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Wimbledon To Pigeons: Die, You Filthy, Winged Demons
Apparently, there are others besides Mike Tyson and homeless people who still think pigeons are animals worthy of protection. The organizers of Wimbledon are not in this group and have done everything besides hiring armed guards to keep pigeons from entering their precious, precious air space — unt...
SuperYid Youkilis Drubs The Hardly Punchless RedBirds
Slate's Robert Weintraub, like many of us, loves the old purple prose of early 1900s sportswriting, the Grantland Rices, the men who painted epic tales of warriors, grizzled combatants and lardywarks too manly to wear gloves. In an occasional series, Weintraub writes about the week's best baseball g...
Dee Mirich Says Goodbye To Our Editor In Her Own Special Way
She doesn't actually mention him by name, but we know that prolific Internet horse poet Dee Mirich has been touched in a profound way by Will's imminent departure. Just read between the lines of her latest poem and you'll find a stirring tribute to Will, Deadspin, and of course Grade II Peter Pan St...
Youth Golfers Get Blindsided By Boob-Infested Golf Outing
A golf team of pre-teen youngsters got a little more than they expected when they showed up for their junior club golf outing on Monday. Due to a scheduling "miscommunication" the lucky kids got to share the clubhouse with the annual Shotgun Willie's Charity Golf Tournament, an event sponsored by a ...
A Day Playing Catch With Charlie Brown
I've been a Peanuts fan pretty much my entire life, but it took the new Baseball as Allegory exhibit to finally drag my sorry butt out to the Charles M. Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, Calif. I highly recommend the experience if you happen to be in the neighborhood, if for no other reason than to sit ...
What A Hall Class We Have Coming
• The Hall of Fame class of 2014 is going to be amazing. [The Grand National Championships] • This Olympic basketball team business is not going to end well. [With Malice] • Jheri Curl All-Stars. [Home Run Derby] • Ron Artest is not taking no damn pay cut. [Sports By Brooks] • Get Doc Rivers' smelly...
Belisimo, Big Cock Gallinari
SimonOnSports points us to this interesting revelation about potential NBA lottery pick Danillo Gallinari. The 19-year-old Italian small forward has impressed some draftniks with his outside shot and his shnoz for the basket, and he's pledged that he'll only play in the NBA if he's drafted by New Yo...
Media Approval Ratings: Terry Bradshaw
We can say with 100 percent certainty that, of all the people we've mentioned in this Media Approval Ratings business, Terry Bradshaw is the first whose bare ass we have seen. We're not sure which is worse: Having that happen, or admitting that we've seen Failure To Launch....
Our Friends At Bristol
On the book tour, one of the most common questions we were asked: "Do you ever talk to any ESPN guys? Do they hate you?" The two people they asked about most often were Bill Simmons and Chris Berman. We're not sure what that says about either of them, or us....
ESPN's Featured Comment Of The Day
ESPN scoured its message boards this morning to find its cleverest, boldest, most enlightening comment, and chose this one above all others ......
J.P. Ricciardi Meets The Jerky Boys
OK, so, to bring you up to date:...
Clinton Portis Plays All The Old Hits
We hope whoever takes over this site keeps the Deadspin Hall Of Fame going; it would make us very happy to see that still cruising along in a decade. (We also love that it's so difficult to get in; just one inductee last year!) One of the earliest enshrinees, Clinton Portis, is returning to his old ...
Much Excitement In The Area Where The Allegheny And Monongahela Converge To Form The Ohio River
Wouldn't it be ironic — in a fun, cosmic sort of way — if the turning point for the Pittsburgh Pirates' franchise came on Tuesday night? It was the first time since 1960 that the New York Yankees had played in Pittsburgh, when, as you surely recall, Bill Mazeroski won Game 7 of the World Series with...
Is There Any Way Turkey Pulls Off The Upset?
Forgive me if my memory from that night in Frankfurt, Germany two years ago is a little hazy. It definitely included conversations with members of Germany’s Stampede Wrestling Federation. And yes, the Gypsy Kings, “Volare” blared over the speakers on repeat. There may or may not have been an appear...
Your Morning Video Wake Up Call
Good morning, sunshines. Today's video recap features College World Series innuendo, Tony Kornheiser discussing his sexual exploits in the restrooms of chain fast-food restaurants and John Anderson's amazing new show....
About Last Night
What you missed while cowering before the might of Milk & Cheese, Dairy Products Gone Bad ... • College World Series: Fresno, birthplace of Cher, Kevin Federline and Trent Dilfer, represent! This series is tied. • Spain invades Wimbledon, enslaves native people, demands to know where gold is hidden....
This Woman Is Smiling Because She Just Humped A High School Baseball Team
Here we have Julie Pritchett, a former middle school special-ed teacher in sleepy Trussville, Alabama, whose love of young men playing baseball extends beyond the diamond, and into her pants....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while your horse enjoys Uncle Jimmy's Hanging Balls ... • College World Series: Championship series, Game 2, Georgia vs. Fresno State in Omaha (7 p.m., ET). That guy in your office who keeps saying "I predict the Bulldogs will win!" ... you have my permission to poke him in both eyes w...
The Fantasy Impact Of Steven Jackson's Cleansed Colon
During yesterday's story about Rams running back Steven Jackson and his messy colon cleanse, I questioned the potential fantasy football impact such a procedure would have on the top five running back. Thankfully, some of the wise men from Yahoo!'s Fantasy Football think tank decided it was worthy ...
All Hail The Brilliance Of Zombie Kickball
Oh, but to be in Portland, Maine this weekend! We have found the next great American sport, and it will be celebrated this Sunday. Ladies and gentlehumans, we introduced you to ... Zombie Kickball....