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The Philadelphia Flyers really are going for broke: They just traded for a 35-year-old defenseman's negotiating rights even though his asking price will likely fuck up their salary cap situation. [Sporting News]...

Tennis Channel CEO: Comcast Battle Like "Being Raped By Brutal Captor" [UPDATE]

Two weeks ago, a federal appeals court ruled that Comcast did not have to put Tennis Channel on its basic cable service and could, instead, throw it on a more-expensive sports tier. The court overturned an FCC ruling in the process. Tennis Channel was unhappy about this. In fact, Tennis Channel CEO ...

Phil Esposito On The Stanley Cup Final: "Doesn't Mean Shit To Me"

Phil Esposito was a five-time NHL scoring champion whose best playing days were with the Bruins. But he began his career in Chicago, where his brother, Tony, was a Hall of Fame goalie. That said, Esposito's rooting interest in this year's Stanley Cup final is easier than you think....

Puerto Rican League Game Delayed When Players' Families Start Fighting

We are actually big fans of Baloncesto Superior Nacional, the Puerto Rican professional basketball league that's become somewhat of a summer league stop-over for sub-NBA pro ballers. (Games are aired live on local TV here in St. Petersburg.) Last night's Humacao-Carolina vs. Ponce game, though, got...

What Hockey Needs Is More Violence

Originally published in Inside Sports in January 1981....

This MLB-In-Australia Thing Is Really Happening

It was just a glimmering possibility back in October, but it's real now—the Dodgers and Diamondbacks will open the 2014 season next March with a two-game series at Australia's Sydney Cricket Grounds (above). Yes, those Dodgers and Diamondbacks. It'll be the first-ever regular-season game played in ...

Photos: The North Korean Hockey Team

You can click over here to read an account of a week spent with the North Korean national ice hockey team at the IIHF Division III Championships. These photos were just some of the many taken during the weeklong tournament in Cape Town, South Africa, and present a snapshot of the rare North Koreans ...

My Week With The North Korean Hockey Team

CAPE TOWN, South Africa—This is what a North Korean postgame press conference sounds like:...

Read Roger Goodell's Letter To Congress Defending The Redskins Name

Last month, 10 members of Congress publicly called on Roger Goodell to change the name of the Redskins. Now, Goodell responds, in a letter calling the nickname "a unifying force that stands for strength, courage, pride and respect." ...

She's No Jockette

Dig Martha Weinman Lear's 1993 New York Times piece on Julie Krone:...

What Becomes a Legend Most?

I've got a friend who doesn't watch the NBA much but has caught the first three games of the Finals and proclaims that LeBron James isn't as great as everyone says. Never mind that mind-numbing argument, here's a vintage Bill Simmons Page 2 column on what it was like growing up watching Larry Bird:...

Jets center Nick Mangold wore a fútbol-style headband today in solidarity with Mark Sanchez. He's got the hair for it. [@KristianRDyer | Twitter]...

Frank Luntz, the GOP strategist who helped the NHL owners craft their lockout talking points, will focus group the Redskins naming controversy. The NFL says it's not responsible; the Redskins refused comment. [ThinkProgress]...

Please Let Custom Facemasks Become A Thing

You're looking at a custom prototype facemask whipped up for Arizona by Bad-Ass Masks, apparently the Pimp My Ride of helmets. ...

Health Is Bad For You: My Weird Weekend At Toronto's Fitness Shitshow

TORONTO—"Dear Toronto Pro Supershow Delegate," read a slip of paper handed to everyone checking in at Toronto's Intercontinental Hotel on Friday. "For your convenience we have 'Special Towels' through our Housekeeping Department. We recommend that these special towels/ linens be used in conjunction ...

The Four Most Punchable Faces In Human History

Before we get to the Funbag, some notes of vital interest. If you're in New York tomorrow night, I'll be doing Scott Rogowsky's Running Late show over in Brooklyn. It's like a live talk show-type thing. You can buy tickets here. You get a free beer (not kidding) if you mention Deadspin at the door, ...

This Is The Most Poorly Organized Bike Race We've Ever Seen

Know as you watch this video that only minor injuries were suffered, so you're free to enjoy these crashes as slapstick, and a true mess of course design....

That's Just [Sic]

Fuck You, Bill Belichick

I was close, Bill Belichick. I was thissss close to spending an entire NFL season free of Tebowmania, or Tebow Time, or whatever fucking brand stamp ESPN decides to put on all its coverage of the Jesusback. I was really looking forward to it, too. I was gonna watch every game safe in the knowledg...

Royal Flushed

Here's Michael Mooney's 2008 story about poker for the New Times:...