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Dumb Honky Radio Guy Fired For Doing On Twitter What Everyone In Sports Talk Does On Air
Bacsik, the former Nats reliever and leading demographer of the American Southwest, has been fired by KTCK-AM's parent company for all that "dirty Mexicans" business on Twitter the other day. Because sports-talk radio is no place for casual racism and half-drunk stupidity....
Indians The Most Hated Baseball Team, Says Science
When the Wall Street Journal added a New York sports section, we assumed it would be more than game stories and notes columns. Sure enough, they've debuted with a series of needlessly rigorous analyses of things nobody cares about....
China Stripped Of Medal For Underage Gymnast. Not That One, The Other One
Who could possibly forget the courageous 2000 USA women's gymnastics team, who captured America's heart, and captured a bronze medal — 10 years later, because one of the Chinese gymnasts was 14 years old?...
Last Night's Winner: LeElbow
In sports, everyone is a winner—some people just win better than others. Like the hinge joint in LeBron James's right arm, which exploded into a thousand pieces yesterday, filling the Cleveland sky with bright constellations of bone dust and shard....
Could This Be The Most Blatant Dive In Soccer History?
This gem comes straight to you from the Faroe Islands, where Kaj Ennigarð of ÍF Fuglafjørður goes down like a sack of potatoes after apparently being hit by a gust of wind. It certainly wasn't the other player, that's certain....
Athlete Wives Are Just Regular Gals, <em>Washington Post</em> Keeps Reporting
The Post gives the wives of the Capitals the same incisive treatment it gave the wives of the Nationals last year. Noted: "They're striking, yes! But, in a regular kind of way." [Washington Post]...
The Marquis Teague Scholarship-Revocation-Countdown Begins Now
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day...
Meet The Lefty-Slugging, Cannon-Armed <em>3</em>-Year-Old
Ariel Antigua? Tyler? Old news. Showing significant pull power and an arm, Beau is the new wunderkind on every scout's radar. Note to self: Never ask if anyone's got a 3-year old to pimp....
Introducing The Sports Phella, Phil Simmons
Bill Simmons was nice enough to Tweet-lert everyone of ABCNews.com's captioning gaffe but we all know it was just to prove he gets invited to parties/smokes up with Ricky Williams. Click 'n' embiggen. [@sportsguy33]...
The NFL's Worst Human Being Works For The Dolphins
It comes out that the exec who asked Dez Bryant if his mother was a prostitute was Miami GM Jeff Ireland. Hey, Parcells wasn't hung up on character as a coach, why should he change in the front office? [Yahoo!]...
Listen In As Chris Cooley Gets Pulled Over While On The Phone With Radio Show
Cooley, while talking with DC's Sports Junkies on WJFK-FM, was pulled over by a cop this morning for going too wide around a corner. Pro athletes: They're just like us! (Only they manage to wriggle out of their moving violations.) [WashPost; audio]...
Easy Money: Bet On Whoever's Playing The Pirates
It's been said that you should never bet on your favorite team; you're just setting yourself up for double heartbreak. Well, one Pirates fan has concocted a fascinating experiment/get-rich-quick scheme: he's betting against the Bucs in every game this season....
Bango The Buck's Encore: Battery And Harassment
Bango — drunk with power after surviving last night's dunk — is now harassing Wisconsin's small coterie of Atlanta Hawks fans. Enjoy the dulcet tones of P.O.D. and — I hope — the use of a single Al Horford jersey. H/T Jon....
Dick Ebersol Gives ESPN Verbal Purple Nurple At Sports Emmy's Over Jerry Jones Video
"With many ESPN execs ... in the audience watching, Ebersol took out a cell phone and pretended to record Jones. He then said, 'I just wanted a call out to my friends at ESPN-TMZ.'" [SBJ]...
Tim Tebow Leads The League In Something, For The First And Last Time
The top selling NFL rookie jerseys are Tebow, Ndamukong Suh, Sam Bradford, Eric Berry and Dez Bryant. One of these five will also be the top selling CFL jersey in 10 years. Try to guess which! [Rovell]...
Could You Make A Successful Hobo? And What’s The Best Way To Get Cancer?
Again, we go right to your questions....
Horndogs! Take the Gawker Media Census 2010
Last Census go-around, we found that 78% of Deadspin readers have sex regularly (congrats) and 39% fly for pleasure only, leaving us to deduce that a decent portion of you are Mile High Club members. Surely you've got 10 minutes before your flight leaves to share your media predilections....
Is Notre Dame Basketball Coach Mike Brey Illicitly Humping This TV News Lady?
Even if he is, Notre Dame media relations person Bernadette Cafarelli told us over the phone that "Mike Brey is the men's basketball coach at Notre Dame." (Her inflection suggested a "PERIOD!" so I'll add that.) Onto the smutty rumor-grinder....
Miller Park: Just The Latest Stadium Of Death (UPDATE)
Two freak accidents in two days, and it's clear that spectators in Milwaukee are taking their lives in their hands when they come out for a ballgame, what with all the flying bat shards, and falling fans....
Incredible Euroleague Buzzer-Beater Runs The Gamut Of Human Emotions
Let's set the scene: Cibona-Partizan. NLB League Final in Zagreb. With 0.6 seconds left, Cibona hits a miracle three to take the lead. Cibona celebrates. This one's in the bag....