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The Marlins Will Close Their Empty Upper Deck For Weeknight Games
Fuck it, it's Marlins Day....

This Is What A Shitfaced Tiger Woods Looks Like
Tiger Woods went to the Met Gala with his new girlfriend, Olympic skier Lindsay Vonn, on Monday night. Apparently, he got completely wasted while he was there....

White Sox Pitcher Hector Santiago Forgets His Turn To Bat
Hector Santiago pitched so well last night that the Mets' Matt Harvey didn't even get the win even though he took a perfect game into the seventh inning. But when he was due to hit with two outs in the sixth, Santiago was nowhere to be found. Stupid interleague play....


You Missed Quite The College Baseball Game
Via Reddit user Thedaveabides98, someone's DVR was very, very confused about this weekend's SEC baseball action. LSU did sweep the series by a combined score of 26-8, so perhaps the description's not too far off....

Here Is Kyle Turris's OT Goal That Lifted The Senators Over The Habs
Kyle Turris scored 2:32 into overtime to win the game for the Ottawa Senators, who beat the Montreal Canadiens, 3-2, to take a commanding 3-1 lead NHL Eastern Conference quarterfinals....

How The Hell Did The Bulls Win Game 1?
How'd the Bulls win last night? The short answer—Nate Robinson's heroics and the Bulls' defensive scheme—is at least partly the wrong answer. As to the former, we'll outsource to Mike Prada at SBNation, who explains that Chicago's crunch-time success had everything to do with its refusal to play he...

There Is At Least One Very Angry Habs Fan In Ottawa Tonight
If this is meant in an existential sense, then yes, Eric Gryba will die someday, as will we all....


The Dalai Lama Is A Giant Bandwagoner
Tenzin Gyatso is the 14th Dalai Lama, the latest in a long line of reincarnations of Avalokiteśvara, the bodhisattva embodiment of compassion. He's also an insufferable homer who loves free hats....

Joel Hanrahan Fastball Punctures Hole In Sign
Joel Hanrahan is not off to a grand start as the Red Sox closer. But last night, just before he gave up a game-tying homer to the Twins' Brian Dozier, he did manage to destroy an ad behind home plate. That has to count for something, right?...

Deadspin I-Team: Who Is The Shrieking Spurs Fan?
Last night's Warriors-Spurs double-OT thriller was exciting, but many fans at home struggled to fully integrate themselves into the game experience thanks to a shrill Spurs fan whose voice came through loud and clear on TNT's broadcast....

Matt Kemp Gives A Young Disabled Fan His Cap, Jersey, And Shoes
Yeah, this is great....

Nick Saban Is Selling His Fancy-Ass Vacation Home
It's good to be a wildly successful head coach of athletes who don't get paid. Nick Saban will make $5.6 million in base salary this year, so it's time to trade up from his North Georgia vacation home. Because sometimes, an $11 million house with a freaking lighthouse isn't swank enough....

Manu Ginobili's Stumbling Heroics, In His Own Words
After a furious comeback, two overtimes, and 44 points from Steph Curry, the game that had everything came down to Manu Ginobili. But not before he nearly gave Gregg Popovich and Spurs fans a heart attack. ...

That Warriors-Spurs Game Was Bonkers
Manu Ginobili hit the game-winning shot with 1.2 seconds left in double-overtime to put a bow on an absolutely incredible game. With less than four minutes left in regulation Klay Thompson fouled out with the Warriors up 104-88. Chris Webber said something along the lines of "luckily, they don't ne...

So, Uh, The Bulls Won?
What the hell's going on here? The Bulls just beat the Miami Heat 93-86 and, well, what in the hell is going on here? ...

Thin Air: In The Mountains With Steve Carlton, Armed Conspiracist
Originally published as "Thin Mountain Air" in the April 1994 issue of Philadelphia Magazine. The story appears in The Best Sports Writing of Pat Jordan published by Persea books. A postscript with thoughts from both the author and editor follows....

You'll Be Able To See The Bay Bridge From Inside The Warriors' New Arena
The Warriors have released updated renderings of their potential arena on the San Francisco waterfront. It's tough to give the interior of a basketball arena much character, but if the final product looks anything like the preliminary designs, this one is going to be sweet. ...
