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Hey, He Wouldn't Have Complained About Playing Left
Yesterday, vice president Dick Cheney came out from his underground lair and threw out the first pitch at the Washington Nationals's home opener. As the video above shows, he was booed rather lustily. This could be because the crowd was mostly Democratic, or because Cheney's just not very popular, o...
The Closer: Sunny Days In The Queen City
Notes from a day of baseball: • 1. Clerical Mixup Has Reds In First. Hmmm, wasn't Cincinnati scheduled to suck this season? We know it's early, and there's a three-way tie up there, but the Reds are in first place in the NL Central, bringing back memories of those great teams in the '70s featurin...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while trying to guess the plot of The Simpsons movie ... • NHL: Red Wings beat Oilers 2-0 to clinch home-ice advantage, as Detroit is all of a sudden king of the professional sports world. • MLB: Mets beat Nationals 7-1 in boring, no-beanball affair. • Soccer: Donovan, Meola have rec...
"You're With Me, Leather"
Sorry, folks, but we still can't quite get over the psychological ramifications of the Chris Berman story we ran earlier today. Our brains are fried, and we don't believe in an afterlife anymore. We also agree with one of our commenters; the first ESPN anchor to use the phrase "You're with me, lea...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as your home is lifted by cranes and moved to a better neighborhood ... • NHL: Pittsburgh at Philadelphia. Flightless Sea Fowl in peril due to global warming, 31 percent winning percentage. [OLN] • MLB: Seattle at Cleveland. We're sorry, but that grinning Indians logo could not be more...
Brett Favre Is An Even Better Man Than You Think
Sure, sure, we're all getting a little tired of Brett Favre's retirement talk. But The Hater Nation brings up a legitimate point: What if Favre is going to retire for the most selfless of reasons?...
Leftovers: More Money In Chicago And Boston
• Extensions, extensions, extensions, for a couple of very big baseball players. [BartCop] • Is LenDale White tanking his workouts on purpose? [Dave's Football Blog] • Big national trivia tournament — original home of Ken Jennings, "Jeopardy" Mormon at large — finishes its big tournament. [NAQT] • "...
ESPN Mobile Closeout! Everything Must Go!
You knew it was coming eventually, though, to be fair, we thought it might take a little longer: ESPN Mobile has lowered the price of its Sanyo handset to $99. Originally, it was almost $500....
Who's Roiding? Let The People Decide
After reading both Chuck Klosterman's excellent ESPN: The Magazine cover story on Barry Bonds and steroids and John Heilemann's less-excellent but still compelling essay in New York Magazine, we are officially over-intellectualized when it comes to steroids. There are all kinds of points to be mad...
The Porn Stars Of Tempe
Inspired by a post at Every Day Should Be Saturday comparing the Texas Longhorns logo to female reproductive organs, the fine folks at The M Zone have come up with other college sports logos that have more than passing resemblances to various pop cultural icons....
Four Tiny Tidbits On: Mexico
The World Cup is ominously close! So that you aren't caught offsides (they have that in soccer, right?), we're previewing all the participants, bringing you Four Things You Don't Know About Them. If you have a tidbit on your favorite team, or even a team you hate, send it along to [email protected]...
Blogdome: Is MLB.com Ripping You Off?
• We're not the only ones have trouble with MLB.com billing. [Consumerist] • Famed Alabama booster dies, may have been "attacked." [Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer] • David Beckham could end up in the United States, which we suppose makes sense. [Million Pieces] • What beats a NASCAR cat fight? Not much...
Quite Frankly With Scott Van Pelt
We never quite know what to do with Scott Van Pelt. He seems like an intelligent enough guy and is smart-alecky without being overly, soul-crushingly obnoxious about it. But, man, those catchphrases. The guy is positively Berman-esque, minus the "You're with me, leather." We'll admit to cringing w...
How Not To Run An Office
As you know, we bend over backwards around here to avoid politics at pretty much any cost. We go under the assumption that people come to Deadspin — and any sports site, really — to avoid the worries of the world, and the inevitable screaming matches that result from discussions of such. Sports ar...
Beetlejuice Sounds Off On The Pirates
You thought Mark Cuban was the only celebrity Pittsburgh Pirates fan? Don't forget about Michael Keaton, famous for Batman, Mr. Mom and, of course, Jack Frost. Keaton threw out the first pitch at the Pirates' opening day yesterday, and, with the Pirates already stinking it up, cut loose on Pirates...
He ... Could ... Go ... All ... The ... Way!
OK, we haven't officially done athlete run-ins for a while now, but this is too great. Besides, it doesn't technically involve an athlete. We just heard this story yesterday and will not let another hour go by without sharing, because it must be out there, in its glory, hidden no longer. This was to...
The Portrait Of Jamie Moyer
We're hardly big boosters of team public relations people in general, but we will say that we have enjoyed the promotional spots produced by the Seattle Mariners to re-energize fans on the flagging team. Highlights include various people doing Ichiro's bat-point thing out in their every day life, pl...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. MLB with Joe Morgan: Tell us again about how Barry Bonds is getting a bum rap, Pete Rose should be in the Hall of Fame, and the moon is really just an optical illusion. • Noon. MLB with Rob Neyer: Since your last book just took...
The Closer: Fear The Awesome Hitting Might Of Mark Mulder
Notes from a day of baseball. • 1. Mulder Gets A Little Raucous During Housewarming Party. When they said that the new Busch Stadium would be a pitcher's ballpark, we didn't know they meant it this way. Cardinals starter Mark Mulder clubbed his first career home run on Monday, right over the new H...
Duke DNA Bomb Drops
The news broke early yesterday evening; There was no DNA match of any of the Duke lacrosse players with evidence collected from the accuser in the rape case. As one would expect, the lawyers for the players are claiming vindication, while the district attorney emphasized that the investigation is ...