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Idaho High School Football Is A Scary, Violent Place
I've never been to Idaho, but I always assumed it was a laid back place filled with docile potato farmers and their beautiful, but lonely daughters. As the world is slowly learning, however, nothing could be further from the truth. It's a vicious football moonscape that scars pretty boy quarterbacks...

See Look, I Can Still Blow Even In Such A Puffy Coat
Michael Bertin writes regularly about soccer for Deadspin So I was Superman for Halloween. And, once in costume, I had this great idea, I would start flying from east to west really, really fast. That would reverse the spin of the Earth and time would start moving backwards. I'd go until Wednesday—...

How The Deadspin Editorship Ruins Your Personal Life, But Saves Your Team
It wasn't long after Brad Lidge struck out Eric Hinske with a dirtball slider on Wednesday night that the posts started popping up about the eerie connection between being Deadspin's lead editor and the World Series champion. Fans of the Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs, Kansas City Royals, lobbied for o...

96 ... 97 ... 98 ... 99 ...
Most Cubs fans know that since 1995, the Lakeview Baseball Club has maintained a Cubs Futility Odometer on its building on Sheffield Avenue, across the street from Wrigley. The sign marks the number of years since the Cubs have won a division title, NL pennant and World Series; the latter number, of...

Morning Blogdome: Joey Porter Is Not Helping
Vote [email protected]! • Jump around: Colorado State alumnus Joey Porter is a little excitable. It takes real talent, though, to get a 15-yard penalty when you aren't even on the team. [Denver Post]• Sack the vote: If you're voting in Florida tomorrow, you may have a chance to vote for Peter Bo...

Texas Tech Bikinigate Shocks, Arouses A Nation (With Update)
Sunday's afternoon blogdome featured this photo, purportedly of the Texas Tech women's swim team and part of Gunaxin's salute to the girls of Texas Tech. Only one problem: Texas Tech doesn't have a women's swim team. The photo, says Deadspin reader and Lubbock native Jesse Tow, is an obvious Photosh...

Introducing The Colt McCoy Face, Week Nine Of The NFL And One Last Message From Chase Utley (NSFW Language)
Each Monday morning Awful Announcing, video slash and grab extraordinaire of the sports blogosphere, gives us a visual rundown of everything you missed from the weekend. If there's something sports-related you'd like to see with your coffee, shoot him an e-mail and let him know....

Without This Woman's Help, Vince Wilfork Probably Wouldn't Be Playing Tonight
Bianca Wilfork isn't your typical NFL wife. She's more of a business manager for Vince Wilfork, handling virtually everything outside of football for Vince. And above all else, she watches his games closely. Very closely. Bianca put her DVR skills to good use this week, and probably saved her hubby...

T.O. Gave the G-Men Extra Motivation Today
• Dallas @ NY Giants: When the G-Men arrived at their lockers today, they reportedly found a box full of "I love me some me" T-shirts courtesy of Terrell Owens. The result, thus far, is a 14-point Giants lead in the fourth, and Owens has been held to only 30 yards on the day (though, he does have a ...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch while ducking that tank containing toxic ammonia... • NBA: Minnesota @ Oklahoma City, 7 p.m. [FSN] • NHL: Calgary @ Anaheim, 8 p.m. [Rogers Sportsnet] • NHL: San Jose @ Colorado, 8 p.m. [CSBA] • CFB: East Carolina at Central Florida, 8:15 p.m. [ESPN] • NFL: New England at Indianapolis,...

The NFC East Is One Big Hugfest
Kevin Boss, Amani Toomer, and Steve Smith (pictured receiving love from Brandon Jacobs) have been the recipients of Eli Manning's three touchdown passes as we head from afternoon to evening at the Meadowlands. It hasn't been all good for the media's new favorite Manning, he's tossed an interception ...

LeBron's New Shoes Are Apparently an Aphrodisiac
So, Nike has released the latest ad for LeBron James's line of shoes, and it features Nicole Scherzinger from the Pussy Cat Dolls. If you're the kind of person who has always longed for a hoops-based soft core porn movie, today's your lucky day, partner. ...

Vikes Put an End to the Texans' Winning Ways
• Minnesota @ Houston: Purple Jesus and the Vikings (4-4) beat the Texans 31-28, stopping Houston's winning streak cold at three. Peterson rumbled for 139 yards and reached the house once. • Packers at Titans: The game is final (19-16 for the Titans), but we have one final dispatch from Reader Mark...

Afternoon Blogdome: Yeah, But What About the Texas Tech Women?
• Win-win: Following the football team's big victory over the Longhorns, it's time to take a good, long look at the females of Texas Tech. [Gunaxin] • Hey, it's better than getting repeatedly torched: "After watching the Nuggets lose to the Lakers for the eighth straight time last night, I'm convinc...

Bironas Keeps The Titans Undefeated, Almost Blows It
• The Packers and the Titans got physical in the day's biggest matchup. Rob Bironas missed a makeable game winning field goal to send the game into overtime. He got the chance to redeem himself with a game winning shot to end it. The Titans are still without a loss. Damn. • Old man Favre took a beat...

ESPN Jerks Bill Simmons Around, Yet Again
If you're a regular reader of ESPN.com, you probably noticed that Bill Simmons's NFL picks column didn't hit the web this past Friday. Well, according to the Sports Fella, ESPN elected not to publish it. The tension between Simmons and his employer, ESPN, has been well documented and the latest bit...

Bringing Rexy Back
• Lions at Bears: With Daunte Culpepper metaphorically breathing down his neck, Dan Orlovsky has responded, and has the Lions thinking about winning their first game of the season in Chicago. And now, enter the one and only Sex Cannon (who just hooked up with Rashied Davis for a TD). ...

Darchinyan Lives Up to His Promise, KO's Mijares
In a busy night of boxing, it was Vic Darchinyan who stole the spotlight. Not everybody believed Darchinyan's assertion that he'd knock out Christian Mijares, one of the world's top fighters, but in the ninth round he did just that. ...

Crappy Teams Forget They're Crappy
This could be the week that time forgot. Jobs are on the line and crappy teams all over the league are forgetting that they are, well, crappy. • Keith Bulluck, the Titans leading tackler was taken into the locker room with a rib injury. Bullock wears the radio helmet for Tennessee so coach Jeff Fish...

And1 Trades Kicks For Kicks With MMA
As the marketing monstrosity that is MMA continues it is attracting sponsors who want to break out of their one sport reputations. Enter AND1, basketball gear company and newest sponsor of the bloody sport. The company has announced its partnership with MMA fighter Nate Quarry. ...