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The Deadspin Pub Heads Back to Spain
Once again the eyes of a soccer fans across the world will be on Spain as Barcelona and Real Madrid square off at Camp Nou in El Classico (Spanish for "huge fucking game")....

The One With A Shivering Canadian Women's Basketball Team
We get a massive amount of tips in our inbox each week. Some are pretty interesting, but don't get published for one reason or another. (NSFW)...

Bill Belichick A Big Fan Of Round Things
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Erin Andrews Meets Big Bertha
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Joe Sakic Out Three Months
And I guess those are Joe Sakic's fingers in the snow blower? [Sports Crackle Pop]...

So That's What The Kneepads Are For
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Prep Football Star Shoots Himself During Traffic Stop
Billey Joe Johnson, a 17-year-old high school running back from Mississippi, died of a self-inflicted gun shot wound during a routine traffic stop yesterday. The junior tailback from George County High School was one of the top-rated prospects in the country and reportedly had scholarship offers fro...

Non-Nude Attorney Updates Us On Nude High School Cheerleader Story
Further details in the Bothell High (Seattle area) nude cheerleader case, because I know that you're concerned. The attorney for the two girls, who were suspended for texting nude photos of themselves to the football team, appeared on a local television show this morning. And it wasn't a cooking seg...

A Deadspin Video Mash-Up To Commemorate The Year in Sports Buffoonery
It's going to get hectic for everybody in the upcoming weeks with the holidays and all that, so today seems like as good a time as any to roll this out: It's a one minute compilation of some of the most popular videos featured on Deadspin in 2008. This was lovingly put together by Gawker's new video...

Hmm, I Just Know That They're Up To Something ...
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Nude High School Cheerleaders Now Less Nude, Sue School
It's a good thing they didn't have cell phones when I was in high school; I'd still be there trying to graduate. You may have heard of the Bothell, WA high school cheerleaders who took naked cell phone pictures of themselves and then "accidentally" sent them to the entire school. Well, their parents...

Another Alternate Erin Andrews Grip
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Greg Maddux Is Taking His 355 Wins And Going Home
Greg Maddux, 42, will be officially retiring from baseball at the winter meetings on Monday. Maddux, who finished last season coming out of the bullpen for the Dodgers, was essentially a mop-up man as LA lost to the Phillies in the NLDS. It's a shame, really, because those Flomax and Depends endorse...

The Deadspin Pub Has Its Eyes On Spain
Match of the day: La Liga - Barcelona vs. Valencia at 4:00 on GolTV: The nation of Spain has gotten a bad rap around these parts in recent months for various instances of racism and cultural insensitivity, but of course they still have plenty to offer. Take for example today's match of the day, a La...

Facebook and Deadspin: Two Great Tastes That Taste Great Together
Have you been trying to leave comments on Deadspin for years only to be stymied at every turn by heartless, humorless combudsmen? You've always known that if you could just get that first comment approved, then everyone would see how funny you really are, right? Well, today's your lucky day, camper,...

Bernard Hopkins Not Exactly In Donovan McNabb's Corner
And now a few words from Bernard Hopkins, former middleweight and light heavyweight world champion, Philadelphia native (Germantown), prison guest and all-around badass. Subject: Donovan McNabb. Venue: KNBR-680 (San Francisco) radio, Thursday afternoon. Mood: Huffy. Key quote: "I wish the Wizard of ...

At Illinois, No Jock Left Behind
Here is stately Wayne Manor The Irwin Academic Services Center at the University of Illinois. Here, Illini students can use computer labs and classrooms, schedule sessions with tutors and special counselors, and even relax in oversize leather chairs and gaze at expensive oriental rugs. Wait … you’re...

Oh, This Looks Like Fun
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Easiest $150 You'll Make All Month
Just take this incredibly short, painless, (moderately) enjoyable survey, and we'll send one random winner a $150 Best Buy gift certificate. The way prices are going, that should get you almost halfway to a 32 inch HDTV. Simply email [email protected] with the last question of the survey to enter....

Countdown To Fun With The T-Mac Injury Ticker
It's safe to say that the the Houston Chronicle has about had it with Tracy McGrady. These are tough financial times, the newspaper figures, so why is the Houston Rockets' star being paid so much dough for sitting in the whirlpool?...