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We Can Now Laugh At The Grammy Reporter Who Spoke Gibberish Last Night
Since Serene Branson did not, in fact, have a stroke while reporting live from the Grammys in Los Angeles last night, we think it is now safe to laugh openly at her incredible mumbo-jumbo-daracen-speak. Our interpretation is subtitled above....
Everyone's Talking About Harry Baals
The Fort Wayne city government is renaming its government center, and its residents have demonstrated an overwhelming preference to honor former mayor Harry Baals (now pronounced bales). This is making for some excellent TV news reports, all compiled above....
Tiger Woods Is Having A Great Time In Dubai
Your morning roundup for Feb. 11, the day the White House has to play whatever cards they have left…...
Listen To Jim Gray's Awful Super Bowl Sign-Off
Jim Gray delivered the Super Bowl sign-off for Westwood One Radio. It was already quite the piece of work, but adding the "Rudy" theme song really just brought it to another level....
"Dear Pathetic, Ignorant Twats": The Duke/UNC War Of Words Heats Up
It's an annual tradition for the editors of the Duke Chronicle and the Daily Tar Heel to exchange trash talk letters in advance of their schools' first matchup of the season. We got them both, and boy, do the young minds of Tobacco Road have a way with words....
The Pittsburgh Paper's Solution For Shut Out Super Bowl Fans Is One Big Conflict Of Interest
Yesterday, an unsigned editorial ran in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, decrying the NFL's offer of compensation to those fans whose Super Bowl seats were unavailable, and demanding that the league pay them as much as $50,000 each. The editorial failed to mention that one of the people affected by the ...
Let's Put Talk Of Dallas Weather...On Ice
Maybe you've heard that it is cold in Dallas, Tex. this week. Frigid, some say. Icy. Admittedly, dangerously icy. If not, here's a recap. It includes weather predictions for the 2014 Super Bowl, which, for all we know, could include Thundersnow....
Soaring Moments In <em>SI</em> Super Bowl-ese
Sports Illustrated put all their Super Bowl coverage ever in one place. This is good for you, if you are Ernie Accorsi, or something. Otherwise? You get 44 years' worth of melodrama, dated references and similes....
Leave Ben Roethlisberger Alone
This photo is of Big Ben at a restaurant, posing for a picture with a fan. Maybe he had a drink or two with dinner. If ESPN's previous mini-circus was any judge, expect them to go with wall-to-wall coverage on this one....
Who Wants To Watch A TV Reporter Fall Down The Stairs?
This video comes from reader Brian, who says he has been holding onto it for "over ten years." That makes this reporter the first person injured in the 59-year history of Langley Speedway. Of all finguhs to hurt......
Rob Neyer Is Leaving ESPN.com, Which Didn't Deserve Him Anyway
Rob Neyer just wrote his last column for ESPN.com, where he had been tucked behind a pay wall*, hidden by whatever fresh pail of water Buster Olney was carrying for the Yankees that day....
Police: Chicago Sportscaster Did Head Stand, Danced In Street During Traffic Stop
Chicago sportscaster Mike Adamle got pulled over for allegedly running a flashing red traffic signal in Evanston, Ill. a few weeks back. But was he drunk? He says no, that he had one glass of wine two hours earlier....
A Tribute To Sexist Old Andy Gray
After a long, hard night staring into the bottom of a whiskey glass, listening to Blood on the Tracks and wondering how it all came to this, The Spoiler reached an epiphany at around four o'clock this morning…...
British Soccer Commentators Accused Of Harboring "Appalling And Damaging Sexist Attitudes"
Sky Sports' Andy Gray and Richard Keys apparently didn't realize their mics were on prior to yesterday's match between Liverpool and Wolverhampton....
The World's First Compelling Sideline Interview, Courtesy Kim Clijsters And Her Suspicious Cleavage
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....
Cleveland Browns Inspire Impressive Radio Meltdown
A particularly choice radio rant, rivaling Chad Dukes's "Get 'Em" tirade. Best moments: fans are blind sheep and born losers, the owners are the devil, and Al Lerner is "down in hell laughing with Satan." Yikes....
Tom Jackson Is An Insane Person
Okay, so here's Tom Jackson saying he picked New England this weekend to motivate the Jets. When did Jackson become a fucking nutbar?...
Last Night's Winner: Look At This Goddamn <em>New York Post</em> Cover
Just look at it. Have you ever seen anything so amazing in your life?...
Brent Musburger, Shilling For Tortilla Chips Since 2002
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....