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Gators vs. Patriots: 1st TV Timeout
Sometimes I hate Jim Nantz and his dramatic voice. When you say "Jim Nantz and Billy Packer," there no reason to make it sound like you're doing a Jack Nicklaus career retrospective at Augusta National....
Patriots In A Major Sporting Event That You Can Actually Cheer For
It's getting to be about that time. George Mason vs. Florida will be tipping off about 20 minutes after this is posted. I'll be sticking with you through both games, dear friends, so feel free to hang around, get down in the comments, or e-mail me with any thought you have about the game, the broa...
Jose Canseco & John Rocker Shop At The Same Places
The fine gentlemen at Gaslamp Ball took the above shot of Jose Canseco and John Rocker appearing on The Big Idea with Donny Deutch last evening....
Dominique Wilkins Gets His
Dominique Wilkins, who somehow didn't get into the Basketball Hall of Fame on his first try, will be getting in on go-round #2. Official word hasn't come down yet, but various reports have him getting in, along with former Pistons guard and current GM Joe Dumars and UConn women's coach Geno Auriemma...
The Best Damn... April Fools Joke.
Okay, I was had, and I am dumb A couple of readers have written in (and my thanks to them) to tell me that the "fight" between Michael Strahan and Tom Arnold on The Best Damn Sports Show was, in fact, an April Fools Joke. My congratulations to everyone involved. I didn't think those guys were capa...
College Athletes Continue To Disgrace Rap Music
Quickly: Which member of the UConn Huskies men's basketball team would you say is least likely to record a rap song?...
Best Sports Weekend Of The Year
The NCAA Basketball National Semifinals. The opening of the Major League Baseball season. The NBA heads towards the stretch drive when games begin to matter. This is a serious sports weekend. Maybe the best of the year....
Best Damn Sports Show Fight
So if you missed Friday night's episode of The Best Damn Sports Show (and how could you?), check about the above video. Tom Arnold and Michael Strahan get into kind of a little sissy chair fight. And Michael Strahan did not win. He's on the ground making noises like he's hurt, cursing at Arnold, who...
About Last Night...
• Grapefruit League: Cardinals 9, Mets 6. Albert Pujols goes deep three times, forcing the entire roster of my fantasy team to weep in jealousy....
Week In Deadspin: Contracting The Bensons
• Officer Selig Fife is finally on the case. • "Bristol Is Big Ten Country" • George Mason Fever is a contagious condition, and if you don't stop scratching, it'll never go away. • Way too much information from Roger Clemens and Peter King. • The Duke lacrosse team story went from horrifying to "h...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Selig orders a probe of your fantasy team ... • Boxing: Super welterweights, Anthony Thompson vs. Darnell Boone ; super lightweights, Victor Ortiz vs. Freddy Barrera, at Maywood, Calif. This had better not pre-empt Weeds. [Showtime] • Major League Baseball: Preseason, Chicago Cubs v...
Your NL East "Preview"
It is important to point out, before we start predicting our final division, that we have picked a team other than the Braves to win the division for five consecutive years. As if you needed any more assurance that our predictions are always wrong....
Leftovers: The Right Way To Pay Off A Ref
• It is apparently legal to bribe referees in Nigeria. Don't even pretend you're surprised. [ESPN] • Bring us the head of John Wooden! Seriously ... somebody bring it. [Yahoo Sports] • Scranton's sports columnist might very well be a pedophile. Seriously. [Delco Times] • We live in a great world whe...
John Wetteland Apparently Needs Some Cash
We knew that times were sometimes tough for former baseball players, but we never expected that former Yankees closer John Wetteland would resort to selling his 1996 World Series Ring on eBay....
It's A Final Four Pants Party
Obviously, the best story at this weekend's Final Four in Indianapolis is George Mason, but we've found the best story of that best story: It turns out that until this weekend, the George Mason fight song had no lyrics. Seriously; they had to write a whole batch just because the NCAA was asking fo...
Enhance Your Pud
So, should Barry Bonds be in the Hall of Fame if it's proven (again) that he used steroids? If he makes it, he won't be the first guy to use performance enhancers in Cooperstown. NPR's blog tells the story today of Pud Galvin, a 19th century pitcher for Pittsburgh....
Don't Call Us Stupid
Our sponsors think the Gettsyburg Address is where Lincoln lived....
Four Tiny Tidbits On: The Padres
We're two days away from Opening Day (two days!), so it's time to start previewing the season. Inspired by an old feature on The Black Table, we're going team-by-team and distributing Four Things You Don't Know about them. If you have suggested oddities on your team, send them to us at tips@deadsp...
Blogdome: Time For Yard Work
• Kabir (and Yard Work) forecast the upcoming season. [Yard Work] • A Clippers blog emerges from the womb, all colicky and covered in muck. [Clipper Blog] • All three major sports leagues made very strange decisions, in the span of a week. [Dave's Sports Views] • Who are the ugliest people in the Wo...
Your AL East "Preview"
Obviously, the landscape of the American League East obviously changed dramatically yesterday, but we're gonna go ahead and try to forecast matters anyway. It's hard, but we must tredge forward, regardless. We must stay strong. Some bad predictions:...