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T.O.'s 18-Year-Old Assassin
We find it amusing that people are trying to come up with alternate excuses why Terrell Owens was suspended by the Eagles — fight with Hugh Douglas, frustration over the Eagles not recognizing his 100th touchdown, so on — when it's pretty clear, to us anyway, that his comment that Brett Favre woul...
Now We Know Why The WNBA Doesn't Have Cheerleaders
Well, these type of stories don't come along every day. As we're sure most of you have heard by now, two Carolina Panthers cheerleaders were arrested in Tampa early Sunday morning after, police say, the two of them were getting them some Sheryl Swoopes in the bathroom. That itself isn't illegal (t...
NFL Roundup: Kicking T.O.
• We love pictures like this. Everyone, honestly, should have a kicker of their own to hug and cuddle. • We're not going to get too into this — because, of course, we're going to do our own whole post on the matter later today — but ESPN's coverage of Terrell Owens is bordering on stalking. ESPN's...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while perfecting your family trapeze act ... • NFL: Owens-less Eagles fall to Redskins — we bet Philly fans are really glad they hitched their wagon to his star. • NBA: Kobe's 37 leads Lakers past Nuggets, but strangely we're not that impressed. • NASCAR: Carl Edwards maneuvers movin...
Week In Deadspin: We Fought The Lawton
• We broke the Matt Lawton steroid story, wondered what it all meant and then everyone ignored us. Which is fine. We can take it. • People were all over Jason Whitlock, but at least we got a shout-out on ESPN about it. • Page 3 died, and it's very possible it happened weeks ago and nobody noticed....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch until Terrell Owens gets around to badmouthing you ... • College FB: Toledo at Ohio. Rockets vs. Bobcats in Buckeye Battle. [ESPN2] • NBA: Cleveland at San Antonio; Minnesota at Seattle. That first one may be a preview of the NBA Finals, or not. [ESPN] • Boxing: Junior middleweights, S...
This Week In Foreign Sports
Their terminology is confusing, they're often not allowed to touch the ball with their hands and occasionally royalty shows up to watch for a few minutes before heading back to the castle. It's weird sports from other lands, which when you get down to it, are no more ridiculous than ours. News it...
Leftovers: Spackler Makes His Move
• Bill Murray offers GM job to Theo Epstein. Then he awakes the next morning and offers him the job again. Then again ... [Chowdaheads] • Ali "may have only months to live." Please don't go and leave us with just Tyson and Larry Holmes ... [This Is London] • Favre may not return if Packers fire Sher...
Stevie Franchise's Charming Nickname
In response to our Steve Francis-Cuttino Mobley item from earlier today, a "lowly paid" source "familiar with the Rockets laundry room" sends us a depressing tip:...
Today in Oddjack
The weekend's football picks won't be up at Oddjack for another hour, but there's plenty to keep yourself busy until then. • Weird looking New Yorker writer is all kinds of help in NBA betting. • Ray Allen and Bruce Bowen are totally getting in a fight, you just know it. • Your daily line on weird t...
Revisiting Felix Heredia
A fascinating, oddly chilling read from "writer" Tiffany Battista was just sent to us, and we had to share it with you. Essentially, it details a night three years ago when Mets reliever Felix Heredia — who was suspended for steroids last month — woke up Battista (who was with a friend in his hous...
Fun With Sparky, The Ice Girls ... And Satan!
We're not saying that the NHL is pulling out all stops to try to bring fans back, but ... well, we'll just let a reader explain what they found in their mailbox the other day....
Tom Brady's Existential Crisis
Honestly, does "60 Minutes" interview anyone but athletes anymore? This week's winner of the Steve Kroft Sweepstakes is Tom Brady, who waxes philosophic on his career so far, and what's coming up. He actually goes a little Theo Epstein/Bill Simmons on us, saying how he has sometimes struggled with...
Blogdome: For All The Cows
• Two moos for Virginia Tech, one moo for Miami and an extra moo for all our people upstate. [ActionBerg] • Yeah, we thought that Castilla-for-Lawrence trade was really weird too. [The Sports Frog] • The two Moneyball acolytes, Epstein and DePodesta, chillin' in Vegas, changing the game. [U.S.S. Mar...
Blogdom's Best: Indianapolis Colts
It might not — yet — have the online fanaticism and cachet of baseball, but the NFL 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 NFL ...
Our Favorite One: Godzilla Vs. Mothra
We have no idea how we missed this, but AaronGleeman.com directs us to this statement from Time magazine's profile of Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui in its 2003 Asian Heroes profile:...
This Is What Happens When Capriati Is Your Trainer
One of our favorite stories in a while comes from Charleston, S.C., and the College of Charleston. Two members of the school's tennis teams, one from the women's team and one from the men's, told police they, after "30 and 20 alcoholic beverages respectively," were kidnapped by a crack dealer who ...
Joe Paterno ... Closet Raci — You Know, We Don't Have The Energy Anymore
Another day, another old college football coach being subtly accused of racism. The headline on ESPN.com's home page kind of lets you know how Penn State coach Joe Paterno's comments on black athletes is being spun: "Paterno Links Black Athletes To Increased Scoring."...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Page 2's Scoop Jackson: Please describe your last actual scoop — and while we're waiting for you to come up with that thought, we'll observe a moment of silence for the dearly departed Page 3. • 2 p.m. Boxing with Dan Rafael: B...
Francis-Mobley The New Manning-Chesney
We had a few people tell us about this, but we still hadn't gotten around to reading ESPN: The Magazine — to steal Gregg Easterbrook's classic line, published on Earth: The Planet — and it's reportedly amazing story about the unusual "friendship" between former teammates Cuttino Mobley and Steve ...