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Baltimore at Pittsburgh: The Right To Be "That Other Team" Playing In The Super Bowl
You good people can do your own live bloggin' right here in this thread for the AFC Championship Game....
The Terrible History Of Undersized Linens
Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury celebrates as the first star of his team's shutout of New York today. Foreshadowing? Or pride before the fall?...
Live From Glendale, It's The Emeritus Twitter Feed
Live Twittering from the Pink Taco. Watch a boy melt down, in real time. [Twitter]...
Jump For Joy! There's A Hockey Game On Today!
NBC is broadcasting a regular season NHL game today ... on TV even! Rangers at Penguins (probably sans Crosby), 12:30 p.m. ET. Let's watch that! [NBC]...
AFC Title Game May Come Down To Another Controversial Touchdown
A lot's being made of whether the Pittsburgh Steelers could beat any team three times in a season, let alone the Baltimore Ravens. Most of you will remember the controversial Santonio Holmes touchdown that pushed the Steelers past Baltimore in that Week 15 showdown. The goaline catch was originally ...
Another NFL Coach Bites It...And It's Not Herm Edwards
Actually it's...Jon Gruden?!?! The Tampa Bay Buccaneers fired their doll-faced head coach last night. Gruden's Bucs hadn't won a playoff game since winning Super Bowl 37, and had missed the playoffs four of his last six seasons, including a tremendous December collapse this season, starting 9-3 and ...
If Your New Commemorative Mets' Patch Doesn't Arrive In 30 Minutes, It's Free
Stephen Colbert reviews the new commemorative Mets' patch. "It's perfect. Notice the way the patch mirrors its fans, by not wanting to actually say it's for the Mets." [The 700 Level]...
Cowboys Cheerleader Vs. Titans Cheerleader: It Is So On
Nothing perks up our Friday like a good cheerleader catfight. Today, it's former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader/PETA supporter Bonnie Jill Laflin vs. Tennessee Titans cheerleader/rodent decapitator Melissa Hodges....
The AFC Championship Game As Imagined By An Eight-Year-Old Boy
Yes, this Pittsburgh Post-Gazette graphic sums up Sunday's AFC Championship game matchup perfectly (WTF?). Time to worry: That Raven looks totally unaffected by the deadly eye beams. [Best Week Ever]...
The Deadspin Civil War Mayor's Bet: Philadelphia Eagles
Donovan McNabb is two wins away from redemption. The only thing that can stop him is a tiny red bird....
Jim Schwartz To Become Detroit's Greatest Hero
It seems fitting that the Tennessee Titans' defensive coordinator is the man who has been chosen to resurrect the pitiful Detroit Lions....
If You Build It, They Will Come. But They May Not Leave
We take you now to Lake Township Ohio, where the Mauders will see your replica Eagles field, and raise you a backyard hockey rink....
Miguel and Chris Paul's Relationship Status: It's Complicated
So did Miguel Paul really meet his NBA All-Star cousin during a post-game locker room celebration? It's depends on what you definition of "did" is....
The Deadspin Civil War Mayor's Bet: Arizona Cardinals
So, the game is only four days away. It seems it's time to start getting a bit more serious about this....
Lawyers Do Radio Battle Over Eddy Curry's Alleged Homosexual Come-Ons
The limo driver's lawyer is confident: "What Dave did in this situation is say, 'Please stop, you're making me uncomfortable.' And Eddy kept saying, 'Yeah, yeah'. But he didn't stop, it persisted." [NYP]...
Capitals Win, Crosby Goes Down
The highly-touted matchup between Washington and Pittsburgh mostly lived up to its billing. The teams still hate each other and the play was intense, but the Caps eventually put the Penguins to bed, 6-3....
The Downside Of Doing Your Teacher
We've covered many, many instances of teacher/student-athlete fornication. The latest issue of Rolling Stone reveals that even though it seems like every teenage boy's fantasy, it can really fuck a kid up....
This Is A Lot More Creative Than One Of Those Boring Mayors' Bets
In addition to being the youngest mayor in Pittsburgh history, Luke Ravenstahl is a rabid Steelers fan. Put those two things together and you get this: A publicity stunt for the ages....
Why Can't Alexander Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin Just Get Along?
The Penguins and Capitals square off again tonight and this growing rivalry may have just the kind of storyline the NHL needs to get some buzz going—an old world Russian blood feud....
Not A Racist, A Genuinely Nice Human Being, And, Uh, That's It, I Guess
At first, Eddy Curry, the hobbled Knicks' center, wouldn't comment on the ridiculous sexual harassment lawsuit brought upon him by his ex-chauffeur, but now he can't stop talking about it....