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Who Was Behind @TVSportsratings, The Anonymous Twitter Account Hated By Sports TV Executives?
Over the weekend, the anonymous gadfly behind @TVSportsratings—one of the more interesting sports-biz Twitter feeds around, unless you count @darrenrovell, which you shouldn't—nuked his own account after sending the following direct message to John Ourand of SportsBusiness Journal:...
Canadian Lacrosse Brawl Is Best Lacrosse Brawl
An emailer tells us we're looking at the Intermediate A teams (so, 16-to-18-year-olds) of the Coquitlam Adanacs and Nanaimo Timbermen fighting it out at a game on Saturday. We love it, and not just because it features so many punchable faces getting punched. Presumably lacrosse has penalties for l...
Orel Hershiser Changes His Mind About Auctioning Baseball From Scoreless Innings Streak
In an 18-year MLB career that included a Cy Young Award, a World Series MVP, and an LCS MVP in both leagues, Orel Hershiser accumulated a lot of stuff. But it's more than that: On his blog over at MLB.com, Keith Olbermann describes Hershiser as an avid sports memorabilia collector, and one with whom...
Vikings Owner Would Like To Thank The Fans, Who Will Pay For More Than Half Of His New Stadium
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: Zygi Wilf wants to kiss Vikings fans after he got a sweetheart deal....
MLB Fires Arbitrator Shyam Das, Days After A Second Player Successfully Uses The Ryan Braun Defense
Shyam Das is no longer the most powerful man in baseball. As the permanent, independent arbitrator on baseball's three-man panel that also includes reps from MLB and the players' union, Das has almost always been the swing vote in any matter reaching his desk. He's been in place since 1999, with the...
![Undrafted NFL Rookie Andrew Sweat Is Making A Mistake By Going To Law School [UPDATE]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/17mmm3dk37u4ijpg.jpg)
Undrafted NFL Rookie Andrew Sweat Is Making A Mistake By Going To Law School [UPDATE]
This is Andrew Sweat. He was a linebacker for Ohio State, and he recently signed as an undrafted rookie free agent with the Cleveland Browns. "Andrew Sweat" is the perfect name for an undrafted linebacker on a Midwestern team who makes lots of frenzied tackles, but Sweat has decided to forgo the NFL...
Carlos Tevez Happily Wields "R.I.P. Fergie" Sign At Man City's Parade
After a miracle at Etihad, two goals in stoppage time, gave City its first title since 1968, the team today celebrated with a parade. The trophy was carried through the streets of Manchester on an open-top bus, attended by delirious fans and at least one jubilant forward who does not forgive or forg...
Bernie Fine's Wife Is Making A "Major Announcement" On Wednesday In A Castle Outside Syracuse
Pictured is Belhurst Castle in Geneva, N.Y. Not a terribly inviting place. Nonetheless—or perhaps therefore—Laurie Fine, wife of accused molester (and former Syracuse assistant basketball coach) Bernie Fine, will speak there on Wednesday. Two of Fine's accusers, Zach Tomaselli and Floyd VanHooser, h...
This Umpire Might Have The Most Exaggerated Strike-Three Call Of All Time
All we know about this video is that it was recorded over the weekend at Campbell Field in Rock Island, Ill. Well, that and the umpire in it really wants you to know he called that pitch a strike....
Nightclub Bouncer Says University of Cincinnati Basketball Players Kicked The Shit Out Of Him
This much is certain, based on the Fox 19 report you can see for yourself here: Somebody gave Brian McLucas a giant shiner and bruised his left ear. But who? McLucas, a bouncer at a downtown Cincinnati nightclub, says several members of the UC basketball team assaulted him Saturday night after he co...
The Capitals Are A Team Without A Coach Or A Plan
Dale Hunter will not return as coach of the Washington Capitals, it was announced just two days after the Caps lost a Game 7 in the Eastern Conference semifinals. It's a shock to just about everyone but the Capitals. As GM George McPhee said, "It wasn't unexpected." ...
Noted Horndog Erik Kuselias Has Been Reassigned From His Golf Channel Show
Erik Kuselias, who horndogged his way through ESPN before landing at the Golf Channel (where he horndogged it up again), has been reassigned from his G.C. perch. (After the horndoggery, Kuselias proposed to Golf Channel queen Holly Sonders. They're engaged now.) Kuselias will head elsewhere in the N...
Yet Another Mike Leach Book Inscription: "Craig James Is A Douche"
So now we have a reference to Craig James maybe having killed five hookers while at SMU, an explicit endorsement for anyone other than Craig James in Texas's U.S. Senate race, and now this, sent to us by a reader named Tyler. Mike Leach might have been better off writing a book filled with nothing b...
Sportswriter Frank Deford Is Taking Your Questions In The Comments Now
Frank Deford, of SI, Real Sports, NPR, The National, and many bestsellers, is in the comments now. He's written a new book called Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter. It's funny and folksy and evocative of a different era in sportswriting. Read our excerpt for a taste, then buy the damn book....
![Cops Looking Into "White Powder" Found At ESPN Headquarters [UPDATE]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/17mlzg20bvsvmjpg.jpg)
Cops Looking Into "White Powder" Found At ESPN Headquarters [UPDATE]
The substance was found in the mail room in three packages at the Worldwide Leader's campus in Bristol, according to NBC Connecticut, which added:...
Jered Weaver Sings Along To "Hit The Road Jack" After Being Pulled From Game
Jered Weaver is having an excellent season. Only two starts removed from his no-hitter, he had allowed no earned runs in four of his first seven starts this spring. But then came Sunday night and the Texas Rangers and their heavy machinery. Weaver managed to strike out Josh Hamilton twice, but he al...
David Stern Doesn't Really Give A Shit About Flopping
The short answer is, there's no short answer to flopping. It's nearly impossible to legislate intent, except in the most egregious of cases. Soccer has long failed to address even the glaring dives, and the NHL's embellishment penalties are often more controversial than the plays that don't get whis...
Fergie's Got A Feeling Tonight's Gonna Be A Bad Night
Here's a helpless Man United manager Sir Alex Ferguson receiving the news of Man City's miracle to rip the Premiership title from his hands yesterday, something we'll cover in much more detail later as befitting the insanity that was the final day of action in England's top division....
Deadspin Up All Night: Take Care
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Enjoy the games tonight and we'll see you next week....
Here's The Joey Barton Meltdown From Today's Stunning Manchester City Comeback
Before we got to the dramatic finish, QPR's Joey Barton provided some initial fireworks after getting sent off for an "off-the-ball incident involving Carlos Tevez."...