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Now's Your Chance To Chat With Jeremy Roenick, Nine-Time NHL All-Star And NBC Analyst
Jeremy Roenick scored 513 goals in his 18 NHL seasons with the Blackhawks, Coyotes, Flyers, Kings, and Sharks. (You will recall, since it's not so active at present, the NHL is an occasionally operational professional league in which rich men compensate other men to play hockey.) Roenick retired in ...
Deadspin Up All Night-ish: For You
Well, this was a strange week. We hope to return to normalcy-politics!-very shortly. The usual weekday suspects will be here for you tomorrow so do check back. As always, thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. ...
Ersatz Deadspin Up All Night
No actual DUAN! here, but we wanted to put a song here, remind you of LSU-Alabama (8.p.m., CBS), and tell you to put on Pitt-ND if you didn't already know (NBC). Notre Dame just fumbled in their own endzone during the second overtime. UPDATE: Third overtime. UPDATE #2: Dang....
How To Make Nachos: A Guide For The Daring
You go to a ballpark or amusement park or carnival and ask for some nachos, and you get a plastic tub with three compartments: a large one holding a fistful of tortilla chips, and smaller ones holding, respectively, molten cheese-food and a tablespoon of canned dog food that you are obliged to prete...
Cockblocked At Coachella!
Welcome to Great Moments in Drunken Hookup Failure, where we showcase three heartwarming true stories of drunken love gone horribly awry. Off we go....
Local News Station Wishes "Ijaz Fahted" and "Dawn Keibals" A Happy Birthday
Even the spectre of Hurricane Sandy couldn't keep NBC 10 in Providence from reporting the first birthday of "Ijaz Fahted."...
Deadspin Up All Night: Boo
Thank you for your continued support of Shadow Deadspin. Erik Malinowski will be with you tonight. You still can’t get your candy here, but you might have some luck at Mr. Exits’s house or Mr. Bastard’s. Until tomorrow. ...
Mayor Bloomberg Gets A New Sign Language Interpreter
Mayor Bloomberg has a new sign language interpreter today (you may remember his previous one). Here she is communicating what the mayor might look like if he attempted to run in the New York Marathon....
Deadspin Classic: The Hater’s Guide To Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift’s new album, “Red,” has sold 1.2 million copies in its first week, which is some sort of record for something or other. In 2010, Drew Magary wondered: Why the big fuss over a woman who makes “training-bra music”?...
Need Help Battening Down The Hatches? Bob Vila, America's Handyman, Is Here To Take Your Questions
Worried about your windows? Wondering what to do about that leaky ceiling? Scared your basement (or your whole place) is going to be filled with water? Bob Vila—yes, that Bob Vila—is here to help. He spent nearly 20 years on television, and he's still doling out all kinds of fix-it advice on his web...
How To Improvise A Meal Out Of Whatever Crap You Have In Your Pantry: A Guide For Ill-Prepared Hurricane Shut-Ins
By now you’ve taken all the standard hurricane precautions—closing the drapes, double-checking to make sure you have an umbrella in your coat closet, duct-taping your pets to the walls, and so on—but you’re at a loss when it comes to the most important challenge of a natural disaster: what to do wit...
Boston TV Reporter Knocked Down Three Times, Poked In The Face By Fence, Loses Hat, Finishes Report
In the ever-competitive world of televised hurricane coverage, reporters must go the extra step to stand out above the competition. Here's WHDH-Boston's Steve Cooper showing true resilience, falling three times (just like Jesus!) and rising again to finish his report from Plum Island. Poor Steve e...
Washington D.C. Fox Affiliate Interviews "Zombie Pirate" For Insight On Hurricane Sandy
Here is the actual broadcast transcript of an interview that aired this morning on D.C. Fox affiliate WTTG:...
Roundup: What You Missed The Weekend An Old Golfer Went On A Fantastic Tirade
"Suck My Fuckin' Dick, You Piece Of Shit": Golfer Mark Wiebe's On-Air Meltdown Would Fit In Well On Your Local Muni | PGA Champions tour golfer Mark Wiebe's missed putt during yesterday's second round sent the 55-year-old on a humorously foul tirade. Read »...
Deadspin Up All Night: Chomping Bits On Your Way To The Supermarket
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. We'll have some more stuff for you tonight as football continues and baseball possibly concludes. It's gonna be good times. Tomorrow? Who knows if it will even come....
Deadspin Up All Night: Take What's Yours
Gracias por su continued support of Deadspin. We'll have the World Series open thread up shortly, and will be flipping back and forth between that and whichever college football game proves most interesting. Tomorrow, Sean and Tim and all your old favorites. Enjoy your Saturday, hang out in the op...
How To Eat Halloween Candy: A Guide And A Power Ranking For Sad Adults
That the Snickers bar is the best of all candy bars is a point so obvious and unassailable that it needn't be argued here. What's odd and paradoxical-seeming, and thus noteworthy, is that its superiority is the precise reason why the Snickers is not the best candy bar for Halloween. That is to say, ...
Your Week 9 College Football Master Schedule
Schedule and broadcasters via and cross-referenced with. If you spot any errors, let us know below. Conferences reflect home teams. Ranked teams bold; rankings from the USA Today Coaches Poll. Times (EST)....
Deadspin Up All Night: Ain't Got No...I've Got Life
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. You've got plenty of NFL and MLfuckingB action to keep you occupied this weekend, so enjoy that. The weekend crew will be here to enjoy it with you....
Do Not Touch Daddy's Electronics
When I was 6 years old, my dad was an avid collector of hi-fi equipment. He had an entire bookcase filled with all kinds of boxy hi-fi pieces, each one featuring hundreds of switches and knobs and dials and all kinds of crazy shit that helped you hear every possible sound inside a recording studio, ...