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Baltimore Ravens At New England Patriots: Your AFC Championship Game Open Thread
We only have three more of these left and by day's end, just one. Let's cherish our time down in the comments....
Mishaps In Online Advertising: The Joe Paterno Edition
This is a screen grab from the ESPN front page taken earlier this morning. Go ahead and file it in the Really, Really Poor Timing folder....
Deadspin Archives: Brent Musburger Offers Some Troubling News About Joe Paterno
In October 2008, before most of the world knew anything about Jerry Sandusky, Brent Musburger was a guest on the Dan Patrick Show and offered a now seemingly prophetic glimpse into what kept Joe Paterno going. Originally published October 15, 2008....
Jürgen Klinsmann Reacts To Media Hand Wringing Following The Joe Paterno Health Watch
Your morning roundup for Jan. 22, the day we learned how to walk on grass. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Has Rece Davis Driven Digger Phelps To The Depths Of Depression?
Maybe Digger Phelps spends the time before ESPN goes to air with its basketball version of College GameDay in quiet meditation. And maybe he uses an orange highlighter as his focus object, I don't know. But just as Notre Dame was polishing off an upset of undefeated and top-ranked Syracuse, the f...
Deadspin Up All Night: Hum
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Florida Law Requires Stadiums to Shelter Homeless On Off Nights; Not A Single One Has Complied
As is the case in most cities with professional franchises, the buildings that host Florida's professional sports teams have been built with the assistance of taxpayer contributions. It's played off as a symbiotic relationship (new stadium means new jobs, more revenue coming in, etc.) but most of t...
UCF Pre-Med Coed Propositions Dwight Howard
These girl-propositions-an-athlete videos are becoming a bit of an epidemic, aren't they? Today we have Margo. She is a junior at the University of Central Florida who dreams to one day be a pediatrician. And has she got a deal for Dwight Howard. Margo admits to stealing the idea from our sorority...
Kevin Love Will Entertain You
Your morning roundup for Jan. 21, the day we learned both Chuck Norris and Newt Gingrich are still hanging around. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Deadspin Up All Night: Stay Out Of Danger
Thanks for your continued support of Deadspin. Burke and Newell are here all weekend....
Homemade Infographic: Google Images Isn't Excited About The Los Angeles Clippers Yet
Have Chris Paul and Blake Griffin led Los Angeles's No. 2 NBA team into a new era of respect and recognition yet? Here's an analysis of results from a Google Images search for "Clippers": ...
This Game-Winning Dunk Is The Best (And Maybe Only) Finish To A D-League Game You've Ever Seen
The Springfield Armor defeated the Maine Red Claws at the buzzer last night, thanks to an air ball and an athletic guard out of Wake Forest named L.D. Williams....
Brian Downing From Ohio Wants You All To Know He's Not Alabama Teabagger Brian Downing
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"Ice The Motherfucker," The Guy From <em>Good Times</em> Screamed At Muhammad Ali: A Weird Life, In 4 Boxing Matches
Earlier this week, an e-mail from John Kaye showed up in my inbox. I didn't know Kaye but soon learned that he'd written the 1980 film Where the Buffalo Roam, the ancestor to the Hunter S. Thompson movies of recent years. Kaye had just published a lengthy piece in the Los Angeles Review of Books ent...
Antrel Rolle Used To Think Eli Manning Was Soft, Specifically Because Of Manningface
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: the face is just an act! It's really just confidence....
Cockblocked By Gum!
Welcome to Great Moments in Drunken Hookup Failure, where we showcase three heartwarming true stories of drunken love gone horribly awry. Off we go....
As A Golfer Considers His Shot, A Sound Guy Behind Him Absolutely Eats It
The Humana Challenge used to be the Bob Hope Classic, but what's Bob Hope going to do about it? He's dead. But while Bob was never particularly big on physical humor, even he would have gotten a kick out of this sound guy's entrance, stage left....
ShortCenter: The Giants And The 49ers Are The Same Team, To Judge By ESPN's Buzzwords
What is ESPN prattling on about right now? We condense your morning SportsCenter to its essence....
This Flyers Fan Has A Pair Of Straightforward Messages For The Islanders
Your morning roundup for Jan. 20, the day we learned old men in Japan engage in vaginal prayer. Photo via Busted Coverage. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Deadspin Up All Night: Talk A Little
If you haven't already heard, I will be joining A.J. at his paperless Hamptons travel magazine in just a few weeks. Tomorrow is my last day sitting on this side of the room. Please say hi if Craggs is about to ruin anything....