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Welcome To Your Live Funbag, Featuring The Entire Deadspin Staff
Our beloved Drew Magary is out this afternoon, so the rest of the staff is filling in for him. Let's do this....
Jacoby Ellsbury Placed On Disabled List After Dislocating His Shoulder Yesterday
It's been a tough April for the Red Sox. They're in last place in the East and are still dealing with the hangover of last September's epic collapse. Centerfielder Jacoby Ellsbury can't be blamed for either. He was the best position player in the American League last year (321/.375/.552, 32 HR), a...
Robert "Tractor" Traylor, Greatest 300-Pound Dunker Of Our Time, Is Dead At 34
Robert "Tractor" Traylor, former high school All-American, University of Michigan star, and NBA player, was reportedly found dead in his apartment in Isla Verde, Puerto Rico today. His current team, Vaqueros de Bayamon, posted the news on their Facebook page and requested that the team's next game...
Gus Is Gone, But His Most Famous Calls Mashed Up With Internet Memes Lives On Forever
During the 2010 playoffs, David "Crashtern" Matthews, former Deadspin staffer and current production coordinator for the Sports Show with Norm Macdonald blog, put together a tribute for our man Gus, who we learned today is "parting ways" with CBS. It is Gus calling the O.J. chase, Gus calling the i...
Gary Is Gone.
Maryland's men's basketball coach, Gary Williams, will forever remember this day as the day Gus Johnson ruined his retirement party. Williams coached the Terps for 22 years and won a national title in 2002. Now he's the guy that retired the day Gus got the boot (and other things, though). [ESPN, Mar...
The Cowbell Tolls For The Sacramento Kings
The Kings played what was likely their final game in Sacramento last night, and it ended in a 116-108 overtime loss to the Lakers. The finality of the night, along with a sell-out crowd that showed the kind of affection and made the kind of noise you'd never find at the Staples Center 400 miles so...
Manny Ramirez Has Retired From Baseball After "An Issue" With Its Drug Program
Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times reports that after the MLB alerted Tampa Bay's Manny Ramirez to "an issue" under its drug program, the two-time world champion chose to retire "rather than continue with the process." [@BillShaikin, ESPN]...
People Flock To Online Porn During NFL Bye Weeks. Fact.
Bye weeks bring NFL players some rest. They also offer porn sites tens of thousands of NFL fans with six or more hours for their indiscriminate use. And oh, the things they do with them....
Goodbye, Greg Oden
Another injury has taken another year from Greg Oden. We've put together this tribute to the creaky-legged giant. We wish him a speedy recovery....
Your NFL Late Games Open Thread
A few weeks back, Charles Anderson sent an email with the subject line: "Pats Fans: Now Avail In Creepy." This grabbed my attention, so on I read about how the Patriots bye week affected* New England porn-site traffic....
Baby Eating Way Out Of Watermelon Encapsulates The Human Cond—Awwwwwww!
Edible time-out? Funtime/dinnertime mashup? Emerging pod person? All we know is—awwwwwww! [via ExtraHotTrainaMustardClicks]...
Now Is The Time For Your Tears
So I guess this is it. After four years, six blogs and countless, countless links, my time here is done. I was under the impression there would be ice cream....
Last Minute Gift Ideas: Tim Legler's Holiday Sweater
What is it with the ESPN basketball analyst (and former La Salle Explorer! Alumni!) and drinking games? We already had photos of Legler and his team of chug-a-luggers getting shit-hammered. Now, he's Christmas beer-ponging. This man's a menace....
A Very Special Guest Editor Goodbye
Alright, time to shut this thing down....
So Long, And Thanks For All The Leather
It was in Woody Allen's Love and Death where the drill sergeant scolds Boris and asks if he wants a dishonorable discharge, to which Boris replies: "Yes sir, either that or a furlough."...
Jacoby Ellsbury's Steal Of Home Turns Well-Meaning Boston Dads Into Smiling Pimps
Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to [email protected]. Subject: Morning crap. (Photo: Bugs And Cranks)...
It's Not Official Until Stephen A. Tweets It
Yes, The Big Lead's report was accurate and, yes, Stephen A. does have a Twitter. May 1st, he's gone. Goodbyes all around....
Last Blogdome Ever
• But keep sending links: We'll make our best efforts to find a place for it. [The Tainted Supplement]...
Meet The Man Who Will Testify Against Barry Bonds
The Feds are filling out their roster for their big showdown against Barry Bonds, and have found a catcher. Here's Bobby Estalella, who is expected to testify to firsthand knowledge that Bonds used steroids....
Fire Joe Morgan Takes a Bow
It's a dark day in the sports blogosphere as one of its most hilarious, intelligent and entertaining participants is logging off for good. Fire Joe Morgan, which brilliantly skewered sports media in its own unique way, posted an announcement late last night that their work is done here. There are pl...