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Bill Murray To Packer Fan At Soldier Field Last Sunday: "Nitschke is a pussy."
From Black Book comes another odd, charming Bill Murray run-in that may or may not be true, given how many Bill Murray run-in stories are out there. But this one seems plausible....
Is It Better Or Worse That The "Jew" York Jets Typo Happened In Kentucky?
Stereotypes helping stereotypes over at WLKY. [LouisvilleKY.com]...
According To One Anonymous Witness, There Was Ultra-Violence Against Pack Fans At Soldier Field (UPDATE)
Hopefully, there's some major embellishment going on in this Craig's List apology letter from a Chicago fan or else it appears one Cheesehead got the "Chinatown" treatment yesterday....
Your AFC Championship Game Open Thread
Tipster "Dr. Yunzer" kindly sent a link to a column by a Steelers fan who put some of his late father's ashes on the Heinz Field turf. One of those "sports are bigger than just sports" messages. [Post Gazette]...
Your NFC Championship Game Open Thread
There has been no shortage of links sent in about this game. Links about tattoos. And white kids rapping about how Wisconsin weather is super hardcore. And cooked bear meat. And old-heads trying to sing....
Charles Tillman, Esteemed "Ball-Puncher"
The Chicago Tribune does its best to intimidate Packer receivers. (Click image for largeness) (H/T Joe Z.)[Chicago Tribune]...
Pissed-Off Under Armour Employee Does Not Want To Work Full Friday After Auburn's Championship
The corporate higher-ups at Under Armour probably should've waited to mess with employee holiday schedules, what with the lingering championship afterglow and all. One employee decided to vent his displeasure in the form of an anonymous email. This is his championship, after all....
Minnesota Duluth Ain't No Place To F*ck With
Not sure which would be more of an inspiration to add some profane meat to the Minnesota Duluth sandwich: That they're D-II nation's 14-0 No. 1 squad, or they're down 14-10 at halftime to unranked Delta State....
Your Non-Bowl College Football Open Thread
Villanova lost on the red turf of Eastern Washington last night in the first Football Championship Series semifinal [News Tribune]. The second kicks off at noon, as Georgia Southern visits the mighty University of Delaware Fighting Blue Hens....
Natty Light Fueled Alabama Fan Gits Into Some Real Profane Talk 'Bout Auburn
Remember in Apocalypse Now when Kurtz gets to talking about watching snails crawl along the edge of a razor blade. Now that Auburn dropped the Gamecocks 56-17, this gentleman is more likely than not out-Brandoing Brando....
Your College Football Late Games Open Thread
That excitement you feel in the air wherever it is you are is the ACC Championship game between No. 21 Florida State and No. 15 Virginia Tech and the Big 12 Championship between No. 9 Oklahoma and No. 13 Nebraska....
There Was A Damn Good Ending To A Football Game That Damn Near Nobody Watched
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....
Stories That Don't Suck: USA Basketball's 12 Angry Men
From time to time, we'll select stories — old and new, sports and otherwise, relevant and merely sublime — that we urge you to read for one reason or another. Today: The 1972 Olympic team, still bitter about losing to the Soviets....
Now <em>Turkey</em> Wants To Take Away Your Right To Check Out Cheerleaders
Fresh off news that dancers at the FIBA world championship had to overdress for USA-Iran, we now get word that their services won't be required during Turkey's games from now on. Man, if I didn't hate Hedo Turkoglu before... [NYT]...
Now Iran Wants To Wipe Cheerleaders Off The Face Of The Planet
International competitions teach us a lot about cultural sensitivity. But sometimes the kumbaya stuff goes too far. Like when cheerleaders have to cover up during one of our basketball games, lest an Iranian player pop an infidel boner or something....
Ricky Rubio Gets Embarrassed By Off-The-Back Inbounds Pass
That's Mantas Kalnietis with the schoolyard move in Lithuania's big upset of Spain at the basketball world championships yesterday. That's okay. If he ever signs with the T-Wolves, they have three other PGs they can use to defend on these plays....
Nenad Krstic Was Arrested For Throwing That Chair
Following yesterday's basketbrawl at the Acropolis Tournament, Athens police arrested Nenad Krstic for his role in the fight since his chair hit Yannis Bouroussis, leaving Bouroussis with a "bloody wound on the side of his head." Plate-breakingly bizarre updates inside....
In A Town Called East Hampton, A Man Called Mike Lupica Played A Game Called Softball
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....
Here's Video of D-Wade Shattering a Child's Self-Esteem, Sense of Worth
[H/T Red's Army from the Rucker Park event]...
World Sauna Championships End In Death
The finals of the annual Sauna Championships in Finland went horribly wrong, with the Russian competitor dying after suffering severe burns from withstanding 230-degree temperatures for six minutes. The Finn retained his title by only having to go to the hospital. [BBC]...