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Deadspin Up All Night: Oh, I've Been Waiting Desperately
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. There's baseball on tonight, so there'll shortly be a place for you to talk about the games. Maybe the usual boys of the night will stop by, too. Until then, yak here....
A Big Huge Ball Of Crazy. <em>Cloud Atlas</em>, Reviewed.
1. I've never read the book Cloud Atlas, but I bet it's good. Judging from the film, the book must be insanely ambitious—narratively and stylistically—clearly vying to be no less than some sort of grand binding theory of everything, throughout history, forever. That sort of ambition can work on the ...
The Deadspin Staff Discusses An Oddly Captivating Photo Of Eminem And Prince Fielder
A few minutes ago, Deadspin staff member Jack Dickey stumbled upon the photo you see here. This is the conversation that it elicited from the other members of the staff:...
More Angry Voicemails: Crazy Self-Described "Lesbian On Top" Leaves Crazy Message
Ever get a phone call from someone that was wrong number and wonder if it wasn't a wrong number at all, that it was just some crazy person dialing random numbers so that they could hear someone's voice? Reader Sebastian knows the feeling:...
Geno Auriemma Wants To Lower The Rim In Women's Basketball
Auriemma is about the only man in the world who can say this and not have it come off as condescending, but the UConn coach has a radical proposal he plans to present to the rules committee next spring—he'd like to see more scoring, fewer missed layups, and the way to do that is to lower the hoop fo...
Deadspin Up All Night: Bring You Up Again
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. THERE ARE NO SPORTS. But there is Erik, and the Tuesday Night Fights, and that's more than enough....
WNBA Championship Parade Almost Happens
We hoped to recapture the magic of the single greatest headline/photo combination in Deadspin history, but the weather did not cooperate. Literally scores of fans were set to line the streets of downtown Indianapolis to fête their triumphant Fever, who prevailed in the best-of-5 WNBA finals this wee...
Mizzou's Corporate Card Was Used For $7,600 At A Vegas Strip Club
Missouri, like many schools, handed out credit cards to athletics department employees and trusted them not to abuse the privilege. Anyone who's ever had a corporate card can guess how that worked out: strip clubs and steakhouses. After an external audit of the program's finances, they're cracking d...
It's Surprisingly Miserable Being An Enormous 12-Year-Old Hockey Player
At first glance, you'd think it's good to be a big boy. Ethan Lavallee is just 12 years old, and he already runs 6-foot-5½, 192 lbs. This should be an advantage in peewee hockey, and beyond—if Outliers' theory on young players' physical development carrying over through the rest of their lives is ac...
Wyoming Football Coach Suspended, Fined For Phenomenal "Mr. Fucking Howdy Doody" Tirade
Dave Christensen's punishment was handed down yesterday for this, and it's rather steep: a one-game suspension and a $50,000 fine. The decision was made by the school's athletic director with the full support of the university president, according to a statement the AD issued that said some things...
UNC Receiver Erik Highsmith Reportedly Plagiarized An Essay About Chickens Written By 11-Year-Olds
From The News & Observer:...
Why Did LSU Airbrush Out The Crosses Painted On These Dudes' Chests?
What you see above are two different versions of the same photo. The photo was taken at a recent LSU football game and the students in the picture are members of a Christian cheering section known as the Painted Posse. The original version (on the bottom) shows the students with crosses painted on ...
Towson University Linebacker Accuses Coach Of Doctoring Practice Logs, Threatening To Fuck Up Jesus
Former Towson University linebacker Trevor Walker made campus conversation more interesting today when he and another unnamed former player published a column about head coach Rob Ambrose in The Towerlight, Towson's student newspaper. Walker's screed denounces Ambrose for resorting to blasphemy in ...
Your Monday Night Football Open Thread
Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears (ESPN): The Bears are coming off an inconveniently scheduled bye week this year. Two weeks ago, they destroyed the Jacksonville Jaguars 41-3, after smoking the Cowboys (34-18) and the Rams (23-6) the previous two weeks. They were rolling, man! And then they had to hit ...
Deadspin Up All Night: Black Boy Fly
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. You've got Game 7 and Monday Night Football to watch, so get excited! Sean will be with you throughout the evening....
Even Mack Brown Hates The Longhorn Network
Fourteen months in, how's the Longhorn Network doing? The University of Texas's 20-year, $300 million partnership with ESPN nearly destroyed the Big 12 before it even launched, and while it is helping UT make up for state-funding shortfalls in academic departments, it still has a rather sizable dist...
This Florida Fan's Spooky Stare During Saturday's Game Might Be The Scariest Thing You See This Halloween Season
The Florida Gators rode a series of Gamecocks mistakes to a blowout win Saturday over South Carolina, but it seems not every fan in Gainesville was impressed by the performance. Here's one gentleman that despite being surrounded by excited young fans spends his time staring into the camera with a...
BCS Head Insists There's No Interest In Expanding Playoff Beyond Four Teams
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: Bill Hancock has given you all the change you can handle....
Oh Good, Chris Berman Will Interview Barack Obama And Mitt Romney The Night Before The Election
Americans, you've got an important decision to make on Election Day. So the last thing you probably want before you go to bed the night before is Chris Berman yelling and buffooning up your Monday Night Football. Well, good news! Berman will keep the clowning to a minimum and instead put on his seri...