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Have You Heard About This Clemens Fellow?
Roger Clemens is making his 2007 baseball debut today for the Yankees at the Stadium. He will be paid roughly 1 jillion dollars* per start. (* - Rounding up.)...
Eddie Murphy's Sloppy Seconds
•Mike Strahan dating Eddie Murphy's ex? [Page Six] • Mike Tyson's Bollywood debut [YouTube] • How bad are the Rangers? [Enjoy the Enjoyment] • So bad their own draft picks mock 'em [Seam Heads DMN Rangers Blog] • Carlos Zambrano doesn't mind a good cry [Babes Love Baseball] • What DID happen to Mich...
About John Daly's Stabby Wife...
We are 24 hours in to the story of John Daly getting stabbed by his wife with a steak knife (seen to the left, without knife). Details are sketchy and not necessarily either accurate or in this order:...
French Open: Whoever Wins, Ana Wins
You COULD be watching the French Open women's final this morning. Or you could simply watch this video clip of sultry photos of Ana "You Got Serbed" Ivanovic. For our convenience, I am doing both....
'To Start Press ANY Key' Where's the "ANY" Key?!
Notes from a day in baseball:...
The Substitute Has Arrived
Good morning! Dan Shanoff here. (First things first: I cannot dunk, obviously. That photo to the right was taken on a 7-foot rim, and even then I needed a boost.)...
About Last Night...
What you missed while wondering whether John Daly's wife used a steak knife from the wedding registry ... • MLB: Yankees win 4th straight as the circus Roger Clemens comes to town. • NFL: Consummate team-player Daunte Culpepper won't let the Dolphins trade him. • Golf: Michelle Wie makes the cut (ba...
It's More Difficult To Shake Off 24 Hours Of ESPN Than One Might Think
• As if you needed proof, watching ESPN for 24 hours is a bad idea. • Cleveland celebrated its trip to the NBA Finals ... • ... and then got off to a rather rough start. • Tank Johnson is a new man. • Gene Upshaw is a smooth operator. • Eric Mangini is ACTING! • Give blood, get drunk. • Gary Sheffie...
To Watch Tonight
What you wish you could watch as your imaginary friend grabs the remote and won't give it back ... • Boxing: Super lightweights, Herman "The Glass Menagerie" Ngoudjo vs. Randall "George" Bailey, Montreal. [ESPN]. • MLB: Chicago Cubs at Atlanta. If only you knew more people named Chipper. [TBS] • Col...
Please Welcome Our Temporary Weekend Overlord
Because the guy works more than any human we know, The Mighty MJD is taking a rare weekend off. (And by "rare," we mean "the first one since he started doing the site on weekends.") But we shall never forsake you here at Deadspin, so we've got a reasonable replacement who is all dolled up and ready ...
Sorry, Cuz
• Ron Mexico's cousin apologizes for all the trouble. [Daily Press] • MLS fans are better soccer fans than you think they are. [Guardian UK] • Pat Burrell kills the Mets, and no one else. [Gowanus Baseball] • Seriously, what the heck is the problem with Mike Brown? [Winning The Turnover Battle] • At...
Saying Goodbye To Our Favorite Hour Of Every Week
We've written in the past about sports being one of the few uniting conversation topics left on the planet, but for the past few months, for us, it has been the last days of "The Sopranos." It's pretty much the first question we ask of everyone we talk to: You been watching Sopranos? It has been our...
What's the Next MLB Promotional Gimmick?
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think....
Them Damn Burritos Ain't Good For Nothing But A Hippie, When He's High On Weed
The world's our oyster, except for the fact that we just rammed a wooden stake in our brother's heart because he turned into a vampire, even though we don't believe in vampires. Aside from that unfortunate business, everything's hunky-dory....
Oh, What A Night
What's coming up in the world of minor league baseball ... we proudly give you Rick Chandler's Minor Enterprise! Not content with the more pedestrian promotions often associated with the minors, the Long Beach Armada (Independent Golden League) are into the higher concepts. They ask the really big ...
Hey, Where'd Tirico Come From?
• Did ESPN blatantly lie in its coverage last night? Or was it a radio call? [End Of The Bench] • Matt Leinart respectfully disagrees with Tim Hardaway. [Kenneth In the 212] • Rick Reilly doesn't mind ESPN when it promotes his book. [Flyers Fieldhouse] • More fun with the Christies. [Tim's Take] • S...
RBI Baseball, Bracket Style
If you happen to be in the general vicinity of the Comfort Suites Airport hotel in Columbus, Ohio this weekend, do we ever have the leisure activity for you: It's 2007 Ohio National RBI Baseball Tournament. Thar's right, kids: For $100, you can play the world's greatest video baseball game in which ...
Finally, We Can Love Women's Tennis Once Again (Gurgle) ...
So what, we have freaking robot children now, but we can't invent a female tennis player who is both super smoking hot and amazingly talented? Well that's just a load of ... wait. Ana Ivanovic? Could it be true?...
Living And Dying With Your Team ... Live On Video!
Last week, West Ham United faced potential relegation from the Premiership. It came down to one vital game ... and this man was there to do everything in his power to help his team survive....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Injury report with Will Carroll: Everything seems to be just fine. I ... ow! My spleen! • 1:20 p.m. Bears K Robbie Gould: Ever been taped to the wall of the lockerroom, sans pants? • 2:30 p.m. CS Fullerton's Josh Fellhauer: I h...