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The Mighty Wind Of The All-Star Game Festivities Comes Blowin' In
That's apple-bottomed "Today Show" correspondent Maria Menounous all decked out in her finest Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball game get-up presumably ducking from the unholy zephyr that has taken hold of Billy Baldwin's comb-over. This event will be seen tonight on ESPN after the Ho...
NCAA Final Four Broadcaster, Archangel of Death, Billy Packer Axed from CBS After 34 Years
Now maybe everybody's least favorite grandpa will age. Jim Nantz will be paired with Clark Kellogg at the Final Four according to the Miami Herald This rumor had been floating around for quite some time and supposedly the final straw was Packer calling the North Carolina-Kansas regional final game o...
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What to watch while imaging a world with hover bacon......
Tiger Woods Still on Track to be a Billionaire by 2011
Even with the injured knee. This will make Woods the first sports billionaire. At least he doesn't have a hot swedish wife, or an island home, or a huge yacht that costs more than the GNP of Moldova. Then it might be kind of hard to root for the guy to make putts over man-boobed fifty year olds....
Matt Jones: The Cocaine Won't Make You Faster, Son
Jacksonville (LA?) Jaguars wide receiver Matt Jones was busted in Arkansas for cocaine and marijuana possession early this morning. Jones, the former Razorback's quarterback who switched to wide receiver to help his NFL draft stock, was pinched last night along with a carload of other dudes in a sha...
Are You Offended By ESPN?
That's the question posed by MarketWatch columnist Jon Friedman, who gives the WWL a thorough Bissingering based on the recent "lowbrow or boorish behavior" of some of ESPN's talent. Specifically, the incidents involving Jemele Hill, Dana Jacobson, and Bonnie Bernstein, respectively. Friedman's piec...
The Sports Fella Takes A Breather
Whether this was caused by his public display of annoyance with ESPN in May is uncertain, but it appears everybody's favorite Deadspin contributor, Bill Simmons, is taking some time off. The rest of the summer off, actually:...
William Rhoden's Wimbledon Coverage Didn't Garner Him Any New Fans
Yesterday, I was directed to the startling Wimbledon story by New York Times writer William Rhoden, where he went to the event, saw the first two sets of Nadal/Federer and then, amazingly, decided that Rafael Nadal's victory was inevitable, so he decided to go to the movies with his wife instead. Fr...
Pester Ozzie Guillen Enough On E-mail And He Will Respond Accordingly
White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen's verbal attacks on reporters, general managers, players, fans, and blow-up dolls are somewhat disturbing, if not highly entertaining for those of us who don't have to deal with them directly. But did you know you too can be eviscerated by Ozzie if you type with the a...
It's The Williams Sisters...Again
Venus and Serena Williams each won their semi-final match-up and will meet in the Wimbledon Finals for the third time. Serena usually beats up on her sister in Grand Slam matches, winning five out of the six times they've met....
Stu Scott's Well-Wishes Are Much Appreciated
Washington Post Bog maven Dan Steinberg once again caught up with everybody's favorite late night text-messager, Stu Scott, for a little chat about, oh, anything he could think of at the time....
There's Nothing More Annoying Than A Rays Fan With A Cowbell
OK, first of all, Cowbell Kid may seem pretty impressive when he's among his own in Tropicana Field, but I'd like to see him tearing down banners and clanging his bell at Fenway ... or Yankee Stadium, for that matter. Can Cowbell Kid win on the road? That's the question. As for the Rays, they've ans...
Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley: Where Wife-Punching Pitchers Go To Die
Phillies opening day starter Brett Myers, has thrown his last high fastball up in the zone at the major league level for a little while. The Phillies, fed up with his putridity, have decided to send Myers down to the minors, in a last ditch effort to salvage his once formidable arm....
Dwyane Wade Becomes Unwitting Spokesman In China
Dwyane Wade's plummet from fresh-faced NBA megastar to injury-prone cellphone salesman continues on its downward spiral, as the Miami Heat guard has popped up as the new face of Chinese-based "Sueper Sex", a pre-intercourse "time delay capsule" according to Black Sports Online. (Via Sports Business ...
Steve Levy Is Most Comfortable When His Arms Are Full Of Young Vixens
(And...it's back! Kind of.)...
The Will Leitch Roast: Director's Cut
DIDJA HEAR? Deadspin emo honcho Will Leitch left at the end of this past week (actually, I'm not so sure - he's sent more links to me this weekend than Daulerio has. YOU NEED TO LET GO, BUDDY!). A few of the roasts submitted got left on the cutting room floor for whatever reason and since these folk...
See You On Down That Road
I've never been one for tearful goodbyes. When I leave Deadspin, I want to go out the same way I came in; crawling through the ductwork. I was going to rob the place, and ended up staying for three years. Anyway, how do you say goodbye to a guy who took you in and gave you the only other key to the ...
Deadspin Classic: The Inevitable Evolution Of One William F. Leitch
In early 2001, I was middling through a job at Thomson Financial Media as managing editor of "Health Care Finance" magazine. It was a quarterly publication, which meant plenty of downtime. It was during these extended lulls, reading MediaBistro, that I stumbled upon the ongoing unemployment saga of ...
Part XI: Deadspin Hall Of Fame Inductee...Will Leitch
Well, that was fun, wasn't it? I'd like to thank ALL of our roasters for their contributions to today's festivities. I can't think of a better send-off for our man. I'd also like to thank the always brilliant Jim Cooke for designing the above plaque, at last granting Will Leitch permanent immortali...