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Authors With Pure Hearts: Jeff MacGregor
Continuing our Sports Authors With Pure Hearts series, we present, honestly, one of our favorite sports books of all time: Sunday Money, a whirlwind, Kerouac-esque look at a year on the NASCAR circuit. Sports Ilustrated, New York Times and New Yorker author Jeff MacGregor, along with his photographe...
Picasso And Ron Artest Meet, One Year Later
We think the folks at Washington Wizards obsessive site Wizznutzz are certifiably bonkers, but we mean that in the best possible way. We meant to hit this last week, but on Friday they reposted their brilliant Picasso-inspired piece of art called "Aubernica", a dramatic surrealist rendering the f...
Blogdom's Best: Arizona Cardinals
It might not — yet — have the online fanaticism and cachet of baseball, but the NFL and its fans are starting to catch up in the world of team-devoted blogs. To this end, Deadspin salutes these modem-addled souls and proudly presents Blogdom's Best, given to the most outstanding blog for each NFL ...
Oddjack's Monday Night Football Roundup
As endlessly repeated around these parts, we don't gamble on sports, if just because we get stressed out enough watching games without having our wallets riding on them. But nights like tonight, when there's only one game on, and it's kind of a lousy one, we understand. Oddjack has your lines and ro...
NFL Roundup: Lovie's Kind Of Town
• So here's something crazy: With a break or two, the Chicago Bears could have playoff home-field advantage in the NFC. Still, whether they win the Super Bowl or not, "Ditka" is always going to sound cooler than "Lovie." • We're really starting to maybe think that Chesnning might really lead the C...
Today in Oddjack
Oddjack editor A.J. Daulerio is off for a few days, but the folks filling in are doing just fine ... • Penn State's gonna win. No, Michigan State! We're so confused. • Your Wesley Snipes vs. Joe Rogan betting primer. • Fun in the Beehive State, plus seven other groovy college picks. You're welcome....
We Now Pause For This Short (Ahem) Announcement
We have a lot of respect for jockeys, especially considering the dangerous nature of their sport, and the raw deal they seem to be getting from track owners. But when we saw this story, we had to giggle a little bit. Come on, we're not made of stone. It seems that several jockeys got into a physi...
Today in Oddjack
What you're missing over at Oddjack, the site for both the discerning speculator and the degenerate gambler ... • The kids at Covers get you ready for the NCAA Basketball Tournament. Stop fidgeting and pay attention this time. • Reading the sports obits for fun and profit. • An answer to the immorta...
Vlade Divac Doesn't Want To Kill You
We'll confess a pretty strong affinity for Vlade Divac, if just because he's the only player in recent NBA history who sneaks a cigarette during timeouts. Well, as we were alerted by YAYSports!, Vlade is apparently in trouble with his home country of Serbia-Montenegro for, get this, skimping out o...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. NBA with Marc Stein: We've noticed that, since Halloween, they've stopped using your column as ESPN Insider exclusive content. In fact, after the first graph, the copy reads: "Want to read the rest of this article? Go ahead, it...
Now Blogging For NHL.com ...
Off Wing Opinion beat us to this, because they're really into hockey and we can't even wear skates without falling down. Apparently taking a cue from MLB Blogs, NHL.com has added a new blog section to its site. But those who run hockey have a much better idea of what works online; whereas the sig...
Today in Oddjack
Oddjack is on our good side today, because they're getting us fired up for college basketball. • Everything you might possibly need to know about trends and stats for the upcoming college basketball season. • If you can figure out who is actually playing, you could be on tonight's Eagles-Cowboys gam...
Oskee-Wow-Wow
We are honored — since we've mentioned it only sparingly, though expect that to change as college hoops gets going — that so many of you have noted that we are proud graduates of the University of Illinois and have asked our opinion of the NCAA ruling that the Chief Illiniwek nickname and "symbol"...
NFL Roundup: Down Goes Tice!
• What's funnier than Mike Tice being rolled over and knocked down on the sideline? Nothing, that's what. By the way, we find Tice's dopey sideline celebrations undignified, and Tom Coughlin's constant gyrations of fury incredibly amusing. • Samkon Gado, baby, Samkano Gado. Two touchdowns, one gr...
Today in Oddjack
What you're missing over at Oddjack, the site for both the discerning speculator and the degenerate gambler ... • Your only chance to care about Boise State has come around again for the year. Don't miss out. • We've never used "Here's my money" and "L.A. Clippers to win" in the same sentence before...
Tyson Most Likely Celeb Who Can't Read
Ever wonder which celebrity is actually illiterate? Sure, we all have. But BetUS.com actually lays the odds and makes Mike Tyson (of course) the favorite at 2/1. It's all documented over at Oddjack, our sister site with the slight gambling problem (think Edward Norton in Rounders). Among others o...
Why Your City Sucks
Looks like the Maloof brothers got a hold of the Jumbotron controls while drunk again. In what the team says will be a regular feature, when the Pistons were introduced last night, the Kings ran a feature about the city of Detroit on the scoreboard. You can probably guess what it was: horrible vis...
Manning's Cute Little Cheerleader Problem
As you might have noticed, sometimes we like to make fun of Peyton Manning's (heavily) rumored sexual orientation from time to time. But our degenerate gambler brother at Oddjack has a strange little scoop that implies Peyton likes to hang out with cheerleaders of his own. From former Indianapolis...
Freestyle With Ron Artest And He'll Be Your Best Friend
We remain impressed by the quality of guests that AOL Sports Bloggers Live have been bringing to their program. Dwyane Wade was on just the other day, and, in what's pretty clearly their best one yet, Ron Artest shows up and, as he tends to do, just starts freestyle rapping out of nowhere....
Meet The New Packers Running Back
The Packers might be down to to their fifth-string running back, but that's hardly a bad thing. In fact, new fantasy obsessive pickup Samkon Gado is one of our new favorite players, because we've come across MySpace profile, and, all told, we think the guy sounds kind of cool....