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Disney's ESPN's Bill Simmons Has Committed 98 Potential SOPA Violations On Grantland So Far
ESPN's just one of the prominently featured supporters of SOPA, the law that has your favorite non-Deadspin sites going black today....
It's Been Almost A Year Since His Last Sentence, So Pacman Jones Naturally Got Another Year Of Probation For Something Unrelated
It's not like Pacman Jones is a real symbol of oppression in America. He's made several million dollars in his career to play cornerback in the NFL, and not all that well. (To wit.)...
Tebow! Tebow! Tebow! (This Is A Dodgers Story)
Here is a story about Clayton Kershaw. He is a good pitcher, and he likes Jesus, but beyond that he doesn't have much in common with Tim Tebow. In fact, he's nothing like Tim Tebow. They play different sports and haven't met. Still: Tebow in the headline! Tebow everywhere. What do you have to say ab...
Turner, Montana, Pop. 192, Angrily Lashes Out Against Baseball Blogger And Geography
Above is an infographic from Craig Robinson's indispensable Flip Flop Fly Ball, showing the lonely position of Turner, Mont. Turner is nearly equidistant from Seattle and Denver, but at 647 miles from Safeco Field, Robinson awards it the title of American Town Farthest From A Major League Team....
Tim Tebow Played Injured. Get Used To It.
On a play early in the second half, Tebow was hit just after releasing a pass. He suffered torn rib cartilage, a bruised lung, and fluid buildup in his chest. It must have been excruciating—he had an MRI Monday after he couldn't sleep through the pain—but he showed no outward signs of being injured,...
WKRG Admits On-Air That Yes, Our Sports Director's Son Is In The Teabagging Video
Randy Patrick was mysteriously absent from tonight's 10:00 news on WKRG in Mobile, but anchor Mel Showers stood in and briefly noted that as we reported on Deadspin earlier today, Randy's son Patrick Setterstrom is a co-star of the now-famous video of the Alabama teabagging incident....
When Awkward T-Shirt Selection Makes A Child-Porn Mugshot Even Creepier
"The Streetsboro (Ohio) Police Department announced Monday that a man was arrested for child pornography. David Peters, 66, was indicted on 20 counts of possessing sexually oriented material involving a minor and 20 counts of disseminating sexually oriented material involving a minor. ... He was ar...
Kevin Love Doesn't Really Have A Good Answer For Why He Hasn't Signed An Extension With Minnesota
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Love has eight days before gaining RFA status....
Alabama TV Station Airs Teabagging Video That Features The Son Of The Station's Sports Director
Mobile, Ala.'s WKRG opened its 10 p.m. newscast with the video of an Alabama fan teabagging an LSU fan at the Bourbon Street Krystal after the BCS title game. What WKRG failed to mention is that one of the stars of the video is none other than Patrick Setterstrom, a recent college grad and son of th...
The Colts Have Fired Jim Caldwell
They lost their franchise quarterback (perhaps forever) to an injury, and they finished in position to draft their next one. Clearly, it was all Caldwell's fault. (Psst. Somebody tell ESPN.) [Twitter]...
In Honor Of His 70th Birthday, Here's Muhammad Ali Riding A Horse
Photographer and filmmaker Anton Perich snapped this photo in Deer Lake, Pa., in 1974. He likened it to an image of St. George slaying dragons he had seen as a youth in his native Croatia: "It was a majestic moment, when reality meets mythology." The above image is one of 70 photos and tributes Tim...
Jack Harbaugh On His Sons: “They Have No Weaknesses. They’re Just Like Their Mother. They’re Stealth.”
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: the coaching patriarch refuses to play favorites....
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Just As He Promised, Nick Saban Finds A Way Around The SEC's Oversigning Rules [UPDATE]
Remember this? When the SEC reduced the annual signing limit from 28 to 25, in order to curb the growing scourge of schools signing more players than they could offer scholarships? And how SEC coaches voted unanimously against the new rule, because it limited their "flexibility," but the rule passed...
Jeff Fisher Is Putting Together A Terrible Coaching Staff In St. Louis
Jeff Fisher, he of that popped collar and tied sweater, has the Rams' reins and he's not relinquishing them. In fact, he's already gotten started on doing some fantastically stupid things:...
Here's The Tim Tebow And 9/11 Connection You Never Thought Anyone Was Dumb Enough To Make
Tebowmania died Saturday night, but not before Stu Bykofsky of the Philadelphia Daily News went there in his column on Friday:...
ShortCenter: Merril Hoge Explains Aaron Rodgers's Very Bad Day
What is ESPN prattling on about right now? We condense your morning SportsCenter to its essence....
NSFW: An Alabama Fan Teabagged A Passed-Out LSU Fan At The Bourbon Street Krystal [UPDATE]
Those of us un/fortunate enough to have visited the Krystal restaurant at the mouth of Bourbon Street in New Orleans know it's a place where the occasionally odd, bizarre, or criminal events take place. We don't know which of these this incident is, if not all three. That's especially given that so...
Your NFL Playoffs Divisional Round Open Thread: Houston Texans at Baltimore Ravens
Welcome back for day two of the divisional round. As always, make yourselves comfortable down below in the comments....
Edson Barboza's <em>Roadhouse</em>-Style Face-Kick Knockout Is Even Better When Slowed Down 500%
We didn't have time to give this nasty wheel kick KO the proper treatment last night, but here's Edson Barboza's heel applied to Terry Etim's face in extreme slow motion, from Saturday's UFC 142 lightweight event....
Man Agrees To Drink An Entire Bottle Of Tabasco If Tebow Loses To The Patriots, Pukes
Amateur cinematography aside, this is an oddly compelling watch. Textbook storytelling, actually. The tension slowly builds—A hero's quest, will he actually do it? I don't think he's going to do it—rising action—he's getting ready, he may actually do it— climax—oh my god he did it!—and then, denou...