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It's the end of the game, and you never know what's gonna happen if you just release a buzzer-beater heave from all the way across the court. What could possibly go wrong?...
World Cup Preview: Group A
The World Cup is almost here! So that you aren't caught flat-footed, we're previewing each group, in no particular order, to explain why your team has no chance to win (you'll thank us later). Today: Group A! If you have any thoughts on a particular group, send them to [email protected]. Operators...
Blogdome: Starbury's Ashes
• So, wait: Does this mean fans can just kill Stephon Marbury, or not? [The Sports Pulse] • Hasselbeck kicks Hasselhoff's ass any day of the week and twice on Saturday. [12 Seahawks Street] • They test for drugs in snooker? What is snooker again? [Armchair GM] • Seriously, what's Joe Theismann's pro...
Steve Nash's Monstrous Chest Hair. See It. Love It.
A site we'd never heard of — but was probably inevitable — called Drunk Athletes has typically just posted the warmed-over Ben Roethlisberger, Matt Leinart, Dirk Nowitzki drunk pictures we've all seen countless times. Must give them credit today, though, because they dredged one up that was new to u...
Scott Sauerbeck Apologizes To His "Fans"
So, for those who might have missed it yesterday, Cleveland Indians relief pitcher Scott Sauerbeck was arrested with a female companion after weaving drunkenly through traffic and then hiding in some bushes behind a house. (That's his mugshot, there.) No explanation had been given for the sudden d...
Another Nasty, Evil Fan Speaks
Remember that story from the other day, when Cubs outfielder Jacque Jones was heckled by some Wrigley Field fans and were promptly berated by Jones' mother?...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. MLB with Rob Neyer: Statistics, you can prove who has the best on base percentage among left-handed hitters in the National League since 1912, but can you fix a broken heart? • Noon. NFL with Gary Horton: Does Merlin Olsen know...
The King Is Dead, Long Live The King
Zack Hample has insulted us once too often. You remember Hample, the Dead End Kid who claims to have collected more than 2,000 baseballs at major league parks. In a recent post over at his blog, The Baseball Collector, Hample mocks Deadspin in a most egregious and insulting manner concerning Barry...
NASCAR Shocks!
A reader sends us this picture, which he took of NASCAR veteran Rusty Wallace at The Sanctuary, a golf resort in Charleston, S.C. He didn't think much about it until he got home and noticed Wallace's shirt....
Suns Even It Up, Back To Dallas
It is good to see that the Phoenix Suns, in a moment of success and elation, are able to wordless express their emotion through its physical manifestation without fear of potential retribution or societal shame. It's a good thing....
The Closer: The Curse Of Junipero Serra
Notes from a day in baseball:...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while watching Jesus rise again ... • NBA Playoffs: May we all just pause a moment to quietly admire the concept of 10-for-13 shooting? Ah, thanks, Leandro Barbosa. Suns even series with Mavs 2-2. • MLB: Giambi's homer in the 11th leads Yankees to 11-6 win over Tigers, as we get thro...
Clemens Decides To Stay In Houston, Yep
Credit Newsday's Ken Davidoff with the big scoop: Roger Clemens is signing with the Houston Astros....
In Support Of More Lego Violence
Inspired by this well-done ranking of the best five baseball fights — we agree that Nolan Ryan pounding Robin Ventura is No. 1, but Izzy Alcantara catcher-face-kick/take-on-all-comers minor league battle is one of the more underrated sports events of our lifetime — we are proud to showcase The Bat...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you realize that some people's faces were not made for high-definition TV (we're talking about you, Pete Postlethwaite) ... • MLB: Chicago White Sox at Cleveland. How sweet is it to be Jim Thome right about now? [ESPN] • NBA Playoffs: Conference finals, Game 4, Dallas at Phoenix. If...
Great Moments In Academic History
Outstanding yeoman's work from The Seattle Times' Bud Withers, who, apropos of nothing, decided to chronicle various college athlete amusing misdeeds from throughout the years. Our favorites include the tennis player hopping from car hood to car hood waving his racket around, the Cincinnati player...
Leftovers: Nothing To See Here!
• Scott Sauerbeck, running away from police with a young woman, hiding in the bushes. Hey, what are you trying to imply, buddy? Perfectly innocent! [Newsnet5] • We have a feeling we know why Joe Theismann is so fired up about Ricky Williams. [ESPN] • Your semifinals bonus? Getting to have sex with y...
Jalopnik's Last Missive From Indy
For those of you who weren't around this weekend, our corporate (and spiritual!) friends at Jalopnik were at the Indianapolis 500 this weekend and did their best to cause all kinds of trouble. (They also informed us that Danica Patrick is "much hotter in person." Noted.)...
So, How Is That Horse Anyway?
For those of you who were wondering how everyone's favorite non-sentient being was going in his quest to survive long enough to have sex with any horse in sight, the Associated Press has a full report on jockey Edgar Prado visiting the horse in the hospital today....
Let's Go Buckeyes! Yeah!
As we continue to sift through the rubble of last Thursday — a day we are perfectly comfortable with commemorating with the "Deadspin Festivus" moniker, from now into eternity — we check in again on Carl Monday, who, as always, reminds us to ask, "Are our libraries a beacon of light ... or a cessp...