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Orel Hershiser Changes His Mind About Auctioning Baseball From Scoreless Innings Streak
In an 18-year MLB career that included a Cy Young Award, a World Series MVP, and an LCS MVP in both leagues, Orel Hershiser accumulated a lot of stuff. But it's more than that: On his blog over at MLB.com, Keith Olbermann describes Hershiser as an avid sports memorabilia collector, and one with whom...
Join Us For A Live Chat With Frank Deford At 11:30 a.m. Tomorrow
The legendary Frank Deford, of SI, Real Sports, NPR, and The National, will stop by tomorrow morning to talk about his new book Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter (which we excerpted last week). He'll answer any questions you may have about sports, life, and menswear. So, please, join us, won't yo...
Thunder PA Announcer Arrested And Fired After He Allegedly Forced Kids To Watch Him Masturbate
Jim Miller, the public address announcer for Oklahoma City Thunder games, was arrested yesterday and charged with three felony counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child under 16. The Thunder announced shortly thereafter that they had fired Miller....
Eli Manning Has A Banana For A Penis
Eli Manning's appearance hosting Saturday Night Live last night was passable, lacking any real groaner moments but nothing especially memorable, either. Well, except for Manningbananapenis....
The Junior Seau 911 Call Is Harrowing
This is the 911 call made by Junior Seau's girlfriend Megan Noderer upon her finding his body. It's terrifying. Listen with caution. [TMZ]...
Brian McCann Hit A Grand Slam Off Roy Halladay, Got Bopped In The Face By A Teammate As Reward
Last night's 15-13 extra innings Braves win over the Phillies game was weird. For one, it's the second-most runs ever allowed in a game started by Roy Halladay. (The record is 17, per commenter below.) Halladay also gave up a grand slam to Atlanta's Brian McCann, the first such homer since Evan Lon...
Brett Favre Will Have To Answer Questions Under Oath About Those <i>Other</i> Ladies He Allegedly Sexted
A Manhattan Supreme Court Justice has refused to dismiss a sexual harassment lawsuit against Brett Favre, filed last year by two former Jets massage therapists. This means that at the very least, Favre will have to testify under oath—-something he never did during the NFL's investigation into his in...
Brock Osweiler: Sitting On Denver's Bench Is "A Quarterback's Dream"
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 Holy Trinity of Denver quarterbacking. Elway. Manning. Osweiler....
Here's Gus Johnson Calling The San Jose Earthquakes' Exciting Last-Second Win
We heard last week from our friends at Awful Announcing that excitable announcer Gus Johnson had picked up the strange gig of calling MLS games on radio for the San Jose Earthquakes. We tuned in tonight, and were not disappointed. While our emeritus editor Will Leitch has concluded that Johnson's...
I Was The Child Star Of A CBS Show Who Had Two Free Throws To Win The Big Game
An occasional series featuring our readers' tales of momentary sports glory. If you've got a video of your own brush with athletic greatness, send it to [email protected], subject: Glory Days. Consider this one a very special episode: a former child star reminiscing about his big sports moment on ...
The Jaguars Desperately Want You To Believe Everybody Loves Ryan Tannehill
This is how your NFL draft sausage is made, and it's not pretty: with lies and misdirection and identity fraud and a whole lot of desperation....
Buzz Bissinger Will Be Stopping By Here Tomorrow To Talk About <em>Friday Night Lights</em> And Whatever Else You Have On Your Mind
Buzz Bissinger, author of Friday Night Lights and the new Byliner Original After Friday Night Lights, (excerpted here), will be stopping by Deadspin HQ tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. to talk with you, commenters. Get excited!...
Fox Sports Detroit Reporter Videobombed By Tongue-Wagging Texas Rangers Fan
The Tigers had just taken the lead thanks to Brennan Boesch's home run, and when the Fox Sports Detroit broadcast returned for the start of the seventh inning, it went straight to reporter Shannon Hogan out there in the stands. Hogan was there to instruct viewers on how to send along their "specia...
McCarve'd Up: Your Weekly Look At The Stupidest Things Tim McCarver Said During Saturday's Game
MLB on FOX lead analyst Tim McCarver is entering a new phase of his career: the one in which he must be referred to as "Hall of Fame broadcaster Tim McCarver." Thus, we enter the 2012 baseball season wondering if McCarver might actually step up his game and provide color commentary worthy of such a...
Don't Dare Mention J.P. Arencibia's Insanely Low Batting Average
Master Tim Kurkjian impressionist J.P. Arencibia got himself into a little tiff this morning when he started making fat jokes aimed at a Long Island radio personality who dared bring up his atrocious season-starting stats. ESPN's Keith Law brought the tweet to the masses, and when Baseball Prospectu...
MLB Pitcher Suspensions: Embarrassing, Or Just Useless?
Benches cleared twice in Kansas City on Saturday, with Jonathan Sanchez hitting Shin-Soo Choo, and Indians starter Jeanmar Gomez leading off the next half-inning by drilling Mike Moustakas in the lower back. There was the requisite pushing and shoving and tough talking, and the Indians won in extr...
Commenting Changes Are Coming Soon; Don't Be As Petulant As These Gawker Commenters, OK?
If you want to read the basic outline of the changes—coming to Deadspin in a matter of weeks—float on over to Gawker. The new commenting regime won't be nearly as scary and complicated as it sounds. The basic conceit remains: Smart and insightful are given primacy over dumb and boorish. Actual discu...
As A Thank-You For Luring Peyton Manning, The Broncos Sign Brandon Stokley
Brandon Stokley: great guy. Beloved teammate. Hell of a possession receiver, once upon a time. But he's coming up on 36 years old, gets hurt every year, and racked up a single reception in 2011 before injuring his quad in September before reaching an injury settlement with the Giants. So presumably ...
Introducing The Official Deadspin Youth T-Ball League
Last year, in the midst of a video war we were then waging with MLB, we put out the call for willing participants to assist us in our cause. Our offer was simple: Help us send-up MLB's autocratic control of its video highlights by sending us clips of young children reenacting famous baseball plays. ...
If You've Ever Had Drunken Love Go Horribly Awry, Please Send Us Your Stories
Maybe you drank too much and your willy wouldn't work. Maybe you were finally right there with that girl you've been eyeing from across the quad all semester, only to have your dipshit roommate barge in at precisely the wrong moment. Maybe you convinced her to go to your place, only to realize once ...