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Are We Going To Have A Stephen A. Lawsuit?
We can understand if you didn't quite remember this, but Stephen A. Smith actually writes occasionally, if you can count "tapping furiously into a Blackberry" as "typing." But he doesn't do it for the Philadelphia Inquirer anymore, ever since that nasty "reassignment" story the paper ran. So what's ...


Rob Stone Knows How To Liven Up A Broadcast
All told, we find this rather clever — and, to be honest, we've been enjoying the Women's World Cup considerably more than we would enjoy a Troy-Oklahoma State game — and we pretty much enjoy everything Stone does. (We had no idea sideline reporters could be funny; isn't that against the rules?) Tho...

Nope, OJ Is No George Clooney
I know that Will covered this earlier, but I can't get the image out of my head. OJ, Las Vegas, casino heist ... are you thinking what I'm thinking? Yes, a very, very short sequel to Ocean's 13 in which OJ gets everyone captured within the first 10 minutes. The rest of the film is Bernie Mac beatin...

Leave Bill Belichick Alone!
This guy must have watched the Crazy Britney Fan video at least fifty times to achieve this degree of nuance, and for that I salute him. He also gets a couple points for the Brady jersey. Not sure about the touque, though. I managed not to laugh out loud until near the end, when he slipped in one fi...


Spending Sunday With ... Chris Henry?
The Mighty MJD's Smorgasbord runs every Monday. Do enjoy....

Angry Bruins
• As you might expect, the folks at Bruins Nation are not handling that Utah loss well. [Bruins Nation] • Fred Dalton Thompson hits the Florida-Tennessee game. [Politico] • Ah, Mike Shanahan does like to have fun with the Raiders. [Signal To Noise] • Look who's back on the hunt. [Clevescene] • Ben W...

Yes, We Do Acknowledge The WNBA Champions
We have a firm rule around these parts: When a team wins the championship of a national professional sports league that shows up on national telecasts, they get a congratulatory post....

"I Hate College Football But I Respect Your Right To Enjoy It"
To keep the comments as fresh and outstanding as they've been up to this point, we've commissioned Commenting Guru Rob Iracane to write a bi-weekly Comment Ombudsman column. It runs every other week. This is that week....

Fifteen Hours Of Madness
David Hirshey writes regularly for Deadspin about soccer....


We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 10 a.m. Morning Buzz with Dane Cook: Yep, it's THE Dane Cook, your favorite comedian! We hope you made it over to ESPN to tell him what a great comedian he is! • 11 a.m. Graham Hays on women's WC: Is she a goer, know what I mean? Nudge...

Here's Your Playoff System (Sort Of)
Dan Shanoff writes a weekly college football column for Deadspin. Email him to let him know what you think....

Roll Over And Die Like A Champion
We're not sure if we can contribute that much more to the pile-on that has become discussion of the 2007 Notre Dame Fighting Irish and coach Charlie Weis ... but we're gonna try....

The OJ Simpson Feel Good Moment
Like most people, we took a certain satisfaction in watching O.J. Simpson taken away in handcuffs yesterday after being arrested for armed robbery , assault, burglary and conspiracy. We never even had the satisfaction of seeing him carted off when he was arrested the first time, before we knew he wa...

Keeping One's Cool Behind Enemy Lines
News and notes from Week 2 in the National Football League....

One Sweet Afternoon For Jim Thome
If you ask me, Jim Thome is exactly the kind of guy to whom Willy Wonka would have left his chocolate factory. (I also sometimes imagine Bob Costas as an Oompa Loompa). Think of baseball with no cattle steroids or corked bats or "You dead, dawg," or Human Growth Hormone or Jose Canseco book signings...

About Last Night
What you missed while building a fort out of tequila bottles ... • NFL: Patriots defend the honor of their cheatin' head coach. New England 31, San Diego 14. • MLB: Otherwise, the news in Boston was not so good. Yankees 4, Red Sox 3. • Golf: Tiger wins two trophies in one tournament, taking time out...