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Kobe's Motivational Speech To Alex Rodriguez: "You're Alex Rodriguez."
Alex Rodriguez isn't having fun sitting on the bench as the Yankees fight to reach the World Series (Well, maybe he's having some fun). A couple days ago, good friend Kobe Bryant, who was not happy to find out A-Rod was riding the pine, attempted to give a persuasive pep talk to the Yankees player....

The Knicks' Tip-Off Event Was A Parade Of Sadness
The Knicks don't look like they'll be a legitimate contender for the Larry O'Brien Trophy this season. They're old as dirt and just generally depressing. Right now, the most entertaining aspect of the team is anything Rasheed Wallace does. Don't look at the roster. Aw, you looked at it, didn't you?...

Someone Stole A New York Giants Player's 1996 Chevy Caprice
While the Giants were in San Francisco to face the 49ers, burglars broke into the team's parking lot back in East Rutherford, N.J. where the players' cars were parked. The burglars broke into multiple vehicles and stole one....

Report: A-Rod Spent The Eighth Inning Of Game 1 Macking On Some Ladies
So says the New York Post, which published an article today alleging that A-Rod, having been pinch-hit for in the eighth inning, put a considerable amount of effort into trying to woo two pretty ladies in the stands....

Mark Sanchez Silenced Tebow Supporters While Throwing For The Third-Lowest Passing Yards In His Career
Guess what, Mark Sanchez haters? Mr. Poise 2009 has made you all shut up. During the Jets' two-game strugglefest (with losses to the 49ers and Texans), Tim Tebow supporters wanted Sanchez replaced, crying, "tim tewbow as stater job!" But now, with the Jets routing the Colts on Sunday, Sanchez can w...

Yankee Fans Are Really Harshing Nick Swisher's Buzz, Bro
It was not a good weekend for the Yankees. Not only did they drop two games at home against the Tigers, they also lost Derek Jeter for the rest of the postseason and received minimal support from the fans in a sparsely populated Yankee Stadium. And you know who's really sad about that last part? Ni...

Reports: 49ers Fan Stabbed Near Candlestick Park Just After Kickoff Of Today's Game Against The Giants
At approximately 1:35 p.m. pacific time, an individual was stabbed and seriously injured near Candlestick Park. While initially considered life-threatening, the victim is expected to survive the injuries. We received the pictured above from a tipster who claimed to be on the scene....

There Is A Crack In The Yankees Mystique
The captain is sidelined. Poor regular season attendance has become a postseason reality. Even the Yankee Stadium parking lot is failing....

A Peek Inside The Spiral Down To Madness
He's OK, he's OK. They're just giving him the day off, Jackie Rabbittson. They're just giving him the day off. Here, take some peanuts. I know how you like the peanuts. I don't, I don't know, Jackie Rabbittson. Maybe they think A-Rod's going to snap out of it today and Jeter just needs a rest. Here...

Jeter-less Yankees And McCarver Doing "Who's On First" By Himself: Your Championship Series Open Thread
It's the Tigers in the Bronx again at 4:00 p.m. on TBS, in a series that has so far been essentially bereft of story lines, and robbed of any dramatic potential. Oh here's a story line—why are there so many fat guys on the Tigers? The Cardinals play the Giants in game one of their series at 8:00 p....

Joe Buck Will Work Both Giants Games In San Francisco Today
Joe Buck is a lot of things, but lazy does not appear to be one of them. He will work both the San Francisco 49ers-New York Giants game at 4:25 p.m. and the San Francisco Giants-St. Louis Cardinals game at 8:15 p.m. (both times eastern)....

The Yankees Lose Captain Luck
Somehow the Yankees lost last night, even though Raul Ibanez had tied yet another game with yet another ninth inning home run, and the loss was not even the worst thing that happened. Derek Jeter is done. Twenty-four hours ago I could not have imagined how deflating it would be, even if you'd laid o...

Derek Jeter Fractures Ankle, Is Done For Season, And The Yankees Lose Anyway
After a four-run ninth-inning rally to force extras, the Yankees disappointed a sparse crowd in the Bronx by dropping the ALCS Game 1 to the Tigers 6-4 in 12 innings. Even worse, skipper Joe Girardi announced to the press after the game Derek Sanderson Jeter would miss three months of action (in ot...

"Raul Can Definitely Lay Down The Pipe": Twitter Explains Ibanez
What cannot Raul Ibanez do? What situation cannot he handle? Of all the situations with the possibility of can, there is nothing he cannot....

Raul Ibanez Comes Through With A Game-Tying Home Run To Send Game One Of The ALCS Into Extra Innings
With fans filing out in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Yankees down to their last out, Raul Ibanez did what Raul Ibanez apparently does, hitting a game-tying home run to send the first game of the ALCS to extra innings. Jose Valverde had given up a two-run home run to Ichiro earlier in the i...

Good News, Everyone, A-Rod Is Back: Your ALCS Open Thread
Mr. October July? Rodriguez is back in the starting line-up (if you call "batting sixth" the starting line-up). Dog Fister and Andy Pettitte square off in chilly New York, and the ghosts of Orioles past will fly aimlessly through stadium, moaning resonantly and giving players from both sides the chi...

This Week's Signs Of The Apocalypse
For nearly two decades, Sports Illustrated has stirred the tea leaves to discern a weekly Sign of the Apocalypse. Deadspin salutes the magazine's ongoing effort to cover the end of times but declines to cede the scoop on the biggest event in world history....

The Yankees' Parking Company Is In Default Because, As It Turns Out, People Take The Subway To Yankees' Games
Yesterday we brought you a screenshot of the half-empty stands inside of Yankee Stadium a good half hour after the first pitch of Game 5 of the Yankee-Orioles series. New York's transportation system is uniquely—how should we put it—clusterfuck-y around rush hour, and eventually the stadium did fill...

Yankee Stadium Was Rather Sparsely Populated A Few Minutes Before First Pitch
Maybe this is some kind of expression of solidarity on Alex Rodriguez's behalf. Or maybe Yankee fans aren't any more special and dedicated to their team than fans of any other team. I mean, I did see the wave break out three times at a Yankee game this summer....

MLB.com Has Already Penciled In The Yankees For An ALCS Appearance
MLB.com, your unbiased hub for baseball news and overzealously blacked-out telecasts of out-of-market games! Also, your home for multiple TBS ads explaining that the ALCS will begin with Tigers-Yankees in the Bronx tomorrow night. This is as good a reason as any to install Adblock on your browsers. ...