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About Last Night ...
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...

About Last Night ...
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 ...

About Last Night ...
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...

About Last Night ...
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....

About Last Night ...
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....

About Last Night ...
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...

Could Theo Be Returning?
All kinds of rumblings today about Theo Epstein potentially coming back as Red Sox GM, with the Boston Herald reporting that several Boston officials have been trying to talk him back into the job....

About Last Night ...
You wake up on the stove, wearing oven mitts for slippers. Don't worry, we'll fill you in on what you missed ... • NBA: Kobe records fourth straight game with 30-plus points as Lakers down Hawks. Looks like he's serious this time. • College Basketball: Due to some sort of mixup, Syracuse actually pl...

About Last Night
What you missed while trying to alphabetize your shoes ... • Monday Night Football: Peyton's Colts beat Brady's Patriots to go to 8-0; CBS fires entire "60 Minutes" staff. • NBA: LeBron's 27 help Cavs keep Raptors winless. Sad, really. • NHL: Penguins not in last! Penguins not in last!...

Doing Shots With Iron Mike
Ever wonder what it would be like to get drunk with Mike Tyson? More specifically, ever think you'd have a chance to survive a round of drinks with Mike Tyson? Here's your chance....

About Last Night ...
What you missed while perfecting your family trapeze act ... • NFL: Owens-less Eagles fall to Redskins — we bet Philly fans are really glad they hitched their wagon to his star. • NBA: Kobe's 37 leads Lakers past Nuggets, but strangely we're not that impressed. • NASCAR: Carl Edwards maneuvers movin...

About Last Night
What you missed while crafting a mashed potato-levee to hold back a potentially devastating gravy flood, thus saving the peas ... • NBA: Suns spoil Lakers home opener 122-112, so now you can wear that Leandro Barbosa jersey with pride. • NBA: Well, that didn't take long. Pacers beat Heat 105-102 as ...

About Last Night
What you missed while shooing Geraldo Rivera and his news crew out of your backyard with a broom ... • NBA: Kobe's jumper in OT helps Lakers win opener, so the bandwagon is ready for boarding, we suppose. • NBA: The honeymoon, which lasted about 3 hours, is over as Brown loses debut with Knicks. • N...

Tracking Down That Underground Tyson-Kimmel Video
We're very flattered, everyone, that apparently so many of you read Deadspin and not ESPN.com, but, quite frankly, we don't believe you. So many of you have requested video of the soon-to-be-legendary appearance by Mike Tyson singing "Monster Mash" with Bobby Brown on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" that we a...

At Least He Wasn't Wearing That Dumb BK King Mask
Some stories, you really just have to let speak for themselves. General manager Theo Epstein evading reporters on the day he resigned by wearing a gorilla costume? That would be one of them....

About Last Night
What you missed while stuck in the Chinese finger puzzle ... • NBA: NOOCH! in first place, the way you knew it would be. • NBA: Bucks top Sixers in OT on Redd's 3-pointer. And wasn't he dressed nicely when you saw him after the game? • NHL: Islanders beat Bruins 4-3, narrowly avoiding one of those b...

The REAL Reason Theo's Gone
That guy right there isn't just Boston Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy, strikingly handsome man; he's also Dan Shaughnessy, Most Hated Man In Boston. As if Shaughnessy hadn't caused Bostonians enough pain throughout the years with his Curse business, he might very well be the man most responsible ...