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Theo Epstein Is STOKED, Dude!
We admire Theo Epstein as much as anyone — OK, maybe a little less — but secretly we've always kind of suspected that, for all the Yale and sabremetrics and what-not, he's pretty much just a big dumb likable Boston frat guy like pretty much everybody else our age we run into while out in Boston. (...
Athlete Run-Ins: Roddick's Rabbit Phobia
After a pretty darned controversial and debated story about Tim Duncan yesterday, we've got a nice amusing, safe one today, about tennis star Andy Roddick and his unusual, somewhat inexplicable fear. This one comes from Steve in Houston:...
Chan Ho As You've Never Seen Him Before
One of the weirder Web sites we've seen in a while: The self-explanatory ChanHoParkInCompromisingPositions.com . It appears to be nothing but Chan Ho Park being stretched by a trainer, and their ongoing dialogue. And you know what? That's enough....
Keane Bolts On Man U
For those of you who have your finger on the pulse of such matters, the big shocking news this morning is that Roy Keane — a soccer player so famous that we've heard of him — has left Manchester United — the team where he served as captain — after 12 years with the team. Of course, it's the middle...
Two Great Tastes That Taste Great Together
Yep, that's right: Dennis Rodman was on "Quite Frankly With Stephen A. Smith" last night. This is like seeing L. Ron Hubbard and Tony Robbins in the same room together. Our mind is officially blown....
The Onion, But With Sports!
We'd like to take this moment to congratulate fellow Interweb sports humor site SportsPickle on its 200th "issue" and its fourth birthday. On the whole, we find Onion knockoff sites exhausting, mostly just pale photocopies of the real thing, but we've always liked what ESPN Mag contributor DJ Gall...
Fantasy Football Master's Theses Rule!
The fine, slightly scary folks at Free Darko are, apparently, in the world of post-graduate academia, a designation that makes us eye them more warily than we did before....
Today in Oddjack
What you're missing over at Oddjack, the site for both the discerning speculator and the degenerate gambler ... • The kids at Covers get you ready for the NCAA Basketball Tournament. Stop fidgeting and pay attention this time. • Reading the sports obits for fun and profit. • An answer to the immorta...
Mark Cuban's Crush On Ayn Rand
In a new story as part of "college week" on Slate.com, various "famous people" talk about the books they read in college that made a huge difference in their lives. 40 Year Old Virgin writer and director Judd Apatow says A Death In The Family. Chris Matthews says A Thousand Days. Bill Simmons even...
Peter King, Hello!
We have always liked Sports Illustrated's Peter King, up until a couple of years ago, at least. He was plugged in, incredible for information, and had that everyman quality we Web people enjoy. But — and maybe because he's gotten all thin now, or maybe it's the breakneck schedule he keeps — he is ...
Why Your Hometown Columnist Sucks: Stephen A. Smith
We're not even going to get into his show on ESPN, which we've well-documented elsewhere. We are here to discuss the many sins of Stephen A. Smith the writer, the columnist. The man absolutely refuses to back up any of his written assertions with sources or facts. A guy who routinely sends in colu...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. NBA with Marc Stein: We've noticed that, since Halloween, they've stopped using your column as ESPN Insider exclusive content. In fact, after the first graph, the copy reads: "Want to read the rest of this article? Go ahead, it...
Somebody Has A Friend In ESPN's Search Tag Department
Our pal Bucky at Animal New York informed us of a most amusing Google game this morning. For whatever reason, if you happen to type the term "big dick" into your Google search engine, the first entry that comes up, inexplicably, is the ESPN bio of Vancouver Canucks wing Richard Park....
Last Call For Athlete Run-In Stories
We'll be picking our winners in our athlete run-in stories contest, where the best athlete run-in stories win a free copy of The Education Of A Coach, the new David Halberstam about Patriots coach Bill Belichick....
Today in Oddjack
Oddjack is on our good side today, because they're getting us fired up for college basketball. • Everything you might possibly need to know about trends and stats for the upcoming college basketball season. • If you can figure out who is actually playing, you could be on tonight's Eagles-Cowboys gam...
Alex Rodriguez Wins Even MORE Fans!
MLB.com just announced that Yankees third baseman/lipstick model Alex Rodriguez has won the American League MVP award. We salute A-Rod on this "victory."...
NFL Roundup: Down Goes Tice!
• What's funnier than Mike Tice being rolled over and knocked down on the sideline? Nothing, that's what. By the way, we find Tice's dopey sideline celebrations undignified, and Tom Coughlin's constant gyrations of fury incredibly amusing. • Samkon Gado, baby, Samkano Gado. Two touchdowns, one gr...
Week In Deadspin: Rodman, Cold Pizza And Us
• Lesbian cheerleaders getting it on in a bathroom? What more can we tell you? It, you know, seems like the type of story people might be into. • We went to go check out Dennis Rodman's book signing, and it made us almost as sad as it made his agent jaw-droppingly (and hilariously) furious. We lov...
Clinton Portis Still Selling Crazy, Man
In case you thought Redskins running back Clinton Portis was becoming more sane as the weeks went by rather than less, you can relax. We proudly present his newest concoction: "Sheriff Gonna Getcha."...
Meet Our New Favorite Person
His name is William Hocutt, he's a law student at the University of Alabama, his blog can be found at Legalacidity.diaryland.com and he is our favorite person on earth. Mr. Hocutt is the sainted soul responsible for putting together and carrying the "Deadspin Says Cold Pizza Tastes Good!" sign on ...