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Lede Time
Michael MacCambridge does us all a mitzvah with his "Director's Cut" series over at Grantland. Earlier this year he blessed us with one of Lardner's best profiles, "Down Great Purple Valleys," which is most famous for its first sentence:...
The Best Of The Stacks (So Far)
The Stacks is Deadspin's living archive of great journalism, curated by Bronx Banter's Alex Belth. Here are a few of our favorite stories so far....
The Phanatic's ATV Stalled Out On Him Before Tonight's Game
Werth: You're gonna need a new tranny on this....
Rich Rodriguez And His Arizona Coaching Staff Play Cowboys In A Saloon
Here is a video featuring Rich Rodriguez and his coaching staff at Arizona dressing up like cowboys in a saloon. It's called "Hard Edge." Also worth noting: they gave it a title. Here's a quick rundown of the highlights....
Infographics: Where Do Pro Basketball Players Come From?
Depending on whom you ask, the hotbed for NBA talent might lie in D.C., Seattle, Prince George's County (Md.), Baton Rouge, or, uh, Slovenia. Thousands of people have played professional basketball—there are a lot of places vying for the crown. So: Where do most players actually come from?...
Tim Donaghy On Game 5: LeBron Gets The Road Treatment
As he has done for us in years past, Tim Donaghy, the owner and operator of RefPicks.comand a former NBA referee who spent 11 months in prison for relaying inside information to gamblers, will review the performance of his former colleagues during the NBA Finals. Here's a quarter-by-quarter breakdow...
Raw Sewage Flooded The Locker Rooms In Oakland Yesterday
It has not been a great few years for hygiene at the stadia of the American League West. Earlier this year, a Houston Astros vendor pooped next to his snowcones. Before that, rats scurried all over Angel Stadium. (And, oh god, let us not forget the bees. So many bees.) And now a scourge has hit poo...
Danny Green Was Once The Awkward Guy At LeBron's Birthday Party
This is a three-year-old video from LeBron James's 25th birthday party. At least that's what it was until today. Now, it's a video of Danny Green, the scrub-turned-dead-eyed-marksman who has taken the NBA finals by storm, acting awkward at a club. It's also proof that life is strange....
And You Can't Beat That with a Baseball Bat
Enthusiasms......
I Always Feel Like (Somebody's Watching Me)
Jeff MacGregor's latest at ESPN:...
Manu Ginobili Is The Spurs' Counterpunch, And Miami's On The Ropes
Manu Ginobili was having the worst playoff series of his life. Through the first four, he averaged just 7.5 points on 34.5 percent shooting, 1.5 rebounds, and three assists. So Gregg Popovich put him in the starting lineup. San Antonio is now one win away from another championship. Never doubt the S...
Doesn't Anyone Around Here Knock?
From Harper's back in 2001, dig Rich Cohen's fun trip to Chicago, "Down and Out at Wrigley Field":...
I Have No Idea What Is Going On With The NBA On TNT Twitter Account
We don't have many clues to work on here; all we have is the cryptically-worded message "Thundervgrizzlies" and the even more cryptic footage of a human, possibly infant, foot. ...
Andrea Pirlo Just Scored A Ridiculous Free Kick
A great strike from one of the best ever in his 100th career appearance. What else needs to be said?...
Vladimir Putin Says He Didn't Steal Bob Kraft's Super Bowl Ring
Yesterday, we wrote about how Russian president Vladimir Putin Deboed Patriots owner Bob Kraft for one of his Super Bowl rings. The story felt too good to be true, which means it might be too good to be true. Kraft's recount of the exchange and Putin's quote, for example, approaches something resemb...
Virginia Tech Is Making Perfume And Cologne Now
Everyone wants to smell like a hokie, right? Right. Well, if you're a Virginia Tech student, or alumnus, or hanger-on, you'll soon be able to do just that. VT is developing fragrances for men and women. ...
Daddy Was The Coach
We conclude our Father's Day series with the following excerpt from John Ed Bradley's wonderful memoir, It Never Rains in Tiger Stadium. (And in case you missed 'em, check out previous entries from Paul Hemphill, Pat Jordan, Mark Kram Jr., Glenn Stout, Larry L. King, Eric Neel, and yours truly.) ...
College World Series Misspells "College" On Dugout
Great googly-moogly....