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Fabregasted!
David Hirshey writes regularly for Deadspin about soccer. Let's just say I was due. If Martina Hingis had wandered onto my London flight naked and slathered in Toblerone, rocking a gram of cocaine and offering to induct me into her Mile High Club, I still would have been due. It wasn't even the hour...
Last night a blogger e-mailed us and claimed he's the guy Detroit News columnist Chris McCosky was talking about in his column about irresponsible bloggers. This goes back a couple years, apparently, including an almost-scuffle at a leukemia benefit. So he responds with, um, heated words. [Mossisms]...
So There's This Big Soccer Game Today, I'm Told
Okay. Take a look to the east. See the sun rising? Okay, look at the little blotch of land right below it. Don't see it? Here, use my binoculars. Hmm... you still don't see it? Okay, well look at this Mercator projection map. Right there. England. Located somewhere in that country, probably in that ...
And Jesus Said, Turn The Other Cheek
Two surprising things about this item: 1. It didn't happen in Long Island, and 2. It wasn't featured in any of the Porky's movies. Other than that, hey, I stopped being shocked at the antics of youth sports parents and coaches long ago....
Others Must Fail
David Hirshey writes regularly for Deadspin about soccer. I can't remember whether it was Gore Vidal or Big Daddy Drew who first uttered the line, "it's not enough to succeed, others must fail." I can't even remember who he was referring to, but I like to imagine it was my Spurs friend Relegation Zo...
An Easy Way For Athletes To Make Money In Europe
Apparently, the English Premier League doesn't get nearly as worked up about players gambling on their own sports as we prudish Americans do....
Maybe Next Time He'll Use Mapquest
Welcome to Long Island; a primitive, lawless land where roving gangs of youth sports parents will take you down like a wounded wildebeast. Snake Pliskin won't even go in there anymore. Last week we told you of the inspiring story of two mob-connected brothers who beat up a Little League coach for be...
Great Moments In Sports Agentry
The man pictured here is Claude Makelele, a midfielder for the Chelsea soccer team. He's married to some model named Noemie Lenoir; we think that's her in the photo, though honestly we have no idea. Anyway, another model says she's being having an affair with him. Who cares, right? Well, check out M...
Mopping Up Chelsea's Mess
David Hirshey writes regularly for Deadspin about soccer....
The Associated Press football poll is hot off the presses, and this week's "Second Ranked Spinal Tap Drummer" is: undefeated Boston College! Can they avoid the #2 curse? Well, they have a road game at ... 8th ranked Virginia Tech. Yep. Mick Shrimpton is putting money on the Hokies. [Yahoo! Sports]...
Patriots. Red Sox. Boston College. You just can't stop ANY of them. As if Massachusetts sports fans didn't have enough to tout, New England Revolution midfielder Michael Parkhurst scored his first career goal ... from midfield. Here's video proof that Jesus is simply engrossed in a month-long chowde...
The Ugly American Watches Futbol
Kristen Pettit is a book editor — actually, she's our book editor — and took a trip to Buenos Aires last week, where she witnessed the glory of a La Boca soccer game. Her amusing report from the front lines is after the jump....
Maybe Somebody Did This To Schilling's Ankle, And It Backfired
For years, we have been fascinated by the idea of using voodoo on players who are opposing our team. If we could have stuck a little pin in the forearm of Sean May during the 2005 NCAA Championship Game, we would have done so. Nothing to cause him any permanent problems, but just enough to mess with...
Tim McCarver Is Bucking Conventional Wisdom
Obviously, the work of Tim McCarver has long been discussed in the most reverential manner. But his whopper from last night has everyone abuzz today....
David Boston Will Attack You With Comfortable Pillows
Poor David Boston. A Pro Bowl receiver with the Cardinals in 2001, he's dogged by injuries and bounces around to three other teams, tests positive for steroids, then is nabbed for DUI. And now the worst of all misdeeds: Domestic cushion assault....
Thing Is, You Can't Use Your Hands
Generally speaking, corporate sponsorships of sports franchises make us uncomfortable and a little depressed; we know soccer fans are used to it, but we'll never quite adjust to seeing to seeing big corporation logos on the front of jerseys. But there are exceptions....
You Scousers Are Fooling Yourselves
David Hirshey writes regularly for Deadspin about soccer....
They Call Them the Red Devils Because They're Evil
The story of the day out of the Premier League comes from Manchester where the mighty Red Devils took over the top spot on the table with a 4-0 dismantling of Wigan Athletic. Granted, it's a slow day in England, where just two games were played due to midweek European competitions. All of Manchester...
Competitive Eating Anyone Can Love
As we've gotten older, we've attempted to eat a little healthier; we're turning 32 next week, and the body doesn't quite bounce back the way it used to. But we remain a sucker for the corndog. It's a hot dog dipped in lard; what's not to like? (In Mattoon, we call them "pronto pups," by the way. It'...
Man, That Had To Hurt
How odd are soccer players? They even dive to pretend a fan has attacked them. (This is goalkeeper "Dida," from AC Milan.) We're embarrassed to have even watched this....