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And Off To Glendale We Go!
As you read this, we will be on a plane to beautiful Phoenix, Arizona. It has been freezing in New York City, and fortunately, we can have the sweet release of gorgeous desert weather ... wait ... is that rain?...
Glug Glug Glug Glug
• Hey, the book came out. • Dana Jacobson got suspended, and then showed up in a fun picture. • Rick Majerus respects a woman's right to choose. • Who are the wizards who came up with this campaign? • Not the best way for Brett to go out. • Matt Hughes likes us. • Stephen A. Smith becomes the blogge...
Not Many People Have Basements In California
Wethinks our friend is a tad fuckered in the head....
Ideas For A More Enjoyable Super Bowl Week
Rarely do commenters on other sites even come close to the wit and wisdom of our own Deadspin Army of Darkness (sorry if that sounds like sucking up, but independent studies have proven this to be true). Occasionally, though, one catches my eye with a tape measure home run. Such was the case yesterd...
The Official Deadspin Super Bowl Party In Scottsdale
Monday afternoon, we'll be heading to Phoenix/Tempe/Glendale/whatever for our trip to Super Bowl XLII. We're going to be writing two columns a day, plus doing the site, all on West Coast time. So forgive the oncoming cavalcade of spelling mistakes. But the day the site will really suffer will be the...
Jim Calhoun Has A Knack For Agate Type
Jonah Keri writes the college basketball closer (more or less) daily. E-mail your questions, comments or Clarence Ceasar-related memories to [email protected]....
The Passing of Georgia Frontiere
Georgia Frontiere passed away yesterday at the age of 80. Over the years a great deal has been said and written about the controversial owner of the St. Louis Rams, but her lasting legacy will be that of the first woman to control an NFL franchise. The owner endured her share of controversy, but she...
ESPN Should Have More Roasts
• Come on, we gotta find that Jacobson video. • Fun with the Utah Jazz on New Years Eve. • Stephen A. Smith, pundit. • Wait, Norv Turner is a genius now? • ESPN supports their troops. • Phone sex. • T.O. cries! • ESPN comments will get you a job. • MITT ROMNEY! • Donte Stallworth has a frie...
What's The Most You Ever Lost On A Coin Toss?
What's this guy supposed to be, the ultimate badass?...
Bobby Fischer's Endgame
"What is chess, do you think? Those who play for fun or not at all dismiss it as a game. The ones who devote their lives to it for the most part insist that it's a science. It's neither. Bobby Fischer got underneath it like no one before and found at its center, art." — Searching For Bobby Fischer. ...
Packers Fans Tend To Be Wise And Capable Parents
You know about this by now, but it must be addressed. Well, it seems that some kids wear their Green Bay Packers clothing by choice. Others, not so much. When 36-year-old Matthew Kowald's 7-year-old son refused to wear a Packers jersey during Green Bay's playoff game with Seattle on Saturday, Kowald...
Never Leave For The Draft Too Early
All this talk of players leaving early for the NFL Draft got us, and The Angry T, thinking: Who made the dumbest decisions to apply early for professional drafts?...
Discussing "Meat Market"
We love books. Books are fun. They're so full of booky goodness. And because we don't have time to read and write about every sports book, we've corralled three regular Deadspinners to continue the Deadspin Book Club, discussions of current sports books. (Previously, they did Running The Table.) You...
About Last Night
What you missed while live blogging football, for reasons no longer understood ... • NCAA Basketball: Even Michigan State's football team could score more than 36 against Iowa. • NHL: Senators filed motion to beat Detroit; motion passed 3-2. • NFL: Falcons about to hire non-sockpuppet general manage...
Fired Up, Ready To Go
• Goodbye, Oddsmaker. • Jose Lima is indestructible. • LSU won. • Eli Manning, fired up, ready to go. • GOOSE. • Darren McFadden, scufflin'. • Joe Gibbs, hangin' 'em up. • Warren Sapp claims he hates gay porn. • Len Pasquarelli is a friendly sort. • Everyone is always wrong. • We finally got around ...
You Americans, You're All The Same. Always Overdressing For The Wrong Occasions.
Professor of archeology, expert on the occult, and how does one say it? Obtainer of rare antiquities....
Deadspin At Super Bowl XLII
We are put a wee 19 days from the Super Bowl, held in the Pink Taco in Glendale, Arizona. And we are very pleased to announce that, for the first time, we will be attending....
We Still Believe In Zook
• Boy, was that Rose Bowl ever fun. • Terrell Owens trademarks himself. • Wade Phillips' hot daughter might be reading this. • Smelly children. • Kerry Collins saved the Titans' season. • That hockey game ruled. • Big trouble in big China. • So was that Gisele lady there, or wasn't she? • Here comes...
We Know A Doctor Who Might Be Able To Help You
Forget about holding her hand, man. Think about the damage he could do to other places....