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Get Ready For Tourgasm, 2006
Lance Armstrong will not be participating in the Tour de France this year; he got word that astronomers have found traces of his lost home planet, and he's gone there to investigate. So that leaves it to the mortals to fight over the remains, and if early indications are correct, the French aren't g...
Isiah Thomas' Secret Genius
While digging through the breathtaking True Hoop coverage, and after watching Jay Bilas look flabbergasted on "SportsCenter" this morning, we are pleased to report that one of the top stories the day after the NBA Draft is a familiar one: Isiah Thomas is an idiot!...
No Draft Dodgers Around Here
One thing anyone watching the NBA Draft tonight should be ready for? Many extreme closeups of Adam Morrison's mustache, inexplicably the centerpiece of NBA Live '07's advertising campaign. You've all been warned....
Leftovers: Smell The Glove
• Gustavo Chacin's hairless cologne has now gone mainstream. [Fan 590] • The NBA is no longer with leather. [NBA.com] • This has nothing to do with sports, but when Axl Rose bites someone, we're going to mention it. It's who we are. [The Hater Nation] • Wintrop's coach heading to College of Charlest...
Darko, Way Back When
As we prepare for the NBA Draft tonight, we encourage you to keep in mind that, well, nobody knows anything. Need proof? This pre-2003 draft video looking at the "unlimited potential" of Darko Milicic....
You Should Probably Just Be Visiting TrueHoop Today
We'll have more NBA Draft preview stuff later today, but until then, we happily show off this photo from The Realests, which we can guarantee you showed up on the dorm wall of some happy Washington Jesuit....
Fumbling Away Life's Savings
In a different life than this one, we covered the financial services industry; it was slightly more interesting than it sounds, but not much. We once wrote a story about former Dolphins fullback Rob Konrad and how he was starting a financial advisory business for athletes, who often are handed large...
Hirshey: France Is Dead, Long Live France!
Admit it: After weeks of watching the Beckhams , Ballacks , Figos and Tonis and the rest of the preening World Cup showponies parade their smoldering good looks and luxuriant manes around the field after a match, didn't it feel good yesterday to see a couple of ancient chrome domes like Zidane and B...
Leftovers: Losing Isiah?
• Isiah Thomas has one year to turn the Knicks around. What could possibly go wrong? [New York Post] • You don't think the NBA listens? Look, they're putting up ads for referees? [NBA.com] • The Weekly Standard takes on soccer. You can probably guess what happened next. [The Weekly Standard] • Hones...
Live Blog: Spain Vs. France
A little way to keep yourself entertained during this World Cup if you happen to be the sort who has trouble retaining interest? Pretend the countries are their corresponding characters in "Mike Tyson's Punch Out." Therefore, this one is Don Flamenco vs. Glass Joe. There. Don't you feel better? Yo...
Ben Roethlisberger, Elephant Man
Earlier today, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger made his first public appearance — kind of — since his motorcycle accident, showing up at Pittsburgh Steelers headquarters....
Leftovers: The Math Of Penalty Kicks
• Inside the game theory (and randomness) of penalty kicks. [Slate] • "The Apprentice" is doing halftime shows at MLS games. Whom does this debase more: "The Apprentice," or MLS? [Reality Blurred] • NBA good guy: Andrei Kirilenko, who gives back to the community and gives one free pass a year from h...
Dan Fouts, Unplugged!
In honor of Bill Simmons' and ESPN's discovery of YouTube today — and our cameo appearance — we thought we'd dig up a fun old YouTube of Verne Lundquist and Dan Fouts, on CBS, killing some time before the start of a Cowboys game. We love the facial expressions Fouts makes into the camera here. We th...
One Week Until RFK Field Trip
We are just one week away from our big Deadspin Field Trip to RFK Stadium, the opportunity for all Deadspin folks to gather, get drunk and scream Reggie Abercrombie's name. Obviously, since this is RFK, and this is the Marlins-Nationals game, tickets are still available....
Michael Strahan's Real "Alternative Lifestyle"
Last week's silly Michael Strahan could be gay rumor — started by an estranged wife in the midst of divorce proceedings — has been pretty much discredited by everyone, including the woman who made the allegation. But if you weren't convinced enough, a reader sends in a story of seeing Strahan and ...
Teddy Dupay, Keeping Himself Busy
Remember Teddy Dupay? The scrappy, easily hateable Florida guard who left for the NBA early because of a gambling probe and ultimately went undrafted? He bounced around some overseas leagues and then pretty much left basketball for good at the age of 25....
Jay Glazer Is Doing Just Fine
Jay Glazer, reporter for Fox NFL Sunday and the host "Pride Fighting Championships," is getting married tonight. Wedding announcements aren't usually Deadspin's thing, but the news here isn't that Glazer's getting married, it's that he's marrying so far out of his league....
Leftovers...
• Transcripts of the messages waiting for Shandon Anderson on his answering machine. Poor Karl Malone. [Zembla] • Fun facts about each of the 16 teams in the World Cup's knockout round. Did you know that a Swedish playwright once tried to kill himself by running repeatedly into a tree? [I Dislike Yo...
Some Big Hockey Happenings This Weekend...
• The NHL entry draft went down yesterday, and it included a record 10 American players taken in the first round. This, of course, builds tremendous hope that one day the United States will have an international hockey team that will generate tremendous interest and hype, only to fall flat on their ...
Leftovers...
• A great recap of a day spent watching Togo and France at the World Cup. Man, that sounds like fun. I gotta get to one of these World Cups. [The Third Leaf] • Superagent Scott Boras has convinced someone, somewhere, that he is in fact God. [Farther Off the Wall] • An argument for the lifetime ban o...