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Your Token "Sweep The Leg, Johnny" Reference
One of our favorite Doug Flutie stories was when then-Dolphins coach Jimmy Johnson, trying to motivate his team for an upcoming game against the Bills, destroyed a box of Flutie Flakes in front of his team. When Flutie heard about the incident, his face fell. "That cereal is to benefit autism rese...
Stop Pointing Cameras At Mike Tyson. Please.
We get as tired of Mike Tyson In Trouble news as anybody else does, not only because the stories are seemingly endless, but because we can't really hate Tyson anymore; he only has our pity....
"They Just Need To Give 'Em All BATS!"
We found this photo of "The Sopranos"' Vito Spatafore and video game shill Lawrence Taylor, and even though it has nothing to do with the rest of this post, it made us laugh, particularly considering Vito's quiet preferences on the show....
Lenny Dykstra, Cosmopolitan
We know we make fun of ESPN a lot here, and much of it is justified, of course, but we are nothing if not fair. The big investigative steroid story gracing the cover of ESPN: The Magazine this week is, for lack of a better word, outstanding. Legitimately all-encompassing, it's sober, smart and ful...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. NCAA BB with Fran Fraschilla: It's the old American success story you've heard a million times: A man named Fran coaches a team called the Jaspers and ends up working for ESPN. • Noon. NBA with Chad Ford: Too bad about that dre...
Wait Until The Pregnant League Starts
In a story that really shouldn't be much of a surprise if you've had even a passing interest in the world of sports, it turns out that in Australia, there's a soccer prodigy already being recruited by the top teams who, of course, is only seven years old. His name is Panos Armenakas, he's already ...
Palmeiro Pretends To Come Clean
For anybody who missed it yesterday, Orioles designated hitter Rafael Palmeiro finally made a public statement about steroids yesterday, and, as you'd certainly expect, it was unsatisifying. Basically, Palmeiro said he never intentionally took steroids but that he might have accidentally got some ...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while writing the biography of the guy who wrote your autobiography, which, we suppose, would be you ... • NBA: Timberwolves stop Kobe's scoring streak, beat Lakers, win our hearts. • College FB: West Virginia crushes Cincinnati into fine powder. • NHL: Hurricanes win eighth straight...
Vote: Simmons Vs. Cuban. Who Wins?
If you haven't seen it yet, we highly recommend you check out Our Boy Bill Simmons' newest "Curious Guy" entry, which is a discussion with none other than ... Mark Cuban! Yes! We're living in a happy place right now, friends....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as The Terminator licks his wounds ... • College FB: West Virginia at Cincinnati. Mortly Ivy will stop the Bearcats cold, we predict. Of course, it's quite possible we don't know what we're talking about. [ESPN2] • NBA: Miami at Indiana, Sacramento at Denver. Overindulging at the pro h...
More Mock Press Conference Shenanigans
An alert reader clues us into some ESPN tech snafus last Sunday, the first day of the mock Steve Phillips press conference things....
Leftovers: No Mas
• Injury forces WBC champ Klitschko to retire, HBO to air 4 extra hours of "Six Feet Under." [Flying Ass Monkey] Bill Simmons profiled in the Baltimore Sun. Good: All kinds of hints that he'll leave ESPN someday. Bad: The author keeps calling him a "blogger." Ugly: Compared to both Hunter S. Thompso...
Wrapping Up The Lesbian Cheerleaders Story
We've reached the saturation point, we think, on the Carolina Panthers cheerleader story, but, frankly, we don't care, and we suspect you don't either. Here's an update on what we've all got, to close this out. Smile wide:...
Tyson Most Likely Celeb Who Can't Read
Ever wonder which celebrity is actually illiterate? Sure, we all have. But BetUS.com actually lays the odds and makes Mike Tyson (of course) the favorite at 2/1. It's all documented over at Oddjack, our sister site with the slight gambling problem (think Edward Norton in Rounders). Among others o...
Tell Us Your Best Athlete Run-Ins, And Win A Book!
Hey, look, it's the first-ever Deadspin contest. The fine folks at Hyperion Books just shipped a big stack of copies of David Halberstam's new book The Education Of A Coach to Deadspin World Headquarters, and we're here to give them away. We've read the book and think it's really good, actually, eve...
Happy Trails, Holmes
In very sad news, Kansas City Chiefs running back Priest Holmes is out for the season and, according to several sources, could end up retiring. (A Chiefs spokesperson denies the retirement rumors.)...
Could Theo Be Returning?
All kinds of rumblings today about Theo Epstein potentially coming back as Red Sox GM, with the Boston Herald reporting that several Boston officials have been trying to talk him back into the job....
Blogdome: Channelling The Eagles
• Are the Eagles helping out other teams in other sports by taking such a hard stand on Terrell Owens? [Puck Update] • Dennis Rodman — whom we're going to see tomorrow! — was on WFAN yesterday, and this poor bastard blogged the whole thing. [Student Of The Game] • "Trapped In The Closet," with Rob B...
Blogdom's Best: Baltimore Ravens
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 ...
Become A Deadspin Commenter!
Thanks to those great Panthers cheerleaders and, of course, GENERAL EXCELLENCE, we've had a few new people roaming around these parts of late. Welcome. We love you. Let's hug....