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Did Osama Bin Laden Have Porn?
I used an electric nose hair trimmer for the first time the other day. It was oddly titillating. Now my nostrils are hollowed out like Nikki Tyler. It's almost too much oxygen for me to handle in one load....
The Thunder And The Grizzlies Gave Us A Special Kind Of "Classic" Last Night
The Memphis Grizzlies have been typecast, ever since we decided they were relevant enough to be typecast at all, as the unlikely success story with an unlikely GM and an advertised bad streak. They have "blue collar players" for a "blue collar town." The Oklahoma City Thunder, meanwhile, have slid...
Here Is Where Kevin Durant Got Angry Last Night And Decided To Win
You'd think it would come later, and, yes, he did fail to shoot for most of the fourth quarter, and, yes, the wild triple overtime battle could have gone either way, but that's beside the point — because it was in the third that a squinty-eyed reptilian aspect came over Kevin Durant and he brought...
"This Is Her Cage As Well As Mine": MMA Fighter Proposes After Win
MMA fighter and leukemia survivor Bryan Baker proposed to his girlfriend last night after his KO against Joe Riggs, and she said yes. Aw, right? We're more impressed, though, with Baker's honesty. "I wanna give her the world," he told a full house in Newkirk, Okla., and then crafted a beautiful me...
What The Hell Did Andrei Kirilenko Do To His Back?
Andrei Kirilenko got a back tattoo. As far as we can tell, although we don't play Earthdawn ourselves, it is an image of a warrior riding a dragon beast flying creature with strangely-textured giant wings. Let's call it the Russian God of Bad Ideas....
When One Door Closes For Phil Jackson, Another One Opens To An Alternative, Cosmic Universe
Rick Carlisle joked to the media that Phil Jackson would get a little bored sitting around Montana "smoking peyote"all day but Jackson said that statement was completely false. The part about being bored, that is. Ride the snake, Phil. [Via FoxDFW]...
The Lakers Had A Group Meltdown In Honor Of Phil Jackson's Final Game
Let's avoid speculating about why the Lakers are avoiding Kobe Bryant on the court, and why Pau Gasol broke it off with his girlfriend, and how those two things may or may not be related and may or may not have lead to this 4-0 sweep, and just point out that Los Angeles played like a team — despit...
Deadspin Classic: Kobe: <i>"We Are Going To Win This Series"</i>
Originally published earlier today, like seven hours ago....
Deadspin Classic: How Everyone Decided Delonte West Was Boinking LeBron's Mom
Around this time last year, everyone was seeking an explanation for LeBron James's poor playoff performance. They found it, in the form of a bizarre Gloria James/LeBron James/Delonte West love triangle. Happy Mother's Day, everyone....
Your NBA Playoffs Open Thread
A season, sense of entitlement and era could come to an ignominious end when the Los Angeles Lakers tip-off against the Dallas Mavericks sometime after 3:30 p.m....
LeBron: "That's Retarded"
Not the word choice we would have gone with, but yeah, it kind of was....
Kobe: "We Are Going To Win This Series"
If the Lakers come back from 3-0, then everyone will remember this as one of the all-time great sports guarantees, up there with Mark Messier and Joe Namath. But it's not; it's just Kobe staying positive. The full quote: "I might be sick in the head or crazy or thrown off or something like that be...
Watch Rajon Rondo Dislocate His Elbow, Channel Willis Reed
Rajon Rondo not know pain. Him not need elbow. Rondo shouldn't have planted his arm like that when Dwyane Wade landed a textbook reverse flying scissors trip, but maybe Rondo doesn't need that arm. It dangled limp at his side as he returned for the fourth quarter to play defense and distribute the...
The Pacquiao/Mosley Fight Ended Up Being NASCAR's Undercard Last Night
Your morning roundup for May 8, the day we watched the world's terroristic boogeyman watching himself and channel surfing like an Ritalin-addled preteen whose parents won't spring for a DVR....
Your NBA Playoffs Open Thread
At 5 p.m., the Oklahoma City Thunder visit the Memphis Grizzlies with their series tied-and-bound at one game a piece. Three hours later, the Boston Celtics try to keep from ceding a 3-0 series lead when they host the Miami Heat. Everybody dance, now....
By The Looks Of Things, The Texas Rangers Mascot Is Hung Like The Palomino Horse It Purports To Be
Your morning roundup for May 7, the first Saturday after the gays seized control of Atlantic City....
Ron Artest Presents The Art Of Dodging A Question
Ron Artest is suspended for Game 3 following his spontaneous clothesline job on J.J. Barea on Wednesday. After the Lakers' practice today, reporters begged him to take responsibility for leaving his team without their defensive specialist and trailing two games to zero as they head to Dallas tonig...
Wild Australian Horse Decides To Run Away From A Steeplechase Course And Over The Crowd
Your morning roundup for May 6, the day Willie Mays becomes an octogenarian....
What Would A 16-Man NBA One-On-One Tournament Look Like?
Back in February, right after Blake Griffin did that car-dunking thing, I talked with Craggs about doing a post outlining a potential 16-man one-on-one NBA tournament. This is because when you have to bring out a fucking car as a dunking prop, your dunk contest has probably outlived its usefulness. ...
The Infuriating Consistency Of Dirk Nowitzki's Step-Back Jump Shot
If I were a real Lakers fan, which is a thing I've been told exists somewhere, and I had to watch the Dallas Mavericks handily beat my team at home twice in a week, then I would place an inordinate amount of rage in watching Dirk Nowitzki make shots like this one....