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So What Was That Pre-Game Ref Patdown All About?
Cameras caught referees checking random Ravens and their uniforms as they left the locker room. For anyone wondering what that was about, it's standard practice by the NFL. Officials check both teams, but the Ravens were the ones who made it on TV....

Here's Joe Flacco Enjoying Some Ice Cream In Denver
A reader passed along this photo of Joe Flacco enjoying an ice cream cone at Little Man Ice Cream in Denver. No word on what flavor he had, but because this is Joe Flacco, it was probably plain vanilla with one of those flavorless cones....

Man Ogles Victoria Azarenka Bikini Pics While Watching Her Match
Reader Darin snapped this picture while attending last night's Azarenka-Hantuchova match at the U.S. Open. Here's the webpage the guy was looking at. And just in case you were wondering, it's one of the top Google results for "Victoria Azarenka hot" and "Victoria Azarenka bikini." ...

Some Asshole Got A Tattoo Of An Orioles Logo On Top Of A Redskins Logo
So does this mean this person prefers the Orioles over the Redskins? That he loves both teams with equal fervor? That he could only get one tattoo and couldn't decide which way to go? All of the above are plausible explanations. I'm thinking he lost a bet....

"No Other Men In It, Just Me": A Letter From A Porn Hopeful
Yesterday we shared an adorable letter from a fan of the New Orleans Pelicans, begging the team to give him a chance and a million-dollar contract. Reader Daniel used to work at an adult video company, and dug up a letter from one of the company's biggest fans, begging for a role in porn....

Why Your Team Sucks 2013: Washington Redskins
Some people are fans of the Washington Redskins. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Washington Redskins. This 2013 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the 2013 NFL previews so far right here....

Riley Cooper And Cary Williams Got Into A Fight At Eagles Practice
And several teammates had to step in and break it up—including Michael Vick, as you can see in the photo above, which was tweeted out by Philadelphia Daily News photographer David Maialetti....

Gone Fishin' With Deion Sanders
Another good one for ya—Charlie Pierce's 2000 Esquire profile of Deion Sanders:...

Payback Is A Bitch
Friend of mine in London sent me the following. Taken from Maiden Speech by Eleanor Brown, published by Bloodaxe in 1996:...


Shane Victorino's Nifty Catch Gives Way To Slapstick Routine In Stands
Here we have a happy-go-lucky Red Sox fan, his mood perhaps buoyed by the effects of a few alcoholic beverages, becoming a whirlwind of destruction following a brief encounter with Shane Victorino....

Columnist Amazed College Football Players Aren't Scumbags
That is the major takeaway from this overcooked word-soup from Rick Reilly. Sure, he bizarrely shoehorns George Zimmerman into an article about "young, urban athletes" who were neither murdered nor murderous, but the real gist of this column is that Rick Reilly is fucking shocked that those four kid...

The 16 Fall Movies You Should Be Excited About: A Guide
Labor Day is the signpost every year that the sugary summer junk is behind us and that the nutritious square meal of awards season has finally arrived. That's the theory, anyway: In actuality, summer movies like Before Midnight and Fruitvale Station will be as well-received as any Oscar bait, and th...

John Wall's New Mansion Has 10 Bathrooms And A Basketball Court
It's good to sign a max contract....

Prosecutor From Sandusky Trial: Joe Paterno Not Involved In Cover-Up
Had he lived, would Joe Paterno have been charged with a crime for allegedly covering for Jerry Sandusky's serial sex crimes against children? One of the prosecutors who worked to convict Sandusky last summer said the answer is no....

Fan Writes Letter To Pelicans Asking For $1 Million Contract
I know what the jerseys look like, but the Pelicans are a real NBA team. With professional players and everything. You can't just get a job by writing them a polite, poorly spelled letter—hold on, did you say you're better than LeBron and "Kobie?"...

John O'Hara Told The Truth About His Time
My father didn't care much for Fitzgerald or Hemingway or Faulkner. He loved Steinbeck. But the writer he told me to read was John O'Hara. I still have the copy of O'Hara's short stories that Dad gave me when I was in high school. ...

Maryland Won't Hand Out Game Balls Because Of NCAA Regulations
Linebacker Marcus Whitfield had a hell of an opener for the Terps, racking up five tackles and one-and-a-half sacks. He was awarded the game ball, but won't get to see it for a while—the school is putting it in storage to avoid running afoul of NCAA regulations....

Learn To Hit Like Stan Musial From This Cool Old Vinyl Record
Used to be able to buy this 1963 record at Phillips 66 gas stations....
