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Everybody Loves It When Athletes Get In Trouble
You know, when you look at the year long frat party that the 2005 Southern California football team has become, it's kind of surprising there hasn't been more malfeasance....

Blogdom's Best: San Diego Chargers
It might not — yet — have the online fanaticism and cachet of baseball, but the NFL and its fans are starting to catch up in the world of team-devoted blogs. To this end, Deadspin salutes these modem-addled souls and proudly presents Blogdom's Best, given to the most outstanding blog for each NFL ...

Blogdome: NBA Players Love Them Some Gays
• Paul Pierce would not "want to guard" a gay NBA player. Oh, like he plays defense anymore anyway. [The Mighty MJD] • The Phillies hire Pat Gillick, which we guess is good? [The Sports Frog] • What the Yankees want in the offseason, the Yankees get. [George's Sports Blog] • Sean May carries his chi...

Things To Do In Cleveland When You're Drunk
Cleveland Browns running back Reuben Droughns was arrested early yesterday morning for driving under the influence of alcohol, after weaving in and out of traffic, speeding and ultimately blowing a 0.08 on the Breathalyzer. (Our father once actually told us, in one of our favorite pieces of advice...

A-Rod ... After Dark!
Oddjack is all over the big story this morning: Yankees lipstick model Alex Rodriguez has been chided by Yankees officials for playing cards in those infamous New York City underground poker rooms everyone's always talking about. Supposedly A-Rod has been playing poker under the cover of darkness ...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m.. NFL with Chris Mortensen: In emergency situations, do pilots of small aircraft have clearance to land on your head? • 2:30 p.m. Snowboarder Ross Powers: Half pipe. Inverted 180. Gap jump. OK that's it, we're bored — next chatt...

Perhaps The Job Is To Pay Off Those Legal Fees
Everybody remember Mark Chmura? The former Packers tight end, famously popular in Green Bay despite some pretty questionable moral choices, was acquitted of sexual assault and child enticement charges back in 2001 after a teenager accused him of raping her at a post-prom party. Chmura, a guy with ...

Respect The NOOCH!
Last night, the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets (NOOCH!) shocked pretty much everyone by hammering to Sacramento Kings in front of nearly 20,000 crazed Oklahomans....

About Last Night
What you missed while stuck in the Chinese finger puzzle ... • NBA: NOOCH! in first place, the way you knew it would be. • NBA: Bucks top Sixers in OT on Redd's 3-pointer. And wasn't he dressed nicely when you saw him after the game? • NHL: Islanders beat Bruins 4-3, narrowly avoiding one of those b...

To Watch Tonight ...
What to watch as that sugar rush sets in ... • College FB: Alabama-Birmingham at Memphis. It's DeAngelo Williams time. [ESPN2]. • NHL: Chicago at Detroit. Come watch as the Red Wings compile more wins this season than the Tigers did. [OLN]. • NBA: Phoenix at Dallas. The real question: Is Cuban going...

Page 3 Officially Bites The Dust
It is a sad, sad day here at Deadspin world headquarters; without even the courtesy of a press release or a proper burial, it appears ESPN.com has finally shut the doors on its ill-advised "Page 3" section....

The REAL Reason Theo's Gone
That guy right there isn't just Boston Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy, strikingly handsome man; he's also Dan Shaughnessy, Most Hated Man In Boston. As if Shaughnessy hadn't caused Bostonians enough pain throughout the years with his Curse business, he might very well be the man most responsible ...

Blogdome: Do Not Mess With John Buccigross
• Are the rule changes in hockey starting to make the game look kind of like (gasp) soccer? [Off Wing Opinion] • Carlos Boozer might be becoming the least popular player in the NBA. [YAYSports!] • Hey ... THERE'S Matt Doherty! [The Sports Frog] • Go vote for potential Hall of Fame broadcasters. [Bas...

Blogdom's Best: New Orleans Saints
It might not — yet — have the online fanaticism and cachet of baseball, but the NFL and its fans are starting to catch up in the world of team-devoted blogs. To this end, Deadspin salutes these modem-addled souls and proudly presents Blogdom's Best, given to the most outstanding blog for each NFL ...

Coming Out Of The Blogging Closet
We didn't get to this yesterday, so we're gonna load you up on it now. Those two handsome gents right there are the fine minds behind Faith And Fear In Flushing, one of our very favorite blogs and definitely our favorite Mets blog. Yesterday, in the Wall Street Journal (or online, at least), WSJ.c...

Online Poll Trash Talking
In case you were thinking that Eagles receiver Terrell Owens — or, more specifically, the one person in T.O.'s entourage who knows how to code HTML — was relaxed, laid back and totally happy on his Web Site, check out the poll currently on TerrellOwens.com....

Your Vikings Orgy Memento
The bid is only up to $5.95, and, quite frankly, we find that number unacceptable. Currently on eBay: a commemorative Vikings sex cruise T-shirt, or, as the sellers call it, the "Coochie Cruise '05."...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m.. NFL analyst Sean Salisbury: Yes, about Ricky Williams: Do you feel that his lightweight sub-frame will allow for more and better weapons and will give him more torque and speed than any of the other ... what? Battlebots? No, I...

We All Know A Greg Gall
More info on our main man Greg Gall, who, as established yesterday, has spent an inordinate amount of time drinking with Deadspin readers. Yesterday afternoon, he pled not guilty to the charges against him, which many people have mocked, considering, you know, his actions were seen by anyone who w...

About Last Night
What you missed while drunkenly hitting on little costumed Spider-Man's mom ... • MNF: Pittsburgh prevails as Steelers fans come down Roethlisberger Fever (Ravens fans settle for Bird Flu). • NFL: Bengals fan pleads innocent to trespassing, other charges even though, um, the whole thing was on tape....