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10 Things That Are Still Happy About Happy Valley
After a week's worth of almost universally terrible news from State College, it can start to feel as if there's nothing good to be found in the land known as Happy Valley. And we've heard from readers who feel that the coverage is too focused on the negative. Here's a brief and non-comprehensive lis...
Nickelback Somehow Victorious In <i>Nickelback v. The People Of Detroit</i>
More than 50,000 people signed a Change.org petition to keep Nickelback from performing at the Lions' Thanksgiving Day game, and somehow, Nickelback still won. This absolutely has everything to do with 11/11/11. [CBS Detroit]...
Never Let Your Hookup Overhear Her Mom Having Sex
Welcome to Great Moments in Drunken Hookup Failure, where we showcase three heartwarming true stories of drunken love gone horribly awry. Off we go....
Can Someone Help NBC's Investigative Department Figure Out What's Going On At Penn State?
from Isikoff, Michael (NBCUniversal) via deadspin.com to [email protected] date Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 1:10 PM subject Hey there— NBC News question...
Penn State LB, Suspended In 2005 For Prank Calling A Retired Assistant Coach, Says It Wasn't Jerry Sandusky (UPDATED)
Carolina Panthers linebacker Dan Connor concluded his career at Penn State in 2007 as the school's all-time leading tackler. But the fine print of his otherwise outstanding playing days for the Nittany Lions includes a 2005 suspension for prank calls he and two teammates made to what was reported a...
Second Mile's Tax Records: ESPN's Weepy Matt Millen Was Listed In 2009, 2010 As A Director At Sandusky's Charity
We told you earlier about accused child rapist Jerry Sandusky's consulting pay from The Second Mile. But there are other revealing tidbits to be gleaned from the charity's tax records, such as who sits on its board. Consider Matt Millen, the ESPN analyst and former Nittany Lion who choked up on ai...
Jets Owner Makes Shocking, Unprecedented, And Wrongheaded Claim About Jets Fans
Owner Woody Johnson tells Steve Serby, "Bring your passion to the game. The Jets fans are very intelligent, they're the smartest fans in the country, so they know how important it is." [NY Post]...
Preeminent Knuckleballers Hang Out Together In Their Spare Time
Unlikely Mets ace R.A. Dickey tweeted last night about an event that we've imagined so often in our dreams. Great knuckleballers are friends in real life!...
Sandusky Made Nearly $500K At The Second Mile After Admitting He Showered With A Boy, According To Tax Records
We've obtained tax returns for The Second Mile charity from 1998 to present. Some disturbing tidbits in there. Easily the most disturbing is the amount of money Jerry Sandusky earned through his nonprofit organization after 1998, when at least one person affiliated with The Second Mile learned that ...
Swedish Hockey Player Snaps Stick On Breakaway, Improbably Scores Anyway
Jonte Berg is a winger for Västerås, in the second-highest tier of Swedish hockey. As he got set on a breakaway last night against Malmö , the last thing on his mind was that his stick might snap. After the stick broke, the last thing on his mind was that a Malmö defender would kick it into the ne...
Happy Veterans Day! Here Are Some Really Happy Dogs Welcoming Soldiers Home
Originally published Nov. 11, 2010....
Lockout Latest: Amar'e And Carmelo Make Adorable <i>Sesame Street</i> Appearance
Not everything that happens during the NBA lockout is bad: Delonte West makes his job applications public, Delonte West makes his broken-down Ford Bronco public, Chris Paul goes on Family Feud, and—provided that they cover up the Adidas logo on their shirts—Carmelo Anthony and Amar'e Stoudemire ge...
You Will Never Be As Excited About Anything As A HS Football Announcer Is About This Field Goal
The big Marist/St. Patrick game came down to the final second. We presume all of Chicago stopped what they were doing and pulled their cars off the road to watch a field goal try for the win. What they got: Pyrotechnics. [Awful Announcing]...
What Did Everybody In State College Know About Jerry Sandusky, And When Did They Know It?
We've already highlighted the extraordinary work and original reporting being done on the Penn State sex abuse case by Sara Ganim and her colleagues at the Patriot-News of Harrisburg. But we feel the need to do it again, since Ganim has now written a single narrative that lays out who seemed to kno...
Gaah! Torry Holt's Finger Will Haunt Your Dreams
Your morning roundup for Nov. 11, the day we learned you can be arrested for being annoying. Photo via Carmine R. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Mike McQueary Has Received Threats, Won't Coach Penn State Saturday Against Nebraska
Here is the statement from the Penn State athletic office:...
Gaah! Michael Strahan's Fingers Will Haunt Your Dreams
Given the nature of our content this week, we were looking for videos of golden retriever puppies prancing about in a field to end the day here, but then we came across this, and we decided to horrify you once again. It's no secret that Michael Strahan (and plenty of other pro football players) suff...
An Interview With The Radio Host Who Dropped That Jerry Sandusky Kiddie-Sex-Ring Rumor On Everybody
Mark Madden wanted to make one thing perfectly clear, right from the start....
"This Is Almost Like A Modern Day Crucifixion": Penn State Players React To Paterno's Dismissal
Last night, the members of the Penn State football team watched the man who more than likely played a major role in bringing them to Happy Valley get unceremoniously canned. While thousands of other students took to the streets to tip over news vans and get pepper-sprayed, the current Nittany Lions ...
Watch A 101,300-Ton Bin Laden-Dumping War Machine Become A Basketball Court
Love time-lapse videos. Love them. Nothing better for the arrested attention span than to compress a week's worth of construction on the USS Carl Vinson in San Diego into a handy YouTube video. And on the eighth day, they balled. [via SBNation]...