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Mack Brown Is Sick And Tired Of All These Agents Getting His Players Suspended
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: Texas Longhorns coach Mack Brown....

Whitney Cummings Makes That Pamela Anderson-Magic Johnson HIV Joke You've Been Waiting For
During the Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff, comedienne Whitney Cummings took a shot at Pamela Anderson's penchant for sleeping with rock stars, imploring the former V.I.P. star to "drink a vat of Magic Johnson's blood"— because HIV/AIDS is hilllllllarious....

A Life And Death In Baseball Cards
The following is taken from Josh Wilker's wonderful memoir Cardboard Gods: An All-American Tale Told Through Baseball Cards. You can find more of Josh's writing at cardboardgods.net...

Here's Video of D-Wade Shattering a Child's Self-Esteem, Sense of Worth
[H/T Red's Army from the Rucker Park event]...

Is Jorge Posada a Stone-Cold Killer?
Here's slo-mo footage of the Yankees catcher's home-run yesterday at whatever field the Kansas City Royals "play" on....

Big Yankees Fan, Inspired By Katy Perry, Humiliates a Franchise
I know a place, where Michael LaPayower won't have it easy, after people see his Chevy Fan of the Year video submission....

Here's Why Canada Should Lose its Baseball Privileges (Tha Remix)
Just when I thought the instant-classic "Brent Bowers Grabs Ankles, Repeatedly Calls Openly Gay Ref a Faggot" routine would be the last post about Edmonton-involved baseball, along came Thursday's Edmonton East Park Orioles game....

Blacks Totally Outrank Gays on the Whitlock Oppression Scale (W.O.S.)
You know that whole "analogy comparing black people's fight for equal rights and gay people's"? Well, it makes Jason Whitlock "uncomfortable." So knock it off, gay people. Gay bashers, too....

Circle of Life: When English Soccer Appears, American Beach Volleyball Disappears
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....

John Salley Story Corner: Picking Up Prostitutes In Hawaii
Every week, John Salley, onetime Bad Boy and currently the arachnoid half of the Spider and the Henchman podcast, will regale us with an amusing and occasionally salacious story from his playing days. Today: consorting with fallen women in Waikiki....

Cockblocked By The Homeless! GREAT MOMENTS IN DRUNKEN HOOKUP FAILURE
Welcome to Great Moments In Drunken Hookup Failure, where we chronicle four heartwarming stories of drunken love gone horribly awry. Off we go....

The 2010 Deadspin NFC Fantasy Football Preview
Every year, Andy Behrens of Yahoo and I preview the upcoming fantasy season by going through every team in the NFL. All killer, no filler. Listen here. Join us, won't you?...

Foul Ball Couple Calls It Quits
Bo and Sara did the TV thing this morning, and revealed to the world what we already knew: this was one storm their relationship could not weather....

Lessons In Midget Hoisting Etiquette
My power went out this morning for the 9,000th time this summer. Let me tell you something: power outages are a hundred times worse when you have small children. No power means the TV doesn't work, so I have nothing to turn on to get the kids to be quiet so that I can ignore them properly. Also, the...

Deaf Guy Getting Choked By Mall Security? Deaf Guy Getting Choked By Mall Security (UPDATE: Video Fixed)
This video shows some overzealous security person at a Los Angeles mall showing off his MMA classes on a possible shoplifter. Problem is, the purple-faced shoplifter is deaf, didn't hear the alarm, and...also may have paid for his items. [SmartCrew]...

Playboy Playmate Is Pretty Sure A Lot Worse Has Happened In UCF Locker Room
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: subject of minor controversy, Miss July, Shanna Marie McLaughlin....

Great Moments In Brick Wall Anthemry: “In The Fade”
All during Music Week at Deadspin, I'll be writing about great asskicking songs of yore. Today, it's "In The Fade" by Queens Of The Stone Age....

Coach, Parents Brawl At Junior High Football <u>Practice</u>
It's your typical coach-hits-kid, kid's-father-calls-police, parents-start-throwing-punches story. And it's all thanks to one young RB running the wrong way during handoff drills....

Fun With Composting Old Rubbers!
All right all right, time to open up the ol' sack of goodies and see what's spurtin' out. Your letters:...

Philadelphia Eagles Lineman Doesn't Like It When <em>True Blood</em> Goes Super Gay
Philadelphia Eagles offensive lineman, Todd Herremans, posted this lovely Tweet this morning but then soon realized he may come off like a gay vampire-hating fool. Or, at least, the Eagles did. [Where's Weems?]...