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Warren Sapp's House Is Up For Sale In The Pages Of <em>The New York Times</em> Today
Are you a Times reader? Are you in the market for "A Magnificent Lakefront Estate Home in Prestigious 'Lake Butler Sound,' Windermere, Florida"? Do you have a Warren Sapp fetish that you haven't told anyone about? Well then you're already probably pretty excited! This was on page B7 of the Times tod...

Redskins Offer Fancy Wine To Fans To Drown Sorrows
The Washington Redskins are celebrating their 80th anniversary of existence as a franchise. For 79 of those years, they have been called the Redskins. So, let's sell some booze! But not just any booze. A "limited edition" and "rare[ly] combin[ed]" red wine, a cab sav if you're wondering, is the way ...

Your NFL Sunday Open Thread
Here is where anybody who's anybody will be discussing the return of the real referees. Oh and you can talk about the actual football games, too, I suppose....

Rory McIlroy Needed A Police Escort To Make His Tee Time At The Ryder Cup Today Because Of The East Coast Bias
Rory McIlroy had an 11:25 a.m. local time (important) tee time this morning. Rory was a little bit late getting to the Ryder Cup because he has no idea what time it is. According to NBC/Golf Channel, Rory was telling time by the television and since they kept giving his tee time as 12:25 p.m. becau...

Some Coaches Show Their Emotional Instability In Different Ways: Your NFL Early Games Viewing Guide
Our first weekend with real officials will surely be the most cleanly officiated weekend ever. A good thing too, because there are a host of divisional match ups this week that are always important for the playoff races. As opposed to any game involving a team from Seattle. On with the show. Check ...

Mayoral Candidate Exposed As Shameless Vote-Grubbing, Front-Running Sports Fan
If there is one golden rule in New York City politics, it's that you've got to court the Yankee vote if you want to be Mayor. No right-thinking person is going to trust their city to someone who willfully supports the Mets. That's Politics 101. But this? This is an embarrassment. Christine Quinn is...
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Here's An Unverified Story About Keith Olbermann Being Obnoxious At A Mets Game [Update]
A tipster wrote in last Tuesday:...


<em>The Kansas City Star</em> Tries Not To Print The Word "Redskins" Because It's A Racial Epithet
An interesting note from the public editor of The Kansas City Star on the paper's policy of avoidance when it comes to the mascot of the NFL team from Washington:...

ESPN Repeatedly Identifies Random Man As Former NFL Running Back Fred Taylor
Former Florida and Jaguars great Fred Taylor has a son, Kelvin, who like dad plays running back and is committed to play for the Gators. Kelvin's Glades Day squad made the trip up to Yulee for a battle of Florida high school heavyweights, and the ESPN broadcast focused mostly on Fred Taylor, who w...

Here Is A Baby Doing A Keg Stand
Police are still trying to determine if this is actually a baby doing a keg stand or merely the appearance of a baby doing a keg stand. Either way, it's pretty obvious that this could only happen at an Arizona State University football tailgate....

The NBA Is Finally Doing Something About Flopping
It's been a big story over the past few seasons: NBA players—in increasingly large numbers, rather than in isolated instances of Divacs and Lambieers and Reggie Millers—had outsmarted the league and taken advantage of the difficulty on officiating NBA games by just falling on the floor all the tim...

Michigan State Definitely Eye-Gouged An Ohio State Player During Yesterday's Game
As if fans taunting an injured Braxton Miller weren't enough, Michigan State players engaged in some dirty behavior at the end of at least one play today, as Spartans offensive lineman Jack Allen took advantage of his fingers being near Buckeyes defensive lineman Johnathan Hankins's face and gave ...

The Zinedine Zidane Headbutt Statue Is A Powerful Homage To French Defeat
You've probably heard by now that France - a country that Lady Liberty would tell you knows from great statues - has unveiled one of the world's finest tributes to tantrums. The pair of 16-foot resin figures outside the Pompidou Center depict everyone's favorite soccer violence blooper: Zinedine Zid...

Michael Morse Ran The Bases Backwards, Swung With No Bat, And Re-Ran The Bases Forwards Tonight
I'll get you up to speed, so you can just skip all the official review in between: First inning, bases loaded in Busch Stadium for Michael Morse. He hits a long fly ball which bounces off the top of the outfield wall, hits the Energizer ad behind the wall, and comes back into the outfield. The ball ...

Michigan State Coaches Say Ohio State Gave Them Selectively Edited Game Tape
After Ohio State beat Michigan State today 17-16, the Spartans coaches' bellies ached loudly enough that reporters heard them and wrote that Michigan State's coaches were upset with Ohio State's coaches. Apparently the game film that Ohio State provided in advance of their game was not up to Big Ten...

Deadspin Up All Night: A By Myself Meeting
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. We're still around, watching football (and baseball?) and probably writing some more, so hang out if you're watching football (or baseball) or feel like reading posts about sports. Enjoy your Saturday either way, and come on back tomorrow, when Sea...

Hugo Chavez's Opposition In Venezuela Lampoons Him As An Egomaniacal Pitcher
In case you haven't been paying close attention to your South American politics for the past 14 years, you might be surprised to find that Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's cult-of-personality president, is facing a stiff re-election challenge on Oct. 7. Basically Chavez has presided over a widespread melt...

Los Angeles Got Its Football Stadium, Now It Just Needs A Team
Reuters reported yesterday that the Los Angeles City Council approved a plan that would put a $1.2 billion football stadium in downtown L.A. called by 2016. Called "Farmer's Field", the stadium will be adjacent to the Staples Center, potentially threatening L.A. Live's status as one of our most und...

Rick Reilly Fell Asleep At The Ryder Cup
As tweeted out by Sports Illustrated writer Alan Shipnuck. Shhh, Alan! He's working!...