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NFL Season Preview: Green Bay Packers
Believe it or not, folks, the NFL season is much closer than you can possibly imagine. So close, in fact, that, if we're going to fit in every NFL team preview by the start of the season, we have to go this early. So there you have it....
Deadspin HOF Nominee: ESPN Memo
It's impossible to overstate the joy in our hearts when the ESPN Internal Complaint Memo showed up in our email box. We had always suspected that ESPN was a depressing, Brazil-esque bureaucracy. But we had no idea how bad it was....
You Know You've Missed Peter McNeeley
You can make fun of Mike Tyson all you want for his repeated "comeback" attempts — though we think he might have permanently shelved them ... for now ... permanently temporarily — but at least he has people who want to watch him fight, for whatever depraved reason. He also was once a champion. Whith...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NCAA FB with Bruce Feldman: Hey, Jimmy Claussen stole my beer. And my car! • 2 p.m. Baseball America's Jim Callis: So when do we get robot umpires? Because it would be cool to see Piniella argue with one. • 4 p.m. NFL with Scouts...
Deadspin Film School Continues
Our other two films so far, both made on behalf of Ned, are here (by Proffessor Jerkwheat) and here (by Chad Sexington). We had no idea there was such filmmaking talent amongst the comments, and it's clear that at some time in the near future we're going to have to have a Deadspin Film Festival....
College Football Polls Are Not Particularly Diverse
Nothing signals the oncoming bumrush of the college football season than the top 25 polls. Unlike every other collegiate sport, the polls actually have a concrete effect on the postseason, as much as college football has a "postseason." Therefore, you'd expect them to be thoroughly researched and su...
Stephen A. Smith's Caps Lock To Get A Well-Deserved Break
You might have wondered, with STEPHEN A. SMITH'S!!!!! frequent outside-of-the-newspaper endeavors (screaming on "SportsCenter," screaming on "General Hospital," screaming at Skip Bayless, screaming at Cheesy Doodles), what his Philadelphia Inquirer editors thought of his output, considering the guy ...
R.I.P. Eddie Griffin
We send our condolences to the family and friends of former Timberwolves guard Eddie Griffin, who was killed last Friday when his SUV hit a moving train. Word of his death in Houston only came out yesterday....
Now That, Friends, Is A Nice Night
So, you had tickets to the Angels game on Tuesday, but decided instead to go see Daddy Day Care. You foolish, foolish man.* You missed The Garret Anderson Carnival of the Unexplained, as our hero had 10 RBI ... yeah, 10 ... before 44,264 highly-caffeinated Angelistas, as the Angels blasted the Yanke...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while waxing on and waxing off ... • MLB: Pujols does that thing he does as Cards beat Marlins 5-2 ... St. Louis still three behind Brewers and Cubs in Central. • Little League World Series: It was raining in Williamsport, so naturally the team from Oregon won. • Tennis: It's raining...
Deadspin HOF Nominee: Barbaro
Our only returning nominee, the circumstances have certainly changed a little bit since Barbaro garnered only 31.1 percent of the vote in Hall of Fame balloting....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you decide not to vote for Chad Henne ... • Little League Baseball: World Series, pool play, at Williamsport, Pa.; Walpole, Mass. vs. Warner Robins, Ga.; Taiwan vs. Mexico, Why is Sean Hannity checking IDs? [ESPN2] • MLB: Padres at Mets. The series that could make or break Mr. Met. ...
Your Piece Of Michael Vick History
Sure, you can buy your Michael Vick chew toys and Ron Mexico T-shirts and Ookie jerseys, but don't you want a real part of Vick history? Considering he's not likely to play in the NFL again — no, he'll totally turn into an accurate passer when he's back in 2010 — don't you want something truly conne...
Everywhere You Look, White Kids
We do enjoy the Little League World Series, though a little part of us wishes they didn't keep score, and a big part of us missing Harold Reynolds. But blog Say Hey was wondering the same thing we were: Where are all the non-white American kids?...
This Also Happens Often To Swimmers
SCANDAL at the University of Hawaii! Apparently, some fella named Ian Sample, who used to play football for the Rainbows, claims coach June Jones used to manipulate drug tests. We're not sure we understand what the big deal is — if you can't get stoned playing for Hawaii, dammit, where can you get s...
Osama Bin Drinkin' Is More Like It
"Hi, it's me again sports fans. Just to prove how many different kinds of crazy we are here here in the cave, we have now called for the deaths of decadent sexpots David Beckham, Wayne Rooney and Thierry Henry. Also, Justin Timberlake and P. Diddy have been added to the list. Act now, for these eter...