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Here's A Picture Of Alex Ovechkin With His Arm Draped Over The First Lady's Shoulder
Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals titled this piece of artistry, "With the First Lady!" and posted it on Twitter yesterday. Awesome on so very many levels not the least of which is the availability of $25 cabernet, per the wall-mounted wine list. If this image doesn't warrant lifting the uns...

Dennis Rodman Recognizes The Importance Of Family
Your morning roundup for April 2, the day that the color starts returning to the knuckles of passengers and crew on Southwest Flight 812, the plane with a three-foot hole in its side....

Yet Another Reason To Hate The Midwest: This Guy's Cubs Favre Jersey
Tipster Mike eyed this tortured soul at the Wrigley Field urinal troughs during the Cubs-Pirates game today....

We Are All Dave McKenna LVII
Here's your daily link to Dave McKenna's brilliant "Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder," which we'll be posting until Snyder's dumbass libel suit is close-captioned in shut the fuck up....

John Salley Story Corner: A Teammate Has A Disgusting Hookup Failure Of His Own
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 unnamed Georgia Tech teammate has an unexpected girl problem....

Here's A Textbook Soccer-Ball-To-Child's-Head Video
This is apparently a couple months old, but it's new to us, and it's a Friday afternoon. Enjoy your CTE, kid....

Cats vs. Dogs: The Top Seeds Have Left The Building
Do you feel that? It's fur. And it's static-y, brimming with energy and excitement and electricity - because the end of the big dance is near. But first, there are two tough players waiting to move forward, to take a shot at greatness. The Final Four is around the corner, so grab your sunblock, beca...

The Cardinals Are Pretty Much Cursed Now, Right?
Adam Wainwright needs Tommy John surgery. Now Matt Holliday is out indefinitely after an emergency appendectomy. Next Albert Pujols will sign with Chicago. (Probably.)...

This Time, Butler's The Favorite
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: Brad Stevens on his gameplan for VCU....

Cockblocked By Cowboys!
Welcome to Great Moments in Drunken Hookup Failure, where we showcase four heartwarming true stories of drunken love gone horribly awry. Off we go....

Courtroom Sketches Of A Guy Doing Courtroom Sketches At The Barry Bonds Trial
Our friend Bethlehem Shoals is covering the Bonds trial for The Daily. He provided exclusively to Deadspin these drawings of courtroom artist Norman Quebedeau, whose recent work can be found here....

Your Other Opening Day Open Thread
Aw, don't feel bad that MLB gave you a Friday game to open the season. For example, it's slightly more acceptable to booze your way through the game. We're looking at you, Phillies fans....

Texas HS Baseball Players Charged In Chicken Decapitations
Western Hills High School's baseball team is 7-15 on the season. That's not a very good record. "Change the atmosphere in the clubhouse," old-timey baseball men would say. The team needs some clutch, some grit, some hustle....

Go Deep Inside Brian Wilson's Beard
I know I'm essentially linking to an MLB ad designed to go viral. But this is just so involved, and so weirdly un-MLBlike. [MLBAlwaysEpic]...

“Wait For Iiiiiit.” When Memes And Catchphrases Take Over Your Brain
The other day, I was about to walk out of my place to go do errands or something with my kid. But my kid didn't have her jacket on yet, so she said to me, "Wait for iiiiiit."...

Holy Shit Los Angeles, You Might Have The Worst Sports Fans In America
First, a fan tries to rush the court at the Staples Center. Then we read about a group of Dodgers fans stalking and beating Giants fans after last night's game, critically injuring one. Eight years ago, the same sort of incident ended in murder in the parking lot. Stabbings in Anaheim. Another murde...

UFC Fighter Stats Compare Favorably To Chong Li, Paco, Frank Dux From <em>Bloodsport</em>
Had enough of nerds crunching stats from basketball flicks? How about some nerds crunching stats from martial arts movies? The gentle folk at FightMetric are doing just that. The first entry in their series: Bloodsport....

One Day Into The Season, The Nationals Have Had Two Spelling Fails
The Nationals, a team forever cursed by one innocent screw-up, stand ready to be judged at the slightest hint of typographical imperfection. The Nats have yet to plate a runner in this young season, but they're off to a good start in other areas....

Last Night's Lakers-Mavs Game Got A Little Bit Brawl-y
The Lakers and the Mavs kept things interesting in one of the most under-scheduled nights of the NBA season last night: five players were ejected after a shoving match that began with Jason Terry and Steve Blake. The refs sent out two players from each team (Dallas's Terry and Brendan Haywood and ...

Crying Baby Distracts Tennis Player, Tennis Player Lobs Ball Toward Crying Baby
En route to a loss to new American No.1 Mardy Fish at the Sony Ericsson Open yesterday, Spaniard David Ferrer found himself annoying by a crying infant in the stands. Double faulting and then losing serve, he finally lost his patience: sending the ball in the general vicinity of the child....