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Everyone's Overqualified To Cover The Nats, But Especially This Guy
Because Nationals Park is more hazardous and soul-numbing than Helmand Province, the Washington Post's new beat writer is a Pulitzer Prize winner. I'd rather be that Pulitzer winner who got laid off. [WaPo]...
Last Night's Winner: The Golf Writers Association Of America
In sports, everyone is a winner—some people just win better than others. Like American golf scribes, who defiantly removed their lips from the tainted buttocks of Tiger Woods and decided to collectively boycott today's "press conference."...
Where Is Your Quad Now?
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....
Less Work For Medevac Pilots In Vancouver
They're shortening the women's downhill course to reduce speeds, and minimizing a tricky portion near the end. And no one even had to die! Progress, people, progress. [Cleveland Plain Dealer]...
StarCaps Case Takes Heller-esque Turn
A judge says that for Kevin and Pat Williams's cases to proceed, they have to prove they are employed by the NFL, while the league maintains they are solely Vikings employees. Does Deadspin LLP care to weigh in? [Star Tribune]...
Siblings Get Romantic In Vancouver
All of the ice dancing pairs must perform a romantic tango routine. Four of the ice dancing pairs are brother and sister. Like, for example, those in the photo. Ick....
But From Whom Would A German Learn About Gelt?
Luger David Möller broke a tooth biting down on his silver medal. I can only imagine he was having a Homer Simpsonesque "Land of Chocolate" hallucination. [The Local]...
Lindsey Vonn Crashes, And Other Things You Already Know But NBC Will Pretend You Didn't: Open Thread
Cheese-legged Lindsey Vonn lost her right ski and crashed in the slalom portion of the super-combined. Germany's Maria Riesch took gold, and Julia Mancuso won silver. (But shhhh, don't tell anyone.)...
Today In Euphemizing Johnny Weir's Gayness: The Euphemizing Goes Global
An occasional series in which we document — and evaluate — the sports media's pained efforts to call the sexually undeclared figure skater gay without quite calling him gay....
NBC Outrage Update: Dick Ebersol Agrees With You! (Eight Years Ago)
New York Times readers are begging the New York Times to stop posting Olympics results on their front page, because they just want to get news about Pakistan without having their TV evening ruined by sports spoilers. Too bad!...
Lindsey Vonn's Brother Shows Support With Idiotic Haircut
America's downhill darling has a brother, who has some clippers, so he did this to head. Louis Vuitton must be so pleased....
Dead Wrestler Of The Week: Dino Bravo
Every week, the Masked Man, Deadspin's pro wrestling correspondent, honors the sport's fallen and examines their legacies — famous and obscure alike. Today: Dino Bravo, who was shot to death on March 11, 1993, in his Laval, Quebec, home....
Tiger's "Selfish" Apology Already Off To A Bad Start
Tiger Woods hasn't even shown up for his earth-shattering non-press conference, but he's already annoying everyone with his attention-hogging, me-first attitude....
Last Night's Winner: U! S! A! U! S! A!
In sports, everyone in a winner—some people just win better than others. Like Americans who, let's face it, are the awesomest winners who ever won a victory. Now it feels like a real Olympics!...
Comcast Goes From Inane To Inaccurate
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....
UK/Canada Spat Uncharacteristically Crude, Penis-Related
The English papers have been taking shots at Canada's running of the games. One Canadian columnist fires back with accusations of premature ejaculation. Yep. We've reached that point....
A Horse Is A Horse, Off Course, Off Course
Five horses (well, their jockeys, I suppose) made a wrong turn in a recent race at Newcastle, and were disqualified. Turns out, it was a shortcut to the glue factory. [BBC]...
Mike Milbury's Anti-Ovechkin Crusade Goes International
The NBC analyst has long been known as the only non-Yinzer in the Crosby-over-Ovechkin camp. Now, he's moved his pulpit to Vancouver. Thank goodness Jeremy Roenick was there to call him out....
Bulin (Pub) Crawl
Nikolai Khabibulin, "recuperating" from season-ending back surgery, got busted for doing 70 in a 45 in his Ferrari, and, oh yeah, being drunk. [Calgary Herald]...
Why Dick Ebersol Can Tell You To Kiss Off
"Waah, I hate that NBC is tape-delaying the Olympics. I'm just going to find out the results online, and not watch the primetime coverage." Liar. NBC and the Vancouver games are doing historically well....