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Steve Francis Will Attempt To Love Stephon Marbury As He Once Loved Cuttino Mobley
And Larry Brown will hate them both....

No, Since You Asked, I Don't Believe In Miracles
The dream has ended for the U.S. Olympic men's hockey team. They just lost in the quarterfinals to Finland, though it may have been the best hockey they've played yet, at least in stretches. Finland beat them 4-3....

Johnny Weir Goes Shopping
"I love to shop," says Johnny Weir. Color me shocked....

Bode Injures Ankle; Vows To Continue Failing Anyway
Playing a game of pick-up basketball in which the winners and losers aren't important, Bode Miller rolled his ankle. Bode is set to run his final Olympic event on Saturday, his fifth and final chance at a medal. But, there is good news. The ankle injury is not severe enough to keep Bode's indomita...

They Love Erin Andrews In Iowa
Unfortunately, it is a naughty kind of love. Nevertheless, I'm proud to bring you some more Big Ten basketball fan shenanigans: This time, it's comely young ESPN sideline reporter Erin Andrews being unknowingly molested by a Hawkeyes fan....

Blogdom's Best: Memphis Grizzlies
It might not yet have the online fanaticism and cachet of baseball, but the NBA and its fans are starting to catch up in the world of team-devoted blogs. To this end, Deadspin salutes these modem-addled souls and proudly presents Blogdom s Best, given to the most outstanding blog for each NBA team...

A Few More Dunk Faces
A few more Dunk Faces trickled in last night, and I thought I'd share them with you. The Kyle Orton dunk face appears to have been photoshopped by Kyle Orton himself, while drinking heavily. Not all of them are photoshopped with the skill of Picasso, but their hearts are in the right place. After th...

BEAR FIGHT.
Lydia Angyiou, a 90-pound woman with some hockey-loving Canuck sons, went toe-to-toe with a bear. Ya get that? The woman wrestled a fucking bear. Some kids were playing street hockey, and they started pointing and screaming about a bear approaching. Lydia told her kids to run, and stepped into the...

Shani Davis Is Huge in Holland
Nearly lost in the hullaballoo (I've never used that word before, and I have no idea why I'm starting now) of the Chad Hedrick/Shani Davis post-race news conference yesterday, is the fact that members of the Dutch curling team showed up for the sole purpose of heckling Chad Hedrick. In turn, I sup...

We Have to Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Live from Accenture Match Play Championships: I don't really have a question — I just like typing the name "Retief Goosen." He he. • Noon. NBA with Bill Walton: "It's the DEA — quick, get rid of the bong! Ha ha, just kidding Bi...

Tonya Harding, The Female Butterbean
The Sports Pulse takes a look back at the rise and fall (mostly fall) of Tonya Harding over the past twelve years. It's hard not to think about her and Nancy Kerrigan when the Winter Olympics roll around. It was a time when it was OK to be a figure skater and not appear to still going through pube...

Good Morning, Class...
It's MJD, back again as your substitute teacher. And I promise, no more pictures of speedskating "moose knuckles," (unless Chad Hedrick and Shani Davis begin insulting the size of each others respective "moose knuckles"), and no Arena Football (unless Bon Jovi takes over as starting QB of the Soul...

About Last Night
What you missed while writing your Death List Five ... • Winter Olympics: Oops — while Hedrick, Davis are busy bickering, Italian zooms by both of them to grab gold in 1,500. • College Basketball: Notre Dame almost, but not quite, upsets No. 3 UConn. Hey, it's just like football! • NBA: Vince Carter...

NBC Resorts to Child Porn for Olympics Ratings Boost
Or, at least, it would seem that way. Why else would the Olympic website feature some, um, questionable photos of figure skater Sasha Cohen? Hey, I'm no prude, but for the love of Jon Benet Ramsey this just seems a little...creepy. Maybe this is strategic network synergy? You know, NBC gets people...

Leftovers: Give Paul Pierce a Hug
· Yes, the Bill Simmons drinking game has arrived. Commence shark jumping theories and audible groaning. [PeterDeWolf] · Rick Majerus is taking nonsensical commentating to a whole new level. [Critical Fanatic] · Dissecting the Nationals name snafu with pluck and wonder. [Gheorghe Blog] · More ana...

Dunk Face Fever!: Gheorghe Muresan
Spinheads: Thank you so much for your overwhelming response to Dunk Faces. I am suggesting to the other members of the B-squad to carry on with this experiment as they are becoming more and more bizarre. I will put up a couple more today, but I apologize if any were overlooked. Please continue with ...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you play with your didgeridoo ... • College Basketball: Illinois at Michigan, Alabama at Arkansas. We only pray you're purchased enough snacks for two games. [ESPN] • Soccer: UEFA Champions League, second round, first leg, Real Madrid vs. Arsenal, at Madrid. In our dream, Iker Casil...

Dunk Face!: Ben Roethlisberger
More Drunk, er, Dunk Face submissions. Of course once the "Drunk" Face gets mentioned, Big Ben comes up. Alas, here we have this champion submission from a Deadspin Reader showcasing Steeltown's finest go-to chugster. Wave those Terrible Towels high!...

Those Lovable Michigan Scamps
Well, according to more than one Deadspin tipster a highly involved(and evolved) prank was executed on the MSU student body over the weekend during Saturday's Michigan State/Michigan basketball game. Some students at the University of Michigan posed as Big 10 interns to distribute cards to unsuspect...

Why Your Hometown Columnist Sucks: Bob Sansevere
The St. Paul Pioneer-Press has an annual contest called "Average Joe Columnist," in which a field of 16 non-journalists submit sports articles, and are judged American Idol-style by sports editor Mike Bass and columnist Bob Sansevere. The latter, it seems, fancies himself in the Simon Cowell role — ...