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Al Davis Would Have Coached At Penn State If The Weather Weren't So Bad
When Al Davis died last year, he left the most mixed of NFL legacies. He did so much for minorities and his players. But he also he also ran his team into the ground for two decades while hopping along the California coast in search of stadium renovations. He gave us John Madden. But he also gave us...
Terrell Suggs Acted Like A Kid With ADD On Ravens Photo Day
Terrell Suggs looked pretty good in his return to action, finishing with four tackles, a sack, and a deflection. Yes, the Ravens got blown out, but Suggs is feeling like his old happy-go-lucky self, and you know what that means: horrifying gummy smiles....
Tuesday Night Fights: Rodney Anonymous Reflects On "Ten Minutes Of Pure Crazy"
Welcome to Tuesday Night Fights, a weekly celebration and analysis of street-fight videos found on YouTube. Tonight's fisticuffs "Philly Fight! 2012 Crackheads Going N Downtown Philly!" Tonight's commentator: occasional Deadspin contributor Rodney Anonymous of The Dead Milkmen....
The Marlins Asked Fans To Share Their Favorite Memories From This Season. It Went About How You'd Expect.
Yesterday, the Miami Marlins posted the lovely photo you see above on the team's Facebook page....
David Booth Hath Slain The Goatbeast
Some NHL players are spending their lockout in European leagues. Canucks winger David Booth? Well, he killed that....
Gene Chizik's Wife Went A Little Crazy On Facebook Yesterday
It's been a rough year for Gene Chizik's Auburn team, but things are about to turn around in a big way if Chizik's wife has anything to say about it. Yesterday, Jonna Chizik took to Facebook and posted the following inspirational(?) screed:...
What The Best Pitcher In Baseball Taught Me About Prep School, Socrates, And The Art Of Not Selling Out
At my old high school, Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville, there is a large multi-purpose hall with high ceilings. The hall features large hanging glass panels that extend nearly from the ceiling to the floor, engraved with famous quotations and the image of the speaker. I remember two of the pane...
Jockey Chantal Sutherland Failed A Breathalyzer Test Before Her Race
Chantal Sutherland is not unattractive. But the Canadian rider, with more than 10 years of experience, has headed off any Danica-style criticism by actually being quite good at her job. Thankfully for her, that body of work will also prevent her from being known chiefly as the jockey who nearly rode...
Tuesday Night Fights: My Grandma Explains Why It's Wrong To Encourage Your Grandkids To Fight
Welcome to Tuesday Night Fights, a weekly celebration and analysis of street-fight videos found on YouTube. Tonight's fisticuffs "Grandma Tells Kids to Fist Fight (Caught on Camera) Fighting," aka "Wilmington Delaware Fight!!!!" Tonight's commentator: My grandmother Leona, who is the best grandmot...
If You're In New York Tonight, Come Hear Some Splendid Writers Talk About Their Favorite Nearly Great Baseball Players
This month's edition of Gelf's terrific Varsity Letters reading series is tonight, with a great lineup of baseball writers reading from their essays in the Hall of Nearly Great e-book. You want Craig Fehrman? You got him! How about David Roth of The Classical, Marc Normandin of SB Nation, and Emma S...
"What Do You Want Me To Do—Tell You How Bad My Life Is, How Shitty It Is?": Adam Greenberg's Journey Back To The Majors
In 2005, Adam Greenberg was struck in the head with a fastball in his first major-league at-bat. He's spent the last seven years trying to get back to the majors. Last week, he signed a one-day contract with the Marlins and got his second career at-bat to a standing ovation in Miami last night. He s...
I Had The Best Cell On Death Row: A Member Of The West Memphis Three On Life In The Shadow Of Execution
In 1994, Damien Echols and two of his friends, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley, were wrongfully convicted in what prosecutors called a satanic ritual murder of three 8-year-old boys. Echols, the leader of the group, was sentenced to death; Baldwin and Misskelley received life sentences. The trio...
Tuesday Night Fights: Philly Cop Watches Porn-Theatre Brawl, Decries Peer As "A Gigantic Pussy"
Welcome to Tuesday Night Fights, a weekly celebration and analysis of street-fight videos found on YouTube. Tonight's fisticuffs x2: "Nightlife in Philly," a brief window into a fight outside Center City's premier adult movie theatre, and "old men fight." Tonight's commentator: An active-duty Phil...
"TEWBOW AT QB," And More Fan Suggestions To Improve The Jets
The Jets are in trouble. Their last game against the 49ers was an embarrassing 34-0 rout. Mark Sanchez passed for 103 yards. The Jets' next game is Monday night against the Texans, and the team has to improve. So someone on the Jets' Facebook page came up with the idea to ask Jets fans for help, see...
Tuesday Night Fights: This Dallas Slobber-Knocker May Be "The Zapruder Film Of Drunken Lesbian Fights"
Welcome to Tuesday Night Fights, a weekly celebration and analysis of street-fight videos found on YouTube. Tonight's fisticuffs: "Huge Lesbian fight at Dallas Gay Pride 2012." Tonight's commentators: Craig Brownstein and Doug Johnson who edit PuckBuddys, "the site for boys who like boys who like ...
Clarification: SportsBook.ag Is NOT Refunding American Gamblers Who Bet On The Packers
PR stunt? Sure as hell sounds like a PR stunt, one that's going to piss off a lot of people who thought they were getting their money back....
Local News Anchor Randomly Slips An "Overrated" Into A Segment About Dwyane Wade's Book Signing
It would have been so easy to get through this by just reading off the teleprompter. Few segments require editorializing less than the "sports star promotes book about fatherhood" segment. But the teleprompter's not enough for the anchor of WJLA in Washington DC, who calls Dwyane Wade "the overrat...
Report: Derek Boogaard's Family Is Suing The NHLPA For Failing To File A Grievance Against The NHL
TMZ—of all places—is reporting that Derek Boogaard's family will sue the NHL Player's Association for the money left on the enforcer's contract when he died in May 2011 (as well as some punitive damages). The family says that the NHLPA was supposed to help them collect the remaining balance, but did...
The Anti-KStew: In Praise Of Jennifer Lawrence
There are many ways to tell if you've become a popular actress. Your name appears above the title on the poster. You're on the covers of magazines. You get an Oscar nomination. Those are all pretty great things. Then, there are those other ways of finding out that you're popular. These are a lot les...
Tuesday Night Fights: The Iron Sheik Sees Mexican People While Watching A Sarajevo Street Brawl
Welcome to Tuesday Night Fights, a weekly celebration and analysis of street-fight videos found on YouTube. Tonight's fisticuffs: "Masovna tuca navijaca Maribora i Zeljeznicara u Sarajevu! 24.07.2012." Tonight's commentator: The Iron Sheik, former tag-team partner of Volkoff, greatest Iranian of a...