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Four Tiny Tidbits On: The Detroit Tigers
We re only a couple of weeks from Opening Day, so it s time to start previewing the season. Inspired by an old feature on The Black Table, we re going team-by-team and distributing Four Things You Don t Know about them. If you have suggested oddities on your team, send them to us at tips@deadspin....
Brains! BRAINS!
In case you needed another reason to root against Duke, it appears that Shelden Williams is a zombie. Good news? He's gonna eat that Paulus kid first....
World Baseball Classic Lines MLB's Pockets
In case there was any doubt left as to the success of the World Baseball Classic, the number's closed the case: Lots of people made lots of money off this thing....
Save Ferris!
With the start of the baseball regular season just around the corner, we suddenly realized something: the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off turns 20 years old in a couple of months, and we now officially feel old. The film that brought us Matthew Broderick, Charlie Sheen and Jennifer Grey, as well a...
Saying Goodbye To Tuffy
It's a sad day in the world of sports: Tuffy Rhodes has retired days after being cut by his hometown Cincinnati Reds....
The Post-Game Congratulations And Hand Jobs
We don't know who Annalisa Ellis — if that's her real name — is, but we have a feeling she's about to become very popular in the Boston area....
New Mexico's Woes Continue
Bad Jocks has been all over this story, and they've got their confirmation from the NFL Draft Almanac: Apparently Marcus "New Mexico" Vick scored a lowly 11 on his Wonderlic test at the NFL combine last month. That's slightly better than Vince Young's badly graded score, but somehow still lower th...
On Scene At The World Baseball Classic
Not that they would have ever hosted the World Baseball Classic at Shea or anything — too many rats — but we're very envious of anyone who went to the WBC Final in San Diego last night. On television, it looks like endless fun, and in person, it seems endlessly entertaining....
You Know She's Getting Her Own Show Within A Year
For those of you who don't plan on using tonight's night off from major sporting events to, you know, heading outside or perhaps conversing with loved ones, you should know that tonight, everyone's favorite Not Really That Attractive But Unusually Loud baseball wife Anna Benson will be appearing o...
Four Tiny Tidbits On: The Rockies
We re only a couple of weeks from Opening Day, so it s time to start previewing the season. Inspired by an old feature on The Black Table, we re going team-by-team and distributing Four Things You Don t Know about them. If you have suggested oddities on your team, send them to us at tips@deadspin....
What About The Fantasy Owners?
The moment of truth finally came for Alfonso Soriano and the Washington Nationals yesterday ... and everybody lost....
In Defense (Kinda) Of Billy Packer
Few constants exist in this world, but here's one: Billy Packer should probably not try to be funny. In his interview with SI.com's Julia Morrill, Packer bizarrely jokes about the games being "fixed" by the referees, which is pretty funny only if you find angry phone calls from Myles Brand to Pack...
The Dangerous Rebel With The Fresh Pine Scent
The Ron Artest of sports mascots? Clearly it's the Stanford Tree, in trouble yet again after another shameful display at a basketball game. You may recall back in February, when the Tree was ejected from a men's basketball game between Stanford and Cal for being drunk. (He/she/it registered a Brea...
Bobby V's Day To Shine
Japan beat Cuba 10-6 last night to win the inaugural World Baseball Classic, a tournament that — save for the Jay Mariottis of the world — was an unmitigated success for everyone involved, save for maybe Al Leiter and Buck Martinez. Japan's victory assures even more players to migrate over to the ...
Why We Can't Take The White Sox Seriously
This might have something to do with the fact that they're not even the most popular team in their hometown, but we think it might be more simple than that. It might be hijinks like their stunt with TNA Wrestling, the video of which can be seen above. (TNA is also doing some sort of promotion with t...
Tracking The Barry Bonds "Revelations"
We know we've touched on this already, but after several conversations about it this weekend, we're still fired up about it, so we're bringing it up again....
Casting Call For Demons
More on our favorite 30-seconds of death advertisement: An eagle-eyed reader has found the actual casting all for the commercial, posted on Auditions And Casting back in December....
When The NCAA Tournament Destroys You
But there's a downside, of course, and anyone who was a fan of Kansas, Michigan State and, yes, Iowa can tell you how much pain this tournament can wreak. Above, via Extra Points, is a video of Iowa fans converging at a bar in Columbia, Mo., ready to cheer their Hawkeyes to an easy first-round victo...
Arroyo Ready To Take Cincinnati By Storm
After an brutal spring so far — OK, he didn't really get rocked by a Little League team — rockin' righthander Bronson Arroyo was traded this morning to the Cincinnati Reds for outfielder Wily Mo Pena. We support this trade, for three major reasons....
Four Tiny Tidbits On: The White Sox
We re only a couple of weeks from Opening Day, so it s time to start previewing the season. Inspired by an old feature on The Black Table, we re going team-by-team and distributing Four Things You Don t Know about them. If you have suggested oddities on your team, send them to us at tips@deadspin....