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Amnesty International Is Trying To Haunt Your Olympic Dreams
Courtesy of the fantastic Copyranter comes the latest anti-China propaganda from Amnesty International. AI (not Iverson) has been pumping out the disturbing Olympic-themed-China=bad, bad people ad campaign for more than a year and will not stop until Citizens Of The Free World are so guilt-ridden th...
Sasha "The Machine" Vujacic Latest NBA'er to Embrace Europe?
Say it ain't so. He's going to take his Laker girl headband and cross back over the Atlantic if the Lakers don't increase their current $2.6 million dollar offer. In a bit of strained reasoning Vujacic's reps are arguing that no other NBA team is making Sasha an offer because they know the Lakers wi...
Get Your Madonna Face For Sox-Yankees Rivalry
As the Yanks and Sox prepare to do battle for the 8,038th time of the 2008 Major League Baseball season, there's a new wrinkle to the series. Or at the very least a wrinkled vagina. Yep, Madonna masks are coming to Fenway. At least if Red Sox fans get their wish. Apologies for that scary photo. But...
That's Just Manny Being Fanny
As Brett Favre retirement stories were to the NFL prior to his bizarre un-retirement saga, the Red Sox trading/losing/cutting Manny Ramirez has been a similar annual storyline in Major League Baseball. For the last few years, the Red Sox have answered the pressing "What about Manny?" question, but j...
Morning Blodgome: Doesn't Everybody Want The Alamo Bowl Trophy For Their 21st Birthday?
• Joe Paterno would not approve of this behavior: "After drinking with friends to celebrate his 21st birthday, a Penn State University student from Salisbury Township was arrested this morning after he allegedly held a one-man football practice at the Nittany Lions facilities then tried to walk away...
Mayhem In The Midwest League
As you probably saw in our morning wakeup video whachamahoozit, the Peoria Chiefs and Dayton Dragons engaged in a pretty nasty brawl at Dayton's Fifth Third Park on Thursday, which even included a civilian casualty. Peoria pitcher Julio Castillo threw a ball at a Dayton player in the dugout, but mis...
Fried Snail, Bitchy The Hawk And A Minor League Brouhaha
Each weekday morning Awful Announcing, video slash and grab extraordinaire of the sports blogosphere, gives us a visual rundown of everything you missed from the night before. If there's something sports-related you'd like to see with your coffee, shoot him an e-mail and let him know....
Just Because Justin Gimelstob Doesn't Like Her, It Doesn't Mean He Can't Stare Intently
Here's a photo from Down The Line that shows Washington Kastles hard-on Justin Gimbelstob admiring Anna Kournikova's newly-inflated kaploogas at a recent World Team Tennis match in Washington D.C. Gimbelstob, as you may remember, not-so-famously said that Kournikova was a "bitch" and that he "despis...
Sklar Bros. Give Deadspin Exclusive Look At New Topps Web Series
Leif and Leyland Topps are just twin brothers trying to get ahead in the rickety, unpredictable world of the sports card business, with a boss who doesn't like them, a Steinbrenneresque CEO and enough half-baked ideas to get them into consistent trouble. Sound familiar? Anyway, it's the basis for th...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch instead of going to Disney World ... • Cycling: Tour de France, stage 18,Bourg-d'Oisans to Saint-Etienne, France (8 p.m., ET). There's a surrender joke here somewhere. [Versus] • Soccer: MLS, All-Star Game, MLS All-Stars vs. West Ham United, at Toronto (7 p.m., ET). Hooligans, assemble...
Redskins QBs Prepare for Rugged NFC East With Dodgeball
Yeah, dodgeball it's awesome. Let me just say it now, when one of the Redskins quarterbacks inevitably tears his rotator cuff trying to spike another quarterback this will be the dumbest idea in the history of football. Which is really saying something. So enjoy the honeymoon if it exists, Jim Zorn...
Afternoon Blogdome: His Parents Named Him That Because They Hoped He'd Be Tall
• It helps him get leverage when he wrestles: How many times do you think UNC wrestler Long Wang has had to explain himself at parties? 40? 50 times? Was his name the reason he got into wrestling in the first place? So many questions. [Chicago Bull] • Devin Hester does his best Latrell Sprewell impe...
Old People, Keeping The Streets Of London Safe
Now we know where Simeon Williamson — Britain's best hope for a medal in the 100-meter dash now that Dwain Chambers has been banned for doping — got his speed. His grandmother, 78-year-old Pearline Williamson, ran down a mugger in North London after her purse was snatched....
SEC Media Days Arrive: UT's Phil Fulmer Served with a Subpoena Upon Entrance
Ahh, SEC Football, so full of love and companionship. As the University of Tennessee coach arrived this morning to discuss the upcoming season he was met by a process server. The only man more hated in the state of Alabama than Phil Fulmer is Al Sharpton. Cue the Birmingham News: ...
The Official Communist Party Quick Travel Guide To The 2008 Beijing Olympics
Drew Magary's Balls Deep column runs every Thursday afternoon. Drew's new book, "Men With Balls," featuring 100% new material, is available for pre-order here. You can email Drew here. Read him during the week at KSK....
Bartman Spurns $25k Autograph Offer
Putting a quick end to the will he or won't he autograph spectacle, Steve Bartman is not going to appear at the National Sports Collectors Convention in Rosemont, Illinois. Interestingly, Bartman issued the response through his friend Frank Murtha. Meaning that Bartman himself remains hidden away i...
Alexei Ramirez Has A Magical Glove
It's not like White Sox second baseman Alexei Ramirez has gone unnoticed for his hustle and defensive prowess thus far, but come on; this is close to supernatural. Look at this play by Ramirez in the seventh against the Rangers on Wednesday; sleight of hand worthy of the Magic Castle. Wizard Cat gra...
Fred Wilpon Learns From His Mistakes. Kind Of.
Mets owner Fred Wilpon finally realizes that the early morning firing of Willie Randolph could have been handled better. The long-time Mets' executive told SNY that he "screwed up" and, should a situation like that arise again, the next managerial shit-canning will be done before press deadline. ...
Welcome To Deadspin Nation
"Kournikova's career remains a prominent example of how sports, sex and celebrity congeal into the oleo that is entertainment in Deadspin Nation. This is a natural marriage dating to the days of the original Olympic Games, when competitors — all men — competed nude." Well, that makes perfect sen... ...
Morning Blogdome: And On This Day In History, We All Learned A Valuable Lesson About Sticky Brown Substances
• It's the 25th anniversary of the pine tar incident:"An enraged Brett instantly charged McClelland, screaming wildly while being restrained by teammates and Royals manager Dick Howser. But the call stood, the game history." [Stiles Points] • Alright, mustaches have officially become overexposed: “W...