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Live Blog: France Vs. Portugal
We're down to the final three teams in the World Cup — unless you count the third-place game, and who counts the third place game? — and we're knocking out one of them right now. The first team in the World Cup Finals is Italy; who will be the second, as they say?...
Your RFK Evening Wrapup
Well, the evening for Deadspin readers at RFK Stadium was Monday night, and we'll say this: We woke up just in time to do the site this morning. We had an excellent turnout, and we were deeply honored to meet some of our finest commenters around these parts, including many of the All Star crew behin...
Chicago Bulls Mascots, Just One Step Ahead Of The Law
You're probably tired of hearing about NBA mascots attacking the police while driving mini-motorcycles at outdoor festivals — we know we are — but this one has a slight twist. The mascot, Benny the Bull of the Chicago Bulls, threw a punch at a sheriff's deputy, knocking off his glasses. The best p...
Blogdome: Meet Cowboy Troy
• The musical stylings of Cowboy Troy. [The Option] • An update on the rugby murder from last week ... [The Red Terror] • College football's opening weekend lines have been posted. Yeah! [The Wizard Of Odds] • Isiah Thomas made life incredibly sweet for the Chicago Bulls. [BeepCentral] • How to fix ...
Those Wacky Germans
We really don't mean to imply that perhaps some in Germany are a little too excited about soccer right now — though perhaps not after yesterday — but some fans are actually falling for the oldest trick in the book....
Fear Not The Peanut
If the image of this innocent-seeming peanut doll makes you throw your hands in the air and start screaming while sprinting out of the room, it is possible that you have a peanut allergy. Or you're just startled very easily....
Carl Monday Is Not Scared Of Your Internet
Carl Monday has been CLEVELAND'S INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER for decades, but only recently has he earned himself officially Interwebs Superstar status. (Which is probably why he was beaten on the Eddie Griffin story.) It seems that Monday is less than comfortable with his new notoriety....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NFL's Ultimate Depth Chart with Mark Schlereth: My need to know the Buccaneers' third-string fullback currently outweighs all other things in life. • 1 p.m.. Wimbledon with Todd Martin: We know the streaker was you. For God's sak...
If You Can Trust Anyone, You Can Trust Jose Canseco
Yesterday, Major League Baseball released a Strongly Worded Statement, making it clear that former Madonna statue Jose Canseco's claims — that Bud Selig and Co. could cover up a positive steroid test if the player (namely, Roger Clemens) were popular enough — "complete nonsense." It is the next in...
Hirshey: Auf Wiedersehn To All That
David Hirshey is writing regularly throughout the World Cup....
Kobayashi Stands Triumphant Again
In an amazing display of intestinal fortitude and the fending off of challenge, Takeru Kobayashi won his sixth consecutive Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest yesterday, downing a world-record 53 1/2 dogs. It was the first time Kobayashi had faced any real competition since he took the event hostage s...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while dropping your pants and firing a rocket ... • World Cup: Italy wins, and the match wasn't even fixed! • MLB: Athletics take Tigers to extra innings, and what does that mean? "Bad news for the Tigers!" • Tour de France: As the third stage nears completion, we ... oh no! Valverde...
Many Happy Independence Day Returns
We're ducking out a half hour early today — which, mind you, is about three days later than just about everyone we know ducked out of their jobs — because tonight, of course, is the big Deadspin outing at RFK Stadium, and we have to make sure our tuxedo is back from the dry cleaners....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Ozzie Guillen issues his beanball orders for the All-Star game ... • MLB: Cardinals at Braves. A trip to Atlanta! Desperate times call for desperate measures. [ESPN] • WNBA: San Antonio Silver Stars @ Los Angeles Sparks. Lord, let us be thankful for what we are about to receive. Um,...
Leftovers: That's All For Yzerman
• Saying goodbye to Stevie Y. [Detroit Free Press] • Who might take over for Bruce Arena as US Soccer's head honcho? [ESPN] • A Devil Rays fan wonders if the Red Sox have turned into Duke. [Rays Index] • Running down the NBA free agent pool. [SI.com]...
Texas A&M, Represent!
One day thousands of years from now, when a superior alien intelligence stumbles upon the remains of our long-extinct civilization, we only pray that they don't come across this video. Just our luck it will be the only thing that survives, and we don't want anyone to get the wrong idea about us. We ...
More Cheaters At The Tour de France
With all the hullabaloo about doping at the Tour de France, we find it amazing, in this day and age, that Dick Pound (hee!) and the other blood-thinning experts are missing out on rather obvious examples of malfeasance such as this one....
Hirshey: Forza Italia!
Forget the match-fixing scandal and apparent suicide attempt of former beloved defender Gianluca Pessotto that were going to be such huge distractions that Italy would retreat into its mournful defensive shell and not come out until they had to board the plane to go home. As anyone who has glimpsed ...
The Dogs Of War
OK, so the U.S. isn't the absolute hands-down best at basketball anymore. We're dealing with that. Same as baseball, as we watched the championship game of the World Baseball Classic on TV, and noticed that of the two teams playing, one of them wasn't us. Eh. We'll get over it....