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Why Your Hometown Columnist Sucks: Jim Souhan
OK, we surrender. The white flag you see waving above the rubble means that we're coming out peacefully, kicking several weeks worth of Jim Souhan columns ahead of us. That's it, you've taken all the fight out of us. We have freaking had it with writing like Souhan's — the tortured prose; the slop...
With Enough Weed, What's The Difference?
From the NFL Wives Yahoo Group, in response to the query (not from us, we swear) "Ladies please name any and every athlete whether NFL, NBA or NCAA that is Bi Sexual or just plain GAY!!!."...
Ugie's "Friday The 13th" Moment
We have to say, as far as free agents jockeying for leverage go, we're getting some excellent case studies in how not to handle one's self. Matt Lawton proved the "getting tested positive for steroids" theory of bargaining doesn't work, and now Ugueth Urbina is mastering the "being arrested for at...
Pete Rose Jr. Not Falling Far From Trees
Sometimes, two different worlds of sports collide in unexpected and catastrophic ways. It kind of blows our minds a little bit....
Doing Shots With Iron Mike
Ever wonder what it would be like to get drunk with Mike Tyson? More specifically, ever think you'd have a chance to survive a round of drinks with Mike Tyson? Here's your chance....
T.O. Just Nukes 'Em All
Honestly, we don't know why athletes even give interviews anymore. Philadelphia Eagles poo-stirrer Terrell Owens, after being asked about ESPN moron Michael Irvin's comment that the Eagles would be undefeated with Brett Favre as quarterback instead of Donovan McNabb, responded with:...
Packers: Your Anytime Minutes Are UP, Mister!
If you are a reporter covering the Green Bay Packers, for God's sake, sheath your cell phone! Yesterday, the Packers cancelled Brett Favre's afternoon press conference after coach Mike Sherman's morning conference kept being interrupted by reporters' ringing cellphones. When one went off, Sherman ...
Big Ben Has Windows Scraped
Word just came out at Steelers coach Bill Cowher's press conference: Ben Roethlisberger had knee surgery this morning and will be out 1-2 weeks. Ordinarily, we thought, knee surgery takes a little more out of one than that, but hey, he's Big Ben, he's tall, he could destroy you just by thinking a...
Tracking Down That Underground Tyson-Kimmel Video
We're very flattered, everyone, that apparently so many of you read Deadspin and not ESPN.com, but, quite frankly, we don't believe you. So many of you have requested video of the soon-to-be-legendary appearance by Mike Tyson singing "Monster Mash" with Bobby Brown on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" that we a...
Respect The NOOCH!
Last night, the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets (NOOCH!) shocked pretty much everyone by hammering to Sacramento Kings in front of nearly 20,000 crazed Oklahomans....
Why Your Hometown Columnist Sucks: Bob Kravitz
OK, our problem with Bob Kravitz isn't that he's a terrible writer. (He isn't.) It's that too often he phones it in. No, check that — he often doesn't even bother to phone, instead stuffing his column into the backpack of a mental patient, who then wanders in the general direction of the Indianapo...
Coming Out Of The Blogging Closet
We didn't get to this yesterday, so we're gonna load you up on it now. Those two handsome gents right there are the fine minds behind Faith And Fear In Flushing, one of our very favorite blogs and definitely our favorite Mets blog. Yesterday, in the Wall Street Journal (or online, at least), WSJ.c...
Ladies And Gents, Meet Greg Gall
Yet another reason we have the best readers in the world here at Deadspin: We asked you for info on Greg Gall, the Cincinnati guy who ran on the field and took the ball away from Brett Favre yesterday, and man, did you ever come through....
Does Anyone Out There Know This Greg Gall Chap?
Via Fine Fellows comes a full report about that guy who ran on the field in Cincinnati and stole the ball from Brett Favre yesterday. His name is Gregory Gall, he's 31 years old and he lives in Mount Washington, Ohio. He was charged with criminal trespassing, resisting arrest and disorderly conduc...
NFL Roundup: A Costly Fumble
• It's pretty astounding that fan guy in Cincinnati was able to run on the field during the Packers' closing drive. First off, they were at midfield, which means he had to run at least 50 yards, probably more, without someone beating him to Brett Favre. (Note: The next time you're in Cincinnati, b...
Your "Winner" Is ...
The results are in, and Deadspin readers have spoken. The most likely athlete candidate to come out of the closet is ... Kordell Stewart!...
Half-Hour Left To Vote!
Polls are closing at 1:45 Eastern Time for our first gay athlete to come out poll. The race is tight right now, and your vote could make all the difference. We'll announce the results later this afternoon....
Vote: First Gay Athlete To Come Out?
All right, we promised you a poll, and here's your poll, our first ever on Deadspin. The question: Who's the most likely athlete to come out of the closet first, based off Oddjack's Cultural Oddsmaker, which laid down the odds on five most likely suspects to be the first "out" athlete....
Cultural Oddsmaker: Who's The Next Gay Athlete?
With Sheryl Swoopes' earth-shaking announcement that she was (no!) a lesbian, tongues are wagging (sorry) about who the next — i.e., actually surprising — athlete to come out of the closet will be. Our friends at Oddjack have helpfully lay out the odds on five heavily rumored to be gay athletes, p...
Former Coach Picks Up Swoopes' Board
So ESPN has the "first-person" narrative from Sheryl Swoopes announcing that she's a lesbian — or, as YAYSports! put it, "Sheryl Swoopes Is Admitting To Hot Lesbian Action" — and it's a good read. The most fascinating part is how Swoopes made the transition from mother going through a divorce to a...