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Kevin Ware Has A Leg Again And Is Dunking
It's heartening to see Kevin Ware, who suffered perhaps the most gruesome injury in the history of televised sports, back on the court and doing basketball things. And yet, I had to fight the urge to yell out, "Oh God! No no nononono!" as soon as his feet left the ground. ...
Solving The Mystery Of The Umpire-Wielded Metal Detector In Colorado
Earlier in the evening we were tipped off to a strange occurrence in the Rockies-Cardinals game at Coors. Reader D.H.—a helpful, if ornery (and tired) sort—alerted us to a developing situation involving the home plate umpire, a missing item and a metal detector. ...
Cardinals Offensive Lineman Takes Cheap Shot At Ndamukong Suh's Knees
This is what happens to you when you earn a reputation as the NFL's dirtiest player. ...
Calvin Johnson Is The Last Thing A Cornerback Sees
Here are a couple great photos of Calvin Johnson reflected in cornerback Patrick Peterson's visor. So cool. ...
Now Kerry Rhodes Is Out Of The NFL Because He Wanted Too Much Money
Or is it because he's not really that good and doesn't actually "like" football, whatever the fuck that means? These are the latest reasons for explaining the increasingly inexplicable lack of interest in Kerry Rhodes this season. ...
Former Major Leaguer Scott Spiezio Is In Trouble With The Law Again
Scott Spiezio's big-league career ended in a downward spiral of substance abuse problems and scrapes with the law. Since being released from the Braves' minor-league system in April 2008, the former infielder who won World Series rings with the Angels and Cardinals appears to have kept his name out ...
Cardinals And Chargers Combine For "Boneheaded-As-Boneheaded-Gets" TD
If we're looking at things positively, the Cardinals did two things well on this play and the Chargers did one thing well. Yet it was the Chargers that wound up with a touchdown because the Cardinals also threw in a fuck-up that dwarfed anything the Chargers did....
Why Your Team Sucks 2013: Arizona Cardinals
Some people are fans of the Arizona Cardinals. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Arizona Cardinals. This 2013 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the 2013 NFL previews so far right here....
Drunk Cardinals Fan Tries To Kick Cubs Fan, Falls On Own Head Instead
According to the YouTube uploader, this happened Friday outside Wrigley, sometime after the Cubs actually won the first game of the teams' weekend series. Related: Has anyone talked to Will Leitch since Friday?...
Freshman Hits Half-Court Shot For Free Tuition
Congratulations to Markus Burden, an incoming freshman at Ball State. For hitting this half-court shot at the university's "Welcome Week," Burden wins a semester of out-of-state tuition, roughly $11,000....
The Cardinals Welcome The Pirates Back To The Pennant Race
So if this is what being emotionally invested in a pennant race is like, I'm not sure I'm going to make it to Labor Day....
Jack Clark Fired From Radio Show After Saying Albert Pujols Used PEDs
On Friday, former St. Louis Cardinals player Jack Clark insinuated that Albert Pujols had used steroids early in his career. That statement has now cost him his job as radio co-host on WGNU, a gig he hasn't even held down for a week....
A Catcher Pitched To A Pitcher Last Night, And It Was Great
Last night's Dodgers-Cardinals game was well out of hand by the ninth inning, so fans were treated to one of baseball's rarest joys: a position player taking the mound for some mop-up duty. And this particular instance was made all the better by the fact that it involved a relief pitcher who was mak...
The Pirates Might Just Sweep A Five-Game Series From The Cardinals
Four games into a five-game series with the Cardinals, the consensus best team in baseball entering last weekend, the Pirates have taken all four games, and breezed by St. Louis for the NL Central lead. And now they have a chance to sweep a five-game series....
Rookie Ryan Swope Retires From NFL “For Now” Thanks To Concussions
Arizona Cardinals rookie Ryan Swope's NFL career didn't last past OTAs. Unlike most players who didn't make it to training camp, this is his own decision—he's ending his "lifelong dream" because of concussions....
Darnell Dockett Says He Tried To Bring His Pet Tiger To Training Camp
And I guess security let him through? The Arizona Cardinals' defensive tackle has yet to elaborate on this from earlier today:...
What Are These Symbols On The Mound At Busch Stadium?
The (St. Louis) Riverfront Times writes today about a pair of symbols scrawled into the mound at Busch Stadium, with a handful of pictures taken of a TV serving as evidence. We investigated, and, sure enough, they have definitely been there for at least a month. But what are they? (Hint: It's obviou...
Suitors of Spring
Nice piece by Jane Gross—who we've heard from round these parts before—in the Times:...