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NFL And Players Association Agree To Seven-Day Deadline Extension
Before the initial 24-hour extension was up, the NFL and the NFLPA mutually agreed on a seven-day deadline extension. The negotiations will now end next Friday, March 11 at 5 p.m. President Barack Obama remains totally over it. [EPSN]...

American Diplomat Calls Ahmadinejad The "George Steinbrenner Of Iran"
In a State Department document released by Wikileaks, an American diplomat is credited with referring to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the "George Steinbrenner of Iran." The official was referring, of course, to Ahmadinejad's dealings with the country's national soccer team, and his attempt "to use the pop...

Watch LeBron Throw The Ball Right In Chris Bosh's Face, Blow A 24-Point Lead
Your morning roundup for March 4, the day Northwestern students remain engaged in the idea of human sexuality....

The Second Longest Hockey Game Ever Ended Early This Morning
The longest game in collegiate-hockey history (and second longest overall) ended this morning; it was the Queen's (University) Golden Gaels vs. the University of Guelph Gryphons, game one of the Ontario University Athletics three-game women's hockey finals....

Great Sportswriters Will Read Aloud In A Bar At Tonight's Varsity Letters
NYC folks: Gelf's Varsity Letters free reading series returns tonight, with wisdom and writing from John Eisenberg, Doug Merlino, and L. Jon Wertheim. Head to Le Poisson Rouge on Bleecker Street at 7:30. It will be le great. [Gelf Magazine]...

A Dayton Women's Hoops Player's Only Career Basket Warms Our Frigid Hearts
Ebony Gainey joined the University of Dayton women's basketball team four years ago but had never played in a game until this past Saturday, when the Flyers wrapped up their regular season with a 69-51 victory over Fordham. She was diagnosed with a heart condition just before her freshman year tha...

This Is What Happens When A Woman Goes On Jim Rome's Show
ESPN.com contributor Amy K. Nelson is a daily guest on ESPN's Jim Rome Is Burning this week. Here's how the Twitterverse responded:...

The Real Dicky Eklund In HBO's <em>High On Crack Street</em> And Places Less Dignified
The sad tale of boxer Dicky Eklund has been well-chronicled on screens both big and small. One of the more interesting plot devices in the recent Hollywood film The Fighter is that the HBO documentary High on Crack Street shapes part of the movie's storyline. The video above includes some choice s...

Cockblocked By Phish!
Welcome to Great Moments in Drunken Hookup Failure, where we showcase five heartwarming true stories of drunken love gone horribly awry. Off we go....

Exonerated Duke Lax Player Disputes $6.5 Million Tax Bill
The federal taxman says Reade Seligmann, he of the Duke wrongful-rape-accusation scandal, owes the IRS $6,492,377 million in income tax. The income in question came from 2007, which is the same year Seligmann et al reached a settlement with the school to "eliminate the possibility of future litigat...

The Rutgers-USF Women's Basketball Game Ended With A Scuffle And Two Middle Fingers Last Night
With under a minute to play and her team up five against USF last night, Rutgers forward Chelsey Lee rebounded a missed shot and was promptly fouled — spiritedly — by Bulls center Porche Grant. The 6'2" senior kept advancing, and eventually got thrown out of the game with a flagrant technical foul...

Oh Look, Victor Conte's Handing Out Supplements Again
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Marlon Byrd will take anything Conte gives him....

Introducing Your New Deadspinners
We'll make this brief: Luke O'Brien is your new staff writer (he wrote this); Emma Carmichael is your new video editor (she did this); Jack Dickey is your new intern (he broke this); and Kate Shapiro is your new video intern (she made this). Everyone say hi....

Watch As The Value Of Several NFL Prospects Plummets
An ABC affiliate in Atlanta aired a piece about Tom Shaw, one of those fitness types who gets NFL prospects "bigger, stronger and faster" in advance of Draft Day....

Adventures In Pant Stuffing!
Welcome to Great Moments in Drunken Hookup Failure, where we showcase five heartwarming true stories of drunken love gone horribly awry. Got one of your own? Share it with me. Off we go....

Joba Chamberlain's Fatness Goes Down The Memory Hole
This morning's conventional wisdom: "Joba's out of shape." Headline just posted on Yankees.com: "Added muscle has Joba Chamberlain eager to throw."...

Katie Baker Has Been Poached By Bill Simmons For His Forthcoming Editorial Project
Our great friend and part-time contributor (even though everyone who worked here considered her full-time), has decided to leave the lush life of freelance writing while praying her day job co-workers at The Prominent Money Managing Vampire Squid would not find out its Katie Baker was the same as t...

We Have The Awful Pilot For Colin Cowherd's Awful TV Show
A tipster has sent along the script for the first episode of Colin Cowherd's "relationship" sitcom, which is being developed for CBS and which is roughly The Honeymooners meets Frasier meets the really insightful parts of Bedtime for Bonzo. Here are some highlights....

NBA Rookie DeMarcus Cousins Removed From Plane, Suspended, Wants Respect
Sacramento Kings rookie DeMarcus Cousins was asked to leave the team plane bound for a game with the Phoenix Suns after getting into a dust-up with teammate Donte Green, per NBA Fanhouse....