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After Blown Save Jonathan Papelbon Promises $5K For A Walk-Off Homerun, Jim Thome Cashes In
Jim Thome hit his 13th game-winning home run yesterday, good enough for a weird Major League record only the folks at Elias think about. It was also good enough for $5,000, according to Jonathan Papelbon. Paps came in to a 6-4 Phillies lead over the Tampa Bay Rays in the ninth inning and promptly g...
Kids Coach Little League Team To Championship
We live in a cynical world that sucks a lot most of the time. Then you read a story like this and it's like getting a shot of adrenaline. A little league team out in California, opting for the name San Clemente American No. 2 rather than the usual "San Clemente Royals" or something, just won its To...
Prediction? <i>Pain</i>: The Week In Unintentional Dong Submissions
Let's start the day of on the right foot with some unintentional dongs. Our first dong is courtesy of reader Matt and his girlfriend who decided to put on some sadomasochistic show for us with the help of some cactus dong and suggestive scene blocking. A friendly reminder: please send in any would-...
Deadspin Up All Night: On A Good Mixture
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![Knicks Fan Tells Amar'e Stoudemire To Step Up His Game Next Year, Amar'e Calls Him A "Fag" [UPDATE]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/17qre74onn7a1jpg.jpg)
Knicks Fan Tells Amar'e Stoudemire To Step Up His Game Next Year, Amar'e Calls Him A "Fag" [UPDATE]
Not very kosher, Amar'e. Now, granted, this dude totally trolled Stoudemire with a nonsensical taunt basically out of left field ("you better come back a lot stronger and quicker to make up for this past season mannnnnn deadasss!!!"), but still. At this point Amar'e has surely heard worse—I mean, I...
Sandusky Attorneys Wanted Off The Case On The Eve Of Trial
In the media whirlwind following the verdict, lawyerin' Joe Amendola said many things. Some were characteristically head-scratching, while others were relevant to the facts and preparation of the case....
A Surprisingly Compelling Story About Bowling
I know, I know. Bowling? But seriously, the story of Bill Fong has it all: ups, downs, more downs, family ambivalence, redemption and a near brush with glory....
Juror Says Sandusky Was Emotionless As He Heard The Verdict Because "He Knew It Was True"
Well that didn't take very long—one of the jurors from the Sandusky trial has shed some light on the deliberation process. Among other things, Joshua Harper told TODAY that he and the other jurors felt that Sandusky's lack of emotion when reacting to the verdict was "confirmation" that they had mad...
DeMaurice Smith Wants The NFL To Re-Open The Saints Bounty Investigation
In a wonderful bit of passive aggressive sniping, DeMaurice Smith told Pro Football Talk Live he thinks the Saints bounty "investigators let the commissioner down." Smith is not necessarily saying Goodell is a terrible person, just that he made a terrible decision based on faulty evidence. Like Dre...
Your Saturday Open Thread Smorgasbord
The main event is Spain-France getting under way shortly. Baseball is on all afternoon as well, so stop on by and talk to each other about it, why don't you?...
Former NFL Lineman Ralph Wenzel Dies From "Complications Of Dementia"
Ralph Wenzel played guard for the Pittsburgh Steelers and San Diego Chargers over the course of seven NFL seasons from 1966 to 1973. At the age of 52, some twenty years after his career ended, he began experiencing "significant memory lapses and other cognitive problems." It was the opinion of his ...
Musical Donations For The World's Poor: Oklahoma City Thunder Edition
Usually when a team loses a championship game, the joke is that all those "Buffalo Bills Super Bowl Champions!" shirts get donated to some poor country since they are essentially worthless, but still technically clothing. That's becoming a bit clichéd if you ask me. Recently, we've seen our fair s...
Torii Hunter Interviews An Astronaut In Space, Asks How He Poops
Yesterday Torii Hunter spent about 15 minutes interviewing astronaut Joe Acaba while he was in the middle of a four-month-long mission in the International Space Station. It was actually a funny, goofy little segment between the two. Hunter asked if he could see Mark Trumbo's home runs from space, ...
Chipper Jones, Your Ass Makes Women Go Crazy
A little moment of levity to break up all the dark vibes floating around would be nice, yes? Well, you can thank this woman sitting in the front row at Shithole Fenway Park watching Chipper take some hacks in the on-deck circle. Chipper is in the middle of his goodbye tour and it appears one fan w...
Meet Karl Rominger, Sandusky's <i>Other</i> Weirdo Attorney
By now, we are all familiar with the face of Jerry Sandusky's legal dream team. But Lawyerin' Joe is not the only whack job billing Jerry by the tenths of an hour. Meet Karl Rominger, trivia and scrapple nut....
What Is That Weird Feeling You Have About The Paterno Family Statement On The Sandusky Verdict?
Oh, that's right, it's that it is warmed-over, stinking bullshit. Here it is, in full, in case you missed it, released seemingly minutes after the verdict was announced....
Lawyerin' Joe Amendola Appears On Anderson Cooper, Asks If "Somebody Cute" Will Be Interviewing Him
Minutes after a jury found his client Jerry Sandusky guilty of 45 child molestation charges, attorney Joe Amendola dropped by CNN to have a chat with Anderson Cooper and appeared to be in the best of spirits....
![The Verdict Is In: Jerry Sandusky Found Guilty On All But Three Counts [UPDATE]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/17qm6y9ihd0afjpg.jpg)
The Verdict Is In: Jerry Sandusky Found Guilty On All But Three Counts [UPDATE]
The New York Times is reporting that Jerry Sandusky has been found guilty on 45 of the 48 counts against him, a sweeping verdict that ought to keep him in prison for life. ...
Deadspin Up All Night: Clouds Of Mystery Pourin'
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Get primed on Kinja, if you'd like. We'll say more on Monday. Sean and the Burkester will make your weekend nice and smooth....
Jerry Sandusky's Attorney Keeps Right On Lawyerin', Possibly Violates Gag Order
It's been about 30 hours since the Jerry Sandusky case went to the jury. Because a decision can always come at any moment, lengthy deliberations are often a colossal bore for those involved. And now all that idle time waiting around may have gotten the best of Lawyerin' Joe Amendola, Jerry Sandusky'...