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• Miguel Tejada's finger and where it ranks among the other great Orioles debacles of all-time. [The Wade Blogs] • Scout.com breaks down all of the rule changes for the upcoming NFL season. [Scout.com] • A post combining Roger Ebert and the Washington Redskins cheerleaders. [I Dislike Your Favorite ...
Eleven Championships And Tremendous Savings On Your Long Distance Bill
From J.E. Skeets and The Basketball Jones comes this tremendous video of a 1973 Bill Russell commercial in which he attempts to save you money on your long distance bill....
Little League Potty Mouth
I'll be honest with you. I'm not going to watch much of the Little League World Series. All the talk about the purity of baseball at this level, the innocence of youth, the true, raw, uncorrupted emotion... it doesn't do much for me. But thankfully, Deadspin reader BL was watching last night, and ...
Team USA Rolls Lithuania
After a narrow 90-86 escape over Brazil, Team USA got back into their winning habits, cruising to a 111-88 win over Lithuania. Seven USA players scored in double-digits: Caremlo Anthony, Dwyane Wade, Joe Johnson, Kirk Hinrich, Antawn Jamison, and Chris Paul. Lithuanian center Ksistof Lavrinovicius d...
T-Rac Is Probably Not Going To The Pro Bowl This Year
You wouldn't think that the responsibilities of a mascot would be too difficult to handle. Be nice to kids, jump around like an idiot when the home team scores, clutch your chest and act like you're dying when the away team scores, and throw out some cheap-ass team merchandize to fans who will act...
For Your Sunday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
1:00, TBS. MLB. Milwaukee Brewers @ Atlanta Braves. Two of the 19 teams that still have an outside chance at the NL wildcard. 1:00, ESPN. Little League World Series Regional. I'd bean that kid with the mustache. 1:30, NBC. NASCAR. Nextel Cup Sirius Satellite Radio at The Glen. I don't think any of t...
About Last Night...
• NFL: Packers 3, Chargers 17. Phillip Rivers, 15/21, 169 yards, 1 TD in the first half. I'm pretty psyched about that. Of course, I once said the same thing about Ryan Leaf. • Boxing: Oleg Maskaev def. Hasim Rahman via 12th round KO. And America mourns. • MLB:: Giants 5, Dodgers 6. I keep waiting f...
Hasim Rahman, Great American Hero
There's a big fight tonight on pay-per-view. Hasim Rahman, the only American boxer that still holds a heavyweight title, fights for American pride against Oleg Maskaev....
To Watch Tonight...
• MLB. Little League World Series Regional. I know it makes me a bad person, but I kinda like it when the kids cry. 7:00, ESPN. • Soccer. FC Barcelona vs. New York Red Bulls. The world's best vs. MLS's worst. 7:30, Fox Soccer. • Soccer. Real Madrid vs. Real Salt Lake. I think the "Real" works better...
The Fourth Pick In The Fantasy Football Draft
There's a poor bastard in your fantasy football league that had to, or is going to have to, make the 4th overall selection in the draft. Larry Johnson, LaDainian Tomlinson, and Shaun Alexander are likely to be off the board, leaving this poor schmuck screwed. I can't remember there ever being a wo...
LeftoverDome...
• A fascinating look at the pre-match songs used by English soccer teams. [Twohundredpercent] • Checking in at Titans camp. Herman Boone really is doing wonders for these guys. [Tecmo Blog] • That's a fancy new stadium for New York's Red Bulls. Maybe one day, they'll win a game there. [New York Red ...
Keith Hamilton Swings A Mean Surge Protector
Former Giants defensive tackle Keith Hamilton believes in an odd method of disciplining his children. Some parents will go for the "time-out," some will go for a routine spanking, some might make you put a quarter in a jar every time you swear. But if you're Keith Hamilton's kid, and you come home w...
Today In The Premiership...
• Cristiano Ronaldo, hated by everyone in England a month ago, was actually welcomed quite warmly by the Manchester United fans at Old Trafford today. He notched a goal and an assist in United's 3-0 victory over Sevilla. After he and beloved Wayne Rooney got into it during the Portugal/England quart...
Little League Controversy Abounds
There's been a lot of conflict in youth baseball this week. First, there was the incident where a team walked a good hitter to they could get the final out of the game against a cancer survivor. And yesterday, a team had to forfeit a game that would've landed them in the regional finals for the Litt...
Continuing With The "Ohio State Athletes With Problems" Theme...
Mel Kiper Jr. might be more interested in his 40-time or his bench press repetitions, but I have a hunch that Deadspin readers may be more interested in this statistic about Ohio State tackle Alex Boone: He used to drink 30 to 40 beers a day....
Judge Makes The Bold Move Of Questioning Maurice Clarett's Mental Health
The latest news in the Maurice Clarett situation isn't that he's being required to undergo a mental health evaluation. The news is that he doesn't think he needs one. When the judge ordered the evaluation, Clarett scoffed at him. He was later quoted as saying, "I clearly understand everything, and...
For Your Saturday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
1:00, Fox. MLB. Angels/Yankees, Orioles/Red Sox, Tigers/White Sox. The upside to not being a Yankees fan: You don't have to listen to McCarver today. Find your game here. 2:00, NBC. Busch Series. Zippo 200. If you're looking for something to watch at 2:00, and you don't like baseball. This may be yo...
About Last Night...
• Golf: It's the rare non-major tournament with golfers you've heard of: Stewart Cink, Tom Lehman, Sergio Garcia, Retief Goosen, Ernie Els... of course, your leader is a guy named Tom Pernice, Jr. • MLB: Mariners 7, Rangers 14. Congratulations to those of you with Mark DeRosa on your fantasy teams t...
Week In Deadspin: Farney Is Everywhere
• So hello to Ryan Freel's little friend! • We had some fun with Arash Markazi, but it was the dulcet tones of Scott Van Pelt that really won us over. • Yeah, see, things just aren't going well for Mo Clarett. (We can call him "Mo," 'cause we're pals.) • The NFL has a new dude in charge. Nice hair...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you find there's still nothing better on HBO than Sopranos reruns ... • Boxing: Lightweights, Edner Cherry vs. Daniel Alicea, at Chester, W.Va. If his nickname isn't Cherry Bomb, it should be. [ESPN2] • Little League: All-Stars, regional final, at St. Petersburg, Fla.; regional fina...