i Page 6251 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
The Tony Pena Story
Here's Joe Posnanski's Tony Pena story. It originally ran in the Kansas City Star back in 2003. Joe reprinted it on his blog in 2010:...
American Hero
If you're in New York anytime over the next six months do yourself a favor and head over to the Museum of Modern Art and see the Walker Evans show....
Astros’ Season Peaks With Brandon Barnes’ Gift Cycle
Astros center fielder Brandon Barnes hit for the cycle on Friday night, and went 5-for-5 against the Mariners to boot. This was probably the best moment of a dismal Astros season. And it maybe needed a blown call to happen....
Here's Jim Carrey On A School Bus With A High School Baseball Team
So last Tuesday, Iowa's Pella High School baseball team played their final game of the regular season against Fairfield. They got smoked, 7-1. After their loss, they stopped at a Fairfield Burger King for ice cream. This is where our story begins....
Let's Count How Many Ways This Car Dealer Commercial Is Racist
Hint: that "Tonto" means "stupid" in Spanish plays a part. Why, yes, this car dealership is in Texas....
Nate Silver Leaving <em>New York Times</em> For ESPN, Keith Olbermann's Show
New York Times media writer Brian Stelter has broken a big bit of news on this Friday night: Nate Silver, sabermetrician and electoral seer, is leaving the Times and heading to ESPN. He's taking FiveThirtyEight with him, too. And yet that's not the juiciest bit....
Deadspin Up All Night: The Race Is Yet To Come
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Our weekend gang is on deck. Stop on by. Enjoy yourselves. Baseball's back!...
Zach Lowe on how Tennessee's "jock tax" affected Chris Johnson, who signed two 10-day contracts last season with the Grizzlies: "Johnson earned about $54,000 from those two 10-day deals (eight games played) and had to start his tax prep with a fat $7,500 check to the ownership group that waived him....
Vat The Hell Is This? It's Garbage, That's What It Is
And while we're talkin' Mel Brooks, you must for to watch this:...
![8-Year-Old Dies After Being Struck By Baseball [UPDATE]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/18uduowrqveoojpg.jpg)
8-Year-Old Dies After Being Struck By Baseball [UPDATE]
Dylan Williams was at practice for his Little League youth all-star team on Tuesday night when he was hit in the neck with a baseball. He fell to the ground and never got up....
Dead Letters: “Wtf Really Drew Ur Fucked Up”
Subject: Wtf really drew ur fucked up an I cnt go on with u tweaking ‘ eithier we both quit or I do I can’t waist all my time worring aboutyou look where that’s got us so far’ I love u k I just don’t like u creeping around’nget it together’ I need a cigarette bad can u roll us one where are u at dam...
Dwyane Wade's Ex-Wife Is Having A Meltdown In Downtown Chicago
A tipster just sent along the picture you see above. That's Dwyane Wade's ex-wife, Siohvaughn Funches, in the middle of what appears to be some kind of meltdown. Our tipster tells us that he briefly overheard Funches ranting about "$90 million contracts" and "houses on the water." Earlier this month...
Here Are The Celebrity Aliases The Cleveland Indians Use On The Road
The Cleveland Indians are on the road playing the Twins this weekend, and this looks like their room assignments for the W Minneapolis Hotel....
FIU Football Coach: Sorry Our Players Were Stripping On A Family Beach
Presented without comment, and transcribed for your viewing ease: ...
Measuring The Ridiculous Physics Of Disney's <em>Hercules</em>
Two years ago, our friends at the Harvard Sports Analysis Collective applied their usual rigorous statistical scrutiny to a series of basketball movies. We pick up the idea again with this analysis of Hercules, by Anthony Zonfrelli and Dmitri Ilushin....
PSG Is Threatening To Buy Lionel Messi. Wait. That Can't Happen, Right?
Soccer's the best. One of the reasons it's the best is that there are lots of leagues all over the world with lots of teams within them, and they all come together twice a year during the transfer windows to form one huge clusterfuck. Some of the richest clubs are owned by actual princes and/or oil ...