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Today In The Premiership...
• Aston Villa 1-1 Tottenham. The day could've been so much worse for Juan Pablo Angel. Instead of missing the net on a penalty kick, three minutes later heading one into his goal, losing the game, and ending up in the trunk of a hooligan's car with his head wrapped in duct tape and his shoes on fi...
Live From Detroit...
The following words are from Ray Wert, associate editor with our homeboys Jalopnik. He likes Detroit, cars, and the Tigers... maybe even some combination of Eminem, Kid Rock, and Aretha Franklin. He was fortunate enough to be at the Tigers/A's game yesterday this photo gallery....
Hugh Johnson Project, Update 1
I should probably just go ahead and apologize to Pam Ward right now......
It May Not Affect What You Watch This Weekend, But Arnold Palmer Is Retiring
I could be wrong, but I believe this is going to be the first ever Deadspin post about Seniors - excuse me, Champions Tour - golf. And ideally, that post would come for some reason like an old man got his blood pressure medicine confused with his Levitra and played a round of golf with a four-hour...
Perhaps This Could Have Waited
I realize that we probably shouldn't expect a lot of dignity from the New York Post, but... well, this is a bit much. The above cartoon ran in the New York Post yesterday, and while I haven't seen a ton of outrage about it, the person who sent in the tip says that several radio guys were freaking ...
One Series Almost Over, One Just Getting Started
For a while last night, it seemed like there was a pretty good chance that the Tigers/A's series would actually be over before the Mets/Cardinals game. The Cardinals posted a manly three-run ninth inning to finally win a 3-hour and 58-minute game that did not go into extra innings....
For Your Saturday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
The Hugh Johnson Project rolls hard again this weekend. The AOL Instant Messenger name is "DeadspinFootball." And please don't forget to let me know how you want to be credited (your name, your site, a link, etc., even if you've done it before, because my memory isn't what it once was). And I hope...
About Last Night...
• MLB Playoffs: Tigers 3, A's 0. 3-0. Not just last night's game, but the series, too. • College Football: Pitt 52, Central Florida 7. Pitt was able to hang on to that 38-0 halftime lead behind the power of LaRod. • MLB Playoffs: Cardinals 9, Mets 6. Six to nine. TeeHee....
Week In Deadspin: What The Fungus??!!
• Jeez, lady, just hush already. • It was very sunny in Philadelphia last Sunday. • A tragedy in New York. • Soccer's Buckner. • Maybe the Vikings will spend their off week on a band bus. • Albert Pujols, enjoying the hometown product in a visually disturbing way. • So this is why Brett Favre won'...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after observing Jim Rockford run afoul of the local authorites once again ... • College football: Pittsburgh at Central Florida. We're not familiar with either of these teams this season ... but ESPN would never schedule it if they weren't good. Right? [ESPN] • MLB: American League Cha...
We'd Love To See Schilling And A-Rod In The Cockfighting Arena
While rooting around the world's strangest billionaire creation today, we came across this mock ad for a Red Sox-Yankees game on ESPN — apparently, its makers wanted it to be bought by a network somewhere, but had no luck — and we were immediately charmed. Frankly, all sports should be cockfighting....
Leftovers: Bad Day For Illinois Basketball
• Top recruit Eric Gordon breaks oral committment to Illini and heads to Indiana. Commence screaming. [Chicago Tribune] • Some guy simulated a tournament involving all Division I-A and I-AA football teams. His champion? Tennessee. [Bracketmaker] • Why blogs, specifically NBA blogs, are important. [D...
It's The Vikings' Bye Week!
Not sure if you noticed or not, but the Minnesota Vikings have a bye this week. And we all know what that means!...
Cultural Oddsmaker: The Gottfried Mask
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think....
We Love Hitmen: No Matter What You Do To Them, You Don't Feel Bad
The night's as hot as hell. It's a lousy room in a lousy part of a lousy town. We're staring at a goddess. She's telling us she wants us. We're not going to waste one more minute wondering how we've gotten this lucky. She smells like angels ought to smell, the perfect woman ... the Goddess. Goldie. ...
Five Tiny Tidbits On: The Atlanta Hawks
It's hard to believe, but the NBA season is just around the corner. So come with us now as we present five tiny tidbits on each team, just to get you in the mood. Today we begin the Southeast Division, so do us a favor and send your tips to [email protected]....
Blogdome: Out With The Pink Hats!
• Time to finally get ride of the pink Red Sox hats. [Keep Your Sox On] • An interview with perhaps the next ESPN Page 2 writer. [The Big Lead] • Why does Temple even have a football team? [Sports Montage] • Could the Yankees actually hurt agents? [I Want To Be A Sports Agent] • It's pretty likely J...
Behold The Glory That Is Gilbert
In case you had any doubt that Wizards superstar Gilbert Arenas is the most subtly weirdo human in sports right now, DC Sports Bog invites you to check out this month's Esquire interview with Agent Zero himself. The level of pure oddity is pretty much off the charts. Some highlights, culled from DC ...
Cory Lidle: Enough Already?
Some of you may be a bit weary of Cory Lidle coverage by now, and if that's the case, you are sympatico with Planet Haystack. The Maryland-based blog, as always, has a slightly different, definitely un-P.C. take on the entire affair. An excerpt:...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NFC East with Chuck Knox Jr.: Is it true that when you played Frisbee with your dad, you walked it back and forth to each other instead of throwing it? • 1:30 p.m. Duke's Josh McRoberts: Just looking at your point totals against ...