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Dan Le Batard Loses Hall Of Fame Vote, Suspended From BBWAA
The Baseball Writers' Association of America announced today that Dan Le Batard, who turned his Hall of Fame ballot over to you, the people, has been banned for life from voting for the HOF and suspended from the BBWAA for one year....
Is First-And-10 Too Easy?
Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Email Drew here....
Prep Star Who Survived Two Plane Crashes Returns To Court In Style
Austin Hatch, a 6-foot-6 senior forward who plays for Loyola High School in Los Angeles, Calif., hasn't played basketball since surviving a 2011 plane crash that left him in a medically induced coma. Last night, he returned to the court for the first time in over three years, and he brought the god...
For Some Reason Louisville Has Intentionally Hired Bobby Petrino
Multiple reports, following Yahoo's Pat Forde, are saying that Bobby Petrino — liar, scoundrel, indifferent recruiter, proven winner — will be the new head coach at Louisville, the very program he ditched in 2006 for a short stint with the Atlanta Falcons....
As Greg Maddux Stories Go, This Is A Hard On To Top
When Greg Maddux was elected to the Hall of Fame today (thanks in part to you!!) the news was less that he'd made it, but that someone hadn't voted for him. We're in the second wave now: Maddux stories. Like his arm, they're better than most....
Padres Legend Jerry Coleman Was The Yogi Berra You Never Knew
You'd better go to other people's funerals, else they won't go to yours. Even if you don't know the source of the quip — that'd be Lawrence Peter Berra, known to the world as Yogi — it'll follow its speaker to the grave. Like Casey Stengel, another of baseball's never-ending fortune cookies, Berra h...
Should Tre Mason Have Taken A Knee?
Over on Slate, Advanced NFL Stats' Brian Burke tries his hand at answering a classic armchair-QB question from Monday's national-title game: Should Tre Mason have taken a knee before that last Auburn touchdown?...
Here's An Awesome Story About Greg Maddux
Yahoo Sports' Tim Brown just posted a nice column about Greg Maddux, and it is is full of the kind of anecdotes that have always made reading columns and profiles about Maddux so damn satisfying. One in particular caught our attention:...
Dan Le Batard's Producers Were Shocked To Learn He Gave Away HOF Vote
Here's Le Batard on today's episode of Highly Questionable, briefly addressing his decision to turn over his baseball hall of fame vote to Deadspin readers, much to the surprise of his producers....
Revealed: The Hall Of Fame Voter Who Turned His Ballot Over To Deadspin
Now that the Baseball Writers' Association of America has announced the results of this year's Hall of Fame election—Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, and Frank Thomas made it—it's time for us to reveal, as promised, the Deadspin ballot, as well as the voter who joined us in making a farce and mockery of th...
Maddux, Glavine, Thomas Elected To The Baseball Hall Of Fame
The 2014 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot was one of the most loaded, both in talent and in controversy. Of the many worthy players, the newest Cooperstown inductees are Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, and Frank Thomas. ...
Here's Dennis Rodman Singing "Happy Birthday" To Kim Jong-un
Despite yesterday's mini-mutiny, the game between the Rodman-led former NBA players and a team of North Korean all-stars went off without a hitch today. The NBAers lost the game, because they'd like to return home, but before tip-off Rodman led the crowd in a serenade of Supreme Leader for his birth...
"It Just Feels Sick": John Lurie On His Life As A New York Knicks Fan
There are a number of ways you might have been introduced to the artist John Lurie. ...
Texas Booster Says Charlie Strong "Would Make A Great Position Coach"
Nearly everyone thinks Texas did right when they tapped Charlie Strong to be their next head coach—everyone outside of Texas, anyway....