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Why Is This Man So Excited?
This is Astros closer Brad Lidge, and in this picture anyway, he's a very excited young man. (It obviously was not taken Monday.) There are many reasons he might be so happy. He could have just closed out an Astros victory. He could have learned that he wasn't going to be a lot of money for his ca...
Leftovers: Sleepful In Seattle
• Hard times in Seattle: Hamlin stable, police investigate slaying. [Seahawks Insider] • Classic Maneuver: Pedro Martinez wants to play for Dominican Republic. [MLB.com] • Report: Girardi to become Marlins manager. If the hurricanes subside by spring training. [Marlins Nation] • Please, nobody play ...
Today In Oddjack
What you're missing over at Oddjack, the site for bot the discerning speculator and the degenerate gambler ... • The smart money seems to be flowing toward Roy Oswalt and the Astros tonight. That's making Albert Pujols very mad — and you don't want to make him mad. • It's Troy vs. Florida Internatio...
Today's Favorite Repulsive Unsubstantiated Rumor
From a reader, in response to our recent items on Joe Buck and Todd Zeile:...
Our Interview With Barry Bonds About BALCO
News item: Barry Bonds' trainer, Greg Anderson, was sentenced today to three months in prison for one count of conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids and one felony count of money laundering.[San Francisco Chronicle]...
Blogdom's Best: Chicago White Sox
More than any other sport, baseball lends itself to individual blog obsession. Every Major League Baseball team has several blogs obsessed with chronicling the ins-and-outs of everything. Deadspin salutes these modem-addled souls and proudly presents Blogdom's Best, given to the most outstanding b...
Another Excuse To Want To Strangle Joe Buck
Whatever your thoughts on Joe Buck — and we suspect we know where your feelings on this lie — he has just committed a sin most heinous to pretty much everyone we know: He trashes "Curb Your Enthusiasm," saying, "I am sure the same thing will happen to me in about 2009 when I finally chuckle at one...
Manchester United Star Accused Of Rape
We know we're wading into dangerous territory — a sport that will openly confess to not understanding, to our own detriment, we're sure — but everybody tells us this is a big deal, so we'll run with it: Manchester United soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo has been arrested on suspicion of rape. He's ...
Blogdome: NBA Players Can't Fight
• A pay-per-view fight between NBA players would be extremely difficult to watch. [TrueHoop] • The NBA's Pacific Division, as related to songs in an iTunes library. [J.E. Skeets] • Goodbye to Paul Coffee. [Off Win Opinion] • After Bill Simmons' intern — without, ahem, credit to its original source —...
The White Sox Like To Suck Face
The Chicago Tribune has discovered the source of the White Sox's success this postseason: Manager Ozzie Guillen makes out with his players. No, really. After the ALCS victory over the Angels, Guillen kissed his sons in the dugout, then kissed Jose Contreras, then Freddy Garcia, then (gasp) owner J...
Zoot Suitin' Boogie
All right, we've avoided this long enough: We now have to acknowledge this whole NBA dress code thing. What sparked us into action? Why, Mark Cuban, of course, who addresses the "controversy on his blog. His take: It's a matter of owners not knowing how to relate to their players, which is a shock...
Do Not Steal From Ugueth Urbina. Seriously.
Philadelphia Phillies reliever Ugueth Urbina takes his personal property very seriously. At a welcome-home party for the pitcher in his native Venezuela, after many drinks, Urbina discovered that one of his laborers might have stolen a firearm. According to a witness, his response was measured, ra...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. NFL with Chris Mortensen: OK, does it technically count as a trade rumor if you make it up yourself? • 1 p.m. NFL Draft expert Mel Kiper: Each year in late April, I dress up a Ken doll to look like you and give it a mock beatin...
When Show Ends, Paige Is Gonna Eat The Quilt
ESPN2's "Cold Pizza" continues to chase down the big stories....
Coles Gets His Oprah Moment
As promised, Jets wide receiver Laveranues Coles appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" to talk about his being molested by his stepfather as a child. As you might expect, Coles cried, Oprah cried, everyone cried. (Dick Vermeil came by, he cried, Jimmy Swaggert came by, he cried, Sean Penn came by, ...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while comically chasing gophers with a mallet ... • NBA: Lakers' Brown gets revenge on the Wizards, but it's an exhibition game, so let's not get too excited. • NHL: Gretzky coaches Coyotes to win in his return to Edmonton, and we're officially sick of this story already. • Thierry H...
Our Field Trip To "Quite Frankly"
We finished up with the site early yesterday not because we're lazy, but because we consider Deadspin a 24-hour-a-day, seven-days-a-week job. (Oh, uh, except for weekends.) We wrapped up our Monday posts in record time, because we had to hustle downtown, because we had the hottest ticket in town: ...
To Watch Tonight ...
What to watch as light through yonder window breaks ... • NHL: Boston at Montreal. Real hockey, shown in real bars, watched intermittently by real men. [OLN] • Soccer: UEFA Champions League, Lille at Manchester United. If you don't watch this, you're a wanker. [ESPN2] • NBA: Exhibition, San Antonio ...
This Is Not An Allan Houston Retirement Photo
Fantastic find by the rock stars at : A museum in Philadelphia is doing displays with actual dead human bodies playing basketball. That's the skin and muscle and teeth of a real live human being dribbling a basketball in that picture. The display runs through the end of April....
Leftovers: Rock the Cradle
• A.C. Milan signs 9-year-old, announces TV deal with Cartoon Network. [The Cult Of Maldini • CSI: Eden Prairie: Woman sues Vikings' Smith for sexual assault. [Minneapolis Star-Tribune] • It's official: NBA has a dress code. Now to tackle that rampant jaywalking problem. [Daily Sports News] • Arkans...