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Joe Paterno Negotiated A $3 Million Ejector Seat After He Was Subpoenaed For Sandusky Grand Jury
Remember when the heroic, did-what-he-was-supposed-to-do coach Joe Paterno valiantly fell on his sword in November, and told the Penn State board of trustees that there was no need to fire him, he would resign at the end of the year? A bold move by a proud man, right? Like much of what we once knew ...
Is Lenny Dykstra A Hot Fucking Mess? "Yes, Your Honor."
You name your child "Leonard" and you have certain hopes and expectations. Chief amongst them being that, no matter what, he doesn't wind up a guy named "Lenny." The Dykstra's lost out on that one and the gritty hits just keep on coming. Lenny pleaded guilty to bankruptcy fraud on Friday and could ...
Penn State To Renovate Showers And Locker Room Where Assaults Took Place
This, maybe, is part of the healing—removing the visual reminders of the very bad things that happened at Penn State. Jerry Sandusky was painted out of a massive downtown mural. And now the locker room and showers where he assaulted multiple boys will be completely renovated and rebuilt. Make no mis...
Your Rob Gronkowski On The Cover Of "The Body Issue" Photoshop Roundup
Your twisted imaginations never let us down. Which is why we couldn't wait to see what you might do with this image of Rob Gronkowski on the cover of ESPN The Magazine's "The Body Issue." We put out the call on Tuesday, and this is the best of what you had to offer. Thanks, you guys....
"The Trade For Joe Johnson Really Solidified Our Vision." Get Excited, Nets Fans!
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Avery Johnson says Brooklyn is "top three or four" in the East right now....
Need To Get In Shape? Ray Lewis Has A Deck Of Cards That Can Be Yours For $75.
That's right: All you need to work out the Ray Lewis Way are some hand weights, a jump rope, 52 days of your time, and that deck of cards you see right there. According to the Baltimore Sun, Lewis is hocking the deck on his website for $75, though there's a promotional offer available today that wil...
Dead Letters: Why Are You Still Covering Penn State? No One Gives A Shit
Subject: Penn Fucking State...
In-Denial Paterno Fan Gets Facebook Smackdown From His Mother
"A douche friend of ours put up this status," says the tipster who sent along this screengrab yesterday afternoon. Adam took it down quickly, but not before his mother could weigh in....
Christopher Nolan Is A Summer-Movie Superhero
Loving big summer movies as an adult can be a sad and lonely thing. When you're a kid, any action blockbuster that you watch is epic. You haven't seen enough to compare. But then you get older, and you realize that they follow certain formulas and attract a certain audience, which is a lot younger t...
The Deadspin Five-Point Plan To Rescue Penn State Football
It's the day after the Freeh Report and, as you probably could have guessed, sportswriters have begun falling all over themselves to call for the end of Penn State football. Here's Slate arguing for the death penalty. Here's FOX's Jen Engel doing likewise. And Christine Brennan. And, of course, Dan ...
ESPN Reports The Diamondbacks-Cubs Game Is Being Delayed By Snow
As far as we know, there is no snow at Wrigley Field on July 13. But we will update you if we learn that there is snow at Wrigley Field on July 13....
What The Fuck Is Major League Soccer Sending Us?
Our fearless leader, Tommy Craggs, received this message in his inbox a few hours ago from an employee of Major League Soccer:...
American Baby Names Are Somehow Getting Even Worse
My wife has a subscription to Parents magazine, and the fun thing about Parents magazine is that every issue is virtually identical. Whether you pick up the June 2008 issue or the March 2012 issue, you're still getting all the same shit, including items like "567 fun knitting crafts to help stave of...
The London Olympics Website Does Not Want You Linking To It Unless You're Going To Be Nice
As a mega-moneyfest, the Olympics demand a massive amount of corporate sanitizing. For spectators, this means having anything you didn't obtain from an official Olympic sponsor confiscated, but this has been going on for years and for the most part, that's the Faustian bargain you make in order to ...
Bobby Bowden: "Take Down The Joe Paterno Statue"
Legendary Florida State head football coach Bobby Bowden told the Open Mike program on 740-AM in Orlando that the Joe Paterno statue on Penn State's campus should come down, though with a unique and somewhat-compelling argument....
Terrell Owens Misses Child Support Hearing, Could Face Jail Time
So says Atlanta television station WSB, which had a reporter on the scene when T.O. no-showed a court appearance yesterday. The hearing involved T.O. being $20,000 behind on payments to the mother of his seven-year-old daughter. T.O.'s been crying poverty of late, but this is from the WSB report:...
Doink The Clown Has The Shits: More Wrestler Run-Ins
Inspired by the saga of "Wrestling Superstar Virgil," we continue with readers' encounters with the titans of the squared circle. If you've had your own run-in with wrestlers past or present, e-mail us, subject line "Virgilbag."...
Cam Newton Is Charging For Autographs. The Horror!
If you're getting ready to judge an athlete for something they said or did, take a breath. Are you outraged because their actions were morally indefensible? Or are you outraged because a columnist says you should be outraged? Because it's a columnist's job to read the paper and find something to get...
Zack Greinke Is Doing Something That Hasn't Been Done In Baseball Since 1917
From the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel's Tom Haudricourt: "Zack Greinke will be first pitcher to start 3 consecutive games in same MLB season since White Sox's Red Faber in 1917 (Elias)." Greinke was tossed from a Saturday start after four pitches. So he came back on Sunday and started—poorly (three ru...
Here Are The 50 Most-Watched Sporting Events Of 2012. Football Owns America.
As they do every year, Sports Media Watch has compiled the ratings for the 50 most-viewed sports telecasts of the first half of 2012. What can we learn?...