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Did ESPN Suspend Neil Everett? (Well, Apparently Not)
We hate to ruin the pleasant vibe of an intensely giggle-inducing day, but multiple sources from the Bristol complex have told us "with 97 percent certainty" that anchor Neil Everett, who famously dropped a "You're With Me, Leather" reference on SportsCenter, has been suspended from the network fo...

You Know Schilling Plays Against Himself As Soon As The Game's Over
As you might have heard already, Red Sox legend/blowhard Curt Schilling loves video games so much that he had a video character of himself created for the game Everquest II. (Photo from Boston Dirt Dogs. If you defeat him, Sony donates money to the ALS foundation....

The Closer: Tigers Good, Royals Not So Much
Notes from a day in baseball:...

A Brief History Of Quincy Carter
For those who remember, and for those who can't forget:...

The Closer: Mets Host Enormous Sleepover
Notes from a day in baseball:...

The Closer: Mr. Met Kicks Some Cross-Town Booty
Notes from a day in baseball:...

Daily Closer: You're A Good Man, Kerry Wood
Notes from a day in baseball:...

What ESPN Mobile SHOULD Have Been
In response to our post yesterday about ESPN taking a $25 million loss on ESPN Mobile, reader Jim from Boston writes in to tell us where, precisely, the network's pricing plan might have gone wrong....

What's $25 Million Between Friends?
And you thought we were unduly picking on ESPN for the ESPN Mobile fiasco....

Neil Everett's Death Wish
We're not sure whether or not to think Neil Everett is:...

The Closer: Fate, Thy Name Is Josh Beckett
Notes from a day in baseball:...

A Lovely Way To Spend Mother's Day
Todd Munson is a Deadspin reader who lives in Los Angeles and — like all good sons — went home to see his mother yesterday, in Omaha, Neb. When he was walking down Dodge Street, the main Omaha drag, he noticed the word "WHORE" on a sign hanging from the pedestrian bridge just above....

Ron Zook Rocks It, Dude, Totally
This picture, found by The Wizard Of Odds, features Illinois head football coach Ron Zook ... uh, well, we're not sure what he's doing there. The hand gesture? The crazed, intense look in the eyes? The (gasp) "athletic gear?"...

The Closer: We're Up 7-3; What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Notes from a day in baseball:...

That Brief Moment Before Phillies Fans Start Hating You
Few things in the sports are more reliably and depressingly predictable than the arc of a young Philadelphia prospect. Philly fans start salivating when they initially hear about a guy, start shaking uncontrollably a few weeks before his debut, are screaming at a fever pitch once he's finally on t...

The Closer: How Griffey Got His Groove Back
Notes from a day in baseball:...

The Ballad Of The Bored SI Staffer
We know it goes. You've worked a late night, and your editor — who told this job had all kinds of writing possibilities, that it was Sports Illustrated, before you realized the job was just writing taglines and editing Jenn Sterger's copy — is on your case to do one last photo gallery. You're bleary...