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"How Much Do You Blame Jay Cutler For RGIII's Injury?" Was An Actual Topic Of Conversation On <em>SportsNation</em>
ESPN's SportsNation relocated to California a few weeks ago, but it seems the absurdity of the program didn't depart along with the WWL's top sociocultural critic. We're sure this conversation was chock-full of unique and intelligent insights....
Jamaal Franklin Goes Off The Backboard At Full Speed For This Dunk Of The Year Candidate
Will any other dunk during the 2012-13 college basketball season eclipse this insane moment of instinct, confidence, and sheer ballsiness? The correct response, almost assuredly, is "no." And by the eighth or ninth time you watch this, check out the Fresno State players' heads turn in every concei...
Wyoming Falls From The List Of Unbeatens As Boise State Hits Buzzer-Beating Three-Pointer To Win In Laramie
Wyoming's been perhaps the most under-the-radar undefeated team this season—high-flying Larry Nance, Jr. notwithstanding—and came into tonight's home matchup against Boise State with confidence they'd advance their record to 14-0. Of course, this has been one of Boise's best seasons in ages, enter...
Deadspin Up All Night: Nullifying Ghosts
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. It's been an oddly busy January Wednesday in sports. Let's hope tonight lives up to its end of the bargain....
Here's Ken Rosenthal Comparing The Sabermetrics Community To The Tea Party
Fox MLB reporter Ken Rosenthal was on the MLB Network today, talking about the Hall of Fame vote and bow ties and whatever else it is Ken Rosenthal likes to talk about these days. At some point, the conversation turned to Jack Morris and his continued inability to garner enough votes to get into t...
Chaps Don't Get A Fella What They Used To: We Predict The 2013 Academy Award Nominees
Thursday morning, Seth MacFarlane and Emma Stone will get up about seven hours earlier than they usually do to announce the nominees for the 85th Academy Awards. This will be stupid and pointless and watched by millions of idiots, myself giddily among them. The Oscars are dumb, but as far as awards ...
![Annika Sorenstam Accidentally Cut Off The Tip Of Her Finger, Then Tweeted The Aftermath [WARNING: GAH!]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/18b02xm2vl5zkjpg.jpg)
Annika Sorenstam Accidentally Cut Off The Tip Of Her Finger, Then Tweeted The Aftermath [WARNING: GAH!]
Former LPGA star Annika Sorenstam might be enjoying retirement from competitive golf, but she apparently still has a problem slicing. Yesterday, Sorenstam tweeted a photo of her stitched-up left index finger, which USA Today says she cut last Thursday while slicing chicken as she prepared dinner for...
Pete Carroll Says The NFL Is Becoming A Mobile Quarterback's League
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Wilson, Kaepernick, and Griffin are just the start....
Which NFL TV Markets Got Stuck With The Worst Games This Season?
People often split up NFL fanbases by state. As in: Michigan=Lions, Wisconsin=Packers, Illinois=Bears. There are two reasons for this. First, it's easy. We're used to looking at maps and dividing stuff up along state lines (like electoral votes). Second, most major college sports are dominated by la...
The Man The Seahawks Signed To Replace Chris Clemons Hasn't Played In An NFL Game Since 2007
The Seahawks lost 31-year-old defensive end Chris Clemons to an ACL injury in Sunday night's game at Washington's green-painted dust bowl. 22-year-old rookie sack specialist Bruce Irvin will replace him in the starting lineup at the "Leo" position unique to Seattle's defense. Replacing him on the ro...
The Health Of An NFL Player Belongs To Everyone But The Player Himself
"Greatness is not given," Robert Griffin III says in his national Gatorade spot. "Greatness is taken, when the weak and distracted are resting on their reputations."...
That Kings-To-Seattle Deal Might Not Be So Finalized After All
Basketball's return to Seattle seems to have hit an unexpected snag at the 11th hour. Here's Adrian Wojnarowski describing just how close to done the sale of the Sacramento Kings was a few hours ago:...
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A Vote For Roger Clemens Was A Vote For Barry Bonds: The Politics Of The Hall Of Fame Ballot, By The Numbers [UPDATE]
Hall of fame ballots follow their own own internal logic. For instance, regardless of how they feel about steroids, almost all voters agree with both or neither of the following statements:...
High School Special Teams Player Has The Best Recruiting Mixtape Of All Time
Ryan Potter is a senior cornerback at Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville, Tenn., and the star of the video above. Ryan's looking to take his football career to the next level, and so he has put together a rousing mixtape of his most impressive on-field exploits in the hopes that he will catch th...
Todd Haley Is Giving One Reporter A Giant Headache
We like NFL.com's Ian Rapoport—good guy, good sources, good track record. But nobody deserves the head-spinning confusion he's dealing with today, thanks to Steelers offensive coordinator Todd Haley, who might be interviewing for the Arizona Cardinals head coaching gig. Or he might not be. Or maybe ...
Why Does ESPN.com Insist On Referring To Bowls By Their Full, Corporate Names?
Reader Reggie pointed something out to us the other day: ESPN.com writers have a habit of referring to the various bowl games by their full, awkward, sponsored names. This is not how normal people write (unless it's to mock), so we went looking for examples. They were not hard to find....
To Get You To Come To Cooperstown, The Hall Of Fame Will Re-Honor Lou Gehrig and Rogers Hornsby
See that guy over there? That's James "Deacon" White. He played mostly third base and catcher, and had a .740 career OPS. His best years came in the Ulysses S. Grant administration. He's the only baseball player entering the Hall of Fame this year....
The Boy On The Edge Of The Bathtub: Sam Lipsyte On Growing Up A Sportswriter's Son
Whenever somebody makes the connection between my father, Robert Lipsyte, the legendary sportswriter, and me (usually because Lipsyte is a rare name, unique to our family, a family that may or may not include a Lithuanian paratrooper I once found online who boasted in emails about our fierce mountai...
