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This Is The Lady With Whom Tim Tebow Is Not Having Sex
In a sense, Tim Tebow is not having sex with all women, but this-Camilla Belle, actress-is the particular woman with whom he's not having sex on a daily basis, despite other outward appearances of a romantic relationship. Here's Page Six's report on Tebelle (all rights reserved, must credit Deadspin...
The <em>B.S. Report</em> Report: What About Readers Like Me?
Julia Alvidrez, Gawker Media's operations manager, is an unabashed fan of Bill Simmons and everything Grantland. She is also an occasional reader of Deadspin. Every week, she will recap Simmons's podcast, The B.S. Report, for us....
Cockblocked At Coachella!
Welcome to Great Moments in Drunken Hookup Failure, where we showcase three heartwarming true stories of drunken love gone horribly awry. Off we go....
Locked-Out Hockey Player Scales Tall Building
Flyers center Max Talbot, 20-story office tower in Philly, etc. [WMMR, via The 700 Level] ...
Signs Your Season Is In Meltdown, Starring The Philadelphia Eagles
Sign 1: A players-only meeting. What goes on at these things? Is actually strategy discussed, or is it just a lot of "we should probably play better?" Regardless of motive, the Eagles responded to an embarrassing loss with a meeting at their practice complex on Wednesday. CSN Philly reports that Mic...
Nate Silver's Braying Idiot Detractors Show That Being Ignorant About Politics Is Like Being Ignorant About Sports
In case you haven't been hanging around the benighted corners of the political internet lately, there's an idiotic backlash afoot against Nate Silver, the proprietor of the FiveThirtyEight blog who made his name as one of the sharpest baseball analysts around....
A Guide To The New Criminal Charges Against Penn State Officials Who Allegedly Covered Up For Jerry Sandusky
The first 20 or so pages of the grand jury presentment charging Graham Spanier and two other Penn State administrators with allegedly covering up for Jerry Sandusky is mostly a rehash of the emails, handwritten notes, and other documents contained in the Freeh report. But starting on Page 20—holy sh...
The Bill Simmons Problem, In Two Paragraphs
Here, from Grantland, is a passage of astute and passionate basketball analysis by Bill Simmons, about the breakup of the Oklahoma City Thunder:...
Bristolmetrics: Even John Kruk's Hindsight Is Terrible
This a regular feature breaking down, minute-by-minute, the content that appears on ESPN's 11 p.m. edition of SportsCenter throughout the week....
Halloween Memories From Rays Second Baseman Will Rhymes
One trick or treat memory.Went to Greg Swindell's house once, he gave every kid a baseball card and $1….. I was pumped....
Barry Melrose's Twitter Feed Is A Depressing Barometer Of The NHL Lockout
With the NHL in the middle of another lockout, ESPN analyst/hockey man/mullet person Barry Melrose has been occasionally chronicling his thoughts on Twitter the past several weeks. In that time, we've seen hockey's only voice on the Worldwide Leader slowly lose his hopes for an NHL season. ...
The 76ers' T-Shirt Gun Looks Capable Of Ending A Human's Life
The terrifying weapon above is Big Bella, the Philadelphia 76ers' t-shirt gun (or so they claim). It can shoot 100 t-shirts in 60 seconds. Fans will probably be too busy ducking in fear to catch anything, though....
The A's Just Released Dallas Braden
Braden threw a perfect game in 2010. He's now looking for a job. Armando Galarraga threw a would-be perfect game in 2010. He got dumped by the Astros. Phil Humber threw a perfect game in April, and he might get nontendered. Johan Santana threw a no-hitter in June and had his worst-ever season before...
Sad Arsenal Fans Are Sad
Being down 4-0 to Reading in the first half of a Capital One Cup match has Arsenal supporters feeling a bit down-though the Gunners did score a goal in first half stoppage time to narrow the gap a little....
Mikhail Prokhorov Is A Cartoon Character
The guy who owns the Nets and isn't Jay-Z sat down for a lengthy Q&A with the Post. He is every bit the caricature the internet has made him out to be. A sample:...
Need Help Battening Down The Hatches? Bob Vila, America's Handyman, Is Here To Take Your Questions
Worried about your windows? Wondering what to do about that leaky ceiling? Scared your basement (or your whole place) is going to be filled with water? Bob Vila—yes, that Bob Vila—is here to help. He spent nearly 20 years on television, and he's still doling out all kinds of fix-it advice on his web...
College ShameDay: Who Embarrassed Themselves On Saturday (Besides Poor Bob Stoops)?
Our weekly college football shame index. ...