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Doc Rivers Says Ray Allen Refused To Return The Celtics' Calls During Free Agency
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Now it's time for the Celtics' side of the story....
The Genius Romanian Carp Angling Team Beat England By Showing Up Five Months Early And Getting The Carp Addicted To Their Bait
Sometimes sports can seem so formulaic. Show up, play by the rules, stay between the lines, get your check, go home. Where's the intrigue, the gamesmanship, the clinical insanity? International carp-fishing competitions, that's where....
What Exactly Did LeBron James Do To Earn A Technical Here?
Poor LeBron, never getting the calls, always being targeted by the refs. But that's life in bizarro preseason, where the Raptors are 5-1, the Lakers are 0-6, and the Bobcats get every whistle against the Heat....
The Miami Heat Are Fully Embracing The Positional Revolution
This morning, ESPN's Tom Haberstroh published a piece about the evolution of the Miami Heat, and it looks like this year's Heat team is not only going to be a frightening opponent for the rest of the NBA, but also incredibly fun to watch. Why? Because the team has finally embraced its versatility a...
The Chargers' Equipment Manager Had A Showdown With A Referee Before Emptying His Pockets, Which Were Full Of Illegal Tape
We linked to it earlier, but now we have the details, courtesy of the full report on Fox Sports and from the AP:...
The Marlins Ate $8 Million Worth Of Salary To Get Rid Of "Bitter Pariah" Heath Bell
The Miami Marlins traded Heath Bell away to the Arizona Diamondbacks—well, gave him away and promised to pay part of his salary, more than traded—and the Miami Herald dispatch announcing his departure made sure to give him a good kneecapping on the way out....
The Jets, To The Patriots: "Hang On A Minute"
The Patriots' hurry-up offense is quick—too quick, according to the Jets. They point to a crucial moment in the Patriots win over the Broncos two weeks ago in which the Patriots had sped up their offense so much between snaps that the Broncos didn't have time to make substitutions. That's not fair: ...
Ray Allen Says The Celtics Forced Him Out Of Boston
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: As for picking Miami? All his choice....
The Iron Sheik: Hulk Hogan Sex Tape Proves "He Have Grasshopper Dick"
When our old pal A.J. Daulerio got his hairy palms on this here Hulk Hogan sex tape, we were absolutely certain it would catch the attention of the Iron Sheik, occasional Deadspin contributor/Greatest Iranian of All-Time. ...
LeBron James Is Now Being Used To Sell Heroin
That's according to the Philadelphia Daily News, which said cops in suburban Upper Darby busted a "major heroin dealer" who possessed 140 packets of the stuff—all of it marked with LeBron's name and the image of a dunking basketball player:...
Heath Bell Called Ozzie Guillen To Apologize, And Ozzie Accidentally Deleted The Voicemail Without Listening To It
Remember when the Marlins were a trendy playoff pick? New stadium, new manager, big payroll, etc. Maybe it's because the Red Sox exist, but people are forgetting just what an astonishing failure Miami's 2012 has been....
Deadspin's Sign Of The Apocalypse
For nearly two decades now, Sports Illustrated has stirred the tea leaves to discern a weekly Sign of the Apocalypse. Deadspin salutes the magazine's ongoing effort to head off the end of times, but declines to quietly cede to SI the scoop on the biggest event in world history....
Harvard Cheating Scandal Allegedly Implicates Harvard Athletes, Including Harvard's Two Best Basketball Players
Harvard University. Maybe you've heard of it. That New England party school with almost no academic standards and a win-at-all costs athletic department. You know, the one the Massholes are reduced to attending when they miss the application deadline for Fitchburg State. The go-to option for those w...
Dwyane Wade Says The Lakers Getting A Bunch Of Stars Is Good For The NBA
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Superteam bro-love forever....
Oscar Pistorius Lost The 200m Final At The Paralympics, And Everyone's Giving The Side-Eye To The Guy Who Won
Here's Oscar Pistorius, who seemed well on his way to an overwhelming victory in the men's 200m at the Paralympics, losing to Brazil's Alan Oliveira. Oliveira finished the race in 21.45 seconds, .07 seconds faster than Pistorius. The video above is worth watching if only for the deafening silence ...
Everybody Lost Two Different Horses Won The Travers Stakes
There was an actual tie yesterday at the Travers Stakes. Golden Ticket and Alpha finished in a dead heat, so nobody won. Or they both won? One of the jockeys said after the race, "Neither one of us knew if we won," and, while technically they both "won"—there were two separate first-place trophy pre...
How Paralympians Cheat By Injuring Themselves
The Paralympics are legitimately inspiring—check this promo and you'll be ready to run through a wall—but they are, at the end of the day, athletes. For all the feel-good stories, they're just looking to win. And that means for the Paralympic Games what it's meant for every competition since the daw...
Guantanamo Detainee Wants LeBron James To Apologize To Cleveland
Afghan Muhammed Rahim, a former translator for Osama Bin Laden, spent a long time in a CIA secret prison before being moved to Guantanamo Bay in 2008. Which is to say, he hasn't had a lot of time to check in with NBA League Pass. But even Rahim couldn't let "The Decision" pass by without a comment....
Misty May-Treanor Gets A Wheaties Box—Without Kerri Walsh Jennings (UPDATE)
Good morning, Kerri Walsh Jennings! What's for breakfast? Oh, just a big steaming bowl of poop, courtesy of General Mills. No Wheaties for you....
Boy Kicked Out Of National Scrabble Championship After Getting Caught With The Worst Cheating Strategy Ever
Division 3 isn't exactly the big time in the Scrabble world—It's roughly the skill level of "any great living-room player out there," says the National Scrabble Association's executive director—but this is still the championship. Not a county championship, not a state championship, but the national ...