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HOLY SHIT MONSTER CARROT-EATING CRICKET
Say hello to the giant weta, now the world’s largest known insect. I want to die now. I don’t want to live on a planet where encountering something like this is possible. HOW IN THE FUCK IS MR. HAND MODEL SO GODDAMN CALM?! HE IS HOLDING A MONSTER. GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! (Via Gizmodo; Photo: Mark Mof...
Donovan McNabb's Quarterback Services Are Available Again, You Guys
Per Schefter, the Vikings are planning to release him. Where to next? The Texans? The Bears? The end? [via]...
Soon-To-Be-Fired Newspaper Editor Puts A Big Old "Fuck" On Page 3C
You may want to avert your delicate sensibilities from today's Greenville (S.C.) News, because they accidentally printed a naughty not-for-old-people-who-still-subscribe-to-newspapers word in today's story about the SEC Title Game. It's easy to miss, subtly placed in the flow of the text, but look v...
Everything About Indiana Basketball Is Smaller These Days, Even The Booze Bottles
Your morning roundup for Dec. 1, the day The New York Times gave us a +1. Image courtesy Justin G. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
That Craigslist Ad Offering People $75 To Attend The Big Ten Championship Game Was A Hoax
Spencer Hall, who had gotten hold of a response from the hoaxster and initially thought it could be legit, ended up getting to the bottom of it: "The funniest thing was all the damn Spartan and Badger fans who crawled out of the woodwork. Can't be bothered to drive 3 / 6 hours for their team and bu...
Deadspin Up All Night: Chew The Fat
Wednesday's over, tomorrow's December, and this picture exists. Have a good one....
David DeJesus Is A Cub, More News About Royals Relievers, And Other Rumblings From the Hot Fucking Stove
Your roundup of all the hottest hot-stove items of the day (and whatever shit Ken Rosenthal is throwing against the wall.) This is ... HOT FUCKING STOVE!!!...
If You're In NYC Tomorrow Night, Come Listen To Some Esteemed Basketball Authors Talk
Time for another installment of Gelf's splendid Varsity Letters reading series, and this time it's particularly timely: Harvey Araton, Henry Abbott, and our man Scott Raab, will be reading and waxing about the NBA's return. 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Le Poisson Rouge, Bleecker St. between Sullivan and Th...
Which Syracuse Basketball Players Had Sex With Laurie Fine?
One of the stranger aspects of that taped phone conversation between former ball boy Bobby Davis and accused molester Bernie Fine's wife, Laurie, is the apparent revelation that Davis had a sexual relationship with Laurie. He's not the only one—and there might be a sex tape to prove it, a media sour...
Checking In With Albert Pujols's Agent, Who Threatened To Sue Us Before He Knew What We Were Going To Write
A week ago we published some not very nice things about superagent Dan Lozano, but not before we were threatened with a lawsuit. Hours before publishing, Lozano's attorney issued itemized denials of a handful of facts we included in our story—and denials of many more that we did not. ...
The Baseball Hall Of Fame Ballot Is Out, And It Seems No One Good Retired In 2006
The fine folks at the Baseball Hall of Fame mailed out their ballots today, and I immediately called our travel agent just to threaten her with litigation if she even thinks about getting me a hotel in Cooperstown next summer....
A Meme Eats Itself: Introducing "Peebowing"
In the beginning there was Tebowing, where imitating the QB's kneel became a Tumblr-ready sport in and of itself. But once Tim Tebow himself became aware of it and propagated it, we declared it dead....
Stanford Assistant Coach And Former Pro Bowl DL Chester McGlockton Is Dead
McGlockton was drafted 16th overall by the Raiders in 1992 and played 12 seasons for four teams. He made consecutive Pro Bowls as a Raider from 1994-97, including an All-Pro year in '95. In his second season as a defensive assistant at Stanford, McGlockton died overnight. The cause is not known. He...
The Rays' New Rape Problem
The Tampa Bay Rays just traded for Mariners reliever Josh Lueke, a righty who's undervalued because he dodged a rape charge a few years back. Our resident Rays fan, Mobutu Sese Seko, is not pleased. TB brass is advised to read his debunking of the various pro-Lueke factions sooner rather than later....
Kristin Cavallari Has Finally Accepted Jay Cutler's Second Offer Of Marriage
It was a little over a week ago that we told you that Bears QB Jay Cutler and television lady Kristin Cavallari had gotten engaged again, after Cutler dumped Cavallari over the summer. Kristin then denied new engagement. Egg on our faces, or so we thought....
Naked Dude Fights With NYC Bouncer, Runs Into Traffic, Falls Off A Car (NSFW)
A reader sends in this video taken on 6th Avenue in Manhattan at 2:30 a.m. Saturday night. Very few good things happen at 2:30 a.m. on 6th Avenue, which is why it's always a good idea to have your phone camera at the ready....
ShortCenter: Bobby Valentine Brings Accountability, Fake Mustache To The Red Sox
What is ESPN prattling on about right now? We condense your morning SportsCenter to its essence....
The Greatest Frisbee Catch In The History Of Frisbee Catches
Your morning roundup for Nov. 30, the day we learned assault has no age minimum. Video via The PostGame. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
If You Like Watching Dolled-Up Lovelies Brawl In Atlantic City, This One's For You (NSFW)
Barefoot gal in hiked-up pink, thong-revealing getup or heels-sporting jean lady in loose tanktop. Contestant who got kicked in the grill vs. a virtual human centipede of flailing femarms....
This Week In Unintentional Dong Submissions Involving Hand Gestures On Wheel Of Fortune
Not only was Andrew P. of Lenexa, Kansas watching Wheel of Fortune this evening, but he was watching at the precise moment that contestant Lorimar made a hand gesture made all the more unfortunate when not accompanied by volume. 'Twas also an unfortunate gesture that host Pat Sajak caught himself ...