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More Inappropriate Ball Talk
This time, courtesy of everyone's favorite wise little cartoon canary, ESPN football analyst John Clayton. JC couldn't contain his excitement about Peyton Manning's potential post-season dominance this year thanks to, um, some new rules. But it's quite apparent that Clayton might need to start rea...
Go Crazy, Folks
The reverberations from minor league manager Joe Mikulik's impassioned freak out last month are still being felt — and will continue to be until the beginning of September. The crafty promotions team of the Augusta (Ga.)Green Jackets is preparing for when Mikulik's Asheville (N.C.) Tourists come t...
Week In Deadspin: Still Reeling From RFK
• ESPN not only wants your sports blogs, they're signing their top staffers up, whether they know it or not. • You absolutely cannot beat Kobayashi. • Jose Canseco demanded a trade. Really. • Three strikes ... you're dead. • The four-millionth reason baseball players should stay away from Match.co...
Maurice Clarett's Imaginary League
So we've been mulling over this Maurice Clarett playing indoor football story, and we're really kind of amazed. First off, it's important to point out that this is not the Arena Football League; that league has been around for 20 years and even though it just lost its NBC contract, it seems likely...
You Got Your Head All The Way Up It!
Our life's a disaster zone. We got a stepdaughter so fucked up because her real father's this large-type asshole. We got a wife, we're passing each other on the down-slope of a marriage — our third — because we spend all our time chasing guys like you around the block. That's our life....
Eddie Griffin's Odd Film Choices
In case you were in desperate need of some of the inside details of the Eddie Griffin masturbating in his car story — and, obviously, you were, because what person in his right mind isn't? — the official PDF version of the complaint in the lawsuit against him has been released. Our personal favori...
The Bobble Boy
Only a few hours left to grab your piece of history, as the Tom Cruise Bobble-Couches on e-Bay are going fast. We repeat, the Bobble-Couches are almost gone. Act soon! Imagine the pride you'll feel while displaying this fine item in your home. Or, present it as a gift to your girlfriend to express...
Desperately Seeking Groundouts
As you've probably heard by now, above is the Match.com profile of Cincinnati Reds pitcher Brian Shackleford, who was released from jail last night and, even worse, sent to the minors after he was arrested following Wednesday's night's loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. To remind, the facts of the case ...
The Closer: Mets Soldier On Without Pedro
Notes from a day in baseball ......
The Ballad Of The Bengals Fan
You know how we love a good and dopey fan-written team tribute song — Sweet Shaun Alexander still wins the prize for the worst, if you ask us — and this one's a particularly fun one, "The Ballad Of The Bengals," about how Cincinnati is finally going to take out Pittsburgh this year, or something, we...
Look! A Funny Gary Williams Photo!
Apropos of absolutely nothing, here's a rather silly photo of Maryland head basketball coach Gary Williams. Careful with those wings, Coach....
Dog Day Afternoon
We don't see how this was any different than the Fouth of July barbeque at Warren Sapp's house, but everyone's making a big deal out of it. We kid, of course; you know how much we love the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest. Takeru Kobayashi of Japan ate 53 3/4 hot...
Baby, Don't Forget Our Number
We come to you with all kinds of issues of a technical variety, and this time, they're not even the fault of the hamster-powered servers around these parts. Instead, our beloved Thunderbird email server has decided not only to not load any of our email messages, it's even killed our a ton we had i...
The Glory That Is Jose
OK, we had to dig back into this Jose Canseco asking for a trade....
Your RFK Evening Wrapup
Well, the evening for Deadspin readers at RFK Stadium was Monday night, and we'll say this: We woke up just in time to do the site this morning. We had an excellent turnout, and we were deeply honored to meet some of our finest commenters around these parts, including many of the All Star crew behin...
Fear Not The Peanut
If the image of this innocent-seeming peanut doll makes you throw your hands in the air and start screaming while sprinting out of the room, it is possible that you have a peanut allergy. Or you're just startled very easily....
Kobayashi Stands Triumphant Again
In an amazing display of intestinal fortitude and the fending off of challenge, Takeru Kobayashi won his sixth consecutive Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest yesterday, downing a world-record 53 1/2 dogs. It was the first time Kobayashi had faced any real competition since he took the event hostage s...
Many Happy Independence Day Returns
We're ducking out a half hour early today — which, mind you, is about three days later than just about everyone we know ducked out of their jobs — because tonight, of course, is the big Deadspin outing at RFK Stadium, and we have to make sure our tuxedo is back from the dry cleaners....
More Cheaters At The Tour de France
With all the hullabaloo about doping at the Tour de France, we find it amazing, in this day and age, that Dick Pound (hee!) and the other blood-thinning experts are missing out on rather obvious examples of malfeasance such as this one....
The Dogs Of War
OK, so the U.S. isn't the absolute hands-down best at basketball anymore. We're dealing with that. Same as baseball, as we watched the championship game of the World Baseball Classic on TV, and noticed that of the two teams playing, one of them wasn't us. Eh. We'll get over it....