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30 Previews In 30 Days: The Houston Rockets
NBA training camps have begun; the season is rapidly approaching. Can you dig it? I knew that you could. And so we continue our previews: 30 of them in 30 days. Up next is a team that got 27 percent crazier in the offseason: The Houston Rockets. When last we saw them: Finished 55-27, third in Southw...
The Summer That Didn't Quite Last Forever
Walter E. Smithe is a Chicago furniture store whose management figured that they'd cash in big when the Cubs finally broke 100 years of frustration with a World Series championship. So sure were they that this was the year, actually, that they produced a commercial, complete with former Cubs greats ...
The Magic Of Prom Night, And Of Being 1-0 In The NLCS
Above we see Anna Li and Cody Yoka on the day of their Senior Prom back in May, and what a magical evening it must have been. It's every young lady's dream to attend prom in a gown dedicated to their favorite baseball team, especially if one attends an all-girls Catholic school, as does Miss Li. (No...
Morning Blogdome: Wilbon Calls Kimbo Slice a Fraud
• Wilbon is convinced the Kimbo fight was fixed: "That was a more phantom punch than Ali had to knock out Liston in that fight in 1965," Wilbon said of Petruzelli knocking Kimbo to the canvas. "Kimbo Slice, your boy, is a fraud." [Fanhouse] • Before you throw piles of money at Mark Teixeira, be warn...
Talk Hosts' 'Magic Faked AIDS' Comment Not Going Over As Well As They'd Hoped
I don't listen to much talk radio, with the exception of sports, and of course Dennis Miller. So I'd never heard of Chris Baker and Langdon Perry, who have a show on Minneapolis' KLTK-FM. Too bad, because it seems that I'm missing some scintillating dialogue. Like for instance the recent show in whi...
The Phils Take Game One, Reali On Blogs And You Have The Power To Choose!
Each weekday morning Awful Announcing, video slash and grab extraordinaire of the sports blogosphere, gives us a visual rundown of everything you missed from the night before. If there's something sports-related you'd like to see with your coffee, shoot him an e-mail and let him know....
NLCS Game 1: Dodgers vs. Phillies
Wow, it's already the League Championship Series. If this were the NBA, tonight would be Game 2 of the first round. Instead it's Cole Hamels throwing when Derek Lowe isn't, and it's probably true the other way around. So sit back, relax, then stop. Jumpertime. * * *Top 9th 2 ...
ESPN's Pedro Gomez Drives America's Young Female Population to Lesbianism
I was going to do something about the Phillies here but since Sussman will be live-blogging it tonight and it's come to my attention that there are many, many, many Deadspin readers who despise the abundance of Philadelphia coverage that's invaded this site since my unwelcome takeover, I chose this ...
Say It Ain't So, Joe
Joe Biden knows as well as anyone that just one slipup on the campaign trail can turn the tide of an election. And that may have been what happened in at a stump stop in Tampa, as Biden's gaffe involving the Tampa Bay Rays sent shock waves throughout the state of Florida, and I daresay, the nation. ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while scaring the beejeezus out of the neighborhood kids ... • College football: Clemson at Wake Forest (7:30 p.m., ET). Oh look, another black out. That's original. [ESPN] • MLB: National League Championship Series, Game 1, Los Angeles at Philadelphia (8 p.m., ET). Relax, it's just A....
Two "All-Time Greats": Brett Favre And Coin Collecting
This commercial came on today during the 17-hour morning SportsCenter and ... wow. Just wow. Where to even begin? Is it the stolen Monday Night Football theme? The low rent "highlight" package at the beginning? The awesome URL? The bonus coin? The eight more bonus coins with handsome carrying case? ...
Afternoon Blogdome: Every Cajun Hates the Tebow With Smoothie King Intensity
• But he seems like such a nice guy...: Busted Coverage chronicles the hate. Cajun Boy unleashes it: "See, here's the thing. Everybody hates Tim Tebow. No seriously, everybody hates this fuck. Obviously, as a guy with a vested emotional interest in a football program that plays in the Southeastern C...
Mangino Will Not Tolerate Your Rob Schneider Movie Quotes
We turn now to the University of Kansas, where the struggle between Mark Mangino and Rob Schneider for the very soul of the Jayhawk football program has reached a tipping point. Kansas students have just received a mass email from student leaders which features a video of Mangino himself asking — na...
How Do You Say No Homo In French?
Ah Paris, city of haute cuisine, thin mustaches and aggressive poodles. You are also home to Stade Francais, the traditional Rugby Union powerhouse which, when it comes to uniform fashion, has a certain je ne sais quoi, eh? Here is their latest shirt design, launched to coincide with the European Cu...
Kendra Wilkinson Will Skype Your Brains Out
First of all, Playboy Playmate Kendra Wilkinson appears to have broken it off with boyfriend Hugh Hefner (you drop to knees, scream "Nooo!"). And that means that she's free to romp around with the Eagles' Hank Baskett with impunity, although the two are rarely together due to their schedules. The so...
Goodbye, Publicly Funded Stadiums. Jamboroo, Week 6. Featuring JOOSE!
Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs, well, every Thursday afternoon during the NFL season. Drew's new book, "Men With Balls," released October 27th and featuring 100% new material, is available for pre-order here. You can email Drew here. Read him during the week at KSK. I'...
Former Goalie Just Can't Stop Experiencing Gruesome Injuries
Although Richard Zednik's bloody neck-opening incident last season left many sports fans squeamish for weeks, former Buffalo Sabres goalie Clint Malarchuk's 1989 throat slash still remains the most disturbing and terrifying. (Video here — if you dare. ) And even though it seems statistically impossi...
Thursday Night Preview: Clemson at (21) Wake Forest
Tommy Bowden and Clemson roll into lovely Winston-Salem to try and stave off yet another mediocre season. Clemson is 3-2 and coming off a 17-14 loss to Maryland. Now they're 2.5 point underdogs to Wake Forest. Watch this game to see if this is finally, at long last, the game that ends Tommy Bowden'...
Michael Phelps' Propensity for Ho-Clocking Follows Him Everywhere
Michael Phelps has declared he's single, even though it was previously suspected that he's been hanging around with a former Miss California a little too often for them not to be exclusively dating. And according to Page Six there are plenty of women still willing to throw themselves at him regardle...
Sarah Palin's Pucksterism Comes to Flyers Opening Night
Yesterday the Philadelphia Flyers announced that a special guest will drop the ceremonial first puck for their home opener against the New York Rangers Saturday night and it's none other than everyone's favorite moose killer, vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Although Palin has no direct ties...