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Once A Cowboy, Always A Cowboy
Well, at least we know where Rush Limbaugh was getting all his Oxycontin....
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What you missed while being stabbed to pieces by the Roman senate ... • NFL: Dayne's run helps Broncos beat Cowboys in OT. Wait, Ron Dayne? Wow. • NBA: Ron Artest, on his best behavior, leads Pacers over Cavaliers. We're sure that will last. What could go wrong? • NHL: Rangers beat Thrashers, cannot...
Baseball Owners And Their Emoticons
In yet another example of how Red Sox fans are so frighteningly devoted that they can get the people who run their team to do anything, Red Sox owner John Henry showed up on Sons Of Sam Horn yesterday to respond to various fans' questions. Say what you will about the coldness of Red Sox management...
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What you missed while seriously considering naming your child "Seven Costanza." It's not a name, it's a number. • Cavaliers win eighth straight, then beg fans to please stop calling the "Cavs." • Even though we still think it's weird to imagine an event that would precipitate a team from Carolina pl...
Delonte West's Theoretical Portis Moment
We have known that Delonte West has had a "diary" on the Celtics' official site for a while, and we have heard that he has said crazy stuff on there from time to time. But today someone finally sent us an official quote from it, and it's too much not to quote exactly to you, even though someone (h...
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What you missed while perfecting your deep fried turkey recipe ... • NFL: Vikings find offense, beat Packers, will resume losing next week. • College Basketball: Iowa unfairly plays defense to beat No. 7 Kentucky. • NBA: Spurs hold off Kings, which is no huge accomplishment when you think about it....
Athlete Run-Ins: Cleaning Up Bonds' Mess
For today's final athlete run-in story, we meet former All-Star — and "RBI Baseball" all-world star — Will Clark, who has always been one of our favorites since going crazy for the Cardinals a few years ago and then flat retiring. This one's from Peter in Denver ......
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What you missed while trying to determine which one is Heckle and which is Jeckle ... • Arena League foo ... er, we mean, NFL: Colts go 10-0 after 45-37 win over Bengals. • NBA: Kobe scores 43, but forgets to play defense as Bulls beat Lakers. • NHL: Bruins lose sixth straight, meaning it's time to ...
Theo Epstein Is STOKED, Dude!
We admire Theo Epstein as much as anyone — OK, maybe a little less — but secretly we've always kind of suspected that, for all the Yale and sabremetrics and what-not, he's pretty much just a big dumb likable Boston frat guy like pretty much everybody else our age we run into while out in Boston. (...
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What you missed while waiting in line for the new Harry Potter movie ... • NBA: Horry's 3-pointer leads Spurs over Rockets. Now you may go on with your day. • College Basketball: Syracuse beats Texas Tech 81-46, Knight gnaws off own left hand at the wrist. • NHL: Martin St. Louis' surprise return le...
Boxing (And "Ultimate Fighting") Hit Rock Bottom
The only way anyone can get to care about boxing anymore is when celebrities hit each other. Henceforth, an upcoming fight between "Fear Factor"'s Joe Rogan and fledgling wanna-be kung-fu star Wesley Snipes. It is indicative of the world of boxing that on boxing Web sites, this has become a semi-b...
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What you missed while making elaborate plans to beat the urinalysis ... • NBA: Kobe's 42 lead Jackson's Lakers over Brown's Knicks (yes, those are their official team names now). • NBA: Not to be outdone, Iverson scores 42 as 76ers win sixth straight. • NHL: Flames beat Red Wings for eighth straight...
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You stayed up until the wee hours. But the dance, Maria, now she is over ... • Detroit Pistons win to go 7-0: All hail Flip Saunders, unchallenged coaching God. • NHL: Ducks trade Federov to Blue Jackets, sending the earth wobbling into a new orbit. • College Basketball: Temple's John Chaney gets 50...
The Woe Of The Eagles Fan
There was a moment last night, during the Eagles' season-crushing 21-20 loss to the Cowboys, when you really grasped just how difficult it must be to be an Eagles fan. Ordinarily, we scoff when fans of successful teams complain about their suffering; we root for the Arizona freaking Cardinals, so ...
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What you missed while taking your kids to the movies to see animated chickens ... • NFL: Cowboys rally to down Eagles in fourth quarter. We're gonna keep our distance from Eagles fans this morning, just to be safe. • Your eventual NCAA Basketball Tournament Pool bracket, Day One: Duke handles Boston...
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What you missed while having a tea party in your tree fort with your mom ... • NFL: Manning, Colts stay undefeated after carving up Texans. • NBA: LeBron youngest ever to 4,000 points as Cavaliers beat Magic. • NASCAR: Kyle Busch wins Checker Auto Parts 500, brother watches on TV from jail....
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What you missed while sparkin' with Betty Lou behind the barn during the hoe-down ... • NBA: Pistons beat Suns to remain undefeated, annoying Larry Brown no end. • Tagliabue to Los Angeles: 'The NFL will return!' Dramatic and all, but the long-stemmed pipe made him look ridiculous. • NHL: Sullivan's...
Stop Pointing Cameras At Mike Tyson. Please.
We get as tired of Mike Tyson In Trouble news as anybody else does, not only because the stories are seemingly endless, but because we can't really hate Tyson anymore; he only has our pity....
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What you missed while writing the biography of the guy who wrote your autobiography, which, we suppose, would be you ... • NBA: Timberwolves stop Kobe's scoring streak, beat Lakers, win our hearts. • College FB: West Virginia crushes Cincinnati into fine powder. • NHL: Hurricanes win eighth straight...
Tell Us Your Best Athlete Run-Ins, And Win A Book!
Hey, look, it's the first-ever Deadspin contest. The fine folks at Hyperion Books just shipped a big stack of copies of David Halberstam's new book The Education Of A Coach to Deadspin World Headquarters, and we're here to give them away. We've read the book and think it's really good, actually, eve...