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Timberwolves Make Empty D-League Threat To Shabazz Muhammad
Timberwolves general manager Flip Saunders is not pleased with rookie Shabazz Muhammad's career to this point, leading him to make one of the emptier threats in the NBA: If you don't shape up, we'll send you to THE D-LEAGUE....

Have A Coke And A Smile
A few days ago, we talked about how pop culture moves us. Well, there's nothing more catchy than advertising, right? There have been many successful ad campaigns featuring athletes—Joe Namath, Bo Jackson, and Michael Jordan leap to mind. Maybe it's because I was young when it came out but the famous...

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This 12-Year-Old Little Leaguer Is Roughly The Size Of Kevin Youkilis
Meet Chad Lorkowski. Although this boy looks old enough to comfortably buy cigarettes without being carded, he is 12 years old. Yes. Seriously....

Deadspin Up All Night: I Wish
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I Have Skidmarks! What To Do?
Jolie Kerr is a cleaning expert and advice columnist. She'll be here every other week helping to answer your filthiest questions. Are you dirty? Email her....

Baseball Fan Finds Death Less Boring Than Baseball
This Nationals fan, captured for us by reader Evan, just couldn't bear to watch his team slog through another August baseball game. Instead, he decided to delve into the day's obituaries. Lots of exciting stuff going on in there....

Browns Field Shortest Player In NFL History, Apparently
NBC's graphics department looks to be a yard or two shy, but we'll go to the instant replay to confirm. ...

Got Questions About Gambling And The Mob? Ask A Bookie.
Joe Campanella is a real-life member of the Roslindale crew, one of the three biggest sports-betting syndicates on the streets of greater Boston. He's also one of the stars of Saint Hoods, a Discovery Channel docu-series that airs Friday nights at 10 (EDT). Campanella joins us now to take questions ...

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Let's Watch Dwight Howard Grind With An Old Lady
Consider this a sequel of sorts to Let's Watch Charles Barkley Grind With A Middle-Aged Lady. Dwight Howard is still hanging out in Aspen, Colo., and last night he appears to have happened upon a rocking dance party at the local senior center. Shit got a little weird. ...

Deadspin Up All Night: Keep On Pushin'
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Hockey Player Serves Ice Cream To Rob Ford. Rob Ford Is Pleased.
Look at how excited he is!...

Report: Dwyane Wade's Divorce Already At $10 Million In Legal Bills
His ex-wife's public meltdown on a Chicago street corner last month was the best indication yet that Dwyane Wade's divorce has been an utter shitshow. And while Wade did reach a $5 million settlement with his ex, Siohvaughn Funches, a few days later, the battle over custody of their two children has...

Brain Damage May Have Played Role In Death Of Former Quarterback
In May, former Division II football star and Ravens quarterback Cullen Finnerty was found dead in the Michigan woods near his family's fishing cottage. At the time, Finnerty's cause of death was not apparent, but an autopsy has revealed that Finnerty died of pneumonia, and that chronic brain damage ...

The Crowd Sounds Happy
Baseball lends itself to radio, this much we know. Hasn't changed much through the years either. The game still sounds good on the radio. But let's go back some, and hear about Nicholas Dawidoff's experiences listening to Ned Martin call Red Sox games in the 1970s:...

Fan Interrupts Chelsea-Real Madrid Match To Embrace Cristiano Ronaldo
Another day, another Idiot On The Field. This one came from Miami, and we're frankly surprised that city doesn't produce more Idiots....

Dioner Navarro Carted Off After This Collision, Holds On To The Ball
Dioner Navarro had to be carted off the field in the seventh inning after a collision at the plate with Chase Utley.With Utley on second, Kevin Frandsen lined a single to right field in just about perfect position for Cole Gillespie to field the ball on a couple of hops and fire a laser home to Nava...

Deadspin Up All Night: Spin It Back To Me
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