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Texas Tech Bell-Ringer Is, Uh, Very Vigorous
Texas Tech has a tradition of ringing bells during football games. When seen through the angle of a TV camera, though, it can appear that the bell-ringer is ringing, uh, something else....
Sarcastic Oregon Player On SEC: "They're Super Big And Scary"
Does this count as bulletin board material?...
Deadspin Up All Night: Got The Timing Down
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Football and baseball tonight. Go crazy....
Ron Morris Again Allowed To Cover Steve Spurrier And South Carolina
A day after Jim Romenesko reported that Steve Spurrier had bullied The State into banning Ron Morris, a columnist often critical of Spurrier and the Gamecocks program, from writing about South Carolina football, the newspaper has backed off its stance....
Giants Player Accused Of Faking Injury Placed On Season-Ending IR
The Giants are really taking this ruse to slow down the Cowboys offense seriously....
Was The Tigers' Singing Hot Dog Vendor Fired For Being Anti-Ketchup?
Last week, the Tigers' concession company fired Charley Marcuse, Comerica Park's locally renowned singing hot dog vendor. It's apparently the worst thing to happen to Detroit sports since the Pistons last played. And the Detroit News is determined to get to the bottom of it....
Boxer's Dad Vows To Cut His Own Head Off If His Son Loses
This Saturday's junior welterweight title fight between undefeated champion Danny Garcia and top contender Lucas Matthysse is a big enough bout to headline a pay-per-view card on its own, but it's of course been overshadowed by the headliner, Floyd Mayweather vs. Canelo Alvarez. Apparently Garcia's ...
Did <em>Anyone</em> Get Into The NASCAR Chase Fair And Square?
Just as NASCAR was cleaning up its mess, booting Martin Truex Jr. from the Chase for the Sprint Cup after his teammates conspired to bone Ryan Newman, comes more controversy! Was there more collusion afoot at Richmond? Did Jeff Gordon get screwed? Is NASCAR infinitely more fun with these shenanigans...
Hey New Yorkers! Looking for something to do tonight? You should head on over to this week's Varsity Letters reading, presented by Gelf Magazine. Esteemed sportswriters Marc Tracy, Howard Megdal, and Robert Podhurst will read from their work about Jewish athletes. It's the perfect way to kick off Yo...
Here's Some More Bullshit In <em>SI</em>'s Big Oklahoma State Exposé
Dr. Duane Gill, the head of Oklahoma State's sociology department, says no one from Sports Illustrated contacted him or anyone in his department about claims made by former safety Fath' Carter in the magazine's fisking of the Cowboys' football program. If they had, they'd have found that one of thei...
What Does It Take To Get Kicked Out Of The U.S. Open?
Let this middle-aged lady show you how it's done....
Has Any Coach Ever Done Less With More Than Lane Kiffin?
Watch enough football for long enough, and eventually you'll see everything. I believe this: In this calendar year alone we've seen a one-point safety, a Heisman finalist cop to having an imaginary girlfriend, and a 300-pound left tackle score on a hook-and-lateral, among other improbable feats. And...
Photoshop Contest: Rocket Frog
Rocket Frog will be, without a doubt, the enduring image of this century. It is a perfect work of art, and it will never be topped. As such, we are sure that there are plenty of other pictures and situations out there that could be improved by the presence of Rocket Frog, and you are going to do the...
Is The NFL Blacklisting Kerry Rhodes?
Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Email Drew here....
A Defensive End Is Michigan State's Best Offense
Each week, Football Outsiders recognizes the most outstanding college linemen, defenders and other darkhorses from the previous weekend who are habitually overlooked in the hype for that other award (whatever it's called). These are the Lowsmen....
All The Quoted Players Who Are Backing Away From <em>SI's</em> OK State Story
Sports Illustrated is now more than halfway through its big dumb investigation into the Oklahoma State football program. Since the magazine began rolling out its five-part series, many of the former OK State players who were quoted by co-writer Thayer Evans have claimed that they were misquoted in t...
The Texans Got Old Man Ed Reed A Walker For His Birthday
Ed Reed turned 35 yesterday. His new teammates in Houston recognized the occasion by presenting him with a Hall of Fame jacket cake, but free safety Danieal Manning also gave Reed this platinum walker as a gag. Reed has yet to play this season because of a hip injury. No word on whether the Texans b...
Is Everything You Know About Soccer Wrong? Ask David Sally
We're joined now by David Sally, co-author with Chris Anderson of The Numbers Game: Why Everything You Know About Soccer Is Wrong. It's an argument for the power of analytics in soccer that's full of surprising conclusions about issues like the value of a goal scored relative to that of one saved, w...
College Team Limits Media Access. Paper Says <em>OK, We Won't Cover You.</em>
This is the exact reverse of the Steve Spurrier/The State kerfluffle that saw the newspaper bowing to the coach's wishes and taking a critical reporter off the beat. But where in the world does a local newspaper have more power than the football team? The SWAC, obviously....
Body And Soul: The Blueprint For Raging Bull
The great John Garfield in Body and Soul (directed by Robert Rossen). ...