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Ryan Braun Is MVP, Ken Williams's Lobster Was Compromised, And Other Hot Fucking Stove Developments
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!!!...
MLB's New Draft Rules, Designed To Increase Competitive Balance, Help Kill It
Major League Baseball and the players' union inked a new, five-year collective bargaining agreement today, and that's all well and good. We won't have another 1994, at least not for a while, and, yes, you can hear NBA fans groaning in the corner over there. There will be plenty of baseball. And, if ...
Ken Rosenthal To My Mom, About Me: "Tell That Little Twit ..."
When I started as a Deadspin intern this fall, one of the duties I took on was publishing the Hot Fucking Stove every day. It's been on the site for two years or so, and it's nothing more than a semi-regular roundup of baseball stories. It's called "Hot Fucking Stove," mostly because that makes us l...
Justin Verlander Is MVP, Albert Pujols May Be Older Than We Think, And Other Hot Fucking Stove Developments
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!!!...
A Day At Harvard-Yale And Its Tragic Tailgate
NEW HAVEN, Conn.—I could tell you about dropping by the Yale crew alumni tailgate on Saturday, and taking a shot of Jim Beam with a slice of prosciutto, but that's not the reason the Game's 2011 tailgate will forever be the Tailgate. We'll now call it the Tailgate because three women there got run o...
A Musical Version Of <em>Rocky</em> Is Coming To Germany, With The Klitschko Brothers As Co-Producers
The film was always about boxing, but it's also a love story. "Stallone said he had long thought that a musical transfer for the 1976 Oscar-winning drama was a good idea, in particular if its romantic side was amped up." Given the dreadful state of boxing's heavyweight division, the Klitschkos are ...
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Mike Shanahan Kept Tony Romo From Committing A Crucial Penalty Yesterday [UPDATED]
Just before Dan Bailey kicked a 39-yard field goal in overtime to lift the Cowboys past the Redskins, Tony Romo tried to call a timeout. Problem was, the Cowboys had none left—though Romo didn't know it—which ordinarily would have resulted in a 15-yard penalty. Except that, at the same time, Redski...
Running For Three Yards Is Like Going Backwards
We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries....
How To Play Football With Your Family On Thanksgiving
Jason Gay has compiled the handiest of handy guides at the WSJ today: "The 32 Rules of Thanksgiving Touch Football." If you wanna be the Kennedys, you've gotta study up. A sample: "7. No footballs with wings or propellers or tails or streamers. Here's a good rule: If the football would make Dick But...
Machu Picchu: The Apex Of Tebowing
We're doing our best to ignore it, but the Tebowing meme struggles on, destined to haunt us every few weeks or so. Today, for example, we received this tip from Scott, who writes, "AFTER A 12000 FOOT SUMMIT I HAD TO TEBOW ONCE I COMPLETED MY JOURNEY..." That is somewhat understandable, Scott....
Tony Romo and Jay Cutler are Winners, Philip Rivers Stinks: Your Sunday NFL Roundup
What a weird day. Rex Grossman showed incredible touch and accuracy. Tony Romo made big plays when the Cowboys needed them. Sidney Rice was a more effective passer than Tarvaris Jackson. OK, so maybe that's not so weird. Anyway, here's your Sunday roundup. Enjoy....
Rex Grossman's Perfectly Thrown Ball Sends Redskins-Cowboys to Overtime
Grossman hooked up with Donte Stallworth at the back pylon for a nifty little touchdown grab. The extra point tied the game at 24. The Cowboys got the ball back with 14 seconds left on their own 20 following a touch back on the kickoff. They took a knee, and their chances, going into overtime....
Mike Matheny Got Cardinals Job After Telling Bank He Would No Longer Be Making Payments On His Loan
Before trying his hand at managing a baseball team, Mike Matheny tried his hand at being a real estate tycoon. Unfortunately, due to the the economic downturn, several of his projects have gone sour and he was forced to sell his house (pictured above), nestled on 11 acres that included a baseball f...
Cal Ripkin Ripken, Robinson Cano, Derek Jeter And Some Other Guy Walk Into A Toys "R" Us
Despite his recent Gold Glove snub, Robinson Cano still knows how to smile and have a good time. Cano is participating in a fundraiser for the FDNY at the Toys "R" Us store in Times Square and took a minute to pose for some pictures....
Lingerie Football Star Chloe Butler May Break Hearts, Definitely Breaks Arms
Meet Chloe Butler. She is an Australian lingerie football star, currently playing for the Los Angeles Temptation. As any degenerate will tell you, lingerie football is no joke. The stakes are high, and the fans higher. It should come as no surprise, then, that Chloe here takes great joy in inflicti...
Six Year Old Crying Jets Fan Speaks For All Jets Fans, Has A Jerk For A Mom
This video has made the rounds this week, but it hit me in the heart, so I'm posting it....
Is Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., The Justin Bieber Of Mexican Boxing, Actually Any Good?
Our guy Hamilton Nolan has a preview of this weekend's fight, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Peter Manfredo Jr., up at HBO. Chavez is clearly a star, with one hell of a bloodline, but is he a champion? Meanwhile, Manfredo's an older journeyman, but he's been winning lately. Read up. [HBO]...
That Mean Columbia Marching Band Has Been Un-Banned From Performing At The 0-9 Football Team's Last Game
You did it, Deadspin readers! Or at least our friends at the Columbia Spectator say you did it:...
500 Pounds Of Cocaine Discovered In Former Boxing Champ's Puerto Rico Home
U.S. federal agents seized 500 pounds of cocaine worth $4 million in a home owned by former WBO champ Ivan Calderon in Humacao, Puerto Rico earlier this week. Calderon, who recently said he would return to fight in minimumweight at 105 pounds, has denied having any knowledge of the drugs. [AP]...
Albert Pujols's Mystery Destination, Dale Sveum's New Gig, And Other Hot Fucking Stove Developments
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!!! • There's apparently a mystery team involved in the bidding for Albert Pujols, much like there was for Cliff Lee. Speculation is that it could ...