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Time To Pay Up, Gawker
You might remember, back in those halcyon days of two weeks ago, that we made a wager with Alex Balk, editor of angry sister site Gawker and Tigers fan, that whoever's team lost the World Series would have to take over the other's site for a day. (We know you remember this, because Gawker's commen...
Please Heed These Tips For A Safe And Fun Halloween
This is for all of you Halloween revelers who are planning on being clever tomorrow night and dress up like Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter. And you know who you are. We see you with the Paul Hogan hat and the toy sting ray and the too-tight khaki shorts, and we're begging you to stop. My God, man...
About Last Night
What you missed while revolving slowly from the blade of a ceiling fan by your underwear, above a Cardinals cap and a pile of empty Tequila bottles on the floor below ... • NFL: It's RomoCop! ... Cowboys score 25 points in fourth quarter behind new bionic quarterback ... • Soccer: From way across th...
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• College Football: Tennessee 31, South Carolina 21. And Phil Fulmer is unwilling to take a shot at Steve Spurrier afterwards. Weak. • NHL: Thrashers 5, Sabres 4. A win would've gotten the Sabres off to the best start in NHL history. • College Football: Texas 35, Texas Tech 31. Oh good, more controv...
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• MLB World Series: Cardinals 4, Tigers 2. This will likely not be the last mention of this here on Deadspin. • College Football: Tulsa 30, UTEP 20. I think UTEP, I think two-step, I think Tim Hardaway. Or, Mike Price and filthy whores. Either way, I win. • NBA Preseason: Nets 138, Knicks 121. It mi...
Who's Sorry Now?
It's been quite a year so far for youth football, hasn't it? Spectators being mistaken for terrorists, police officers tasering rambunctious fans ... one concerned parent even pulled a gun on a coach. Compared to that, the following may not seem like much, except for the heartfelt, tearful apologi...
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What you missed while battling the infamous Professor Poopypants ... • World Series: Outfield pratfall leads to 5-4 Cardinals win, 3-1 series lead over Tigers. • MLB: Bruce Bochy packs belongings, heads north on I-5 to sign with Giants. Padres fans unsure which team comes out ahead. • NHL: Oh, nothi...
Let Them Buy Gear
If you ever need a vivid example of the disconnect between the people who run the games we watch and us, the people who spend the money that allows them to do it, just try paying nearly $200 bucks for a World Series game that's in a rain delay....
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What you missed while your slippers were in the shop for repairs ... • NHL: Just a guy named Joe ... Sakic reaches 1,500-point mark as his Avalanche lose to Capitals 5-3. • Tennis: As you no doubt have heard by now, Robby Ginepri beat Gilles Simon of France, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5), in the first round of t...
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What you missed while out enlisting the aid of Mad Max for your village ... • World Series: Carpenter Rules ... Cardinals take 2-1 series lead after 5-0 win over Tigers. • NHL: Penguin Lust ... Malkin leads Pittsburgh over New Jersey 4-2. • Tennis: We hate to be the ones to tell you that top-seeded ...
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What you missed while planning your Halloween costume ... • NFL: ... Tony Romo, not a restaurant chain, charges off bench, leads Cowboys to 36-22 loss to Giants. • NHL: Fools! You can't stop the Buffalo Sabres! • Look, Russian tennis! Jarkko Nieminen downs Janko Tipsarevic in the first round of St. ...
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What you missed while licking the highway ... • World Series: It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood ... Mr. Rogers destroys everything in his path, including Pujols and Mr. McFeely. • NFL: The Power of (Fourth and) One ... Bengals somehow beat Panthers 17-14. • NHL: Ducks 3, Kings 2 in shootout. ...
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• World Series: Cardinals 7, Tigers 2. Ronnie Belliard's hair 1, Everyone Else's Hair 0. • College Football: Clemson 31, Georgia Tech 7. Clemson unleases their potent offensive attack on Georgia Tech, as well as a vicious attack on the eyeballs and fashion sense of everyone watching. • NHL. Sabres 6...
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• College Football: WVU 37, UConn 11. Connecticut quarterbacks combined to go 15-of-34 for 115 yards and 2 interceptions. Scouts say they could be the next Harrington and Culpepper. • NBA Preseason: Nets 102, 76ers, 92. And just because I'll probably never get another chance to say it: 76ers leading...
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What you missed while cracking under the pressure in the bottom of the eighth and running out into the night, pantless ... • MLB: National League Championship Series ... it seems like only yesterday, or 1968, that Cardinals played Tigers in a World Series. • College football: Our Tar Heels football ...
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What you missed while wondering if your son will ever grow up to be a Chunky Soup All-Star ... • MLB: National League Championship Series, Game 6 ... You know, all told, Maine's a nice state. • NHL: Cruelty to Penguins ... Brodeur's milestone lifts Devils, 2-1. • Soccer: Even if we were soccer exper...
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What you missed while constructing your four-can beer hat ... • MLB: NLCS, Game 5. Cardinals 4, Mets 2 ... Albert Pujols has a very strange way of showing us that he's injured. • NBA: Well, apparently it's time to start talking about LeBron James again. • NHL: Sabrematic! There's trouncing an oppone...
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What you missed while waiting for your crutches to be released from the Miami-Dade Police Department evidence room ... • NFL: We hate to point this out, but Charles Barkley correctly predicted this one just before halftime. • NHL: Gotta support the team ... Rangers beat Devils 4-2 to the chagrin of ...
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What you missed while falling into a burnin' ring of fire ... • MLB: National League Championship Series ... Hello, I'm Carlos, and I'll be your waiter this evening. Tonight our special is battered Cardinal. Our series is tied 2-2, so enjoy. • NFL: Denver's defense reaches milestone, but then it was...