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The Yankees/Red Sox Turf War Claims Another Victim
A Yankee fan stabbed a Red Sox fan at a Connecticut restaurant Saturday, supposedly over baseball. Though the altercation happened at the Chowder Pot Inn, so maybe it was a fight about the pronunciation of a certain word. [Globe]...
The Best Sports Photograph We've Ever Seen
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....
Did Dan Gilbert Call LeBron James An Asshole Or Not?
Here are two Tweets. You decide....
Your NFL Late Games Open Thread
Whoa. Whitlock's right: "Put McNabb in against Kolb, and McNabb has a puncher's chance. Maybe he can connect with Moss on a few big plays and get lucky again. I don't see it with Vick on the field."...
Trio of Bros Sing About Marquette Basketball
Ever wonder what a song about financial aid that samples Free Fallin' would sound like? How about a bunch of bros rap-defending Taylor Swift? Or an acoustic take on Axe Shower Gel?...
Titans Defensive Coordinator Chuck Cecil Doesn't Much Like Referees
In 1993, Sports Illustrated asked "Is Chuck Cecil Too Vicious for the NFL?" Looks like he can add "expressing himself" to the long list of things he's been fined for....
Field Trip: Simmons And Gladwell At The New Yorker Festival, Falling In And Out Of Love
Ever wondered how the chummy love-fest email exchanges between Malcolm Gladwell and Bill Simmons translate when the two meet face-to-face? Well, it's kind of like when a "certain kind of person" meets another "certain kind of person." I'll explain....
Your NFL Early Games Open Thread
This game slate proves my decision to drop the NFL Sunday Ticket was wise....
Sideline Reporter Jim Knox Tries To Run With The Buffalo, Gets Dropped By A Human
To say it's entertaining to see a guy dressed like a cowboy lower his shoulder and willingly take down a reporter who embedded himself in the pregame activities is an understatement....
Deion Sanders Knows How It Feels To Get Used
Noted intellectual Deion Sanders ponders the life lessons of Cowboys WR Dez Bryant's $55K dinner bill. Says it's funny....
Wayne Rooney Is Not An Animal. Wayne Rooney Is A Human Being.
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....
Your Floribama Bloodthirst Open Thread
In a perfect world, this here should be a "Here's Video From Gate 42, Section U-1, Row 1, Seats 3-8 of Bryant-Denny Stadium Showing Gator Fan/Quad-Karate Master Meeting Up With The Retards He Taunted Last Week."...
Lithuanians Clearly Don't Remember The Last Time A "Blondes Only" Society Was Pursued
A Lithuanian company — the name of which is pronounced Ooh La La — has big plans. Specifically, they're trying to open a vacation resort in the Maldives at which the workers are all blonde....
Here's Video Of Some Philadelphians Bathing In Soup To Make Some Sort of McNabb Statement
Good thing the Eagles/Redskins game doesn't start until after 4 p.m. I'd hate to not have those three extra hours of pregame drinking....
Your College Football Late Games Open Thread
The big matchups: Texas at Oklahoma [Dallas Morning News], Tennessee at LSU [Times-Picayune], and Georgia at Colorado [American Chronicle]....
Science Says The Louder The Grunting, The Sweeter The Tennis Shot
Researchers at the University of British Columbia and University of Hawaii at Manoa think that grunting might could help tennis players win their matches....
Man Overcomes Being Named Gooch, Legal Blindness To Bowl A Perfect Game
My initial gut reaction to that picture was, "Goodie, you can call for one of those inspirational posterization contests like the squashbag screaming at poor little Asian kid a few days back." Fine, that's still what I want to do....
Your Early College Football Open Thread
Let's see, Miami vs. Clemson is a decent enough warm-up for the day of college football [The State]. So is TCU at Colorado State [The Coloradoan] and Tulane at Rutgers [Star-Ledger]....
Who Wants To See Bulls Gore A Few Colombians To Death?
The money quote from this Reuters video about the annual "corraleja" celebration in Sabanalarga, Colombia:...
Triple H Bangs On Doors To Get Votes For Mother-In-Law Linda McMahon
Well, if Linda McMahon's Facebook page is to be believed, she's unleashing a practitioner of the "Inverted Indian deathlock" on the voters of Fairfield, Ct. this morning....