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Saying Goodbye To Theo
Well, it's a bad day for Hire Me Theo; shocking just about everybody, Theo Epstein has resigned as general manager of the Red Sox, sending just about every baseball blogger into full-fledged apoplexy this morning. (Baseball Musings typically is the most sober and rational, pointing out how much be...
About Last Night
What you missed while drunkenly hitting on little costumed Spider-Man's mom ... • MNF: Pittsburgh prevails as Steelers fans come down Roethlisberger Fever (Ravens fans settle for Bird Flu). • NFL: Bengals fan pleads innocent to trespassing, other charges even though, um, the whole thing was on tape....
Deadspin Testimonials
Gleefully skewers the bloviating sports-media talking heads that litter the airwaves and back pages. -Business Week Online...
The Mystery AL 'Roider: Sheffield, Says You
The results are in from our poll asking you who the mystery steroid postseason AL outfielder was, and the winner: Yankees outfielder Gary Sheffield! We supposed we could have guessed that. Despite several commenters' insistence that it couldn't be Sheffield because the story was confirmed by the m...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you answer the door and contribute to the rising national rate of juvenile-onset diabetes ... • MNF: Baltimore at Pittsburgh. Forget the rest of the league, these should be the only two NFL cities in America. [ABC] • NHL: Montreal at New York Rangers. Let's welcome our Canadian cous...
Tracking Jay Mariotti's Herks And Jerks
One of our favorite things about the city of Chicago is that it still has two big, brassy, loud newspapers who love to snipe at each other. (And they're even just down the street from one another.) In one of those columns that make our lives worthwhile and meaningful, Chicago Tribune metro columni...
Leftovers: Curse of the St. Louis Rams
• Caution: Coaching this team may be harmful to your health. Rams interim coach Vitt has angioplasty. [STL Today] • Daunte Culpepper out for season after tearing pretty much ever "CL" you can. [KARE] • Unsolved mysteries: Who ratted out Rick Neuheisel? [MSNBC] • NFL won't punish Benson for his Kenny...
Bill Simmons' Epic Battle With Star Jones
Here's something that will make your day: Our Boy Bill Simmons is playing in an NBA.com "celebrity" fantasy basketball league that includes such luminaries as Pamela Anderson, Cedric the Entertainer, Michael Rapaport and, yes yes yes, Star Jones herself....
Today in Oddjack
What you're missing over at Oddjack, the site for both the discerning speculator and the degenerate gambler ... • A scientific study of the Ravens-Steelers matchup, with footnotes. • Which fast food joint will be the first to land LeBron James? We'd go with Taco Bell. • NFL fans surround Oddjack hea...
Ladies And Gents, Meet Greg Gall
Yet another reason we have the best readers in the world here at Deadspin: We asked you for info on Greg Gall, the Cincinnati guy who ran on the field and took the ball away from Brett Favre yesterday, and man, did you ever come through....
ESPN Headline Writers Keeping Entertained
From an ESPN headline about Arkansas changing its quarterback comes this gem....
Lee Corso's Fans Follow Him Everywhere
From ESPN's "College Gameday," via Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer, comes this screenshot that RJYH purveyor says "could" be Photoshopped, but it's doubtful....
Blogdom's Best: Washington Redskins
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 ...
Just One Hour Left To Vote!
We're down to the last hour of voting in our "Who's The Mystery AL Roider?" poll, so if you're gonna get your votes in, do it now, or forever hold something that you would like to think is peace but is actually the screaming, tortured pain you've felt since you were a child....
Blogdome: Boo!
• For Halloween, the very best in NBA costumes. Spooktacular, as they say. OK, nobody says that but us. [J.E. Skeets] • NFL referees say the weirdest things sometimes. [OutSports] • When one Moneyball acolyte dies, we all die a little. [Flak] • Get drunk with Gregg Popovich! [True Hoop] • When Paul ...
Does Anyone Out There Know This Greg Gall Chap?
Via Fine Fellows comes a full report about that guy who ran on the field in Cincinnati and stole the ball from Brett Favre yesterday. His name is Gregory Gall, he's 31 years old and he lives in Mount Washington, Ohio. He was charged with criminal trespassing, resisting arrest and disorderly conduc...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m.. NBA with Marc Stein: Does the new NBA dress code apply to beat writers? Some of you guys may have to shave if it does. • Noon. MLB with Buster Olney: Well, if it isn't my old Vanderbilt chum Robert Stanbury Olney III. No one's...
Dodgers Rid Themselves Of Tweedy Math Dork
Not surprisingly, the sabermetric-friendly Web is all abuzz this morning after the firing of Dodgers GM Paul DePodesta on Friday evening. As always, Baseball Musings is on top of the story, looking at the aftermath of the move, tracking the journalists trying to make sense of it and ultimately set...
Feeling Fisher DeBerry's Pain
Not to keep harping on this, but we couldn't help but point out the result of Fisher DeBerry's Air Force Falcons' game on Saturday:...
NFL Roundup: A Costly Fumble
• It's pretty astounding that fan guy in Cincinnati was able to run on the field during the Packers' closing drive. First off, they were at midfield, which means he had to run at least 50 yards, probably more, without someone beating him to Brett Favre. (Note: The next time you're in Cincinnati, b...