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John Madden Retiring
Darren Rovell of CNBC just dropped it. It's time for the Cris Collinsworth era to begin. [NBCSports]...

Celtics Will Most Likely Be Garnett-less During Playoffs, Coach Says
Doc Rivers has Beantown in a panic after he hinted that Kevin Garnett's mangled knee will most likely keep him out of the playoffs. "I'm not optimistic," Rivers told WEEI....

America's Green Room Princess
The stars continue to magnificently align for Erin Andrews, as the ESPN mother ship has officially anointed her worthy of interviewing muscular young men in tailored suits and shiny team logo'd hats....

Goat's Head Spook
Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to [email protected]. Subject: Morning crap More...

Billy Gillispie Is Just A Weirdo
Last January, Nike made t-shirts for the Wildcats commemorating Jodie Meeks' 54- point performance against UT. For some reason, Billy Gillispie hid them in his office. The team just received the shirts yesterday. [Kentucky Sports.com]...

Oh, Poor Lord Stanley Would Not Approve Of This
Puckheads around the world are all geeked out for the start of the NHL playoffs. And 850TheBuzz chose this interesting approach to fire up Carolina Hurricanes fans. You know, with implied coprophagia. Hockey!...

Name Of The Year Competition Enters Final Four
Murray State golf coach Velvet Milkman, the No. 8 seed, has somehow upset heavily-favored Uranus Golden and Juvyline Cubangbang to come within two steps of ultimate NOTY glory. [Name Of The Year]...

Sesame Street Officially Jumps The Shark
You know a television show is on its last legs when it starts bringing in celebrity guest stars ... like when Tom Selleck became a semi-regular on Friends. Now here's Kobe Bryant cavorting with Muppets....

The Bears Are Apparently Ready For Prime Time
Chicago has five televised prime time games this upcoming season, tied with the Steelers, Giants, Cowboys and Colts for the most. Guess which six teams were completely shut out? [NFL.com]...


Cowboys Win First 2009 Road Skirmish
As if Native Americans haven't suffered enough abuse at the hands of the white man, now this: A Cowboys fan knocked out a Redskins fan with one punch in a car antenna flag dispute....

Isiah Thomas Promises No More Sex Harassing, Suicide Attempts, Personal Salaries
In the latest installment of the Isiah Thomas career makeover, our hero magnanimously told the assembled press corps that his first year's salary as coach of FIU will be given back to the school....

Enjoy A Free Veggie Burger With John Salley
Former NBA player John Salley is giving out free veggie burgers today at Chicago's Soul Vegetarian East restaurant, although I called over there and no one seems to know anything about it. [The PETA Files]...

Everybody Wants Greg Paulus
The Packers invited the former Dukie for a workout, now the University of Michigan is also interested in acquiring the services of the one-time Christian Brothers Academy quarterback.. Also, he's apparently a football God....

The New Milton Bradley Is Cool, Calm And Collected
Milton Bradley says he's ready for any abuse that Cubs fans can dish out. That's because he's a new man; all that childish stuff is in the distant past. Ha ha, but anyway ......

AJ’s Deadspin Polygraph Test And Magic Panda Bears
We were scheduled to have a special guest from ESPN on this Deadcast, but they had to cancel. Which is good, because it allowed me to further indulge my passion for talking about elevator pissing....

Florida High School Pitcher Loves No-Hitters, Beef O'Brady's
Either Patrick Schuster is really good, or the high school teams in the Tampa-St. Pete area totally suck. At any rate, the Mitchell High hurler now has three consecutive no-hitters....