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Today's Ridiculous Sex Rumor That Explains England's World Cup Collapse
Did you hear? The English soccer team did not do so well at the World Cup. Want to know why? A locker room divided over a teammate's extramarital affair, of course. Stop me if you've heard this one....
Tea Partiers Support Diamondbacks, Tony La Russa Supports Tea Partiers
Members of the St. Louis Tea Party came out in force for Tuesday's Cardinals game against the D-Backs, but the real can of worms was opened when La Russa came out in favor of Arizona's crackdown....
LeBron Watch, Day 42: Two Reasons LeBron Can't Leave Cleveland
Turn off ESPN. Fold the newspaper. Ignore talk radio. Until LeBron signs somewhere, all of the experts are going to blather on that they "know" where LeBron is going. Save your time. Read this instead. ...
Last Night's Winner: NBA Nerds
In sports, everyone is winner—some people just win better than others. Like people who actually care about NBA free agency. You did it. You've arrived. Go ahead and start annoying everyone with your "official" guesses....
Are We Listening To Will Leitch Read From His Book?
New Yorkers: Will Leitch reads from Are We Winning? at 7:30 p.m. tonight in DUMBO as part of Gelf's Varsity Letters reading series. Come for the Leitch, stay for the guy from Lapham's Quarterly....
Luke Scott Injures Himself During Home Run Trot
When a bat breaks while getting a hit, they say "it died a hero." Luke Scott's pulled hamstring, suffered in the act of helping a last place team eke out a win, is just a martyr for a lost cause....
Pay No Attention To The Buzzing In Your Ears
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....
Dead Wrestler Of The Week: Road Warrior Hawk
Every week, the Masked Man, Deadspin's pro wrestling correspondent, honors the sport's fallen and examines their legacies — famous and obscure alike. Today: Michael Hegstrand, aka Road Warrior Hawk, who died in 2003 of a heart attack. He was 46....
This Free-Agency Business Will Make A Lot More Sense After Tonight, Maybe
Where are those three guys going? No one knows for sure, but it's been a lot of fun speculating wildly and laughing at others' predictions, hasn't it?...
Someone That Is Certainly Not Tim Tebow Is Getting Lampooned On Adult Swim
Tom Treebow is a new Squidbillies character scheduled to premiere on the Adult Swim show's July 11 episode. He seems so familiar. [Adult Swim]...
Stephen A. Smith, <em>Philadelphia Inquirer</em> Divorcing For Second Time
The print comeback of Stephen A. Smith has derailed again, as his brief return to the Philadelphia Inquirer as a columinzer is now finished. Mutually. Respectfully. Quite frankly. Statements and farewells from all parties involved after the jump....
Mitch Albom Is The Greatest Writer Who Occasionally Writes About Sports
Mitch Albom says he might write a book about sports some day. You know, if he can manage to squeeze his day job into the down time between TV appearances and production meetings. He's got a lot on his plate....
Confusing Chinese Yao Ming Ad Here To Befuddle Us All
This ad, featuring crudely drawn and out-of-proportion representations of Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi, and Yi Jianlian, is for Chinese manufacturing conglomerate GMC and oddly enough appeared in today's Wall Street Journal. Expect the Rockets to run this on in-bounds plays. [Copyranter]...
Accused Russian Spy Also Fan Of Neutral Zone Trap
The Feds should have known something was off, since no real Devils fan likes Ilya Kovalchuk. Also, only someone who grew up in the wilds of Siberia could be happy to be in Newark. [Star-Ledger]...
<em>Party Down</em> Canceled, Comedy Nerds Crestfallen
Party Down, the extremely funny Starz program that serves as the anti-Entourage, has been canceled after two mildly successful seasons. But fear not, fans, you still have your precious Freaks & Geeks boxed sets to sob into softly....
Congress Hammers Out Differences On Baseball Diamond (Video)
When all was said — like, "It's one of the best things we do in Congress"*— the Dems had prevailed 13-5. They'd knocked around Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.) — still, on the field — during the fifth inning, which is a fitting fate for the man that kinda-sorta tried to hide the whole Mark Foley-emailing-...
Live Chat With The Guy Who Doesn't Work Here Anymore
Unlike most chat participants, I have no book to promote. However, I do know how to use the comment system and am not afraid to ban you. I hate you all and have nothing left to lose. Let's do this....
Basketball Players In Asia Are Punching Each Other Again
Here's Mark "Macmac" Cardona of the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters punching former Cincinnati Bearcat Ronald Allen of the Dongguan Leopards. Described in Pacific Rims as "a pitbull," Macmac doesn't hesitate taking on the taller American. Two makes a trend, right? [PBA-Online]...
Stephen Strasburg Shouldn't Just Make The All-Star Game — He Should Start It
Much ink has been spilled and airtime devoted to the question of whether Strasburg deserves to go to Anaheim. Well, frankly, it doesn't matter worth a damn if he deserves it....
Erin Andrews Has No Comment About What She Takes When She Can't Poo
Vanity Fair's George Wayne: What is the one thing you take when feeling constipated?...