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Is Kurt Warner Living Out An "Eyes Wide Shut" Fantasy With Right-Hand Man Larry Fitzgerald?
Larry Fitzgerald has done absolutely nothing to justify being taken early in fantasy-football drafts. He makes up for that by posting this photo from the "Best Buddies Arizona" event....

Your World Series Game Three Open Thread
"Giants of old" are calling on the current San Francisco side to win the Series for "all of us."...

Your College Football Late Games Open Thread
Trapped at home tonight and not planning to watch baseball? Try Baylor at Texas, Michigan at Penn State, Stanford at Washington or Ohio State at Minnesota....

What Bloggers Are Saying About World Series Game Three (With Video!) (And Bieber Tease*!!)
Here are nine links to what guys and gals with keyboards are saying about World Series Game Three....

JaMarcus Russell "Stands Firm As Man of Integrity" After Purple-Drank Ruling
He fled the Oakland Raiders, got grand-jury clearance on felony "purple drank" havin' charges and has "John Lucas Basketball Resources" doing some PR. Aw yeah, JaMarcus Russell is back in tha game, yo!...

Your College Football Afternoon Games Open Thread
It's time for New Mexico State (1-6) vs. San Jose State (1-7)! Not enough for you? Fine, there's an extensive undercard....

Is Lou Holtz A Perv, Pervy Thief Or Neither?
This photo from College Gameday raises one very important question: If true, did Lou Holtz steal Brett Favre's phone before or after the whole dongshot saga commenced? This is important to Brett Favre, and this is important to America. ...

Today, In Epic French Rugby Videos ...
Not sure which is more entertaining: The brawl during the Bagarre US Montauban vs. La Seyne sur Mer match or the decadent Fantasy Fest-esque pre-game entertainment for Stade Francais vs Toulon. Can you tell which is which?...

Your College Football Early Games Open Thread
So, the Chicago Sun-Times presented a "Mourning might give Irish edge: After tragedy, pieces are there for triumph" piece today....

Judge Rules In Death-By-Training-Wheels Case
Last April, an 87-year-old Manhattan woman was hurt when two 4-year-old racing bicycles along a sidewalk hit her. Three months later, the woman died of unrelated causes. This month, a court said her estate could sue a preschooler....

Did Concussion Earlier In The Month Lead To A High-School Football Player's Death?
A Kansas City-area high school football player died on the field Thursday night; Ron Stiles said his son Nathan "suffered a concussion in the school's homecoming game earlier this month ... he had been cleared to play Thursday."...

"Celtic" Delonte West Gets Into A Locker-Room Fight With Von "Who?" Wafer
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....

Texas's Terracotta-Army-Like Statues Are Here To Frighten And Confuse Us All
What you see here a nice piece of statuary built in honor of one of the great Texas Longhorns of all time: Al Jolson....

More Stories About Terrifying Hydraulic Lifts From Football Videographers
Earlier, we brought you Anonymous's account of videotaping football practice from a scissor lift under circumstances similar to those that precipitated Declan Sullivan's death. Readers sent in their own experiences with the perils of videotaping from lifts....

John Salley Story Corner: A Trip To The Gentlemen's Club With The Wife's Credit Card
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: a teammate gets stuck with a big bill....

Incongruous Athlete Mix-Tape Theater: Pape Sy
Welcome to Incongruous Athlete Mix-Tape Theater, the occasional feature wherein we examine fan-made video love letters to athletes and their wildly inappropriate soundtracks. It's been a while, but we're back with a doozy: Atlanta Hawks rookie Pape Sy set to some opera....

The Timing Of <em>The Daily Line</em>'s Cancellation Had Nothing To Do With Favre's Penis. Sort Of.
Sports Business Journal's John Ourand broke the news about the death of Versus's sports-yap vehicle "The Daily Line", where Jenn Sterger co-hosted. The cancellation of the show in light of the Favre-Sterger fap-flap seems suspicious. But it's not....

The John Wall Dance Makes An Appearance On <em>The Daily Show</em>
The John Wall Dance is one of my favorite things, probably because it's absurd and easy for white people to replicate. Unfortunately, Wall's debut came in a blowout loss yesterday in Orlando. Thursday threatened to be a John Wall Dance-less day. Until......

Brad Richards Shot A Hole In The Glass Last Night
This slap shot by the Stars' Brad Richards was different than your everyday slap shot in that it BROKE CLEAR THROUGH THE FREAKING GLASS. [Sportress of Blogitude]...

Video Of The Ridiculous Post-World Series Brawl At A McDonald's Is Ridiculous
This is probably the greatest fight since the Battle of the Kool Moe Dee Concert. Set the scene: Post-Game 1. A San Francisco McDonald's. Motive: Someone threw soda on someone else. And, action:...