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Hey, Here's A Photo Of Tiger Woods Without His Fake Front Tooth (Yes)
Go with me on this for a second. If you were gonna fly all the way out to Italy to surprise your girlfriend at her job—she's up for a record! this is important to her!—and go through the trouble of letting her family know ahead of time, and having them keep it a secret, you'd probably take a second ...
Deadspin Up All Night: This Is Exhausting
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin, assuming we still have it, which after today maybe we don't. Either way: Here is the final Tommy Craggs story. ...
Christy Mack Posts Update On Condition After Alleged Assault
Christy Mack's condition has improved since former MMA fighter War Machine (born Jonathan Koppenhaver) allegedly assaulted her in August. Mack still has a lot of healing left, however....
Do You Drink Too Much? Here's How You Can Tell
Now that the holidays are over, a bit of reflection is in order. The days were short, the nights long, and the awkward, forced social interactions all too frequent. Many of us breezed through uncomfortable office holiday parties or family dinners with the aid of alcohol; some drank too much, others ...
This Photo Of ESPN's John Clayton With Slayer Is Pretty Metal
A terrific SportsCenter ad came to life at Friday night's Slayer show in Seattle. There are no conclusions to draw here about John Clayton's ponytail, but nothing rocks harder than a cell phone clip on some dad jeans....
You Know How To Whistle, Don't You Steve?
On a fishing trip in 1939, film director Howard Hawks told Ernest Hemingway:...
Where Have You Gone, Mickey Mantle?
I'm in a taxi, trying to get to Yankee Stadium. I'm late and I've got my uniform on. But when I get there the guard won't let me in. He doesn't recognize me. So I find this hole in the fence and I'm trying to crawl through it, you know? But I can only get my head in. I can see Billy and White and Yo...
Have A Coke And A Smile
A few days ago, we talked about how pop culture moves us. Well, there's nothing more catchy than advertising, right? There have been many successful ad campaigns featuring athletes—Joe Namath, Bo Jackson, and Michael Jordan leap to mind. Maybe it's because I was young when it came out but the famous...
What Becomes A Legend Most?
Slide on over to the American Film Institute and check out Ronald Haver's 1976 story about Casablanca....
ESPN Never Had A Golden Age: The Real Meaning Of Olbermann's Return
So Keith Olbermann is returning to ESPN, which a) has to be one of the more expensive press releases in history and b) shows that the company really has come to that age where you start getting deeply sentimental. It all makes sense....
Into Thin Air
Over at Grantland, Bryan Curtis laments the demise of the "Sports of the Times" column in the paper of record:...
How Many "Subway Series" Have There Been In NCAA History?
Tomorrow, Yale takes on Quinnipiac for the NCAA men's hockey championship. Plenty has been written about the cultural differences between these two programs—for an overview of the rise and fall of Greater New Haven hockey culture, you can read Jack Dickey's excellent piece; for a good look at what Y...
How Quinnipiac Tore Up And Rewrote New Haven's Hockey History
You would expect to find the nation's No. 1 college hockey team here on the northern shore of Long Island Sound. This is true hockey country, even by New England's impossible standards. You would expect to find a team that built a 21-game unbeaten streak from November to February, a team that posted...
Start Your Weekend With An Inspirational Quote From Bob Knight
Bob Knight has a new book out next week. It's called The Power of Negative Thinking: An Unconventional Approach to Achieving Positive Results, because Bob Knight is still playing his (lucrative) role as college basketball's senile great-uncle. He sat down with Andrew Goldman for the New York Times M...
Everybody Get Naked: Lock Haven, Owners Of The Longest Losing Streak In D-II History, Won Today
And the fans tore down the goal posts because of it! Now the rest of football season is canceled. Just kidding, it was the last game. But it probably would have been....
Alex Rodriguez Benched For Game 5: Where Do The Yankees Go From Here?
What a world. It's three hours before first pitch, and everyone with an internet connection is aware of the Yankees' lineup for tonight's Game 5 against Baltimore....
Hugo Chavez's Opposition In Venezuela Lampoons Him As An Egomaniacal Pitcher
In case you haven't been paying close attention to your South American politics for the past 14 years, you might be surprised to find that Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's cult-of-personality president, is facing a stiff re-election challenge on Oct. 7. Basically Chavez has presided over a widespread melt...
Well-Known, Elderly Boxing Promoter: I Smoke Pot All The Time, And So Does Every Other Boxing Promoter
Look at that friggin' pothead up there. That's Bob Arum, founder and CEO of Top Rank, which has promoted fighters from Muhammad Ali to Ray Mancini to Butterbean. Hey Bob, you with us, buddy? Or are you too busy getting stoned on grass to be a productive member of society? Are you too busy going to ...