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Deadspin Music Week 2011: The PJ20 Edition
Fine. I admit, this is selfish. No one else on the staff was ever as excited about the prospect of a Music Week featuring Pearl Jam as the unifying theme, even though this band's sports-music connection is more obvious than most. They'll deal. ...
Four Arrested During Attempted Burglary At Manny Pacquiao's L.A. Mansion
Manny Pacquiao is relieved that authorities were quick to respond to a burglary attempt on his $2 million mansion Friday in Los Angeles. "I'm glad the burglary attempt was unsuccessful," said the boxer who was in Manila, thousands of miles away, when the attempt took place past noon yesterday. Pac...
Hannah Cornett, The Surfer Grifter, Once Dated Tim Couch
Reader Jim (no, not the "Dave" from yesterday's Surfer Grifter story) calls our attention to a story in the Cleveland Plain Dealer from 2008, concerning Hannah Cornett, the very same Surfer Grifter. Apparently she worked for the Browns in the early 2000s, and while under their employ as a web design...
Let's Go Deep Inside The Spine Of Peyton Manning
Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Buy Drew's new book, The Postmortal, through here. Find more of his stuff at his Twitter feed....
Rick Reilly Ate Gross Stuff Off Of A Carpet In The Name Of Journalistic Integrity
In August, ESPN's Rick Reilly promised to "come to your house and eat things that are stuck in your carpet" if Peyton Manning didn't start in Week 1. He didn't, and so Reilly ate popcorn off of the floor at Sun Life Stadium earlier in the week....
The Surfer Grifter: The Weird Tale Of Hannah Cornett And Her $20K Vegas Hotel Bill (UPDATE)
The name on the hotel room at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas was Hanna Cornett. Sometimes she goes by Hannah, with two H's. Her Wikipedia page describes her as a "professional actor, surfer, and model." Her age is usually given as 29, but she's two years older than that. According to some of her onli...
If You're In Manhattan On Sunday And Would Like To Watch Football With Us, Please Stop By, Penis Breathers
Twice per month, Deadspin readers will be able to congregate and watch football in peace: no more screaming babies, nagging significant others, noisy pet hamsters or any other weekend distraction that's made your Sunday game-watching experience miserable. ...
Here's Manny Ramirez's Mug Shot After His Arrest On Domestic Dispute Battery Charges In Florida (UPDATE)
Former Red Sox/Dodgers/Indians left fielder/enigma Manny Ramirez was arrested in Weston, Florida earlier this evening on battery charges after a domestic dispute, the Miami Herald reported....
How Sportswriters Became Obsessed With NCAA Scandals
The following is excerpted from Daniel Libit's story "The Scandal Beat" in the September/October issue of the Columbia Journalism Review. Read the whole thing on CJR.org....
Brian Billick Said The Rams "Had Some Sex With The No-Huddle Offense"
It was just a slip of the tongue, but Billick knew what he said: the awkward pause, then the repetition of the statement, emphasizing the success St. Louis had been having with the no-huddle offense. A natural mistake. Sex is very much like the no-huddle offense. Furious, improvisational, and usua...
Chris Myers Needed A Bourbon On The Rocks To Get Through Lions/Buccaneers
Returning from a commercial break, FOX announcer Chris Myers believed his mic was off when he thanks an unknown individual and then specified "bourbon on the rocks." In-game drink order? Post-game plans? What he drank six of last night and that's why he threw up on broadcast partner Tim Ryan's sho...
Brian Kelly Gets The "U Mad Bro?" College GameDay Sign Treatment
If Notre Dame's coach is mad, bro, Kirk Herbstreit ain't sayin', bro. Also, this:...
SprtsCntr: There Is Only The NFL
What is ESPN prattling on about right now? We condense your morning SportsCenter to its essence....
I Feel Bad About Peyton Manning's Neck
We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries....
This Can't Be Good: Peyton Manning Reportedly Had Additional Neck Surgery Today
So now, the day after it was announced that Peyton Manning's streak of consecutive starts would end at 208, Chris Mortensen is reporting that Manning had "cervical neck fusion" surgery this morning. Mortensen also tweeted that the procedure has a recovery period of a minimum of two-to-three months....
Found: Ole Miss Hat Girl Is Hanna Nutt, Coach's Daughter
Ryan, one of our readers, had been captivated by the Girl In The Hat while watching BYU-Ole Miss the other day—so much so that he asked us to assemble the I-Team to learn her identity. And last night, we went to work....
Colts Rule Peyton Manning Out For Sunday Vs. Texans
Well, there you have it: Peyton Manning's consecutive starts streak will end at 208 games (well short of Brett Favre's 297), Rick Reilly will come over and eat things out of your carpet, and Kerry Collins will start....
Apologies To Andrés Cantor, But Mountain Biking Announcers Are The Craziest
Young Briton Danny Hart obliterated the best downhill mountain bikers by nearly 12 seconds this weekend at the world championships in Champery, Switzerland. Normally, Hart's performance would soon retreat back into the shadow world that is downhill mountain biking. But no. Not this day. Not if com...
A Reminder: Rick Reilly Promised To Eat Things Stuck In Your Carpet If Peyton Manning Didn't Start Game 1
Rick Reilly, Aug. 30: "Peyton Manning will keep his streak alive. If you think he's going to miss a start because of a neck problem, you've been chugging paint thinner. This guy hasn't missed a start since 1994 at Tennessee. Do you know how long ago it was when Manning didn't start for the Colts? Go...
SprtsCntr: Peyton Manning Has An Ouchie
What is ESPN prattling on about right now? We condense your morning SportsCenter to its essence....