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College Football's Hidden Shenanigans
One of the best things about the Web is that it can strip away one moment from a larger event — or coverage of said event — that would have been lost otherwise and highlight it, for better or worse. Two of the best examples of this are videos from the last weekend of college football, currently ci...
It's Christmas In October
It's one of the happiest days in the blog world: It's the day after the Yankees were eliminated from the playoffs. As you would probably expect, the blog world has been chowing down this morning, as easily sports' most hated team lost last night to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Taking the bru...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while rolled up in a carpet, trying to enter the U.S. illegally posing as an immense burrito ... • ALDS: Yankees ousted by Angels, Steinbrenner eyes Larry Brown as possible replacement for Joe Torre. • MNF: Tiny Steelers' kicker Jeff Reed boots winning field goal, later removes thorn...
Rich Arrogance vs. Whiny Petulance ... For The ALCS!
The players are going to be too tired to swing the bat, our brains are going to go into Rally Monkey overload and we'll be seeing Thunder Stix on our deathbed. But hey, we've still got ourselves a Game 5 tonight, and for that we should be most grateful. The Yankees put their "legacy" on the line,...
To Watch Tonight ...
What To Watch As You Take a Half Day For Columbus Day ... • ALDS, Game 5: Yankees at Angels. Rally Monkey, who has not had its shots since '99, to be put down in tearful pregame ceremony. [Fox] • NFL: Steelers at Chargers. Jerome Bettis is back for Pittsburgh, as The Bus and the Madden Cruiser colli...
You Won't Have Martz To Kick Around Anymore
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Bernie Miklasz — who once almost quit his job to follow Bruce Springsteen around on tour, which we think is awesome — is reporting that everybody's favorite bad coach whipping boy Mike Martz is stepping down as coach of the St. Louis Rams. Martz has suffered heart tro...
Leftovers: Goodbye, Philadelphia!
• Phillies fire general manager Ed Wade and suddenly the team's fans are smiling, happy, pleasant people to be around. [Philadelphia Will Do • The same dopey guy caught both Astros home run balls yesterday. Unfortunately, he was struck by lightning an hour later. (OK, fine, not really.) [FOREDEE] • ...
SI And Mike Price Bury The Bodies Together
Sports Illustrated announced this morning that it and former Alabama coach Mike Price have "amiably resolved" the lawsuit Price filed against the magazine for a story it ran in 2003....
Blogdom's Best: San Diego Padres
More than any other sport, baseball lends itself to individual blog obsession. Every Major League Baseball team has several blogs obsessed with chronicling the ins-and-outs of everything. Deadspin salutes these modem-addled souls and proudly presents Blogdom's Best, given to the most outstanding b...
Blogdome: Watch Your Back, Athletes
• If professional and college athletes are not careful, they'll end up looking drunk online ... or, in the case of Duke's Reggie Love, something much, much worse. [Flak] • Good morning, Angels. Your assignment is to take out those hated, hated Yankees. [Faith and Fear In Flushing] • On the lists of ...
Playoff Roundup: We Warmed Up For The 19th
• We had to run out to see In Her Shoes in the ninth inning of the Astros-Braves game yesterday. Brad Ausmus was coming up, so we knew we wouldn't miss anything. Anybody catch what happened? • Our favorite part of the game is that if the game went so long that Roger Clemens wouldn't have been able...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 10 a.m. Fantasy Football Focus: "We've got a couple of sleeper picks at quarterback," you said. "You can't go wrong with Michael Vick and Tim Rattay," you said. "You can thank us later," you said. I'd like to thank you now. What's your...
NFL Roundup: Davenport Craps Out
• After intercepting an Anthony Wright pass in the end zone, Lions defensive back Dre Bly honored injured Packers running back Najeh Davenport by doing a spitting-image impersonation of him. Which was nice, we thought. • After yesterday, we'll just say that we're going to really enjoy watching Terr...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while boarding up the house to keep out the undead ... • ALDS: Game 4: Yankees force Game 5 in Los Angeles tonight, Giambi exchanges steroids for caffeine. • NLDS, Game 4: Chris Burke — not from "Life Goes On," so stop asking — ends epic 18-inning duel over Braves, launches Astros in...
Week in Deadspin: Thanks, Kyle!
• Kyle Orton and his buddies Jack and Daniel give us enough traffic that we are currently sunbathing on a beach in Boise. It's nice here. Orton says he's sorry, by the way. No need, Kyle! • Jesus don't want Josh McCown for a sunbeam. He would like Cheetos to replenish themselves, however. • Is Cha...
To Watch Tonight ...
What to watch as mice gather in your attic for their annual convention ... • College FB: Syracuse at Connecticut. Big East showdown in which you'll meet your next Jets quarterback, UConn's Matt Bonislawski. [ESPN2] • ALDS, Game 3: White Sox at Red Sox. ChiSox are gonna party like it's 1917. [ESPN2] ...
Live Blog: White Sox vs. Red Sox, Game 3
Barring rainstorms on the East Coast that push everything a few days back, this should be, unless the ALCS goes seven games and the NLCS goes six, the last afternoon weekday playoff game, which means the last live blog, which means we're sure you're just devastated. But this is almost certainly th...
Leftovers: Gagne Rips Those Filthy Rich Jerks
• Gagne, speaking from his luxury yacht, rips Dodgers for being cheap. [MSN Sports Filter] • End of a large, gangly, not-so-bright era: Lakers put Divac on waivers. [Show Time] • Niners trade Jamie Winborn to Jaguars, the key move that will have both teams Super Bowl Bound. [49ers News]...
Hey, Buddy, Can You Spare An ESPNer A Quarter?
Now, we're just asking here, tossing something in the wind, see if it sticks, if you don't mind a little metaphor mixing ... but anybody else out there hear about a serious payroll snafu that has left a good percentage of ESPN's New York City employees without their direct deposits and without any...
Uh, Who Exactly IS This Guy? Like, Really?
About a million years from now, when aliens discover our dark, burned-out husk of a planet and start digging around for clues to our long-dead civilization, we hope that the Brandon Lang saga is not the first thing they come across. Oh Christ, we hope not. Our gambling-addicted sister Oddjack del...