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Here's your daily link to Dave McKenna's brilliant "Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder," which we'll be posting until Dan Snyder's dumbass libel suit is walked to slaughter under an angry moon....
It Took Rescuers Two Hours To Dig An Olympic Swimmer Out Of This Sand Hole
Austrian Olympic swimmer Jakub Maly lives and trains in Pompano Beach, Fla., and yesterday was his day off. So he spent the afternoon digging a hole in the beach 7 feet deep and 6 feet across. Naturally, he jumped in, and naturally, it collapsed around him, leaving only his head unburied....
Worst Golf Swings: Wealthy Japanese Businessman Edition
From reader John: "Got paired up with this guy (very wealthy businessman from Japan, had custom clubs that probably ran him around 5k in total) last summer at Kingsbarns Golf Links in Scotland. He could barely speak English so I wasn't able to ask how his to swing came to be, but he was much bette...
There's A Bear In Trey Wingo's Backyard
We now return you to your regularly scheduled non-bear news. [Twitter]...
Belgian Cyclist Dies After Fall in Giro D'Italia
Wouter Weylandt was pronounced dead soon after a single-bike crash in a hilly stage of the Giro D'Italia, one of the three Grand Tours of cycling, and often the most dangerous....
Hours After (Barely) Getting Punched, Manny Pacquaio Was Onstage Singing La Bamba
Do you ever get the feeling Manny doesn't actually like boxing? Between his political career, his singing career, and his not having broken a sweat in the ring in three years, it seems like there's always something he'd rather be doing....
Phil Jackson Agrees That His Career Has Been The "Bee's Knees"
Your morning roundup for May 9, the day we learned of the Village tree thief....
We Are All Dave McKenna XCIII
Here's your daily link to Dave McKenna's brilliant "Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder," which we'll be posting until Dan Snyder's dumbass libel suit locks itself in a garage with the engine running....
Five Entries In Our Worst Golf Swing Contest
We've been highlighting and soliciting videos of the worst golf swings you've ever seen (Charles Barkley is still in the lead) and you people haven't disappointed. Here are five more nominations. Please keep them coming....
If Pacquiao-Mosley Was A Snoozer, Arce-Vazquez Was A Goddamn Slobberknocker
For those of you who spent $55 to watch Shane Mosley preserve his brain cells last night against Manny Pacquiao, my condolences go out to you if the main event was all you saw. Because the Jorge Arce vs. Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. bout on the undercard was unreal. It oozed with subtext: Mexico vs. Puert...
The Pacquiao/Mosley Fight Ended Up Being NASCAR's Undercard Last Night
Your morning roundup for May 8, the day we watched the world's terroristic boogeyman watching himself and channel surfing like an Ritalin-addled preteen whose parents won't spring for a DVR....
Here's Your Manny Pacquiao/Shane Mosley Fight Night Open Thread
Manny Pacquiao will fight Shane Mosley in Las Vegas, with the WBO welterweight title on the line, tonight. But is it truly a fight when everybody already knows who is going to win, and when the person who everybody knows is going to lose doesn't betray even a hint of anger toward his foe?...
Manny Pacquiao Survives Fender Bender, Will Fight Tonight
TMZ is reporting that Manny Pacquiao was just involved in a car accident in Las Vegas, but that it shouldn't affect his fight against Shane Mosley tonight. By accident, they mean "one of Manny's security vehicles collided with the car carrying Manny."...
Your Kentucky Derby Open Thread
Post-time for the 137th Kentucky Derby isn't until 6:24 p.m. eastern but, hell, NBC starts its coverage at 4 p.m. so it's a stone-cold mortal lock that Costas'll do something toity enough to warrant open-thread discussion....
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Here's your daily link to Dave McKenna's brilliant "Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder," which we'll be posting until [Daniel] Snyder's dumbass libel suit gets pegged into submission....
Your Official Deadspin Kentucky Derby Picks
I like Archarcharch (based on that stretch-running 98 Beyer fig in the Arkansas Derby) and Mucho Macho Man (who finished third in the Louisiana Derby despite leaving his shoe at the gate), and I'll box them in the exacta with Shackleford (who ran a smart second in the Florida Derby)....
So, This Is What A College Station Glee Episode Would Look Like
Tipster Glenn T. just sent in this link to what's described as "nearly 150 students burst(ing) into seemingly spontaneous song and dance" during Texas A&M Foundation's annual Legacy Society Gala at the Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium....
This Is What It Looks Like To Almost Get Trampled By A Runaway Racehorse
Hickey posted about this traumatizing moment at the Grand Annual Steeplechase at Australia's Warrnambool carnival this morning, when a wild racehorse leaped over a fence and into a crowd of people, injuring an 80-year-old woman and a two-year-old boy and scaring the shit out of an unspecified numb...
Jared Allen Becomes The Latest To Complain About Those Kids And Their Bling
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Allen says the lockout is all for the young players, but they're ungrateful little bastards....
We Are All Dave McKenna XCI
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