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About Last Night
What you missed while taking your best gal out for a night on the town......
We Are Currently Experiencing Technical Difficulties
The fancy on-screen graphics do-hickey at WECT-TV in Wilmington, North Carolina, broke down last night, so they had to do their local sports scores on a whiteboard. It's kind of adorable, actually. [WECT, via SportsCracklePop]...
The Montreal Canadiens Need To Find Better Friends
The 100th season of the Montreal hockey club has had ups and downs, but it's not clear yet where "finding out two of your players are mobbed up" falls on the spectrum of season highlights....
Rick Reilly Still Unimpressed With Blogs, But Wants Everyone To Know He Actually Likes The Sports Fella
Newsday's Neil Best caught up with Rick Reilly to talk about ESPN's "Mt. Rushmore Of Sports" thing and, of course, the conversation turned toward Reilly's favorite topics again: Bill Simmons and blogs....
Meet Tebow Sanford Crumley
Naming your children after Florida quarterbacks: Isolated case, or alarming worldwide trend? Tebow Crumley was born on Thursday, and can already bench press 200 pounds and sing all the lyrics to The Pirates of Penzance....
Bango Goes Down!
Earlier we showed you the incredible true story of a basketball shot banked in off the crotch of Bango, the Milwaukee Buck. What you didn't see was the tragic aftermath of that horrible day....
Baseball Umpire Doesn't See Anything Wrong Here
Tim McClelland has been calling major league games since before some steroid users were born, and he is a passionate defender of the rules of the game. Unless those rules involve steroids....
Sports Illustrated Admits De-Tramping Danica, But She's Okay With That
SI wouldn't say why they wouldn't let the lower back American Flag tattoo in this year's issue, even though it made last year's. [CNBC]...
It's Not Easy Being Byung-Hyun Kim
Byung-Hyun Kim lost his passport, so he won't be able to play in the World Baseball Classic. Did they try looking in the right-field bleachers at Yankee Stadium? [Korea Times]...
Tim Floyd Seems Mildly Displeased With The Officiating
If you've made up your mind that you're going to get a T, you might as well make it a show. This call during Sunday's USC-ASU game in Tempe was pretty ghastly. [Insomniac's Lounge]...
Jeff Reed Freaks Out On Paper Towel Machine, Convenience Store Workers
If this case of criminal mischief involved any other professional athlete, it would be moderately surprising. Alas, it's Pittsburgh Steelers' kicker Jeff Reed, whose behavior continues to baffle and amuse....
Jim Leyritz Drinks Again, Goes Directly To Jail
Jim Leyritz must have forgotten that he was out on bail for a DUI manslaughter case, because he just had that bail revoked for drinking again. At least the breathalyzer issue is solved. [FoxNews]...
In Which Our Ladies Deconstruct The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition
Time once again for Waxing Off, the feature that was the first on the internet to mix mime and food. This week: The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition....
Florida Panthers Announcer Has Seen "Wedding Crashers" A Few Too Many Times
I've always said that the Florida Panthers had a game better suited for radio—I've always said that—but I never realized just how entertaining it is to listen to their play-by-play man call games....
Dallas Cowboys Somehow Make Barbie Dolls Even More Sexist
Congratulations to the Dallas Cowboys and their famous Cheerleaders. They've won a prestigious TOADY award for teaming with the gold standard on unhealthy representations of female beauty and then taking it up a notch....
Hansbrough Still Undefeated At Cameron Indoor, MIMI!
I'm not sure exactly how the whole Tyler Hansbrough-as-a-Muppet phenomenon got started, but Duke fans took it to a new level last night....
Well, This Would Have Been Kind Of Fun
An email came into Deaspin HQ in the wee hours of the evening last night, promising the elusive up-close-and-personal access with some of the SI Swimsuit hussies in celebration of the new issue....
Darren Rovell Needs Your Help Captioning This Picture With Bar Refaeli
He specifically requested that Deadspin commenters participate. Please be on your usual best behavior when offering up your witty commentary. [CNBC]...
Examining Jon Gruden's Unhealthy Obsession With Tim Tebow
Jon Gruden has only been out of football for a month, technically, but he's already having trouble adjusting. Case in point: This rather remarkable interview he did with the Sun-Sentinel on Sunday....
Your Gratuitous Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Gallery
But you don't understand! This is a sports magazine! It's totally cool!...