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Joba Chamberlain Will Not Tolerate Any Strip Club Heckling
I have no idea how Alex Rodriguez is not involved in this story, but here goes. Remember how Joba Chamberlain was nailed for DUI at 1 a.m. on Sunday in his hometown of Lincoln, Nebraska? Here are the inspiring details of that evening, which ended with our portly hero being pulled over for speeding i...
Joba Chamberlain's Offseason Didn't Start Off on a High Note
You know the old saying: nothing good ever happens at 1 a.m. in Nebraska. Well, Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain found out the hard way last night, as his evening ended with him in handcuffs. ...
Jamboroo, Week 7. Featuring: Red Zone Channel, AJ Hawk’s DMB Love Affair, And Boiled Peanuts
Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs, well, every Thursday afternoon during the NFL season. Drew's new book, "Men With Balls," featuring 100% new material, hits stores on October 27th but is available online right now here. You can email Drew here. Read him during the week a...
30 Previews In 30 Days: The Minnesota Timberwolves
NBA training camps have begun; the season is rapidly approaching. Can you dig it? I knew that you could. And so we continue our previews: 30 of them in 30 days. Up next is a team that, due to its role in Boston's resurgence, is like the bizarro NBA champions: The Minnesota Timberwolves. When last we...
A Commenting Change Is Gonna Come
To keep the comments as fresh and outstanding as they've been up to this point, Commenting Guru Rob Iracane will write a bi-weekly Comment Ombudsman column. It runs every other week. This is that week. Mr. Iracane, co-proprietor of the brilliant Walkoff Walk , is also the guy who approves comments ...
Morning Blogdome: All That Glitters Is Not Gold
Rays fans get their first taste of postseason disappointment: Better get used to it, young one. [Big League Stew] That'll super-secure the cowboy vote: Richard Petty, Richard Childress and Cowboy Troy will become the most famous celebrities in the world to back the McCain/Palin ticket today at Lowe'...
Goodbye, Publicly Funded Stadiums. Jamboroo, Week 6. Featuring JOOSE!
Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs, well, every Thursday afternoon during the NFL season. Drew's new book, "Men With Balls," released October 27th and featuring 100% new material, is available for pre-order here. You can email Drew here. Read him during the week at KSK. I'...
Farewell, Kimbo Slice
Prior to his shocking knock out by Seth Petruzelli on Saturday night, the worst case scenario for Kimbo Slice was achieving a Mr. T-like career arc by parlaying his reputation as a power-punching street freak into something more cuddly and mainstream. (Sadly we'll probably never see the Kimbo versio...
HBO's BAD Is KO Central
All three of the title contenders showcased on HBO's Boxing After Dark triple-header came through with knockout wins last night in Temecula, California. Yuriorkis Gamboa was sloppy throughout the first round of his fight with Marcos Ramirez, even suffering a flash knockdown at one point. However th...
Kimbo Gets Sliced
Fourteen seconds into last night's heavyweight bout, the referee called the fight handing Kimbo Slice his first loss. It wasn't by Ken Shamrock as planned, but by stand-in Seth Petruzelli. After Shamrock was medically disqualified due to a cut over his eye, Petruzelli bravely stepped in and took car...
Kimbo Clashes With Ken Shamrock, Gina Carano Likely To Stay Clothed
Kimbo Slice is moving on from his tangle with the magical elf and will be entering the ring in a guaranteed bloodbath with Ken Shamrock. This will be the the most experienced opponent so far for Slice and he needs to stay on his feet if he wants to win. Slice is terrible on his back and Shamrock's s...
Two Future Champions Highlight 'Boxing After Dark'
HBO's Boxing After Dark series has committed itself to highlighting the sports rising stars, and now it's time for fight fans to reap the benefits. The last time Yuriorkis Gamboa (11-0, 9 KO's) shared an HBO card with Alfredo Angulo (13-0, 10 KO's) both showed exactly why everyone is so high on the...
Your Week 5 Jamboroo, Featuring The Agony Of Last Minute Fantasy Switching And A New Way DirecTV Will F—k You In The Ass
Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs, well, every Thursday afternoon during the NFL season. Drew's new book, "Men With Balls," released October 27th and featuring 100% new material, is available for pre-order here. You can email Drew here. Read him during the week at KSK. Th...
The Five Habits of Highly Rejected Commenters
To keep the comments as fresh and outstanding as they've been up to this point, Commenting Guru Rob Iracane will write a bi-weekly Comment Ombudsman column. It runs every other week. This is that week. Mr. Iracane, co-proprietor of the brilliant Walkoff Walk , is also the guy who approves comments ...
Your Week 4 Jamboroo, Featuring Home Brewed Beer, RBBC Vultures, Sugar, Trader Joe’s, Cheap Trick, Bar Mitzvahs, And Gratuitous Cleavage
Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs, well, every Thursday afternoon during the NFL season. Drew's new book, "Men With Balls," released October 27th and featuring 100% new material, is available for pre-order here. You can email Drew here. Read him during the week at KSK. No...
Kimbo Slice Lives An American Fantasy And Punches David Blaine In The Stomach
I admit: Like a true backwoods dope, I was initially mystified by David Blaine's early "magic" specials. Especially that time he turned a hobo's coffee into coins or the one where he levitated from the sidewalk. Like Michael Jackson and Fiona Apple, I believed David Blaine's magic was real, man. A f...
The Death Of The Black Quarterback. Jamboroo, Week 3
Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs, well, every Thursday afternoon during the NFL season. Drew's new book, "Men With Balls," released October 27th and featuring 100% new material, is available for pre-order here. You can email Drew here. Read him during the week at KSK. Wi...
Ask Not What Tom Brady Can Do For You, Ask What You Can Do For Tom Brady
Excellent piece of satire this morning over at Blogging The Boys — and God, I hope it's satire — in which they write that the remainder of the 2008 NFL season will be officially played in honor of Tom Brady. I have to admit that I read half of it, then raced over to NFL.com to make sure it wasn't tr...
Deadspin's Best and Brightest Speak Out Against Lazy Commenting
To keep the comments as fresh and outstanding as they've been up to this point, Commenting Guru Rob Iracane will write a bi-weekly Comment Ombudsman column. It runs every other week. This is that week. Mr. Iracane, co-proprietor of the brilliant Walkoff Walk , is also the guy who approves comments a...
Cubs Leave The Mark Of The Z
What they're saying, blog-wise, about Carlos Zambrano's no-hitter vs. the Astros on Sunday ... • The Most Interesting Man In The World On Hits. No. With the city in ruins, their billionaire idiot owner was finally convinced to move the games somewhere else. But with that same hurricane dumping rain ...