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A Handy Guide For Super Bowl XXXXI Reporters
The endless loop of Super Bowl XXXXI coverage is about to begin, and we like to consider ourselves the Mainstream Media's Little Helpers. We're about to all be deluged with a flood of human interest stories — we can use that metaphor because the Saints lost — so we thought we'd make it easier on all...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Bob Newhart convinces Emily to get an HDTV wide screen to watch the Super Bowl ... • College men's basketball: Indiana at Illinois; Alabama at Auburn. If the Illini lose tonight, we give up. [ESPN] • NHL: Exhibition, YoungStars Game and SuperSkills, at Dallas. We feel as if the pre-...
Finally, A Worthwhile Video Moment In Ice Jumping
From With Leather comes this brutal video of ski jumper — who will surely be beaten for his poor performance — Jan Mazoch having a little difficult with his jump over the weekend. He's currently in stable condition, which seems like too facile a word for what happens in this video....
Leftovers: One Angry McNabb
• Trenton Times says that Donovan McNabb has a few bones to pick with the Eagles. [MSNBC] • Who's the one guy who picked the Super Bowl matchup correctly? Dan Shanoff. [FanIQ] • The KSK crew looks at some celebrity Super Bowl picks. [Kissing Suzy Kolber] • Don't shave your beards, Phoenix! [DC Sport...
Wait ... Isn't That ALREADY The Logo?
We've actually been to the Boca Juniors stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and we can vouch: It's a scary place when games aren't going on. (It's the type of area that's charming on one side of the street and has naked children running down the other.) And, it appears, it's a terrible place to get ...
Dick Vitale's Attention Deficit Disorder
Some jobs in the world have to be considered a labor of hate; it's a ton of work, it drives you crazy, it's miserable ... but it's existence makes the world a better place....
Did Sean Salisbury Make An Awful Verbal Slip? (UPDATE: ESPN Says No.)
We have been extremely hesitant to post this, because even though we're not fans of Sean Salisbury as an analyst — or as an exhibitionist , for that matter — we've never thought of him as a sinister person, or, say, an anti-Semite. (We're not sure we do now, actually, and we also understand he's goi...
Chandler: A Chat With The Sklar Brothers
Occasionally, Deadspin associate editor Rick Chandler goes out and interviews people. Look! He talked to the Sklar Brothers!...
Blogdome: Ron Mexico In Oakland?
• Could Vick end up wearing the Silver and Black? [WBRS Sports Blog] • Look, Reggie Theus! [Extrapolater] • A midseason look back at the Spurs. [Pounding The Rock] • An odd choice for the Browns' offensive coordinator. [Kid Cleveland] • Bill Parcells, overrated! [Boiled Sports] • Well, jeez, what's ...
Jared Fogel, Rising Up The Dating Chart
If that last post about the new Raiders head football coach didn't depress you enough, here's something that might finish the job. Last night, in Indianapolis, at the Pacers-Bulls game, the Conseco Fieldhouse had itself a little celebrity sighting....
This Guy Is Younger Than David Eckstein
This youthful gentleman is Lane Kiffin, the new head coach of the Oakland Raiders. He is the youngest coach in Raiders history and the current youngest head coach in the NFL. He is younger than nine players who were on last year's Raiders roster and, strangely, he has only one year of NFL experience...
Tank Johnson Will Be Allowed To Violate O-Linemen's Probation
Well, the wheels of justice grind gloriously in the land of Chicago. Defensive lineman Tank Johnson — whose name is not Feelings Johnson for a reason — will be able to play in the Super Bowl. A Cook County judge just ruled less than an hour ago that Tank will be able to travel with the team to Miami...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. Baseball with Rob Neyer: Hi, it's your wife, remember me? You'll find your belongings on the lawn tonight for easier access. • 1 p.m.. NFL with Scouts' Rodd Newhouse: So, is Tank Johnson free to attend my Chicago-area Super Bowl ...
ESPN Thinks That The New Carpet Goes Really Well With The Salmon Curtains
Outsports.com's recent article on gay-friendly sports web sites gives high grades to ESPN.com, noting that the Worldwide Leader has "developed a history of visibly gay-friendly actions that have separated it from much of the rest of the sports world," among them their Outside the Lines broadcast The...
"I Hope You Watch It Over And Over, Like I Will"
The instinct, of course, is to make fun of this kid, who's rocking the Jewfro and slow-motioning his own dunks in his basement basketball "court." But we've all been him, setting the microwave timer to hit last-second shots and trying to do Dominique dunks with a ping-pong ball....
Well, That's One Way To Scare Off Pat Summitt's Recruits
Our longtime enmity toward Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl was founded in adolescence and is probably going to stick with us til death, even if the guy ended up taking down a squadron of Al Qaeda operatives. Sometimes, you can't shake your past....
NBA Roundup: It's The Episode Where Iverson and Anthony Finally Kiss
Notes on Monday's games in the National Basketball Association ......
About Last Night ...
What you missed while painting yourself orange and sitting in the student section ... • NBA: Iverson, Carmelo, together for the first time on the same stage! Nuggets 115, Grizzlies 98! • Tennis: Roddick advances toward inevitable showdown with Federer, as if we had to tell you. • College basketball:...
Carmelo, Iverson Finally Able To Pretend To Tolerate Each Other In Person
Carmelo Anthony has paid his public penance — he threw a punch, so now he's Clearly A Thug, you see, though we like to think that the suspension was lessened because he had the good sense to punch a Knick — and now it's time to get back to business: Carmelo will rejoin Allen Iverson and the Denver N...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you iron your socks ... • College basketball: Connecticut at Louisville; Oklahoma at Oklahoma State; Gonzaga at Portland. Hot action in the Chiles Center which, depending on where you live, may not be over until dawn. [ESPN] • College women's basketball: Duke at Tennessee. Forget Hi...