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Ethan Albright, Finally Vindicated
Remember Ethan Albright? The Redskins long snapper who had the worst rating in all of Madden 2007 and was immortalized in The Phat Phree's famous mock letter to John Madden? Well, his rating won't be so low next year: He's going to the Pro Bowl....
Saying Goodbye To Mike Alstott
It might come as a surprise to some of you that Buccaneers "fullback" Mike Alstott has retired. The surprise, of course, is that he didn't retire years ago; we hadn't noticed him the last couple of years either....
Ideas For A More Enjoyable Super Bowl Week
Rarely do commenters on other sites even come close to the wit and wisdom of our own Deadspin Army of Darkness (sorry if that sounds like sucking up, but independent studies have proven this to be true). Occasionally, though, one catches my eye with a tape measure home run. Such was the case yesterd...
ESPN's Featured Comment Of The Day
ESPN scoured its message boards this morning to finds its cleverest, boldest, most enlightening comment, and chose this one above all others ......
Barbaro To Live On (Upside Down) In Central Park
We had made a vow that we would go at least a month without mentioning Barbaro. And then we learned that they're making an upside down statue of Barbaro to be placed in Central Park. And we realized that resistance was futile....
Five Reasons Why You Should Give A Damn About The NHL All-Star Game
The NHL Closer is written by Greg Wyshynski, of The FanHouse and The Fourth Period. He is also the author of Glow Pucks And 10-Cent Beer....
The Greatest College Basketball Chant - Ever
The College Basketball Closer is written by the gang at Storming The Floor....
Heat Keep On Slipping, Slipping, Slipping ...
The NBA Closer is written by our Canadian weekend maestro J.E. Skeets. When he's not busy scouring the box scores or hiding in suitcases, he can be heard on The Basketball Jones daily podcast....
Hey, Look, Dana Jacobson's Having Some Fun
So ... here's a fun picture. That's Dana Jacobson. Having fun. (Baseball Musings found the photo.)...
About Last Night
What you missed while driving to a seedy area of town to try and score some Hershey's mints ... • College basketball: Love will find a way. UCLA 80, Oregon 75. • NBA: 15 Strong ... I hope you aren't shocked by the news that the Heat lost again. San Antonio 90, Miami 89. • Tennis: A win so big you ca...
The Official Deadspin Super Bowl Party In Scottsdale
Monday afternoon, we'll be heading to Phoenix/Tempe/Glendale/whatever for our trip to Super Bowl XLII. We're going to be writing two columns a day, plus doing the site, all on West Coast time. So forgive the oncoming cavalcade of spelling mistakes. But the day the site will really suffer will be the...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as video surfaces of Richard Seymour doing his Zidane impression ... • College basketball: Duke at Virginia Tech (7 p.m., ET) [ESPN]; Seton Hall at Providence (7 p.m., ET); Michigan State at Northwestern (9 p.m., ET) [ESPN2]; UCLA at Oregon (10:30 p.m., ET) [FSN]. Is there any team or ...
That Six Flags Venture Hasn't Worked Out Too Well For Danny Snyder And Mark Shapiro
When Redskins owner Daniel Snyder bought the Six Flags franchise back in 2005, he said he trusted former ESPN executive vice president of programming Mark Shapiro to help turn the amusement park franchise into the next Disneyland. It, uh, hasn't quite worked out that way....
They Sure Do Follow Orders In Toronto
The National Post points out — starting at around the 4:45 mark of this video — that team president Richard Peddie is mouthing the exact words being said by new interim GM Cliff Fletcher while he says them. That's how you make sure you don't stray from the company line; that interim tag won't exist ...
What's The Best Way To Get Rid Of A Tattoo? Oh, Yeah: OPEN FLAME.
As first pointed out by Bloody Elbow — which is an awesome name for a blog, even if it is about ultimate fighting — and brought to our attention today by FanIQ, this is Melvin Costa, an MMA fighter who is also a white supremacist. (That's a Nazi tattoo on his chest. Really.) That is only slightly of...
We Proudly Present "A Clockwork Leather"
You may remember back in June, when we underwent our watch-ESPN-for-24-hours experiment for the book. Well, now that the book is out, the mad geniuses at Zubaz Pants have put together a visual interpretation of that chapter of the book....
Tony Romo Thinks He Can Do Better
Good news, fellows ... Jessica Simpson may soon be available. So for Heaven's sake start wearing collared shirts! (Preferably popped.) Word is that Tony Romo would like to dump her ... only she's not going easily. Hmm. Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction comes to mind here for some reason....