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Columnist Pays Quincy Carter's Bail
You've probably heard by now about former Cowboys quarterback Quincy Carter's arrest yesterday. Carter was charged with possession of marijuana after police showed up for a complaint about a domestic disturbance....
NBA Roundup: Canadians Are Mean To Vince Carter
Notes on Thursday's games in the National Basketball Association ......
About Last Night...
• NHL: Penguins 7, Islanders 4. Sidney Crosby and Mark Recchi both had a goal and three assists, Ryan Malone had a had trick, and Crosby's the only name mentioned in the headline. Someone should kick his ass. • College Basketball: Oregon 100, Eastern Washington 74. Every Oregon starter finished in d...
Tank Johnson's Bodyguard Killed
Willie B. Posey was pronounced dead after being shot in the back during a fight outside a Chicago nightclub last night. Police wouldn't immediately confirm if it was the same Willie B. Posey who was arrested at Tank Johnson's house during a raid on Thursday, but Tank Johnson was seen leaving the hos...
Week In Deadspin: Rockin' The Local 138
• We like to listen to John Rocker talk. Jeff Pearlman? Not so much. • Miami-FIU. What could possibly go wrong? • When Joey Porter and Kellen Winslow feud, it's a catfight, MEOW! • Joel Zumaya has BLISTAS ON HIS FINGAS! • Welcome back leather! (And no Berman jokes here!) PETA is not happy. • It's li...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you play Trivial Pursuit with the Bubble Boy ... • College football: Division I-AA championship game, Appalachian State vs. Massachusetts, at Chattanooga, Tenn. For one day at least, we're all Mountaineers. [ESPN2] • NBA: Philadelphia at Dallas; Houston at Los Angeles Lakers. 76ers ...
Athletic Black Players Finally Run DeBerry Out Of Football
With three years remaining on his contract, Air Force coach Fisher DeBerry just announced that he won't be returning as coach of the Falcons. He has been coaching the team for 23 years and even won national coach of the year honors in 1985. Recently, he had fallen on hard times and many had accused ...
Leftovers: Never Too Early To Bet On Baseball
• Who's up for some early World Series odds? [Baseball Musings] • Dan Jansen was keeping some memorabilia at his ex-wife's house, and this is what'll happen. [Huntersville Herald] • Tom Brady, single again. THANK GOD. [The Fanhouse] • It's not easy to run the Blues this year. [Game Time STL]...
Grandma Got Ran Over By A Syringe
As we all know, steroids are scourge on our great nation and must be eradicated before Al Qaeda uses them to take over the United States. And the menace is getting worse: Turns out, now grandmothers are using them....
Cultural Oddsmaker: ROCKY! ROCKY! ROCKY!
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him and let him know what you think....
We Always Thought It'd Be Better To Be A Fake Somebody Than A Real Nobody
No matter what you do, no matter how awful ... no one ever thinks that they're a bad person....
God, The Full Monty, And You
In Western religion, most of us figure that God has already seen us naked on multiple occasions. And he ain't that impressed. Just look at Exodus 19:21 for proof: "And the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the Lord to gaze, and many of them perish. But ...
Blogdome: Furry Lady Boosters
• The greatest female mascots. [Thighs Wide Shut] • Mixing up your Greg Maddux car metaphors. [Get Untracked] • Here, Philly, let us help with you with the Iverson trade. [Kid Cleveland] • Speaking of Iverson, hey, nice air freshener. [The 700 Level] • Let's see some Mets shittalkers! [Promote The C...
Year In Review: June
We're reviewing each month of the past year leading up to New Years Day. We call it, imaginatively, "Year In Review." We're digging through our archives pretty well, but if you think we should definitely feature something for the last year that we might overlook, email us at [email protected] with s...
Florida Brings Back An Old Friend To Beat Buckeyes
So here's something that couldn't possibly go wrong. As Florida prepares for its BCS "Championship" Game against Ohio State, they are calling in the cavalry to help them get the win. They're so desperate for any advantage that they've even called in an old friend....
Reminding Your Opponent Who Is No. 1
It was the ancient Greeks who brought us the sport that would become modern competitive wrestling, and if we've learned anything from the Greeks, it's this: One man's wrestling move is another man's anal sex. In a story we're a little behind late in reporting from Sioux Falls, S.D., a high school ...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. MLB with Jerry Crasnick: Hey, when do you think that Matsuzaka is going to return George Costanza's gore-tex jacket? • 3 p.m. Mid-majors w/Kyle Whelliston: OK Bally, you may go on a date with Orange Roundie. But have her back by...
New Mexico's Quest For Newer, More Fertile Land
You know, we're starting to think that perhaps the Mexico family has some issues....
This Is Why He's Not Known As "Feelings" Johnson
Just because we've decided to wait just a little longer to get our arms around the Marcus Vick story, we take a brief hiatus with the tale of Bears defensive tackle Tank Johnson, previously one of our favorites because he has the name "Tank Johnson" entirely on the back of his jersey. We love that...