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Charlie Whitehurst Thought Until Today He Was Going To Start
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: Pacific Northwest Jesus, in more hopeful times....
Someone Keeps Screwing With Baseball Writers' Site
BBWAA.com has now been hacked three times (I believe) in the past day, but of course there is so much more to hacking than just statistics. [H/T Walk Off HBP]...
Bert Blyleven Got In <em>Because</em> Voters Are Irrational, And Other Hall Of Fame Revelations
This is Regressing, a new, numbers-minded column by our clever friends at the Harvard Sports Analysis Collective. Today: how a weird tic of Hall of Fame voters helped put Bert Blyleven in Cooperstown....
Which Helmets Are Causing The Most Concussions?
If the NFL isn't going to bother, it's time concussion safety got crowdsourced. Add your observations here and do something worthwhile, you mugs....
The Cruel Bastard’s Way To Fix Pass Interference
Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Find more of his stuff at his Twitter feed....
Upstanding Young Oregon Fan Wants To Marry, Ditch Auburn Lass For A Bet
Meet Ryan Tharp. He knows two things: the Ducks are going to win Monday, and he's quite a catch. So he's looking for an Auburn gal to get hitched in Vegas, then get a quickie annulment the next day. Loser pays....
Even MLB Players Are Making Rex Ryan Parody Videos
Here's Oakland A's LOOGY Craig Breslow's secret YouTube video, under the username "ihaveprettylefthand." Can I smell it? [12 Angry Mascots]...
Watch This Soccer Team Miss And Miss And Miss And Miss And Miss Again
A certain member of the Spoiler offices could be quite clearly heard attempting to disguise hysterical laughter by very occasionally coughing as if nothing remotely weird was happening. Just business as usual....
Hulk Smash! Slapshot Rips Puck In Half
During a USHL game Tuesday night, a shot off the post rent in twain, because apparently they use Ding Dongs for pucks. Someone's gotta be there for the half-puck putback, Sioux Falls....
Gay Sportswriter Comes Out As <em>Boston Herald</em> Columnist
Or something like that. Steve Buckley wrote a brave thing today. Go read it. [Boston Herald]...
Last Night's Winner: Russians, Too Drunk To Fly
You don't get named Last Night's Winner just for a stunning 3-goal comeback at the World Juniors. Lots of teams win hockey games. But you do receive the honor for being kicked off an airplane the next morning for being too intoxicated....
The WJC Was Won By Orcs
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....
Newest Favre Allegations Get The Taiwanese Animation Treatment
Some great visuals in this one, including a literal slab of meat, the "Most Vilified Pervert" Award, and, yes, gunslinger orgasm....
The Greatest Gambling Moments Of The 2010 NFL Season
Here's a list of eight great covers from the year gone by, many of them on late pick-sixes. Only one Brian St. Pierre appearance, but that's just because he only had one start....
Let's Marvel At The Perfect Absurdity Of This ESPN Guy's HOF Ballot
Here's the ballot mailed in by Barry Stanton, ESPN news editor: Jack Morris, Edgar Martinez, Tino Martinez, Don Mattingly, B.J. Surhoff. I shit you not. B.J. Surhoff....
The Wannstache Will Not Return
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: "Please, Dave!" they all cried. But still no....
Big Ben Engagement Confirmed By Impressively Labyrinthine Newspaper Site
With news that Ben Roethlisberger is engaged, no one is more excited about the fact than the New Castle (PA) News. Join us on a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure of blindly navigating a small-town paper trumpeting their biggest scoop ever....
Gnashing Of Teeth, Rending Of Garments Come To An End With HOF Announcement
Bert Blyleven, Roberto Alomar, and no convicted or suspected steroid users were elected to the Hall of Fame. Cranky sportswriters can return to their caves. [BBWAA]...
Buddy Ryan Also Had Pretty Feet, Too
Like his son Rex, former NFL head coach and "46" defense guru Buddy Ryan was also subjected to a somewhat humiliating barefoot ordeal several years ago. Turns out a sports radio host once publicly washed the coach's gnarly feet. [Philly.com]...
Freddie Mitchell Is Still Talking
Here's a delightful first-person account of "4th And 26," in which Freddie Mitchell makes it clear that he was the only person on that field who was ever any good at football. [Philadelphia Sports Daily]...