Obama as a guest, but, for reasons that haven't quite made themselves clear, ESPN canceled the appearance. Obama was all ready to go, but the n...
About Last Night
What you missed while fighting the black knight with a lightsaber ... • NHL: You laughed at my Jonathan Cheechoo screensaver. Well, who's laughing now?! Sharks 3, Flames 2. • NBA: Lakers beat Kings 124-101, capture top seed in West. ESPN clinking champagne glasses right now. • Golf: Tiger Woods out ...
Do Protective Cups Even Help Any More?
In Saturday's 5-4 loss to the Capitals, the Flyers' Patrick Thoresen attempted to block a shot with his body and ended up getting drilled with the puck. But, unlike the thousands of other times this occurs during a hockey season, Thoresen got hit with the puck right in the peach basket, which dente...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while waiting for your Maple Leafs tickets ... • NHL: Eastern Conference quarterfinals, Game 3, Washington at Philadelphia (7 p.m., ET), Western Conference quarterfinals, Game 4, Minnesota at Colorado (10 p.m., ET). Get on your Segways, everyone! [Versus] • MLB: Yankees at Rays (7:10 p...
Counting Down Isiah's Final Hours
The New York Knicks' season ends tomorrow night, in Indiana, but the official/unofficial goodbye to Isiah Thomas was in the Garden last night, with the Knicks losing to the Celtics' second stringers. It's all coming to an end, Mal. Our Sports Human Of The Year has just a few hours left of employmen...
The Joe Borowski Fury Makes Its 2008 Debut
We thought it would happen during last year's playoffs, but in the wake of a high-profile loss to the Red Sox last night, Indians fans have finally had enough: They're ready to take Joe Borowski out to the woodshed and, you know, do whatever you do to people behind the woodshed....
The Pain Of The Sonics Lingers
As Starbucks chief Howard Schultz says he's considering suing to get the team back, we all still hold out faint, dim hope that the Sonics can stay around. (You can always sign one of the million petitions. But we'd like to focus more on the video above; anytime we ever see a video with Johnny Cash's...
Schilling's Doctor Perfects The Art Of Crap-Talking
Apparently, even Curt Schilling's personal physicans have big mouths. In an act of either monumentally selfish publicity hounding or a Herculean display of testicular fortitude, Dr. Craig Morgan, Schilling's "personal doctor", said that Curt was so infuriated with the Red Sox handling of his bum sho...
Remember To Get Your Tickets For The Chicago Pants Party
If you didn't attend last year's Deadspin Pants Party in Chicago, boy, did you ever miss out. We'll be kicking it off again this year, and there are still tickets remaining....
The Glue-Handed Patroller Of The Middle Exterior
Slate's Robert Weintraub, like many of us, loves the old purple prose of early 1900s sportswriting, the Red Smiths, 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...
Tainted Muffins Make Jesus Cry
Terrorist attack, or old Monty Python sketch? You be the judge: Several members of Australia's Olympic team were enjoying a batch of chocolate muffins at a Brisbane function last week, when some of the treats were found to have been sabotaged with paper clips. According to the Brisbane Times, a "maj...
Surprisingly, Alcohol May Have Been Involved
If it wasn't for those screens in the outfield at Wrigley, fat drunken Cubs fans would be flopping onto the warning track like tuna on the deck of a Japanese fishing boat. "We caught another one, Lou!" I loved it when they used the gaffe hook to haul him back in....