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The Broken Phenom, The Overzealous Enforcer, And Some New Ammo For The Anti-Fighting Crowd
Try to justify the institution of the enforcer in hockey to an outsider, and you'll likely pull out the usual arguments. It's about protection, about fear, about retribution. So yes, on a basic level, it's about pain. But it's never, never about injury. So with two players still out in the wake of a...
We Are All Dave McKenna XXIII
Here's your daily link to Dave McKenna's brilliant "Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder," which we'll be posting until Snyder's dumbass libel suit dissipates like any financial worry No. 23 DeAngelo Hall had when Danny Boy signed him to a six-year, $54 million deal in 2009....
Reggie Miller Shows What's Wrong With The Basketball Hall Of Fame
In his first year of eligibility, Reggie Miller didn't even qualify as a finalist for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. There's obviously a problem here, and it doesn't lie with Miller....
This Is What Happens When You Get Caught Stealing Someone's Shovel During A Blizzard (Video)
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. ...
Yep, Rashard Mendenhall Really Used Ben Roethlisberger Like An Inflatable Sex Toy
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....
Someone Keeps Screwing With Baseball Writers' Site
BBWAA.com has now been hacked three times (I believe) in the past day, but of course there is so much more to hacking than just statistics. [H/T Walk Off HBP]...
Bert Blyleven Got In <em>Because</em> Voters Are Irrational, And Other Hall Of Fame Revelations
This is Regressing, a new, numbers-minded column by our clever friends at the Harvard Sports Analysis Collective. Today: how a weird tic of Hall of Fame voters helped put Bert Blyleven in Cooperstown....
Let's Marvel At The Perfect Absurdity Of This ESPN Guy's HOF Ballot
Here's the ballot mailed in by Barry Stanton, ESPN news editor: Jack Morris, Edgar Martinez, Tino Martinez, Don Mattingly, B.J. Surhoff. I shit you not. B.J. Surhoff....
Gnashing Of Teeth, Rending Of Garments Come To An End With HOF Announcement
Bert Blyleven, Roberto Alomar, and no convicted or suspected steroid users were elected to the Hall of Fame. Cranky sportswriters can return to their caves. [BBWAA]...
Just Vote For Jeff Bagwell, You Hypocrites
Jerod Morris idly wondered if Raul Ibanez might've had a little pharmaceutical help, and everyone went nutso. Damien Cox suggested Jose Bautista's numbers were surprising, and he caught shit. So why is it OK to not vote for Bagwell because of "suspicions?"...
Rafael Palmeiro Is Talking Now That It's Time For Hall Of Fame Voters To Judge His Legacy
He still claims he never took steroids. He sought comfort in the soothing words of President George W. Bush. His wife gave him a vitamin shot by accident. Miguel Tejada gave him a B-12 shot. Chances of HOF?: Zilcho. [SI]...
Batshit Hall Of Fame Voter: "I Compare PED Users To Murderers"
And we compare Lowell Cohn to a cymbal-banging monkey toy. I'm beginning to suspect HOF voters really do fancy themselves an elite task force of karacter kops. Drugs make people crazy. A Hall of Fame ballot makes people crazier. [PressDemocrat.com, Business Insider]...
Brett Favre's Streak Is Impressive, For A Coddled Nancy-Boy Quarterback
So the streak ends at 297, huh? Big number, but the most amazing streak in NFL history indisputably still belongs to another man. Another Minnesota Viking, in fact....
Tom Verducci Did Vote For Marvin Miller, Despite What Crazy Old Coot Says On His Cryptoblog (UPDATE)
Murray Chass, senior writer for murraychass.com, recently threw heat at HOF Expansion Era committee member Tom Verducci for apparently voting against Marvin Miller. Verducci fired back, and thus the post became unique to the Chass oeuvre in that someone actually read it....
Steinbrenner's, Miller's Rejections Mean It's Time To Disband The Veterans Committee
George Steinbrenner and Marvin Miller had perhaps the biggest impact on the modern era of baseball. Their failing to make the Hall of Fame just shows that the Veterans Committee is full of old farts who don't get/don't like the game today....
Ducks Forward's Empty-Netter Seals Game (For The Oilers)
Anaheim's Corey Perry was just trying to set up a teammate in front of the net as the clocked ticked down. Instead, he ended up committing one of the biggest goofs in recent memory....
Bay Area Denny's Serves Up Halloween Brawl
As funny as it is to see a "skeleton" get pelted with a chair, this is the third such incident we've seen at a Bay Area chain-dining establishment. It's officially a trend....
Despite Chris From Austin's Victory, People Still Sent Favre/Sterger Costume Pictures All Week
Remember Chris from Austin? The guy(?) who dressed like Jenn Sterger for Halloween and distributed wallet-sized cockshots, thus making him the winner of a costume contest that wasn't really a contest last week?...
No, Halloween Revelers, That Wasn't The Real Scott Van Pelt
As far as ESPN anchor Halloween costumes go, the SVP is probably the easiest to pull off. Glasses, a microphone, a razor and some Turtle Wax. And a affable-yet-acerbic wit....
Hall Of Fame Taking Anything Nowadays
Mitch Moreland's bat, which he used to hit a home run in the 2nd inning of the third game of a series Texas currently trails 3-1, will head to Cooperstown. It'll look great next to the shoes Nelson Cruz used to steal a base in late May....