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Here's Video Of The Knockout Of The Year Getting Delivered In Atlantic City Last Night
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....

Remember The Time Peyton Manning Helped Chris Hanson Catch A Predator?
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....

Les Miles And The Elusive Art Of Clapping
Les Miles is many things: grass-eater, clock-mismanager, pretty good recruiter, and, as this video shows, an awful, awful clapper. ...

Finally, Deadspin The Subject Of A Master's Thesis
What we do here, it's many things. Intellectually rewarding? Not what usually springs to mind. But this humble website played a rather large part in the Master's Thesis of a recent LSU graduate. Let's explore the world of academia....

Your College Football Afternoon Games Open Thread
Two Top-10 matchups: TCU at Utah (um, "national championship" atmosphere?) and Alabama at LSU. Two Top-4 teams playing: Oregon hosts Washington and Boise State hosts Hawaii. And, Nebraska makes its last conference-rival visit to Iowa Fucking State....

Les Miles Is Cool With Getting Screwed By The Refs Last Year
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Lucky Les Miles on the Bama game, and last year's INT-that-wasn't....

Sports Radio Show Caller Says Funny Thing To Les Miles, Is Cut Off Immediately (UPDATE)
Les Miles was on the radio and a caller got past the screeners to alert Les that it was he—the caller—who had taken the nude photos of him—Les Miles—Jordan Jefferson has been using as leverage for playing time....

Cigar Guy Isn't As Fun, Photoshoppable When He's Not Wearing The Fake 'Stache
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....

Yesterday Was ESPN's Birthday, So That's Nice
Yes, the WWL turned 31 yesterday, and what better time to look back at old commercials and bloopers that are actually pretty funny? My favorite: Craig Kilborn acting like "Craig Kilborn," insulting a PA every chance he gets. [NESW Sports]...

Super Bowl Subplot #8: Hurricane Katrina
The media has kept it surprisingly low-key this week, but come Sunday there will be no avoiding the big dark shadow that looms over New Orleans and the rag tag group of football misfits holding that city together: Katrina....

Super Bowl Subplot #7: Shhh! Commercials!
The only thing people love more than Super Bowl commercials is complaining about people who only care about the commercials. Or is it complaining about those complainers? I feel like we've had this conversation before....

Super Bowl Subplot #6: The Aints Go Marching In
You know how fans of bad teams come to games with paper bags over their heads, because they're ashamed to admit they root for a terrible franchise? New Orleans invented that, because they root for the most terrible franchise ever....

Super Bowl Subplot #5: Haiti's Pierre Garçon
A dilemma has struck the publishing world this week. How do you make that little tail thingy on the C in Pierre Garçon's name? More importantly, if we can't figure it out does that make us worse than Paul Shirley?...

Super Bowl Subplot #4: Dwight Freeney's Ankle
Is it sprained or is it broken? Torn or rent asunder? Will he or won't he? Will it matter if he won't? Wait ... Someone is planning to play defense in this game? FREEEEENEEEEEEEEEEEEY!...

Super Bowl Subplot #3: A Pro Bowl Like No Other
There are several key storylines that all media outlets are required to discuss in the days leading up to the Super Bowl. We will do our part by beating them into the ground as far as we can....

Super Bowl Subplot #2: Trash-Talking Art Nerds
There are several key storylines that all media outlets are required to discuss in the days leading up to the Super Bowl. We will do our part by beating them into the ground as far as we can....

Super Bowl Subplot #1: Those Manning Boys
There are several key storylines that all media outlets are required to discuss in the days leading up to the Super Bowl. We will do our part by beating them into the ground as far as we can....

Capital One Bowl: Penn State. LSU. Geaux.
It's the Penn State Old Italian Gentlemen in Giant Glasses taking on the LSU Po' Boys. What say you, Todd McShay?...

Is Les Miles Lying Or Just Stupid?
"I don't know who called for the spike" is the new "I did not have sexual relations with that woman."...

Does Miguel Cabrera Need a Valtrex Prescription?
Wow, that's a grody canker, isn't it? Anyway, Michigan and Notre Dame are still battling it out and USC and Ohio State comes later, so consider this your open thread. And oh, I have a fun story for y'all!...