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No, ESPN Did Not Tell The MNF Coaches To Take Timeouts (UPDATE)
Paranoia swept the blogosphere this morning, as word spread like wildfire that ESPN had told the Jaguars and Titans to use their timeouts at the end of a blowout to get more commercial breaks. Great story. Too bad it's not true....
Fans Taunt Canadian Football Team, Team Responds With Fists
A brawl broke out during an Ontario junior league football game between the Hamilton Hurricanes and the St. Leonard Cougars this weekend. Hamilton, Ont., police are not yet investigating as no charges have been filed. [The Spec; video via]...
Our Resident Sex Addict Settles A Bet Regarding Decuple Penetration
Before we get to the funbag, a quick announcement: From now on, every funbag will end with the Email Of The Week. The person who sends the winning email each week gets a prize. IT'S TRUE! Not only do you get to experience the glory of being immortalized forever in funbag form, but you also get a ran...
Goddamnit It, America
You could have watched an exciting, important game, a tense changing of the guard of the best playoff pitchers ever. Or you could have watched Kerry Collins and Trent Edwards trade handoffs in a meanlingless AFC South contest. Guess which you chose....
Bill Self Dresses Up As One-Hit Wonder Vanilla Ice For Kansas's Late Night In The Phog
Kansas coach Bill Self told 16,500 fans that the 2008 title "was great," but it's time to "cut down some more nets." Then, the one-time champion came out dressed as Vanilla Ice, who some might call a one-hit wonder....
This Seven-Person Leapfrog Dunk Is Exceptional
Pepperdine guard Keion Bell put himself on the map this weekend as one of college basketball's best showmen. The leapfrog dunk might not even be the best one. [Rush The Court]...
The Cowboys Almost Make You Feel Sorry For Them
To half of your Deadspin editors they're divisional rivals, and to the other half they're "those motherfucking Cowboys," so there's no hidden sympathies here. But should we laugh at Wade Phillips's constant befuddlement and Jerry Jones's impotent rage? Or feel pity?...
Rick Pitino Screws Common Decency On A Restaurant Floor, So To Speak
Louisville has offered a scholarship to former Wake Forest center Tony Woods, last seen fracturing his girlfriend's spine. You can rest assured Rick Pitino will find a way to compare this to 9/11. [The Dagger]...
Bo Pelini Is Pissed In Both Senses Of The Word
Please cast your eyes to the crotch of Coach's pants, which appear to be running a spread offense of their own. [ESPN, H/T Bryan C.]...
Everything That's Wrong With College Tailgates In One Picture
This picture, snapped sometime before Saturday's Ohio State-Wisconsin game, is so, so bad, it has to be a joke. Right?...
Gerard Butler's Michigan State Weekend
Movie Spartan Gerard Butler was once in a great trailer that became an OK movie called 300. So it makes perfect sense for him—while not in character—to pump up various Michigan State crowds like he did this weekend....
Rutgers DT Eric LeGrand Suffers A Devastating Spinal-Cord Injury
The Star-Ledger is reporting that Rutgers defensive tackle Eric LeGrand has no movement below his neck after suffering a spinal-cord injury on special teams against Army yesterday. Absolutely horrible....
Your NFL Late Games Open Thread
Two teams enter. One team leaves with a 2-3 record. Will it be the Minnesota Vikings or Dallas Cowboys? Does it really matter in the grand scheme of all things football? Does anything even matter?...
The Messiah College Lady's Soccer Team Will Not Tolerate Peeping Toms
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....
Your Phillies/Giants NLCS Game One Open Thread
Roy Halladay and Tim Lincecum are getting most of the pre-Game-1 attention. As well they should. Two game-changers, pure and simple. But, one has to lose. Ok, both can get no decisions, but one of their teams has to lose....
Your College Football Night Games Open Thread
You're looking for the last game on the sportsbook wall, ain't ya? It's Nevada at Hawaii. Here's a breakdown to save you from fishing around for early-season NHL matchups. Side note: That actually sounds like a potentially great game....
Your College Football Afternoon Games Open Thread
Tell you what: This gaggle o' games should make the NFL ashamed of itself. Compare last week's late NFL games to Texas at Nebraska; Arkansas at Auburn; Iowa at Michigan; Oklahoma State at Texas Tech and California at USC....
What Bloggers Are Saying About ALCS Game 2
Here are 10 links to what guys and gals with keyboards are saying about ALCS Game 2 today....
Your College Football Early Games Thread
For potential heart-attack fetishists, there's Illinois at Michigan State. For sadists, B.C. at Florida State or Minnesota at Purdue. For the righteous/godless, Western Michigan at Notre Dame. For college-football addicts, there's Missouri at Texas A&M and Vanderbilt at Georgia....
Here's The Last Picture Taken Of A Former President Before Nolan Ryan Turned On Him With Arms Named "Power" and "Glory"
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....