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For Relaxing Times, It's Dunleavy Time
Via Pardon The Eruption and Yay!Sports comes this pretty classic photo of Warriors guard Mike Dunleavy Jr. It was taken on Golden State's media day, apparently some part of a "promotion," though the only thing we can imagine this is "promoting" is a reason for Oakland-area women to stay single....
Blogdome: Free The Hockey Bloggers
• Tampa Bay Lightning decide that they, and their sport, are as popular as they could possibly be and refuse press passes to team blogger. [Off Wing Opinion] • Speaking of Tampa, a Devil Rays blogger is so excited about his team's prospects, he's actually quoting Corey Hart. [Drays Bay] • The histor...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. New Music Buzz: She's a little bit country, I'm a little bit rock 'n roll. And we're both a little bit concerned over the guy in the corner who's always asking about Hanson. • Noon. NFL with Sean Salisbury: What was your most e...
Chad Johnson's Evil Genius
Fans are still buzzing about Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson's inspired touchdown celebration against the Chicago Bears a couple of weeks ago, in which he aped Michael Flatley's Riverdance routine. Funny, definitely, and certainly original. But was it a quiet, brilliant rip on Bears linebacker ...
Good Times And Bad Times For Simmons Duo
Our Boy Bill Simmons gets a lot of gruff from old-school sports journalists for being too much of a "fan" and not enough of a "reporter," or, when he does do deign to do interviews, ends up crawling a little too high up the subject's nether regions. We've never really agreed with the former critic...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while poking around the old Simmons place with the Hardy Boys ... • Jim Tracy out as Dodgers manager. Hey, there's a fat guy with white hair taking up office space in the mezzanine who's looking for work. • MNF: Panthers hold off Favre, Packers, sending Green Bay to an 0-4 record, an...
Blogdome: Wrapping Up The Baseball Season
• A frustrating, exhilarating and typical day to be a Philadelphia sports fan. [Philadelphia Will Do] • Cardinals blogs all get together and fret about the postseason. "So, awesome. No pitching, no relief, no health, and our manager's a nutjob." We feel their pain. [Viva El Birdos] • You should all ...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 10 a.m. The Buzzmaster: Judging from this picture, you are either really fed up with this job or really, really stoned. • Noon. MLB with Steve Phillips: Is it true that when the Mets fired you, they offered to retain your mustache? • 3...
MLB Playoffs: Second Verse, Same As The First
Yesterday was kind of a weird final day of the baseball season; it made us feel sorta dumb for thinking it was such a big deal that we missed most of the early football. The Red Sox "clinched" the wild-card yesterday in the least dramatic way possible, basking in a total choke by the Indians and s...
NFL Roundup: Party Para Mexico
• We're a little slow this morning, because did a shot every time ESPN showed some Mexican "culture" during last night's 31-14 Buzzsaw victory over the 49ers. We know it's unusual to play a game in another country, but the slack-jawed awe of the broadcasters last night — "look, another local! Thes...
The Definitive Bill Simmons Interview, By Those Who Know Him Best
Well, we covered the 3-2-1 Liftoff! of Our Boy Bill Simmons' Now I Can Die In Peace in our own goofy way, and now, for that whole "perspective" and "intelligent analysis" way, David Scott of Boston Sports Media Watch talks in length with Simmons about his place among the Boston media, his meteoric...
This Week In Foreign Sports: Take Off, Scouser
We tend to find European sports terminology hilarious, mainly because it points to how equally absurd American sports terminology is. To someone not familiar with the lexicon, "a blooper to left" is nonsensical babbling. So here's a look at the big news of the week in odd, confusing sports in othe...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Skip Bayless on NFL kickers: Who better to discuss kickers than a little man whom everyone seems to want to beat to a pulp? • Noon. Boxing with Dan Rafael: So, Michael Buffer. Don't you just want to pop him in the snout? • 4 p....
Blogdom's Best: Florida Marlins
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: Bill Simmons Edition
• Sports blogger goes after Bill and Chuck for trashing sports bloggers. [The Mighty MJD] • In full book promotion mode, Bill shows up on blogger radio show and actually predicts the Yankees to win. [Mr. Irrelevant] • The Phillies might be pretty much done in the playoff chase, but hey, look, they'r...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. MLB Senate Hearings with Darren Rovell: You blew the lid off of the Gatorade story, what better person to dig out the truth here? • 2 p.m. Boxer Andre Ward: Just so you're prepared, ESPN's Web site has your chat listed as "Boxer ...
Deadspin Party Crash: Bill Simmons' NYC Book Signing
Last night, at the Riviera Cafe in New York City, Our Boy Bill Simmons launched his worldwide tour to promote the release of his first book, Now I Can Die In Peace. And we — Deadspin editor Will Leitch and "photographer" Lockhart Steele — were there, because the bar serves alcohol and had some Arizo...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. NBA: Stein, Hollinger, Ford: "Paging Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard ..." Hey, let's shoehorn Tom Tolbert in here and make this chat even more unmanageable. • 2 p.m. Texas Tech quarterback Cody Hodges: No offense, but we've ne...
We're Exhausted, And The Playoffs Aren't Even Here Yet
Despite what The Smoking Gun has discovered Major League Baseball thinks about the American League East, we appear primed for a final five days of rather intense pre-playoff madness. The Yankees and Red Sox are still tied, the Indians are tied with them too and the White Sox are still toying aroun...
When Bronson Arroyo's Rock Isn't Hard Enough
MTV channels its inner Page 3 today, looking at the worst music offerings from professional athletes. (We're going to assume "ESPN Hollywood" has done this story about six times.)...