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Look, It's The Worst Sports Card Of All Time!
What the shit is this? How did this end up on our desk? Who would make something like this?...
Did Hideki Matsui Really Watch 55,000 Adult Videos?
I was fucking around on Twitter yesterday and I realized that Twitter should be able to allow you to block entire SUBJECTS. So if you really want to see The Avengers but don't want some asshole to spoil it for you, you just enter a block for any tweets that have the word "avengers" or "nick fury" or...
Maybe The Marlins Just Suck
There's a numbers-heavy post up on Fish Stripes today suggesting that the 8-14 Marlins are due for a regression and an improvement. Let me make this counterargument: they're not. They might just suck....
Rain Delay Theater, Human Toilet Edition
We're closer to living in a just world, a world where college baseball rain delay antics are front page news and lead SportsCenter. Edgewood College knows what's up: their athletics office put together this video and sent it along. That's the D-III Eagles and the Rockford College Regents engaging ...
Florida State's New Mascot Is Just The <em>Cutest</em>
Meet Cimarron, the new incarnation of a Florida State mascot that apparently existed once but which nobody remembers. FSU already has a mascot, of course, a Native American named Chief Osceola who attempts to set fire to football fields while riding his trusty mount Renegade. Turns out Osceola isn'...
Wally Backman Says "Fuck" 35 Times In Postgame Speech That Lasts Less Than Two Minutes
When last we left minor league manager Wally Backman, he was swearing at umpires, swearing at his own team, and swearing at umpires some more. So, yeah, this latest clip of Wally working his motivational charms is decidedly NSFW....
Northwestern Football Holds Dizzy Bat Race, With Bonus Hot Dog Eating
As is tradition, Northwestern wrapped up spring practice with a dizzy bat race. The rules are simple: spin around 10 times, sprint 10 yards, eat a hot dog, don't vomit. [via Dr. Saturday]...
The Official Deadspin Youth T-Ball League Gets Ready For Opening Day
The children of Rick from suburban Boston helped us with a little video project last spring. In return, we agreed to sponsor their T-ball league. Throughout the season, we will chronicle the league's exploits....
Larry Brown's Bloodletting At SMU Has Begun
Larry Brown wields his mighty scythe, cutting three players just 48 hours after being introduced as Mustangs coach. Among them, point guard Jeremiah Samarrippas, who started his first two years. How did Brown break the news to Samarrippas on Wednesday?...
Fun With 69ing Failures
Welcome to Great Moments in Drunken Hookup Failure, where we showcase four heartwarming true stories of drunken love gone horribly awry. Off we go....
This 10-Year-Old Quarterback's Parents Made Him A Ridiculous Blog
Meet 10-year-old quarterback Daron Brydon. He has a blog. DaronQB.blogspot.com, in fact. His blog has plugs from famous quarterbacks about his quarterbacking. Those famous quarterbacks include Ryan Perriloux and Marcus Vick. Really. On this week's excerpt from Slate's Hang Up and Listen podcast, ...
Do You Deserve That Foul Ball? Consult This Handy Chart
There's some impassioned debate going on in the comments on the post about the couple in Texas failing to surrender a foul ball to the weeping child beside them. What are the real rules, here? Possession is nine-tenths of the law? Children first? What's the right thing to do to avoid the censure of...
The NFL Draft Has Eaten The World
Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Buy Drew's book, The Postmortal, through here. Find more of his stuff at his Twitter feed. ...
Worst People Ever Catch Foul Ball, Refuse To Give It To A Crying Child, Are Vilified By Michael Kay [UPDATE]
An unfortunate scene unfolded in Arlington tonight as a pair of Rangers fans caught a foul ball tossed into the stands by Mitch Moreland in the eighth inning of Rangers-Yankees, then refused to give the ball to the toddler sitting next to them—instead choosing to pose for pictures and generally beh...
Larry Brown Swears He's At SMU For The Long Haul
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: Forget about all those other jobs Brown left in the middle of....
What's Terrell Owens Up To These Days? It Involves The Phrase "I Hope You Like Anchovies, Shrimp!"
When last we left Terrell Owens, he was catching touchdowns for the Allen Wranglers of the Indoor Football League, and getting knocked into the stands, and still harboring dreams of an NFL comeback. That may not be in the cards, but Owens is finding the time to squeeze in his second passion: acting....
Texas Tech Football Player On Scooter Collides With Bus; Bus Gets The Worst Of It
This is what happened to the campus shuttle bus that collided this morning with Austin Stewart, a safety for the Texas Tech football team. Stewart was riding his motorized scooter when the collision occurred. He was subsequently taken to a nearby hospital to be evaluated, but a Texas Tech spokesman ...
Oh Look, Another Way To Exploit College Athletes
Head over to OregonAuthentic.com and bid on all your favorite gameworn ducks jerseys. Really love LaMichael James? Purchase his jersey from the night he broke the school's rushing record, and own a reminder of all the great times he provided you and Oregon. And of course, none of your money will act...
The Dirty Secrets Of A Sports Arena, As Revealed By A Drunk Stadium Employee Emailing Us At 5:30 P.M.
Last month, I got an email from a guy who works Lightning games at the Tampa Bay Times Forum. Our informant was piss drunk and looking for a place to vent about his job. It will shock and stun you to learn that stadium arenas do not operate like they did on that one Matthew Perry sitcom. I'll let ou...
