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How Much Do You Care About Northern Iowa Baseball?
As you may have heard, Northern Iowa's baseball program is on the chopping block (likely because of your bad mortgage), but the internet is making a ninth-inning rally to try and save it....
Eddie Hightower Finds The Nexus Of The Universe In Champaign
Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to [email protected]. Subject: Morning crap....
Nationals GM Jim Bowden Resigns
Isn't it funny how simply adding a hyphen to "resign" gives you "re-sign," which means the exact opposite thing? So who gets the bonus money for running Jim Bowden out of town?...
This Is Why You Go To Florida For Spring Training
Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to [email protected]. Subject: Morning crap....
Bill Simmons: Unleashed, Uncensored, and Uncompromising
Most of Bill Simmons' complaints the last year were about ESPN's strict podcast content guidelines and that he's not allowed to rip on other ESPN personalities. At least, not on his podcast....
Kurt Warner And Tim Tebow Finally Hook Up
What's more shocking — that Rick Reilly has never met Dave Barry or that Kurt Warner had never spoken to Tim Tebow? Well, at least, one of these duos have finally made a connection....
Intolerable Cruelty: Our Women Ruminate On The Art Of The Prank
It's time for Waxing Off, the Deadspin feature that will go topless if you throw it beads. This Friday's topic: Sports pranks....
Big, Bold ESPN Book Will Showcase Bristol's Not Ready For Primetime Players
Yesterday it was revealed that Tom Shales and James A. Miller, co-authors of the fascinating Live From New York! uncensored history of SNL are currently working on one about ESPN. Brace yourselves....
Kellen Winslow Takes His Soldier Posturing, Infected Balls To Tampa
The Browns oft-injured, vocal former number one pick, takes hisl tight end stylings to the land of pirate ships and eye patches. The Bucs give up draft picks for his services. [National Football Post]...
Manny <i>Really</i> Doesn't Want To Go To Spring Training
Frank McCourt is starting to get a little bitchy after Manny Ramirez turns down the Dodgers' latest offer for $45 million over two years. [Los Angeles Times]...
How About A Rasheed Wallace Flip Out For Old Time's Sake?
The Detroit Pistons are free falling and when a tenuous group of aging veterans begins to run out of gas late in the season that's usually a perfect time for an embarrassing on-court temper tantrum....
The Real Reason For Jeff Reed's Towel Tantrum
I know the idea of Jeff Reed, drunk in a gas station bathroom at 3:00 a.m. sounds improbable, but there was actually a very good reason for it. He was paid to do it!...
Sports Fella Still Miffed That ESPN Won't Let Him Run The Place
There's been little or no compelling Sports Fella/WWL melodrama in recent weeks, but yesterday, thankfully, Simmons is back to using his podcast to undermine his employer once again....
Revisiting Jeff Reed's Paper Towel Freakout: An Investigative Report
You're probably thinking to yourself, "Hey, did they ever fix the towel dispenser that Jeff Reed broke?" That or you were thinking of pie. Quite often it's pie....
Skip Bayless Poised To Aggravate Troy Aikman All Over Again
Before he was a professional devil's advocate on ESPN's morning yap programs, Skip Bayless was a semi-successful writer. And his ink-stained career is probably best remembered for pissing the shit out of Troy Aikman....
Dwight Howard's Pre-Game Ritual Is The Same As Mine
I wonder if the bad stuff that's flushed out are all wearing little tiny red capes? [Mouthpiece Sports]...
An Entirely New Reason To Want To Leave Cleveland
Now Browns' defensive tackle Shaun Rogers wants to be traded because Eric Mangini passed him in the training room and didn't say hello. [NFL.com]...
Two-Handed Bowler Will Save His Sport ... Or Destroy It
A rogue Australian criminal has adapted an ancient childhood secret that is completely revolutionizing professional bowling. All he had to do was ask—what if I used two hands?...
Ron Kittle Thinks Jose Canseco Might Get A Visit From A Fat Guy In Thin Socks
Interesting quote from Ron Kittle, the geeky-looking former Chicago White Sox rookie of the year, who, for whatever reason, chimed in on this whole steroid nonsense. His biggest concern? Jose Canseco's personal safety....
Stacey Dales' Decision Not To Fly Coach Is One Reason We're In A Recession, Or Something
Poor Stacey Dales. Before last week, she was just another former player with a camera-friendly face who got the axe at ESPN. But since her rumored fly-me-first-class-or-I'm-out demands, she's become a debatable economics topic....