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Tuesday Night Fights: Deadspin Commenter On Twitter-Beef Fights Getting Real (Bonus: Obama Vs. Romney WWE Style)
Welcome to Tuesday Night Fights, a weekly celebration and analysis of street-fight videos found on YouTube. Tonight's fisticuffs. The since-removed "Street Fight Over A Girl On Twitter (SMH)" between @MonopolyGee and @Rozayyy_. Tonight's commentator: Deadspin commenter Iron Mike Gallego....
Did Ray Allen Change His Phone Number Or Just Dodge The Celtics' Calls?
Maybe you missed this because you were following any of the 300 more important NBA storylines, but the ballad of Ray Allen's cell phone has been one of the dumber and more fascinating subplots of the early NBA season. Let's recap....
Ben Folds Five Wants To Be The Charlotte Bobcats' Pep Band
The Charlotte Bobcats won their opener the other night, which is an occasion in and of itself. Sure, things returned to normal the next night when they lost to the Mavericks by 27, but Bobcats fever is spreading, so much so that no less than alt-rock piano maestro Ben Folds wants to get his band (he...
David Ortiz Wonders If Bobby Valentine Has Mental Issues
You would think firing Bobby Valentine would keep him from remaining a distraction in Boston. But that's not the Bobby Valentine we know—two weeks back, Bobby V went Costas Tonight and lobbed grenades from the safety of unemployability....
These Hockey Players Do Not Like <em>Cloud Atlas</em>
Last week, Edmonton Oilers winger Taylor Hall went to see Cloud Atlas, and he did not enjoy it. Hall went on Twitter to express his displeasure with the film, at which point this exchange with his teammate Ryan Whitney took place:...
Jerry Jones Was Locked Out Of The Cowboys' Locker Room
The Cowboys lost last night, but that's not good enough to sate the bloodlust of fans who want them to lose spectacularly, or painfully, because Dallas used to be good 15 years ago. Tony Romo didn't cooperate, failing to turn the ball over even once, let alone at a crucial moment late in the game. L...
Late Contender For Most Infantilizing Headline Of The Year: "Dez Bryant Stays Out Past Midnight"
That's sitting atop this piece on ESPN-it's on ESPN's frontpage headline feed as "Cowboys' Bryant gets permission to be out late"-about Dez Bryant's 24th birthday, which is tomorrow. Dez has been living under strict rules, enforced by Cowboys employees and personal advisers, ever since he assaulted...
Two Of Our Greatest Fighters Now Have Beef: 50 Cent And Floyd Mayweather Got Into It On Twitter Last Night
As ESPN notes, Floyd Mayweather and 50 Cent had a business deal in place-and a burgeoning friendship-not too long ago:...
This Is The Lady With Whom Tim Tebow Is Not Having Sex
In a sense, Tim Tebow is not having sex with all women, but this-Camilla Belle, actress-is the particular woman with whom he's not having sex on a daily basis, despite other outward appearances of a romantic relationship. Here's Page Six's report on Tebelle (all rights reserved, must credit Deadspin...
A List Of People Who Are Not Tim Tebow And Have Been Called The NFL's Most Polarizing Quarterback In The Last Week
Tony Romo, by play-by-play announcer Thom Brennaman, during Sunday afternoon's Giants-Cowboys telecast on FOX....
Locked-Out Hockey Player Scales Tall Building
Flyers center Max Talbot, 20-story office tower in Philly, etc. [WMMR, via The 700 Level] ...
The AHL’s Abbotsford Heat
The AHL's Abbotsford Heat scored two goals in three seconds last night against the Toronto Marlies, breaking the North American professional hockey record for fastest pair of goals scored. Puck Daddy says the NHL mark, set many times, is four seconds. Hockey! Also, that mascot. ...
Sports Reporter Gets Fired For Message Board Rant
But you must understand that we are all handcuffed by money-hungry corporate fucks who want to run newspapers as a business rather than an essential part to maintaining a free-flowing democracy....
Do Airheads Make Better Quarterbacks?
Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season....
Delonte West Tweeted His Résumé For NBA Teams, And He Cited Bleacher Report As A Reference
Let's see now. Uh huh. Right, right, right. Eight years in the NBA with, uh, four teams. And you know, I just loved that Saint Joe's team you played for. What year was that, ‘04? And who was it, John Lucas who made that shot that kept you guys out of the Final Four? That had to just … yeah, yeah, so...
Kevin Garnett Straight Up Ignored Ray Allen When He Came Over To Say Hi
We knew Ray Allen's departure from Boston was something less than amicable. Allen dropped hints about how he had been forced out of Boston, meanwhile Doc Rivers made it known that Allen refused to return any of his or Danny Ainge's phone calls. What should have been a pure business decision (Allen w...
The Miami Heat's Championship Rings Are Pretty Insane
That's 14-karat white and yellow gold and a total of 219 diamonds on each one. The 2006 ring only had 159 diamonds, so a nice upgrade, really, if 159 weren't enough for you....
Read The Weird Email That Kicked Off The Saints Bounty Investigation
So I have info on Saints Joe Vitt Lying to your NFL Investigators on Bounties from 2010, along with proof!!! I was there, in the cover up meetings, with players and Joe, I love the NFL and want to work there again, but I am afraid if I tell thge [sic] truth I will never coach again in NFL, But I was...