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Meet Your New Undersized, Scraptastic, Very White New England Sports Cult Hero: Danny Woodhead
Danny Woodhead, the Jets castoff and Rex Ryan-anointed "little fucker," made his Patriots debut yesterday and is already being touted as the economy-sized Wes Welker. Chief among these proponents is Dan Shaughnessy. Of course. Let's look at the best of the worst....
Poonami: Brooklyn Canal Turns Into Literal River Of Human Shit
The Gowanus Canal, which has already tested positive for gonorrhea, ran brown with human waste after this month's tornado. It's like the eleventh plague of Egypt, only, you know, poop. [via Brownstoner]...
Florida Marlins Rookie Hazing Takes Uncomfortable, Fake Pube-y Turn
The Marlins took part in baseball's long-held tradition of dressing rookies as women recently, and no one was more up to the task than Logan Morrison who dressed as Angie Everhart—who research shows was never on Baywatch. What an idiot. [Last Angry Fan]...
Should Stuart Attwell Have Let Dirk Kuyt’s Goal Stand?
The suits at the Professional Game Match Officials organisation reckon so, yesterday issuing a statement confirming Attwell had not broken the Laws of the Game. But what do YOU think? Consider the following:...
100-Foot Super Mario Game Plays Out In MLS Stands
Supporters of the Chicago Fire put together this impressive tifo (basically the soccer equivalent of those North Korean card stunts) over the weekend featuring Mario, a Koopa Troopa, and one on-target fireball....
Tony Dungy Still Furiously Beatifying Himself
Coach Moral Compass checks in on the Braylon Edwards situation and says, approximately, "If I'm Rex Ryan, I light the collective bargaining agreement on fire and blow my nose with the Wagner Act." [Larry Brown Sports]...
Shaun Smith Can't Stop Grabbing Guys' Packages
A week after the Chiefs DE was accused of, erm, manhandling Cleveland's (The Secret World Of) Alex Mack, San Fran's Anthony Davis comes forward to show on the doll where Smith touched him. "He tried to feel me. That's weird, right?" Right....
Getting Around Local NFL Blackouts, The Fun And Illegal Way
This is the story of a bar with a modicum of computer knowledge, and a dream. That dream: to watch the Buccaneers get massacred, even though the game wasn't sold out and therefore not shown on local Tampa television....
Lions Player Holds Up One More Finger Than His Team Has Wins
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....
Here's A Video Of A Hot Chick Wearing Gator Colors And A 6'5" Guy Who Probably Won't Live Much Longer
The Florida/Alabama kickoff ain't for six days but after this video makes the rounds, the pack of Crimson Tide fans seeking blood shall form at the "northwest side of the stadium" or "Gate 42, Section U-1, Row 1, Seats 3-8."...
David Beckham Doesn't Like Getting Taunted About Hookers
Some heckler got all "Stop with the prostitutes'" yell-y at bare-chested David Beckham after he and the L.A. Galaxy lost to the N.Y. Red Bulls on Friday night....
Your NFL Late Games Open Thread
The lineup: Indianapolis at Denver; Washington at St. Louis; Philadelphia at Jacksonville; Oakland at Arizona; San Diego at Seattle; and, later, NY Jets at Miami....
HS Football Coach Moons The Crowd
Saturday's game in Queens between Campus Magnet and Boys and Girls High School got mercy-ruled with 3:49 left in the fourth. Not because of the score, which was only 16-6. Because of assplay....
Your NFL Early Games Early Thread
The best early games? Atlanta goes to New Orleans while both Dallas and Minnesota try to avoid an 0-3 start (versus Houston and Detroit, respectively)....
At Promoter's Request, Ines Sainz To Work Pacquiao Fight
Bayanihan Tayo! reports Ms. Ines Sainz will "work the microphone for the weigh-ins and other events concerning the [Pacquiao/Margarito] fight" at Top Rank's Bob Arum's behest....
Albert Haynesworth: I'm Not "A Slave Or Whatever" to Redskins
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....
Let's See What Happens When A Baltimore Oriole Meets A Flight Attendant
And now, a feel-good post to close the day....
Mike Singletary Doesn't Handle Criticism Well
Remember that whole "Mike Singletary Doesn't Much Like Talking" post from seven days ago this very minute? Fine, refresh yourself....
Your Late College Football Open Thread
I have to ask, so you have to tell: That thing from Gameday at Boise State is a potato, right?...
Jeff Garcia and Maurice Clarett Make America A Sadder Place
Until its inevitable death next month, the United Football League will serve as an outlet for almost-rans to continue playing despite not getting tapped into the NFL steel-cage match. That's a good thing. I guess....