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To Watch Tonight
What to watch once you return to your comfortable island home and turn on your ... hey, where'd everything go? ... • College football: Pacific Life Holiday Bowl, at San Diego, Texas A&M vs. California. It's just not the same without Jim Harbaugh in town. [ESPN] • College men's basketball: Rutgers at...
8 Reps With The Right Nut, 8 Reps With The Left
Apropos of nothing, "apropos of nothing" has always been my favorite Deadspin line. Thus, apropos of nothing, I present to you this video of a man ramming an elastic cord attached to a kettlebell into his groin. You're welcome!...
Oh Miller Don't Wanna Dance With Somebody
And thankfully, I won't have to watch him feel the heat with somebody. With somebody who (somebody who) loves him. Sigh....
Blogdome: Camo Day and Night
• I didn't know Memphis was in Louisiana and that Pau Gasol got married last night. [YouTube] • Kelly Dwyer got a blog! Run, you stupid fucking Internet! Run! [SI.com] • Why you should consider taking James Earl Jones, Chris Sabo and Ted Kaczynski in your 2007 Michigan football Deathpool. [3 Tooth M...
Barbaro Fans Finally Go Too Far, Piss Off Dr. Richardson
We conclude our Barbaro coverage for 2006 with this message from Dr. Dean Richardson, chief surgeon of the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center:...
Breaking News! Baseball Player Signs Ridiculous Contract!
I'm so excited to tell you this I might as well just copy and paste the fucker:...
I Got Nuttin But Love For You, Baby
I was planning on posting pics of Josh Scobee's shaved scrotum and Dwyane Wade's right-ass cheek, but The Mighty MJD sort of beat me to it. Instead, I offer this odd little video of Track and Field asses set to the musical beats of Heavy D & the Boyz's Nuttin But Love....
Curse Of The 1980s Giants Infield Continues
We are saddened this morning by reports of the death of former San Francisco Giants third baseman Chris Brown. We don't know what's going on with Giants infielders from the 1980s (Jose Uribe died in a car crash on Dec. 8), but Matt Williams, watch your back. Brown, who was Darryl Strawberry's teamma...
We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon: NCAA FB with Todd McShay: Will you be attending the Texas Bowl or the Holiday Bowl? Hey, no need for obscene gestures. • 3 p.m. NHL with Barry Melrose: Who will win a game first from today on, the Flyers or the Phillies? • 4 p.m....
Basketball Day? Pfft. Let's Talk Hockey!
I'm Canadian, but I despise ice hockey. While I mostly hold my thrifty parents responsible for this sad, but true fact — they refused to register me in "such an expensive sport" — I guess some of the blame has to fall on my weak-ass ankles, too. Yeah, I can't skate worth a shit. I can't turn in skat...
NBA Roundup: Knicks Have A Ripping Good Time
Notes from Wednesday's games in the National Basketball Association ......
About Last Night
What, you didn't watch television last night, butt toucher? • NBA: The more overtimes there are, the better the Knicks like it. • College football: HFCLEM ... Hillbilly Football Coaches Like Emerald Nuts. • NHL: Agghh, 0-for-December. That's not good....
Good Morning, Deadspinners
My name is Justin Everest Skeets III — street name: J.E. Skeets — and rumor has it I'll be your threed thurd third substitute teacher this post-turkey week. (I'm sorry.)...
If Anything Is Going To Lure Karl Malone Out Of Retirement...
...it will almost certainly be the Memphis Grizzlies "Camo Night," being held tonight in conjunction with the Grizzlies vs. Bucks (and I bet that's not a coincidence) game tonight at the FedEx Forum. Fishermen and hunters of any animal (including little Mexican girls) are encouraged to attend the ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after that made-for-TV movie about the Crusades starts getting silly ... • College football: Emerald Bowl, Florida State vs. UCLA, at San Francisco. Sounds like fun, except for the storm of Biblical proportions which is currently raging there. [ESPN] • College men's basketball: Bradley...
Some Casting Director Has Their Work Cut Out For Them
Apparently, they'll make a movie about damn near anyone these days. The latest athlete to get the big screen treatment is spectacularly-bearded former Jazz center Mark Eaton. Eaton will be the subject of a film by Stacy Dymalski that will probably not be entitled, "What's Eatin' Mark Eaton?"...
Blogdome...
• Ambitious bloggers are attending three bowl games in three states in five days. They will likely not be sober for a second of it. [Bowl Tour 2007] • Because we just can't get enough of Big Units around here, enjoy some Randy Johnson trade talk. [Sports Frog] • Michael Strahan is done for the year....
Danny White And Herschel Walker Would Like To Wish You A Belated Merry Christmas
In case you needed a little push to take down the last of those Christmas decorations, this should stomp out your remaining holiday cheer. We offer you the 1986 Dallas Cowboys singing Christmas in Dallas, proving that there were other disasters besides the Challenger Space Shuttle and Iran-Contra th...
Hirshey: It Should Have Been Mourinho
David Hirshey writes regularly about soccer for Deadspin....
Car Penetrates Fred Smoot's Face
Fred Smoot's jaw is broken in five places as the result of a recent car accident, and he's out of the hospital and recovering, according to Vikings head coach Brad Childress. There aren't a lot of details available at the moment, but there is no reason to believe (well, not much reason, anyway) that...