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Matt Leinart Has Himself Some Swimmers
This is Matt Leinart. He is a rookie quarterback for The Buzzsaw That Is Arizona Cardinals, though he is perhaps better known for his career at the University of Southern California, where he won a Heisman trophy and 1.5 national championships....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Richardson prays to the antler gods for another season of Deadwood ... • MLB: Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh. They have to play. It's the law. [WGN] • Tennis: U.S. Open, first round, at New York. Come watch the tournament that Al-Jazeera refuses to acknowledge. [USA] • Soccer: 2006 FIFA...
Deadspin HOF Nominee: Clinton Portis
Before he was co-opted by The NFL Network and Daniel Snyder's presumably slave-waged garmentmakers, Redskins running back Clinton Portis consistently provided us immeasurable entertainment pretty much every Thursday for two months....
Leftovers: Welcome Back, Nellie
• Hey, cool, Don Nelson is coming back to the NBA! [ESPN] • Congratulations, Chad Pennington! You "won" the Jets starting QB job. [The Sports Oasis] • OK, THIS is the best NFL tattoo guy. [Biggest Bear Fan] • Kornheiser? Take this advice. Please. [Kissing Susy Kolber] • Look who might be returning k...
NFL Season Preview: New York Jets
We are officially less than a month before the start of the NFL season, so it's probably time to start previewing the monster. The key to the NFL's success — other than fantasy football and gambling, of course — is the rabid nature of its fans. That is to say: You don't see a lot of people painting ...
Everybody Into The Pool!
We mentioned this last week, but it was late in the day and we think some of you might have missed it. Anyway, as we told you Friday afternoon, we've got ourselves one of them NFL Pick 'Em Pools on ESPN.com — ESPN.com is the official Web site of ESPN, the cable sports network — and we'd love for you...
Nebraska Is Looking At The World Through Fly's Eyes
If you've ever been around a light source in the middle of an expanded Midwestern landscape of soybeans and chubby cows, you know you've got to be wary of Them Bugs. Them Bugs will attack you in intense droves, and they will do so without warning. A bug zapper will help, but just a little: There's n...
TJ Simers Hates ESPN, Along With You And Everything Else
The list of regular newspaper columnists we like is small — Joe Posnanski, a couple other guys — but one person who's definitely on it is T.J. Simers of The Los Angeles Times. He's enough of a hilarious grump to make us keep coming back, and he always does everything in his power to piss off pretty ...
One Probably Should Have Done This A While Ago, We'd Think
If you are rubbing your eyes, not quite believing that this picture is actually what you think it is, do not doubt your lying eyes: This is indeed a shot of a guy fumigating the Minnesota Vikings locker room....
Controversy Rocks The Little League World Series
It seems we have proven once again that, when it comes to baseball, you should probably take what we say and expect the exact opposite. The team from Columbus, Ga. beat Kawaguchi City, Japan, 2-1, on Monday to claim the Little League World Series title, as America finally exacts revenge for the Wo...
Blogdome: A Look Back At Federline Night
• Hey, so how did Kevin Federline night go, anyway? [Central Valley Cowbell] • That Drew Rosenhaus commercial for Burger King scares us in every possible way. [The Sports Oasis] • Boy, it sure was a nice night for Carson Palmer. [Sporting News Blog] • A-Rod, like Cool Hand Luke, just gotta get his m...
Deadspin HOF Nominee: Super Trampoline Basketball
At the time, it almost seemed like a throwaway post, a way to end the day on a happy note. But Super Trampoline Basketball has proven surprisingly malleable and compulsively watchable, in almost Tourette's type way....
NFL Season Preview: Philadelphia Eagles
We are officially less than a month before the start of the NFL season, so it's probably time to start previewing the monster. The key to the NFL's success — other than fantasy football and gambling, of course — is the rabid nature of its fans. That is to say: You don't see a lot of people painting ...
Stableford: A Night Of Agassi
Dylan Stableford is the editor of media blog FishbowlNY and will write occasionally on the U.S. Open....
Do Not Draft Domanick Davis, People
Those of you who still haven't done their fantasy football drafts, you might want to pay attention, so you don't make the same mistake we've made, oh, twice already....
Chances Of Hearing The Words "Jeff George Interception" Again Just Improved Dramatically
It's a beautiful morning here at Deadspin world headquarters. The new Dylan album is twangling from our stereo, the trailer for Little Children is out and, yep .... Jeff George is back in the NFL!...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. The Buzzmaster! No ... seeing you just reminds me of Dan Shanoff leaving. Go away! (Sob). • Noon Baseball with Rob Neyer: How many times have AL left-handed batters struck out on a Tuesday this season, huh, smart guy? ... Oh. •...
Palmer Looks Strangely Fine And Normal
We're not sure what we were expecting out of Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer last night, but, all told, we would have been less surprised to see his leg fall off than what he actually did. Anytime we had seen Palmer talk, he appeared hesistant and nervous about stepping back on a field after his k...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while teaching your dog to drive. • NFL: Carson Palmer's bionic knee holds up just fine as Bengals devour Packers 48-17. • MLB: Hey, wouldn't it be funny if the Marlins ended up winning the World Series? Funny, right? Anyone? • Tennis: "I'm not dead yet!" Agassi wins in first round o...