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Marshawn Lynch Likes Skittles, Eats Skittles, Gets Free Skittles
After Beast Mode went Beast Mode on the Eagles' sieve of a d-line, he retreated to his bench to taste the rainbow. This is nothing new for Lynch, whose sweet tooth grill goes back to his Bills days. His mother still buys him a pack before every game, and he talks about Skittles in the huddle....
Brian Burke Was Going To Rent A Barn To Fight Kevin Lowe Until Gary Bettman Intervened
Brian Burke has rapidly become one of the most stand-up guys in hockey, after his unqualified support for his out-of-the-closet son Brendan and his own anti-bullying campaign in Brendan's memory. He wasn't always so cuddly—in a great interview with The Score, Burke relates how he nearly came to blow...
Beast Mode Is Back
In a touchdown run that drew immediate comparisons to his score on the New Orleans Saints in last year's playoffs, Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch found the goal line using pure tenacity and forced NFL Network broadcaster Brad Nessler to eat his "he'll get nothing" words. It drew first blood ...
Checking In With Albert Pujols's Agent, Who Threatened To Sue Us Before He Knew What We Were Going To Write
A week ago we published some not very nice things about superagent Dan Lozano, but not before we were threatened with a lawsuit. Hours before publishing, Lozano's attorney issued itemized denials of a handful of facts we included in our story—and denials of many more that we did not. ...
The Chuckling Idiots Of NFL Pregame Shows: Another Video Compilation
Last year, we presented a compilation of all the inane laughing NFL pre-game shows had to offer. Since the laughing hasn't stopped, here's another compilation of Howie, Terry, Shannon, Curt Menefee, and all the rest yukking it up. ...
Tupac T-Shirted UNLV Fan Overly Excited About Running Rebel Upset Of #1 North Carolina
In a performance that would have left Jerry Tarkanian chomping a towel with pride, UNLV's Runnin' Rebels downed top-ranked North Carolina 90-80 Saturday night in the final of the Las Vegas Invitational at the Orleans Hotel & Casino. Officially a neutral-court win—despite the Orleans being about th...
Why Philip Roth Declined To Blurb Scott Raab's <em>The Whore Of Akron</em>
Philip Roth, American literary titan. He's prolific, evocative, and controversial. LeBron James, American basketball titan. He's prolific, evocative, and controversial. Scott Raab, occasional Deadspin contributor. He hates LeBron James and loves Philip Roth....
Dan Lozano: Albert Pujols's Superagent, "King Of Sleaze Mountain"
Somebody's out to get Dan Lozano. The agent for Albert Pujols, Lozano is pursuing what everyone expects to be the biggest contract in baseball, the financial and professional zenith of a career that's been two decades of success. When Lozano, 44, left the Beverly Hills Sports Council last year, he t...
When Oregon Fans Make The "O" Symbol, They're Screaming "Vagina" In American Sign Language, <em>New York Times</em> Reports
The New York Times shared an important revelation out of Eugene, Ore. yesterday, and we wanted to pass it on because we are immature: the spade-shaped Oregon "O" that Ducks fans so enthusiastically make to show support for the team means "vagina" in American Sign Language....
For The 2013 Season, The Astros Will Go To The AL West And Basically Everyone Will Go To The Playoffs
MLB's owners unanimously approved the sale of the Houston Astros from Drayton McLane to Jim Crane today, and included a $65 million price cut in the deal. The Astros will leave the NL Central and join the AL West for the 2013 season, and, to the relief of symmetricists everywhere, each league will h...
Former ESPN VP's "I Didn't Masturbate In Front Of Erin Andrews" Lawsuit Causes Panic In Bristol And L.A.
LOS ANGELES—On Nov. 5, ESPN Senior VP Joan Lynch woke up in her home to find a front tire of her vehicle slashed. This is notable for two reasons. The first is that Lynch lives in the Pacific Palisades, which is not the sort of neighborhood where one gets one's tires slashed. The Palisades is west o...
Eighth Grade Is For Kids: Scouting America's Top-Ranked 15-Year-Old Basketball Stars
It's a Sunday in October, and Baruch College in Gramercy is hosting campus tours. In the basement lobby just off of the main gym, high school students and their parents, sometimes trailing younger siblings, walk through, following a college student who's walking backwards. Should they come to Baruch...
Why A Former ESPN VP Filed A Pre-Emptive Lawsuit Denying He Masturbated In Front Of Erin Andrews
Last month, ESPN announced it was eliminating its bi-coastal, 25-person Content Development department, which was responsible for the network's 30 for 30 series, among other things. The head of the group, Keith Clinkscales, ESPN's senior vice president for content, development, and enterprise, left ...
"An Olympics Without Black Athletes": Martin Luther King Jr., John Carlos, And The Boycott That Wasn't
John Carlos is best known as the man who, along with Tommie Smith, raised a clenched fist—the Black Power salute—on the medal stand after the 200 meter race. Carlos took bronze, and Smith gold, at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. But that moment was a culmination of months of political discussion amon...
Christian Laettner Is Still Trolling The State Of Kentucky, Even In Charity Games
Christian Laettner is not particularly popular in the state of Kentucky. Indeed, it's argued he's the most hated man in the state, a characterization that reflects both Kentucky's basketball-first attitude and its long memory (it's been nearly 20 years since Laettner hit the buzzer-beater that led...
Your College Football Afternoon Games Open Thread
The big game is No. 20 Auburn visiting No. 1 LSU. That one's on CBS. That one's gonna be good....
Hanley Ramirez Loves Shopping For A Good Bargain
Reader Adam sent us this photo of him and Hanley Ramirez. They met at a Filene's Basement in Washington, D.C. last year. This is, of course, a perk of being in this line of work. You get to see photos people took with athletes they bumped into at discount department stores a year ago. Awesome....
The Godawfulest Team In Football Has Acquired Itself A Shiny New Receiver
Lloyd has one season—last year—where he had 1,448 receiving yards. Pretty impressive. His prior four seasons combined? 860 yards! Sounds like you've finally got yourself a winner, 0-5 Rams! [Chris Mortensen]...
Jon Lester Says They Probably Only "Ordered Chicken From Popeyes Like Once A Month"
Lester tells the Boston Globe (though not Bob Hohler, who wrote this) that starting pitchers on their off-days were the only ones drinking during Red Sox games. "There's a perception out there that we were up there getting hammered and that wasn't the case... Most of the times it was one beer, a bee...
Someone's Selling A John Lackey Signed Ball Stained With Chicken Grease
EBay, of course:...