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Blake Griffin Will Be A Clipper For Life, Clippers Threaten
Says Neil Olshey, general manager of the Donald Sterling Tax Write-Offs: "I can guarantee you he will only ever be a Clipper." Meanwhile, Blake Griffin did this last night. [Slam]...
Carmelo Anthony Will Not Be Joining The Nets
Melo to the Nets is dead. Said Mikhail Prokhorov, "I never met with Carmelo and I never spoke with him. Maybe he sent me an email, but I didn't see it. Or maybe the carrier pigeon got lost."...
Mascot Fighting Fan Is Fake, Still Funny
The Utah Jazz's bear mascot, creatively named "Bear," recently got into it with a visiting Cavaliers "fan." Yeah, it's staged, but we totally believe that Cleveland fans would lose a fight with a furry....
So, Did Aaron Rodgers Really Snub A Cancer Patient? (Updated)
Granted, athletes can't sign autographs for everybody, but it's generally a bad move to ignore a cancer patient the local TV station is doing a story on. A story about how she really wants to meet you. [WBAY]...
Is Rudy Gay Really The Most Interesting Man In The NBA?
In a push to bring Memphis its All-Star Game participant, the Grizzlies have fashioned Rudy Gay as the urban, and urbane, Dos Equis spokesman who "once missed a dunk just to feel what it was like." [Commercial Appeal]....
Be Joe Buck's Sidekick At The Super Bowl
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.(PHOTO:)...
When You Wear A Self-Sexually Suggestive Hockey Sweater, People Make Assumptions
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....
Last Night's Winner: Blake Griffin's Potential Becomes Kinetic
Last night's Heat-Clips game was noteworthy not for Heat-Clips, but for Heat-Blake Griffin. The best team in basketball against a throwback to a more physical era. So young, so monstrous. He did not disappoint, although he eventually must....
Brook Lopez Curses Out Someone On His Team
Lopez was subbed in with three minutes left in a 3-point game. He missed a jumper and was promptly removed for Derrick Favors. He was not happy, we presume with Avery Johnson. [h/t Ben]...
T-Wolves Notch 5 Technicals In 10 Seconds
This video has everything: a power-mad ref (and hometown boy!), Manu sinking four straight free throws, and the emergence of Angry Darko....
Is It Time To Admit LeBron Was Right To Get Out Of Cleveland?
Since November 29th, the Heat are 21-1, while the Cavaliers have gone 1-21. This was the team we expected him to stick around and fruitlessly try to win with?...
ARCO Arena's New Name Will Be A Glorious Tribute To Large-Scale Consumer Fraud
ARCO will become the Placebo Effect Power Balance Pavilion, according to Sactown Royalty. You are, of course, familiar with Power Balance and its wristbands. This is like naming your stadium in honor of pet rocks. [Sactown Royalty]...
The Fundamental Rule Of Public Masturbation
If you're at a gym and you put your shit in a locker and you don't put a lock on that locker, don't you deserve to have all your shit taken out of that locker and burned in front of you? I say yes. Nothing worse than a seemingly available gym locker that turns out to be taken by some shithead who ca...
Soccer Could See Its First Photoshop-Related Fine
Soccer players: they're just like us! Liverpool's Ryan Babel could face discipline for Tweeting this photoshopped picture of the ref wearing a Manchester United jersey after a controversial FA Cup match yesterday. He should be suspended, if only for using "SMH." [Guardian]...
Your Unpredictable Packers-Eagles Open Thread
Michael Vick's thigh carries some bruises into this game against a less-than-stellar Packers run defense. And who knows what Mike McCarthy will do? The Green Bay coach likes to roll the dice. This one should be fun....
John Salley Story Corner: Spider Misses The Bus
Every week, John Salley, onetime Bad Boy and currently the arachnoid half of the Spider and the Henchman podcast, will regale us with an amusing and occasionally salacious story from his playing days. Today: an elaborate ruse to avoid being late....
Last Night's Winner: Donald Sterling, Looking At Those "Beautiful Black Bodies"
Another day, another headlong plunge into the creepy racial and sexual dynamics of Donald Sterling's id. At this point, it's hard to shake the feeling that Sterling goes through life thinking he's perpetually in the back row of a Pussycat Theater....
Tony Allen Whupped O.J. Mayo Over A Gambling Debt
Allen and Mayo got into a scrape on the team flight home Monday, over, what else, a card game. At least no one pulled a gun this time....
"Golden Radio Voice" Guy Has A Job Offer From The Cavs
Columbus, Ohio, homeless man Ted Williams, which is American for "Susan Boyle," apparently has been offered a home and a job doing voiceover work for the Cavs. Dreams do come true, America, just so long as they go viral first. [Business Insider]...