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Decade Retrospective: 2003
We continue our year-by-year look back at the decade with the year 2003, back we used Gopher to check our email, back when the Chicago Cubs were only 11 years removed from their most recent World Series. Simple times....
David Stern's Nightmare Is Now Available For Purchase
Tim Donaghy's book, Personal Foul, is out and can be bought here. The New York Times and the Philadelphia Daily News weigh in. We'll have more on this soon, and I'd wager the NBA will, too. [CreateSpace]...
Last Night's Winner: Losers
In sports, everyone is a winner—some people just win better than others. Like the 1988-89 Miami Heat and the 1998-99 Clippers, who won last night because the New Jersey Nets lost....
Is The Big Ten The Best Hoops Conference?
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....
Pau And Placido Make Beautiful Music Together
SoCal's newest 'It' Couple are Lakers Center Pau Gasol and opera legend Plácido Domingo. They've become fast friends because...it's L.A., who the f**k knows?...
Even Inanimate Objects Think It's Time For Bowden To Call It A Career
What's that word behind Christian Ponder at Bobby Bowden's retirement press conference? Random folds in the curtain...or a message from God? [Via]...
Beware The Cock-Loitering Cheetah Backlash And A Parnevik Scorned
There's a little story in the New York Observer today to which I contributed numerous quotes of utter nonsense which has made many people cringedue to the the author's supposed misguided misogyny....
Brian Kelly Will Coach The Fighting Irish, According To Writing Irish
In the most Irish piece of breaking news ever, a man named Sean O'Shea at something called IrishCentral.com is reporting that Cincinnati's Brian Kelly will indeed be the new coach of Notre Dame. [IrishCentral.com]...
Elin Gives Jaimee Grubbs The Janice Rossi Treatment
TMZ says Tiger's wife called the "Tool Academy" star and left this message: "You know who this is because you're fucking my husband." 2-R! Rossi! Get your own goddamn man! [TMZ]...
2009 SHOTY Nominee: Erin Andrews
Yes, it is that time of year. (A little late, actually.) We're doing the unveiling of the nominees a little different this year, so pay attention....
<em>Joe Buck Live</em> Still Not Dead
Joe Buck's Cavalcade of Sporting Chit-Chat and Penis Whimsy returns for its third edition next week, and this time he's actually booked a few black people....
Last Night's Winner: Mike D'Antoni
In sports, everyone is a winner—some people just win better than others. Like Mike D'Antoni, whose Rich Little version of the Suns ran the real thing out of Madison Square Garden last night....
Heels Slip Spartans The Tongue
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....
New York Sports Synergy Becoming Unbearable
First Patrick Ewing wants to coach the Nets. Then Joe Girardi gives sliding lessons to Mark Sanchez. All we need is Mike Piazza sharing style tips with Sean Avery, and the circle will be complete. [NY Post / AP]...
'Tis The Season To Call Out Your Quarterback
Sunday saw two stars publicly questioning their respective QBs. Now, with a few news cycles to think about it, Hines Ward is sorry. Brian Urlacher, not so much....
Tom Brady Will Never Forget 9/11, U2's Super Bowl Halftime Show
Brady reminisces about 2002: "Your first chance to play in a Super Bowl and winning the Super Bowl, and of course the circumstances of that year with 9-11 happening and U2 performing at halftime — that was pretty unbelievable." [CBSSports.com]...
Tiger Woods And The World's Most Expensive Traffic Ticket
The Florida Highway Patrol has ended their investigation of the Thanksgiving Night mishap that Changed America Forever. No criminal charges will be filed. Just a small fine and a very big marital mess. So what do we know now?...
Chinese Crack Tiger Woods Case With Dramatic CGI Re-Enactment
Simply ... incredible. We are through the looking glass, people. [TMZ, MSF; See also this.]...
November: <em>Fin</em>.
We produce a lot of posts every month. Most of them disappear quickly. Some of them don't. Here are the 10 most popular posts from November, ranked low to high....
2009 SHOTY Awards: A New Beginning
Because a full month of SHOTY tournament voting gets a little tiresome, we're making a few changes. Follow along....