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The Rich Get Less Rich, For Once
Due to a "minor" mistake in divvying up their World Series shares, everyone on the Yankees has to pay back $15,000. With this financial hit, I'm sure they're all wishing they played for Pittsburgh last year. [CNBC]...
Colorado Rockies: Millionaires, And The Skipper Too
Will Leitch will be previewing/musing on every baseball team each weekday until the start of the season. You can pre-order his book and follow him on Twitter. Today: The Colorado Rockies....
Erin Andrews Becomes A Star Who Someone Will Dance With
"Dancing With The Stars" announced that its lineup for next season will include America's Sideline Princess, because apparently all you have to do is ask and they'll let you on. It's a pretty good system ABC's got going on there....
Boston Red Sox: Team Of The Decade
Will Leitch will be previewing/musing on every baseball team each weekday until the start of the season. You can pre-order his book and follow him on Twitter. Today: The Boston Red Sox....
Not A Good Time To Be A Beer Vendor At The Game
Perhaps as karmic payback for all those times they announce "last call" when they know damn well there's another hour of beer sales left, the weekend has seen a pair of disasters for beer vendors....
Steve Alford, Sore Winner: Curses Out Opposing Player
On one hand, you'd like coaches to stop treating players like children. On the other hand, maybe Alford shouldn't be calling college students "assholes" in the handshake line. Especially with a camera two feet away....
Tailpipe: "He Didn't Seem The Least Bit Interested In Hugging Her Curves"
We recently discovered the incredible phenomenon of NASCAR-themed romance fiction, stories filled with passion and grease and beautiful people being driven swiftly to ecstasy and Victory Lane alike. What follows is a brief selection from one such tale....
Florida Marlins: The Team That Time Forgot
Will Leitch will be previewing/musing on every baseball team each weekday until the start of the season. You can pre-order his book and follow him on Twitter. Today: The Florida Marlins....
You're With Me, Meme
Flip to page 195 of this month's GQ. You'll find a spread in which everyone's favorite Bermanism appears atop Topher Grace's crotch. And thus "You're With Me, Leather" becomes one of many viral sensations to spread to smarmy Hollywood wang....
World's Worst Tennis Pro Still Suing British Newspapers For Declaring Him The World's Worst Tennis Pro
Robert Dee, the world's worst tennis pro, has wrung tens of thousands of pounds in damages out of media organizations that suggested he's the world's worst tennis pro, even though, yeah, he probably is the world's worst tennis pro. [Guardian]...
Dead Wrestler Of The Week: Miss Elizabeth
Every week, the Masked Man, Deadspin's pro wrestling correspondent, honors the sport's fallen and examines their legacies — famous and obscure alike. Today: Miss Elizabeth, who died in 2003 of an overdose at the home of her boyfriend, Lex Luger....
Oakland Athletics: Meet Your Montreal Expos
Will Leitch will be previewing/musing on every baseball team each weekday until the start of the season. You can pre-order his book and follow him on Twitter. Today: The Oakland Athletics....
Houston Astros: The Charming Incompetence Of Ed Wade
Will Leitch will be previewing/musing on every baseball team each weekday until the start of the season. You can pre-order his book and follow him on Twitter. Today: The Houston Astros....
Randy Hustle, Giving It His All
Randy Moss, already vaguely unhappy in New England, took part in an NFL charity softball game. He hit what looked like an easy infield fly...want to guess whether he ran it out or not?...
Cleveland Indians: God Save The Fans
Will Leitch will be previewing/musing on every baseball team each weekday until the start of the season. You can pre-order his book and follow him on Twitter. Today: The Cleveland Indians....
Locker Room Boxing May Be Leading To Canada's Hockey Downfall
A shocking exposé by the Toronto Star has revealed a dark secret of Canadian youth hockey—twisted teenage Fight Clubs organized in team locker rooms. It also revealed another secret: This happens all time and no one cares....
Los Angeles Dodgers: Back To The Future
Will Leitch will be previewing/musing on every baseball team each weekday until the start of the season. You can pre-order his book and follow him on Twitter. Today: The Los Angeles Dodgers....
Marquis Daniels' Bling Head Is Tasteful, Understated
Boston guard Marquis Daniels (9.4 PPG, lifetime) had his actual head encrusted in diamonds and precious metals. Oh, wait. That's just a medallion. I guess even Marquis Daniels needs help recognizing Marquis Daniels. [Jason of Beverly Hills]...
Boner Stabone Is Missing At The Olympics
If you find yourself in and around Vancouver for tonight's epic US/Canada matchup, do be on the lookout for Mike Seaver's best bud. His friends and family are very worried....
Today In Euphemizing Johnny Weir's Gayness: The Euphemizing Goes Global
An occasional series in which we document — and evaluate — the sports media's pained efforts to call the sexually undeclared figure skater gay without quite calling him gay....