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About Last Night ...
What you missed while Sponging your Bob ... • When Beavers Attack: Oregon State wins first-ever College World Series title. And the crowd goes wild (yay!). • Foul Mood: We'd like to get worked up over the penalty call, but it's soccer, and we have kind of have no idea. Sorry. Italy beats Australia 1...
The Manly, Manly Sports Reporters
So we've been noticing something goofy going on with the coverage of the Ozzie Guillen-Jay Mariotti story; on the whole, the sturm und drang seems to be directed away from Guillen, who, after all, is Ozzie Guillen, a guy whose rantings whom we all kind of accept like the drunk uncle at Thanksgivin...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as the roller coaster ride hits the apex, and things begin going downhill ... • College World Series: Game 3, North Carolina vs. Oregon State, at Omaha. This is for everything ... all the marbles. The dreams of many young men ride ... you've swtiched the station already, haven't you? [...
Ben Roethlisberger, Elephant Man
Earlier today, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger made his first public appearance — kind of — since his motorcycle accident, showing up at Pittsburgh Steelers headquarters....
Leftovers: The Math Of Penalty Kicks
• Inside the game theory (and randomness) of penalty kicks. [Slate] • "The Apprentice" is doing halftime shows at MLS games. Whom does this debase more: "The Apprentice," or MLS? [Reality Blurred] • NBA good guy: Andrei Kirilenko, who gives back to the community and gives one free pass a year from h...
Live Blog: Switzerland Vs. Ukraine
It's funny: We go out there and look for wacky or suggestive fan photos for each nation involved in a World Cup live blog around here, and this is the third Switzerland game already. And you know what? We haven't been able to find a single picture of a Switzerland fan that didn't make him/her look l...
Dan Fouts, Unplugged!
In honor of Bill Simmons' and ESPN's discovery of YouTube today — and our cameo appearance — we thought we'd dig up a fun old YouTube of Verne Lundquist and Dan Fouts, on CBS, killing some time before the start of a Cowboys game. We love the facial expressions Fouts makes into the camera here. We th...
One Week Until RFK Field Trip
We are just one week away from our big Deadspin Field Trip to RFK Stadium, the opportunity for all Deadspin folks to gather, get drunk and scream Reggie Abercrombie's name. Obviously, since this is RFK, and this is the Marlins-Nationals game, tickets are still available....
Blogdome: Was Rocker Right?
• John Rocker spoke a greater truth about Bud Selig than people realize. [Double Play Depth] • Saying goodbye to the ESPN analytical genius that was Tino Martinez. [On The Poop Farm] • How the Pirates actually got this bad. [Mondesi's House] • What life is like as a bullpen catcher. [The Phat Phree]...
Michael Strahan's Real "Alternative Lifestyle"
Last week's silly Michael Strahan could be gay rumor — started by an estranged wife in the midst of divorce proceedings — has been pretty much discredited by everyone, including the woman who made the allegation. But if you weren't convinced enough, a reader sends in a story of seeing Strahan and ...
Why Your National Radio Host Sucks: J.T. The Brick
Make no mistake, we have a certain admiration for John Tournour (you may know him as radio host and columnist J.T. the Brick). He built one of the top syndicated sports talk radio shows out of virtually nothing; starting, in fact, as a caller to the Jim Rome Show, winning an on-air contest and movin...
We'd Like To Have An Argument, Please
The scores are in, and Asheville Tourists manager Joe Mikulik gets an overall 9.6 from the judges for his zany tirade during his team's Class A game on Sunday night in Lexington, Ky. This one had it all, including not only on-field antics, but quotes afterward, and the piling of two water coolers ...
Teddy Dupay, Keeping Himself Busy
Remember Teddy Dupay? The scrappy, easily hateable Florida guard who left for the NBA early because of a gambling probe and ultimately went undrafted? He bounced around some overseas leagues and then pretty much left basketball for good at the age of 25....
Live Blog: Italy Vs. Australia
As we continue along the Round of 16 — these games really are quite more exciting when they loser goes home — we start off your weekday live blogging with a team representing a country that was founded by the exiled convicts of another country ... and, much worse, a team that tied the United State...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. ESPYs with Buzzmaster: Any way we could get Ozzie Guillen to host this? • 1 p.m. Knicks protester Mr. Orange: There is no Mr. Orange. You're Mr. Brown, because I say you're Mr. Brown. End of story. Be happy you're not Mr. Yello...
Jay Mariotti's Desires Slowly Revealing Themselves
Sometimes, it's instructive to look at why some stories go away within minutes of coming out — Peter Gammons' accidental plagarism — and some stories linger indefinitely, like that sticky film that just won't rinse away....
The Closer: More Fun In The Windy City
Notes from a day in baseball:...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while spray painting your cat to look like a skunk ... • NASCAR: This Jeff Gordon fellow; he drive very fast, no? • College World Series: We're not that familiar with the term "decisive Game 3," around here, but evidently Oregon State has forced that by beating North Carolina, 11-7. ...
Jay Glazer Is Doing Just Fine
Jay Glazer, reporter for Fox NFL Sunday and the host "Pride Fighting Championships," is getting married tonight. Wedding announcements aren't usually Deadspin's thing, but the news here isn't that Glazer's getting married, it's that he's marrying so far out of his league....
To Watch Tonight...
• NCAA World Series, Game 2: . Oregon State @ North Carolina. Let's all get behind the Beavers tonight. 7:00, ESPN2. • MLB: Houston Astros @ Chicago White Sox. Eventually, the Astros are just going to stop showing for games against the White Sox. 8:00, ESPN. • Movie: Braveheart. It would seem a litt...