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East Carolina University Will Not Abide Dong On Front Page Of Student Paper, Fires Innocent Man
Two months ago, John Sieglinger of Raleigh removed his raiment and ran across the field at halftime of the East Carolina University-Southern Miss football game. Three days after that, The East Carolinian student paper published uncensored photos of Sieglinger's Streak on its front page and its websi...

A.J. Rubs Vaginal Cream On His Arms, And Other Stories From His Girlfriend
We're roasting our former editor A.J. Daulerio, who has moved across the room to edit Gawker, a high-profile daily website that reports on addiction, recovery and the drug war. If you have an A.J. story to share, or if you would like to participate in some other way, please email [email protected]...

Western Kentucky Fires Head Basketball Coach Hours After He Loses Power Play Game To ULL
Western Kentucky canned men's basketball coach Ken McDonald this morning after the Hilltoppers' 72-70 OT loss last night to Louisiana-Lafayette, who scored the winning basket with six players on the floor. [Bowling Green Daily News]...

Campaign Donation To Craig James Contains Hidden Message About Dead Hookers
Craig James for Senate has taken off with the force of a thousand suns. Texans, and people from all over the world, have donated literally tens of dollars to the James Train. Can anything stop this force of nature, besides unfounded but stubborn allegations from his past about dead prostitutes found...

The Ragin' Cajuns Beat Western Kentucky In Overtime By Playing 6-On-5
We're not surprised the Sun Belt officials escaped the court quickly after this blunder, where they allowed Louisiana-Lafayette to enjoy the rare basketball power play, in which they clearly put six men on the floor for their final possession of overtime—allowing them to score the winning basket ...

A.J. Daulerio Is A Freakshow Of A Human Being
We're roasting our former editor A.J. Daulerio, who has moved across the room to edit Gawker, a short-form e-book publisher. If you have an A.J. story to share, or if you would like to participate in some other way, please email [email protected]. Lightly sourced slander is welcome. Our guest now ...

Roy Hibbert Is Tired Of People Asking If He's Hasheem Thabeet
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: Hibbert also talks his Parks and Recreation cameo....

Least Essential NBA Player Misses Least Essential NBA Game Because He Lost His Passport
Samardo Samuels didn't travel with the Cavs to Toronto yesterday because he misplaced his passport and couldn't get a new one in time. We're told they played the game anyway, but couldn't find any proof....

A.J. Ruined Deadspin. Thank God.
We're roasting our former editor A.J. Daulerio, who has moved across the room to edit Gawker, a social-networking site for editorial assistants. If you have an A.J. story to share, or if you would like to participate in some other way, please email [email protected]. Lightly sourced slander is wel...

A Confusing NHL Racial Controversy Gets Muddier, As Banana Reference Nets A One-Game Suspension
We thought this one was going to be cut-and-dried. We thought Krys Barch said something hateful and racist and unacceptable to P.K. Subban, and the NHL would come down with all its disciplinary might to show that there's no place for racism in hockey, and then we'd all move on. Naturally, nothing's ...

We've Found The Dirtiest HS Basketball Players In America, And They're Two Chunky White Guys
This has apparently been making the rounds (to the point where the local news did a story on the "viral video"), but it's new to us, and it's fantastic. It shows a high school game from Washington State, and a series of (uncalled) flagrant fouls at the hands of two Connell High School players who ...

ESPN's Scott Van Pelt Sends His Regards To A.J. Daulerio, The Guy Who Called Him A "Classic Power Bottom"
We're roasting our former editor A.J. Daulerio, who has moved across the room to edit Gawker, a gay-interest website for heterosexual women. If you have an A.J. story to share, or if you would like to participate in some other way, please email [email protected]. Lightly sourced slander is welcome...

After Being Leveled By Darwin Cook, The Orange Bowl Mascot Will Never Juice Again
This actually came at the end of the 99-yard fumble recovery we showed you last night, and raises a greater paradox than Schrödinger's cat: how do you decapitate a mascot that is only a head? Darwin Cook tried his damndest with a clothesline on Obie, the anthropomorphic Orange Bowl orange....

The Day Democracy Came To Ottawa, And Everyone Was Sad
When All-Star voting opened for this year's game in Ottawa, Project Mayhem was launched. The idea? Stuff the ballot box with ex-Senators to stick it to the home crowd. Someone screwed up big-time, because the first six players named to the team were announced today, and four of them are current Sens...

Jerry Jones Repeatedly Insists That Tony Romo Was The Fourth-Best Quarterback In The NFL This Year
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: sometimes numbers don't tell the whole story....

Things You Don't Expect To See On <em>SportsCenter</em>: Chef Emeril Lagasse Shilling For BP
On the same day payments to victims of the BP Gulf oil spill were cut off, celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse appeared on SportsCenter to promote the Gulf Coast Seafood Tourism Bash (brought to you by BP)....

On Second Thought, I Won't Call A.J. Daulerio A Porny Douchebag
Over the next few days, we'll be roasting our former editor A.J. Daulerio, who has moved across the room to edit Gawker, your destination for Mark Zuckerberg upskirts. If you have an A.J. story to share, or if you would like to participate in some other way, please email [email protected]. Lightly...

Demba Ba Drew First Blood For Newcastle Against Man U With This Fantastic Volley
In a week that's belonged to the giant-killers, Newcastle's aiming to be the next David and has a 1-0 edge on Manchester United thanks to this perfectly-placed volley by Demba Ba. [Fox Soccer]...

Nomar Garciaparra Tried To Convince Astronauts The Moon Landing Was Fake, And Other Stories From Six Years In Red Sox PR
Go read Doug Bailey's piece in Boston magazine, because any time a media strategist for one of the most media-dysfunctional franchises in sports starts telling tales out of school, it's well worth your time. Especially when Bailey's former employer is reportedly furious about it. ...

Rick DiPietro Gets Injured While On Injured Reserve
The Islanders' $4.5 million third-string goaltender was sent home to see the doctor after he suffered a lower body injury, even though he's already been on IR for a month. [Newsday]...