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What Marcellus Wiley Has In Different Area Codes
We could play with the NFL Wives Yahoo Group all day, honestly. It's basically just women emailing the group about certain players they find attractive, to find out whether they're available, whether they sleep around, so on. (Clinton Portis is a fave of the site.)...
Vote: First Gay Athlete To Come Out?
All right, we promised you a poll, and here's your poll, our first ever on Deadspin. The question: Who's the most likely athlete to come out of the closet first, based off Oddjack's Cultural Oddsmaker, which laid down the odds on five most likely suspects to be the first "out" athlete....
Today in Oddjack
Here's the seedy underbelly of sports, uncovered by the big dogs at Oddjack ... • As long as his linemen aren't carrying him down the field, Byron Leftwich could be fantasy football gold. • The handicappers dig deep into the psyche of horses and find out that they all have long faces. Awww. • It's n...
Stat Nerds Now Overtaking The Government
We know we re going all financial on you today over here, but here s something interesting: The new chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, appointed by President Bush, is a, of all things, sabermatrician. Yep: He s a Bill James cultist....
The Cavs' Super Secret Club (No Girls Allowed!)
Free Darko has a find that's making us giggle like an idiot: Apparently, Cleveland Cavaliers stars LeBron James, Larry Hughes and Damon Jones (known around here as "two-and-a-half men") have come up with a "secret handshake that involves two low-fives, then a wave, then posing with their arms cros...
Blogdom's Best: Jacksonville Jaguars
It might not — yet — have the online fanaticism and cachet of baseball, but the NFL and its fans are starting to catch up in the world of team-devoted blogs. To this end, Deadspin salutes these modem-addled souls and proudly presents Blogdom's Best, given to the most outstanding blog for each NFL ...
Today in Oddjack
What you're missing over at Oddjack, the site for both the discerning speculator and the degenerate gambler ... • Can Roy Oswalt save the Astros? A roundtable discussion. • Dress like an NBA star, end up with your house being destroyed by a hurricane. We're pretty sure that's the gist of what this g...
Recruiting Wars Are Always Ugly
We'll confess, the whole notion of recruiting in college athletics leaves us queasy, and we're even more weirded out by fans who are unnaturally obsessed with it. There are countless "recruiting expert" sites that, when you really break it down, essentially make a living by looking at 16-year-old ...
Oddjack: Guaranteed Winners Or Your "Money" Back
If it's Friday, that means it's Football Up Your Ass! at Oddjack. Here's a look at Oddjack's best picks. GUARANTEED WINNERS* for the upcoming football weekend. • Vegas has gone insane, and so can you — the pick is the Dolphins minus-1 over the Chiefs. • It's Virginia vs. North Carolina , pick, and y...
Next Thing You Know, They'll Ban Chaps
We have another victim of the NBA's dress code, a guy whose personal style has been as unique as it has been personalized. The guy is sighing and obliging to David Stern's wishes, losing a little part of himself in the process, taking away his personal code and culture in the name of pleasing corp...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Columnist Scoop Jackson: You ran for President twice, and now most recently have written a book about shoes. How the mighty have fallen. Wait, was that you? • 2 p.m. Boxing with Dan Rafael: We've got the script for Rocky VI, an...
Today In Oddjack
Hey, look at all the stuff Oddjack has. Cool. • More details on the depths of Michael Jordan's gambling addiction. • One week until the Breeder's Cup, when the earth shakes on its axis. • How long will the Colts' and Texans' zeros remains zeros?...
Today In Oddjack
What you're missing over at Oddjack, the site for bot the discerning speculator and the degenerate gambler ... • The smart money seems to be flowing toward Roy Oswalt and the Astros tonight. That's making Albert Pujols very mad — and you don't want to make him mad. • It's Troy vs. Florida Internatio...
Zoot Suitin' Boogie
All right, we've avoided this long enough: We now have to acknowledge this whole NBA dress code thing. What sparked us into action? Why, Mark Cuban, of course, who addresses the "controversy on his blog. His take: It's a matter of owners not knowing how to relate to their players, which is a shock...
Plummer Asks The World, "Who Wants Some?"
Ah, Jake Plummer. Whether it's the mustache, the tendency to occassionally throw the ball with his left hand or his odd or his admirable but oddly hesistant anti-war views, you can always count on Jake Plummer to entertain. This week: A feud with a local columnist over his cheerleader girlfriend....
Today In Oddjack: Hope For Cards Fans!
We have much faith in Oddjack, tonight. If they don't come through for us, we're gonna run down to Oddjack world headquarters and there will be fisticuffs, we tell you, fisticuffs! • There is no reason to panic. There is no reason to bleed Cardinals red. St. Louis is bringing it back to, well, St. L...
Anybody Recovered From The USC Game Yet?
Honestly, you just know Nick Lachey was wetting his pants in South Bend on Saturday. We still haven't quite come down from the high of USC's thrilling 34-31 victory over Notre Dame, a game that somehow made everyone on both teams into a legend. Most of the Notre Dame fans we know aren't even angry...
Oddjack's: It's Football Up Your Ass Time!
If it's Friday, that means it's time for FOOTBALL UP YOUR ASS! at Oddjack. Here's a look at the Oddjack's best picks, GUARANTEED WINNERS*, for the upcoming football weekend....
Hang In There, America: LeBron's Back With Us
Well, everyone can breathe a little easier: LeBron James has been released from the hospital. With Suns forward Amare Stoudamire out until at least the All-Star break, if James had been out for too long, this NBA season was in serious danger of sucking before it even started....
Today In Oddjack
What you're missing over at Oddjack, the site for both the discerning speculator and the degenerate gambler ... • A tiger almost ate half of Siegfried and Roy, but the Clemson version is your friend this week. • These hokey sports bets between mayors stopped being fun about three decades ago, didn't...