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Brett Favre's Press Conference, Remixed Flatulently
Brett Favre held a press conference today to officially announce he was returning to the Vikings for one more failed Super Bowl run. While he discussed the physical toll that the game has taken on him, it became clear: Brett's really old....
Look At This Fucking Hoopster: "Michael Jordan," Playing Dodgeball In Williamsburg
An occasional feature in which we spotlight the ridiculous trend of recontextualized basketball jerseys. Today: Hipster Jordan. Player: Michael Jordan Team: 1992 U.S. men's national basketball team Ubiquity: Fairly high Scene: Williamsburg Cut Copy show/"Pool Party" Unnecessarily Decimaled Score Ou...
Jet Blue: A Multimedia Analysis Of Rex Ryan's Swearing, Week 1
Every week, Alan Siegel and Deadspin's crack video team will break down Rex Ryan's frequent use of profanity on HBO's Hard Knocks. Episode 1: "Fuck" narrowly edges "shit."...
Mystery Solved? Arkansas Reporter Was Supposedly Fired For Using Twitter, Not For Her Florida Hat
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: an unemployed radio reporter and her ex-boss....
Rick Reilly® Writes Column A Lot Like Other Rick Reilly® Column
When he isn't squirting various hypothetical juices in various hypothetical eyes, Rick Reilly® is usually recycling his own material. Yesterday's column finds him complaining about golf's picayune rules. Again....
Your Latest ESPN Sideline Reporter Sex Scandal: Kenny Chesney, Jenn Brown — Doin' It?
So says Star magazine, which caught the duo strolling along the beach in a way that suggests they've strolled along a beach together before. Will this ruin her chances of becoming America's Next Sideline Princess? And— WHAT ABOUT PEYTON? [Star]...
The Manliest Sport In The World
You probably haven't heard of the Fight Football League. By the time you finish reading this post, it will be your favorite sport....
White Sox Beat Writer Goes Nuts On Minnesota
Sun-Times reporter Joe Cowley is a homer in a city of media homers. But his Twitterrhea explosion last night against the Twins and their fans was something else. Stereotypes about being ugly? Calling players jag-offs? Mocking the dead? Check, check and double-check....
Tremendous Johnson's Long Hard Road To Madden
Anyone can succeed with the NFL's actual superstars in Madden 11, but there's a certain joy in finding fictional prospects from franchise mode...Wait, is that guy's name really Tremendous Johnson? Time to investigate....
Is Joey Barton’s Mustache An Homage To A Hooligan Movie?
Of course, the answer to the headline question is no, it probably isn't. It could equally be an homage to Freddie Mercury, or the one with the mustache out of Hall and Oates [Ed. It's Oates]....
Random Reader Email: The Creepiest Home Invasion Ever
Here's a poor soul who walked into their apartment one morning to find a stranger there. Jarring, right? But it's so random and weird that...well just read it....
Dead Wrestler Of The Week: What Lance Cade's Death Means For Linda McMahon's Senate Bid
Every week or so, the Masked Man honors the wrestling's fallen and examines their legacies — famous and obscure alike. Today: Lance Cade, who died on Friday of heart failure. He was 29. Already his death has become an issue in former WWE CEO Linda McMahon's Senate campaign....
A Look Inside The NFL's Drug Testing Methods, Chad Ochocinco's Bladder
Mr. Ochocino found this note taped to his locker yesterday. It's just the high-tech, low-margin-for-error procedure we've come to expect from the NFL's steroid testing....
Anelka Laughs Snootily At French Ban
After being handed an 18-match ban, effectively ending his international career: "They are real clowns these people. I'm dying with laughter." Meanwhile, Ribery got a 3-match suspension, and is dying with whatever his underage hooker gave him. [AFP]...
BRETT FAVRE UPDATE... From A Man Riding An Elevator In Edina, Minnesota
Reader Alex Quigley bumped into Captain Croc Shot this morning in a Westin Hotel. He files this exclusive report....
Alabama Candidate Uses Horrible Photoshop To Gain Nick Saban's "Endorsement"
A Bessemer, Ala., mayoral candidate put a picture of her and Coach Saban on a campaign poster. It looks shopped. I can tell from some of the pixels and from seeing quite a few shops in my time....
Last Night's Winner: MMA's New "Quantum Physics" Division
In sports, everyone is a winner-some people just win better than others. Like MMA champ Matt Horwich, who showed in a post-fight interview that he's the smartest man in the world. That, or he'd just been punched in the head repeatedly....
This Is Undoubtedly The Worst Cowboys Fight Song In Existence
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....
One Reason To Like The English Premier League: Chris Kamara
The EPL season started this past weekend and Fox and ESPN are gearing up to bring you more and more soccer from England and the rest of Europe this year. Unfortunately, they will deprive U.S. viewers of Sky Sports' Chris Kamara....
Some Liner Notes To The LeBron James <em>GQ</em> Article
LeBron is the cover boy for GQ this month and writer J.R. Moehringer was there both pre-and-post Decision write about what it's like to be King James right now. He didn't ask about Delonte West-doinked-Gloria, though. But he thought about it....