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2014 Deadspin Hall Of Fame Inductee: Tommy Craggs
Tommy Craggs has left us to lord over every other Gawker Media site for the next year or so, after which he'll probably need work. After getting a big ol' boner in the quest to verify that Manti Te'o's dead girlfriend was indeed fake and turning Deadspin into a site for communist propaganda, he no...
Tommy Craggs Wants You To Be As Miserable As He Is
I've had the privilege of sitting next to Craggs for five years now (and working alongside him at ESPN The Mag for a year before that, though I don't think he once bothered to say hello or introduce himself—this generation's I.F. Stone wouldn't deign to pretend he was doing anything more than slummi...
Tommy Craggs Is A Communist
You're never going to get me to say anything bad about Tommy Craggs. The guy once sent me to Panama for a story and said nothing as I blew several deadlines in a row for it. He knew I fucked up, I knew I fucked up, and he knew that I knew that he knew I fucked up, and he said nothing, presumably in ...
Tommy Craggs Is A Former College Paper Hot Take Artist
In honor of Craggs leaving Deadspin, here's his farewell column from his last days as sports editor of The Daily Northwestern presented in full for the first time since its original print: ...
Tommy Craggs Owes Me Money
In August, I learned that the Jell-O people were rolling out an expanded line of college football logo Jell-O molds and that, in the course of promoting them, the Jell-O people were loudly proclaiming that they WERE NOT to be used to make Jell-O shots. I proceeded to completely lose my mind at the i...
FAMU Band "Ringleader" Sentenced To Over Six Years For Hazing Death
Dante Martin, described by prosecutors as the "ringleader" of the Florida A&M band hazing ritual that led to the death of band member Robert Champion in 2011, was sentenced Friday to six-and-a-half years in prison in Orange County (Fla.). He was found guilty of manslaughter and other lesser charges ...
Tommy Craggs Proves You Can't Judge A (Korean) By Its Cover
Tommy wouldn't have gotten in so much trouble for using the G-word if he looked more Korean. ...
Tommy Craggs Is A Grumpy Bastard And A Genius
Here are three short stories about Tommy Craggs....
Tommy Craggs Is A Goddamn Wreck In The Kitchen
Much has been said and written, already, about the journalistic acumen, boggling intellectual acuity, and profuse humanity and generosity of Tommy Craggs; how these and other traits have made him, in turn, a terrific writer of one or two vituperative paragraphs per year, a successful editor of ephem...
A-Rod's Ex-Brother-In-Law Sues Him Over Sketchy Real Estate Deal
Of course Alex Rodriguez is getting sued for selling some good investment property and stiffing his business partner out of the cash. Because you ain't fooling me with your pinstripes and New York City address, A-Rod. You're from Miami, and you're only a true Miami bro when you've screwed someone ov...
Tommy Craggs Is Not The Badass You Think He Is
You'd think that, with the legendary reputation of the one and only Tommy Craggs, the man whose career output is basically 13,048 unique and erudite ways to tell his peers in the sports writing world "Fuck you," the man who literally ruined a great job opportunity by farting on an ant in the employ ...
Maple Leafs Interim Coach Busts His Ass At Team Practice
Maple Leafs interim head coach Peter Horachek held his first practice with the team Thursday—his first game was a 6-2 loss to the Capitals on Wednesday—and it featured a sign that everything's going to be just fine in Toronto....
Tommy Craggs Is A Socially Awkward Motherfucker
Tommy Craggs is great. Really, really great. He's smart, and has good grammar, and used to edit a website that I currently write for, left that website, and now is somehow even more my boss than he was before. I have nothing but good things to say about Tommy Craggs. Tommy Craggs brings a great many...
Tommy Craggs Is A Prick Who Just Fails Upward
Evidence supporting that fact begins here. This guy actually had the giant sack to put that word in a headline several months ago when something called Suey Park decided to go all Hashtag Amy Uyematsu after Stephen Colbert made a joke at the expense of Daniel Snyder. (Oh, you don't know who "Amy Uy...
Tommy Craggs Is Cheap
Long before I entered the blogging biz, I was a college professor who made goofy GIFs as a hobby. I am no longer an esteemed educator, and it is Tommy Craggs's fault....
MLB Prospect's Lawyer Releases Graphic Photos After Alleged Assault
MLB prospect Ty Hensley's lawyer Jacob Diesselhorst released photos of his client's face after NFL free agent Anthony Morales allegedly attacked him on Dec. 28 following an argument over signing bonuses. Morales was charged with aggravated assault and battery Thursday....
Tommy Craggs Is A Crazy Cat Person
Craggs does this voice when he talks to his cat, or any small animal, that makes him sound like Cartman....
Tommy Craggs Is The Michael Jordan Of Disagreeable Sonsofbitches
This block is one of Tommy’s favorite plays in sports. Wizards-era Michael Jordan, doddering around the top of the key like Marv Albert in heels, gets his shit blocked, turns, sizes up Ron Mercer taking the outlet down the right wing, starts pumping his old-ass knees and elbows hard enough to genera...
Bears DB Arrested For DUI While Speeding To Parent-Teacher Conference
Chicago Bears cornerback Tim Jennings was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence around noon on Wednesday. Pulled over for going 99 mph in a 65 mph zone, when asked to explain why he was going so fast, Jennings reportedly told the officer he was late for his kid's parent-teacher confer...
TK Is For Tommy Kraggs
You could tell Craggs thought he was the best writer at Deadspin because he never wrote, and when he did write, it was on the crappiest subject possible. Roll back through his scanty archive (by the time you get to page two, you're already in August): It's Peter King Quarterly, little pull-top cans ...