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Dead Letters: Some Friendly, Productive Exchanges With Our Readers
Normally we begin with reader mail and close with Dead Tweets. Not today. There are some good tweets....
Help! My Fiancée Is Orange And So Is My Bathroom
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....
The Bobcats Draft Party Booed The Shit Out Of Cody Zeller's Selection
Via Did Charlotte Win, the scene at the Time Warner Cable Arena as the Bobcats made the 4th selection in last night's draft, a slot where Nerlens Noel, Alex Len, and Ben McLemore were still available. You get the feeling 'Cats fans might have wanted one of those three instead....
Everyone Is At The Blackhawks Parade
There's not a lot of work getting done in Chicago today, we'd wager. This photo, from CSN's Nina Falcone, gives a sense of the scale of the crowd at Grant Park for the Blackhawks' profane Stanley Cup celebration. We don't think the Ravens will have much to say about this one....
Corey Crawford's Speech At The Blackhawks Parade Was Short And Profane
Is this one of the best victory speeches in recent memory? Fuckin' A right it is....
How Much Money Did The Knee Injury Cost Nerlens Noel?
If we assume that a healthy Nerlens Noel goes first or second in an historically thin NBA draft, he lost somewhere between $4 million and $5 million over the next three years—all because he vaporized his knee in February while playing amateur basketball as a nominally unpaid intern at Kentucky....
Just A Fire In A Light Tower During A Game At Nationals Park
No one was injured, and the fire never spread beyond the light tower up in right field, so go ahead and laugh!...
A Supercut Of David Stern Getting Booed And Loving It
Soon-to-be-retired commissioner David Stern presided over his final NBA draft last night, and as has been the case throughout his career, he was enthusiastically booed each time he appeared on stage. ...
Patrick Sharp's Daughter Is The Cutest Sports Baby
Babies with the Stanley Cup are almost as much of a tradition as bodily fluids in the Stanley Cup, but just slightly more adorable. ...
Which Detroit Tiger Got His Bare Ass And Penis Caught On Camera?
Deadspin I-Team, assemble....
Lucas Nogueira's Hair Is Fantastic
Little too much for that hat, I reckon....
"WHOA!": Bill Simmons Steals The NBA Draft, Early
It may not be traditional ESPN TV, but the genuine surprise in Bill Simmons' voice (Update: And on his face!) here is hard to beat....
Deadspin Up All Night: In Dreams
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Greg Howard and Andy Hutchins will have you covered for the NBA draft and whatever else. Do your thing down here....
Live Blog: Let Us Enjoy The 2013 NBA Draft Together
The 2013 NBA draft is here, and, as usual, we have almost no idea what is going to happen over the course of the night. Will the Nets and Celtics consummate a trade sending old people to Brooklyn? Is someone going to take an injured player—either Nerlens Noel or Alex Len, either one works—at No. 1?...
Darren Daulton Hospitalized With Brain Tumors
Darren Daulton, Philadelphia's longtime sparkplug catcher who finished off his career with a championship with the Marlins, has been diagnosed with two brain tumors. One of them is reportedly inoperable....
Manchild In The Promised Land: Where Darryl Dawkins Came From
Originally published in the April 30, 1980, issue of Inside Sports. Reprinted here with the author's permission....
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Curious How Much ESPN Executives Make? We Have Pay-Grade Charts
Want to know what a vice president of production makes at ESPN? We can give you a pretty good idea. An ESPN source sent us the company's pay-grade charts. ...
Adam LaRoche And His Son Would Like To Show You Their Very Large Guns
No big deal, just the Washington Nationals first baseman and his son enjoying a summer day with their guns. Someone should introduce these two to Brek Shea. I bet they could team up for a kick-ass Fourth of July party. ...