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Boston-Area Little Leaguers Have Strange Allegiances
Wallpole is located about 20 minutes southwest of Boston. So before the game, the team got a pep talk from Curt Schilling, Coco Crisp and Red Sox manager Terry Francona, and Rando's catch was shown on the scoreboard at Fenway Park. All well and good ... but check out the Walpole team introductions, ...
Only In New Jersey, Kids
David Hirshey writes regularly for Deadspin and PLAY Magazine about soccer....
Johan Santana Is Mr. August
This will be your one and only Bert Blyleven update for this season, so pay attention. Blyleven, to my knowledge the only Minnesota Twins starting pitcher to have been born in Zeist, Netherlands, struck out 15 Oakland Athletics on Aug. 1, 1986; a Twins record. Or it was, until Johan Santana struck o...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while learning the New Jersey state song ... • NFL: The best argument yet for dropping preseason games altogether. Giants 13, Ravens 12. • MLB: Valentin's Day ... Javier Valentin's double gives Reds 7-6 win over Brewers. • Golf: Mexico invades Canada, makes off with big shiny trophy....
Dunkin' Berman
I wrote for my college newspaper, and yesterday I got to flex my rarely-used reporterly muscles when I spotted this ad outside a Dunkin' Donuts by my house....
Special Weekend Football Foodie
Over at Ladies, we've started a series called the "Friday Football Foodie" which centers on the third best aspect of football weekends, (behind the games themselves and gambling, respectively), which is the massive amount of eating and drinking you can do while hanging out with your friends. It is t...
What to Watch Tonight
What to watch as you finally come to (25 cent beers will do that to you)... • 7:00 pm — US Championships in Gymnastics [NBC] • 8:00 pm — Sunday Night Football: Giants at Ravens [NBC] • 8:00 pm — Sunday Night Baseball: Cardinals at Cubs [ESPN] -Metschick Ever say something over a year ago in the comm...
Pacman's Job For The Next Year
You're Pacman Jones. You can't play in the NFL for a year because "The Man" has suspended you. You can't participate in TNA Wrestling because your former team served you with a restraining order pretty much preventing you from doing anything that would cause a scratch on your finger. What is a boy t...
My Long Nightmare Might be Over
Oh frabjous day! A report in today's Philadelphia Inquirer says what Phillies Phans have longed to hear since that horrible afternoon of July 26: If he gets the OK from hand surgeon Randall Culp, Chase Utley could be back in the lineup in time for the Mets series at Citizens Bank Park next week. Fro...
Oookie Agonistes
Compared to much of the sports blogosphere, we lead a blessedly sheltered life here at Deadspin Nation. Admission is limited. There are standards of discourse during business hours. The worst of the trolls are jettisoned with all haste. But in most of the uncharted wilds of the internets, lawlessnes...
More Blue Turf
• A great story about Barrow, Alaska and their new football field. [The Wizard of Odds] • Carl Everett and his crazy HOF. [SOX & Dawgs] • A list of the worst sports criminals. [On My List] Wizznutzz's new t-shirt. [WIZZNUTZZ] • Loving the sound of clichés. [Signal to Noise] • Breaking down the last ...
Mia Hamm Would Never Stand for This
Strangely enough, this is only the second time Al Jazeera has made an appearance on Deadspin. Sidebar: This is one of the "related videos." Awesome....
Village Person Biker, Crotch-grabber and Quarterback
A new era is dawning in Cleveland. Last night, a newcomer took the field to chants of his name by rabid Browns fans. He was coming off a tragic factory accident that killed his best friend Pete. Number 10 came in right at the end of the game. Perhaps his best friend, Jon Favreau, was there. Maybe Ne...
And We Don't Care About the Old Folks, Talking 'Bout the Old Style Too
Notes on the teams Clare cares about from a day in baseball......