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This Sorority Gal Did Not Take South Carolina's Loss Well
Bad to worse: first the Gamecocks lost to Kentucky last month. Then she gets a camera shoved in her crying face. Now she's (Internet) famous for it....
Randy Moss Didn't Even Try The Pork Ribs
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: the caterer who felt Randy Moss's wrath....
And Randy Moss Goes To...
The Tennessee Titans. The Raiders, Rams, Redskins and Dolphins did not put in claims. Now the question becomes: will he try?...
Watch The Giants' Championship Parade
The Giants parade is going strong. Watch it here, but beware of Commies, pinkos, gays, dopeheads and Brian Wilsons....
People Are Psyched That Chris "Mad Dog" Russo's Baseball Team Won, According To Chris "Mad Dog" Russo
Professional yelling person Chris Russo, who once yelled some stuff about his Giants, tells our old friend Ben Cohen, "I'm amazed at how many fans are happy for me." [WSJ]...
Last Night's Winner: Lunatic America
So, yeah, the towering weirdos and self-styled public slapdicks are big winners yet again, and this being America, we cannot let such a momentous occasion pass without being loudly stupid about it....
Freddie Mitchell Says McNabb Should Have Been Benched. In The Super Bowl.
Memories get hazy with time. For example, FredEx thinks he was once a real NFL player. He also thinks Mike Shanahan has the right idea, and Andy Reid should have sat McNabb down in the most important game of their lives....
A Roundup Of Happy San Franciscans Yelling About The Giants
In an interview with Karl Ravech following Game 5, Giants ace Tim Lincecum said he hoped "a lot of beer [was] flowing and [a lot of] smoke [was] in the air." San Francisco did not disappoint Timmy....
Mike Shanahan Thinks Donovan McNabb Is Out Of Shape And Gimpy
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: Mike Shanahan tries to justify Rex Grossman....
Randy Moss Was Waived Because He Was Picky About His Food
And here comes the flood of stories trashing Moss after his exit from Minnesota (the same thing happened in New England, let's not forget). Today's entry: Moss loudly complained about a post-practice buffet in front of the chefs....
When World Series Riots Go Wrong, People Get Hit By Cars
Here's some footage that's going around today. In it, a rowdy crowd celebrates the Giants win with vandalism and a bonfire. Then a car comes through the crowd and a mob swarms the car and driver until police show up. Holy shit....
Last Night's Winner: Edgar Renteria, MVP The Earl Weaver And Babe Ruth Way
It's not a shock that the Giants did it with pitching, defense and the three-run homer, as espoused by Weaver. It is a shock that the homer came from dink-hitter Edgar Renteria, and that he apparently called his shot....
For The First Time Ever, San Franciscans Are On Top Of A Muni Bus, Not Beneath It
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....
The San Francisco Giants Are World Champions
The Giants beat the Rangers 3-1 in Game 5 tonight for their first World Series title in 56 years, and Timmy's locks are about to get a well-deserved champagne lather....
Your "First Of Three Consecutive Cliff Lee Starts" Giants-Rangers Open Thread
If Cliff Lee does his thing better than Tim Lincecum, we go back to the Bay. If not, the Giants are champs, and Lee signs for the league minimum next year. Enjoy this, possibly our last open thread. Until 8:30....
The Chuckling Idiots Of NFL Pregame Shows: A Video Compilation
As The Wall Street Journal recently demonstrated, the hosts of the Fox and CBS NFL pregame shows do a lot of laughing. With that in mind, we've reduced Sunday's programs to their essence—dudes chuckling over something or other....
Holy Balls, The Vikings Just Waived Randy Moss (UPDATED)
It's being reported by the NFL Network and the Star Tribune that Moss has been waived after trashing his team yesterday....
Football Beat The World Series In The Ratings. Huh.
As Deadspin's resident crazy old coot railing against things not being like they were back when I was a lad, I've been asked to comment on a regular season NFL game beating a World Series game for the first time ever....
The Chargers Could Be The Best Team In Football
They're not, of course. They're 3-5. But with the number one offense and defense, if there was a Pythagorean W-L metric in football, we'd be fitting Philip Rivers for a Super Bowl ring. But he's a lot like Dan Marino, you see....
Watch Boomer Esiason And Shannon Sharpe Take A Bad Joke To Absurd Lengths
The NFL pregame shows are not funny, yet everyone laughs (more on that in a bit). However, every now and then, one of the terrible jokes takes its terribleness to a new dimension and becomes an absurdist gem....