men Page 427 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
What to Watch Tonight
What to watch as you finally come to (25 cent beers will do that to you)... • 7:00 pm — US Championships in Gymnastics [NBC] • 8:00 pm — Sunday Night Football: Giants at Ravens [NBC] • 8:00 pm — Sunday Night Baseball: Cardinals at Cubs [ESPN] -Metschick Ever say something over a year ago in the comm...
Jay Mohr, Brought to You by Massengill
This will mark the third Deadspin post this month about Jay Mohr's new gig, which is QUITE FRANKLY far more attention than he deserves, but golly, this is too good to resist: He's gone and got himself a blog. And it's brimming with treasure:...
About last night...
What you missed while syncing your cycles... • Baseball: Brandon Webb just doesn't give up runs anymore. Diamondbacks 4, Braves 0 • Gymnastics: David Durante won the Men's All-Around at the Visa Championship. • NFL Preason: Vince Young was sacked four times by the Patriots. Well, at least the team w...
Bledsoe Never Really Wanted To Play
It is only in retirement that Drew Bledsoe confirmed what we always pretty much knew: He never really wanted to be much of a football player....
Barry Bonds Is Taking Curt Schilling Deep
We might not get our Ron Mexico trial, but there's plenty of potentially awesome litigation that could come down the pipeline. It appears that Barry Bonds might take on Curt Schilling ... in the courtroom....
Darren McFadden's NFL Draft Status Downgraded From "Yes" To "Probably Yes"
Yesterday, in a story which Deadspin suspiciously omitted, ESPN reported that Darren McFadden was declaring for the NFL after his upcoming junior season, so sayeth his momma after a chat with Pat Forde. Because that was such a news scoop. After all, rarely do exciting, electric football players ever...
Make These Women Carry Your Stuff
The woman in this photo is Lucy Dardiner, one of the specialty caddies from England's Eye Candy Caddies. The concept is what you think it is: Attractive people, carrying your clubs and, we dunno, feeding you grapes or something....
You Threadjackin' It?
To keep the comments as fresh and outstanding as they've been up to this point, we've commissioned Commenting Guru Rob Iracane to write a bi-weekly Comment Ombudsman column. It runs every other week. This is that week....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while trying to tune out that Redskins fan bitching about Art Monk... • NFL: Pro Football Hall of Fame Inductions. That means it's just one more day until the first pre-season game. Try to remain calm.[NFL Network] • Boxing: Erik Morales vs. David Diaz for Diaz's lightweight title. El ...
Are The Grimsley Affidavit Names Ever Coming Out?
Remember the Grimsley affidavit? (Yes: That one.) Well, the Associated Press has been suing that the public has a right to know the names that are in the affidavit, and the government says it's an ongoing investigation. (A very ongoing one.)...
You Stole The Wrong Car, Dude
We know this will come as a shock to you, but apparently sometimes they steal cars in the Detroit. We know; we're as stunned as you. Anyway, if you're gonna steal a car in Detroit, we'd highly recommend you make sure the people you steal it from don't play for the Detroit Demolition women's football...
Italics Are Awesome
To keep the comments as fresh and outstanding as they've been up to this point, we've commissioned Commenting Guru Rob Iracane to write a bi-weekly Comment Ombudsman column. It runs every other week. This is that week....
Getting Meta With Kige
Deadspin's favorite YouTube sports commentator is back on the ebays and he's been lurking around these parts. Kige Ramsey heard about the NFL's plan to cover media members with pieces of flair, and he is none too happy. Listen up NFL executives, you do not want to put Kige in a corner....
Why Go Outside When You Can Watch Television?
• Now — Golf: The Open Championship [ABC] • 1:10 — Movie: Little Giants [HBO Family] • 2:30 — Extreme: AST Dew Tour presents The Right Guard Open [NBC] • 3:00 — Women's Golf: HSBC World Match Play Championships Quarterfinal Round [CBS] • 3:30 — MLB: New York Mets at Los Angeles Dodgers [FOX] • 4:00 ...
Thanks For The Interview, Now Sign This
These days, being a beat reporter has all kinds of rules. But one of the bigger ones? Please don't ask the players for their autograph. It would destroy the delicate illusion that reporters are actual impartial observers who just happen to cover some of the most famous people on the planet. A Japane...
Our Secret Company Memo Is Leaked
As you might remember, we've brought in three new people to work the site on the weekends: Matt Sussman, J.E. Skeets and Unsilent Majority. Because they are new hires, they obviously have lots of questions about the corporate structure we have here....
Ruminations On Scott Van Pelt
So we've been receiving a little bit of blowback after our rather inexplicable appearance on ESPN Radio with Scott Van Pelt on Friday. Mainly, we think people wanted us to have some sort of Jon Stewart on "Crossfire" moment; during our brief appearance on the airwaves, we should have, apparently, go...
Artest And Jackson Already Suspended For Next Season
This is an interesting way to end the blogging day: Ron Artest and Stephen Jackson were just suspended by the NBA for the first seven games of next season. Yes, you read that correctly: next season....