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NFL Roundup: Portis' Head
• Contrary to popular belief, Redskins running back Clinton Portis was not doing an impersonation of Yankees center fielder Bernie Williams chasing a fly ball while doing that cartwheel in the end zone yesterday. Good guess, though. • We're not saying that Cincinnati was getting a little too excit...
World Series Roundup: McCarver's Buckner Moment
We don't mean to shrink last night's Amazing Scott Podsednik Moment into a moment of media criticism, but you're all going to be talking about it this morning, so we might as well lead off with it. Right before — like, a split-second before — Podsednik homered off Astros closer Brad Lidge, Fox bro...
About Last Night
What you missed while trying to convince Mayor McCheese that, with the right backing, he could be the next governor ... • World Series, Game 2: The Posednik Adventure sinks Astros, puts White Sox ahead 2-0. • NASCAR: Jeff Gordon wins Subway 500, celebrates by holding up an enormous pair of pants. • ...
Week In Deadspin: Our Day With Stephen A.
• We went to visit the set of "Quite Frankly With Stephen A. Smith" and came back with a newfound respect for the guy. Naw, just kidding. He does dress nice though. • Joe Buck and Todd Zeile, sitting in a tree ... • Holy crap, did you see what Pujols just did? Wow, that's unbelievable! The Cards a...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as some of the greatest literature of all time sits languishing on the shelf ... • Boxing: Junior lightweights, Agnaldo Nunes vs. Isidro Granados. We hope this doesn't end like our last fight — with a broken pinkie and endless apologizing to waitresses at Hooters. [Showtime] • College ...
World Series Pants Party: White Sox vs. Astros
Well, someone's going to end a whole lot of frustration in the next week and a half, so even if the folks at FOX probably aren't that happy, the rest of us should have a grand time in the White Sox-Astros World Series. This is one of those great World Series where you can kind of sense that fans o...
Oddjack: Guaranteed Winners Or Your "Money" Back
If it's Friday, that means it's Football Up Your Ass! at Oddjack. Here's a look at Oddjack's best picks. GUARANTEED WINNERS* for the upcoming football weekend. • Vegas has gone insane, and so can you — the pick is the Dolphins minus-1 over the Chiefs. • It's Virginia vs. North Carolina , pick, and y...
A View From Inside The Vikings Sex Boat
From the great NFL Wives Club Yahoo Group comes this missive from a woman who was actually on the Vikings sex boat:...
Leftovers: $%&#!&! Edition
• Atlanta Thrashers coach in obscenity filled tirade, which is always fun. [The Walking Wizard] • Tommy Maddox's kids taunted on the school bus for dad's sucky play for Steelers. Now that's a tough football town. [Stepping Stones] • Senators-Panthers postponed due to high wind, flying cows. [Newsday...
Comment Invites Are Coming, Worry Not!
Brief note from the home office: If you haven't received your comment invites yet and are offended, don't worry, they're on their way. We just ran low. We make Oddjack swelter in tiny hallway by the boiler room, slaving over a hot stove to produce these invites for you, so he's grinding away on pr...
Great Weekend For Houston's Foot Fetishists
Nothing more classy than Texans, we tell you. As a show of solidarity with the Astros as they prepare for Game 1 of the World Series tomorrow evening, Houston mayor Bill White is encouraging all local residents to go sockless for Games 1 and 2, calling it a "No Socks Weekend."...
Ozzie Guillen Takes Center Stage
What'd we tell you? White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen has taken a hold of the spotlight and strangled it until it looked like the Smurfs at the end of that UNICEF commercial....
Announcement: Deadspin Comments Are Here. Behave!
Well, you can't yell at us about this anymore (or maybe now you can!): We at Deadspin proudly present Deadspin Comments, on all posts starting, like, now. Like the other sites in our sadistic Gawker family, all commenters require an invitation, lest the whole enterprise turn into an angry Minnesot...
Blogdom's Best: Seattle Seahawks
It might not — yet — have the online fanaticism and cachet as baseball, but the NFL and its fans are starting to catch up in the world of team-devoted blogs. To this end, Deadspin salutes these modem-addled souls and proudly presents Blogdom's Best, given to the most outstanding blog for each NFL ...
Blogdome: Saluting The Canadian
• Showing some love for the retired Larry Walker, potential Hall of Famer. [Camden Chat] • Eric Gregg — always nice to hear from him — has all the answers on instant replay. [Philadelphia Will Do] • Man, that Saints owner is such a dick. [The Mighty MJD] • A sad preview of the World Series from a Ca...
Next Thing You Know, They'll Ban Chaps
We have another victim of the NBA's dress code, a guy whose personal style has been as unique as it has been personalized. The guy is sighing and obliging to David Stern's wishes, losing a little part of himself in the process, taking away his personal code and culture in the name of pleasing corp...
You Can't Divide By Zero
Apparently, our DVR isn't working right, becaues we've yet to watch "Quite Frankly: Afterthoughts," the Oprah-esque "spinoff" featuring host Stephen A. Smith talking with his studio audience. It launched Tuesday, which is extremely frustrating to us, considering we went to see the show on Monday, ...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Columnist Scoop Jackson: You ran for President twice, and now most recently have written a book about shoes. How the mighty have fallen. Wait, was that you? • 2 p.m. Boxing with Dan Rafael: We've got the script for Rocky VI, an...
Bored Sports Information Directors Rule
We would have to think that if you're a low-level publicity person in charge of writing dreary press releases about small-school college football teams, you would do anything to escape the endless dreariness of your job. (We can't imagine the folks at Coastal Carolina are constantly battling off a...
Larry Bowa, Voice Of Calm And Decency
The rumors are coming fast and with much fury, and the notion of it makes us so happy we almost want to dance: The Yankees have offered combustible engine Larry Bowa a job as their third-base coach. It is not known whether Bowa could be considered a potential replacement for Joe Torre were he to f...