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Tonight LeBron Needs To Eat Some Old Irish Hearts
Bumblederping around the Web today it's surprising to see how many people expect the Celtics to curl up and die quiet in their series against the Heat, which begins tonight. David Steele over at the Sporting News is among the rare authors who believe three future Hall of Famers plus a tripler of dou...

Carlos Beltrán Does Not Want You Asking Trivia Questions About Him
Cardinals outfield Carlos Beltrán may rank sixth in extra-base hits among active players, but he clearly thinks he's #1 at something—as his use of nonverbals at today's Braves-Cardinals game displayed. (Enjoy the SportSouth crew fumbling to cover for the extended middle finger.)...

Happy Memorial Day! Here Are Some Really Happy Dogs Welcoming Soldiers Home
Originally published for Veterans Day on Nov. 11, 2010. Just as affecting today....

Look Mom, No Hands: Home Run Edition
Old Man Moyer will be shaking his cane at kids for days after this one. On a day when he gave up four home runs and allowed seven runs against the Cincinnati Reds, this right here will stick in his craw most. Todd Frazier hit a home run in the bottom of the fourth by essentially throwing his bat at...

Lions DT Nick Fairley Was Arrested Again Last Night, This Time On DUI And "Eluding" Police Charges
Nick Fairley sure is having a busy off season. In the distant past of April, Fairley was busted in Alabama (around the corner from his mom's house) for marijuana possession. Early this morning, he found himself handcuffed by Alabama police once again....

Vanderbilt Pulled Off The Rare Triple Steal
SEC baseball rivals Vanderbilt and Florida always produce excitement when they match up (no, really, they do!) and tonight's five-run ninth-inning Vandy rally featured one of the rare times you'll see a triple steal anywhere in baseball. A double steal usually means someone on the defending team i...

Today In Michael Beasley Is An Enormous Weirdo: "I Like To Fart Sometimes And Keep It N A Bottle 2 Smell Later"
Tipster Tyler C. alerted us to this wonderfully vivid mental image tweeted (and since deleted) by Michael Beasley. Beasley has indicated that his account was hacked, but who knows for sure. I suppose it's possible some rapper really wants the word out that Michael Beasley is a big fan and doesn't m...

Miami TV Anchor: "The Heat Will Play Either The Celtics Or The 69ers"
Here's a clip from today's Local 10 News Saturday Morning on Miami ABC affiliate WPLG previewing the Eastern Conference finals before tonight's Game Seven between Boston and Philadelphia....

College Baseball Player Leaps Clear Over The Wall To Make Ridiculous Game-Saving Catch
According to the video uploader, this full-extension-over-the-outfield-wall catch came in the ninth inning with two outs, one man on and Lower Columbia hanging on to a two run lead—meaning, the home run would have tied the game. Lower Columbia's left fielder goes totally horizontal to snag the no-...

Dead Letters: "Now, I Have To Say, I Did Not Actually Read The Article"
Subject: Don’t post complete bullshit on deadspin please....

Guy Who Released Bountygate Audio Uncovers New Scandal: James Harrison Loves Justin Bieber, Nickelback
When last we heard from filmmaker Sean Pamphilon, he was unleashing that damaging audio of Gregg Williams instructing Saints players to "kill the fucking head." Pamphilon's latest release to promote his forthcoming documentary is a segment he filmed with Steelers linebacker James Harrison, who gra...
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Another American Basketball Team Brawled In China, And This Time It Involved Throwing Chairs At Spectators [UPDATE]
Details are scarce about this event today in China when a team we're told consists of NBA D-Leaguers brawled with CBA team Zhejiang Lions, leading to chairs being thrown by both teams and—at the very end of this video—by an unidentified American player toward Chinese fans....

Mike Vanderjagt Accused Of Grabbing Middle School Student Who Taunted Him With "Wide Left! Wide Left!"
Mike Vanderjagt spent eight seasons as an NFL placekicker, and he was very good at what he did: In 2003, Vanderjagt became the only kicker in league history to go an entire season—playoffs included—without missing a field goal or an extra point. And he still ranks second all-time in career field-goa...

<em>Hard Knocks</em> Hopes To Have A Team By The End Of Next Week
According to a report in today's Post, HBO expects/plans/vows to finally get a team to say yes to doing Hard Knocks by June 1. Six teams have already said they want no part of it, and the Jets are at about a 90 percent "no."...

Indians Reliever Joe Smith Was Forced To Retreat Because No One Summoned Him From The Bullpen
Manny Acta wanted to calm Justin Masterson down, so he waltzed out to pay him a visit during yesterday's Tigers-Indians game. Joe Smith took that as his cue, even though no one had signaled for him. Umpire Gary Darling noticed and let Acta know. But the best part of the video below is the sight of S...

The AP Is Gay For Stupid
So I'm reading along, enjoying this pleasant little story by the AP about UConn hockey players appearing in PSAs in which they not only pledge their support to "any teammate, gay or straight, that can help us win games" but do so with a welcome matter-of-factness—as if they were telling you someth...

This Little League Ump's Strike-Three Call Seems Designed To Hurt Little Kids' Feelings
Yeah, right, no problem guy. All these parents came out to watch you, the umpire, not their own kids. And if little Billy's in tears on his way back to the dugout because you made a spectacle of his strikeout, well, you're just trying to prepare him for the majors, where umps tend to make themselv...
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There Was A Bona Fide Streaker At Tonight's Phillies-Cardinals Game [UPDATE]
Here is an outstanding photo from AP photojournalist Jeff Roberson highlighting the streaker that ran about the field at Busch Stadium before the seventh inning of tonight's Phillies-Cardinals clash. Reports from fans on the scene say the gentleman received quite a throttling by St. Louis' finest, ...

Doug O'Neill, Trainer Of I'll Have Another, Will Be Suspended For Non-I'll Have Another Infraction
The California Racing Board has upheld a punishment of Doug O'Neill, trainer for Triple Crown hopeful I'll Have Another, in connection with an incident in a race nearly two years ago. In that case, Argenta, a horse trained by O'Neill, showed an overly high level of carbon dioxide in its blood. That'...

Bill Murray As FDR! <em>Anchorman 2</em>! Opulent Melancholy! Your Authoritative Rundown Of All The New Movie Trailers
In the days before a major holiday, movie news dries up completely. (Unless it's something that's actually genuinely important, like that fact we're gonna have to wait until next year for The Rock and Bruce Willis to be in a movie together.) But before Memorial Day, studios start unveiling a ton of ...