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Deadspin HOF Nominee: Michael Vick
Long before this whole dogfighting business, Michael Vick / Ron Mexico / Ookie was a popular guy around these parts. It is amazing to us, even to this day, how few people know about the Ron Mexico story. Now, ironically, this whole "electrocuting puppies" business may assure even fewer find out abou...
What's The Next Scrotum-Ripping Situation To Happen Between Rival Sports Fans?
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think....
Are We Shooting People, Or What?
You mean them little cubes you put in hot water to make soup? No, not the little cubes you put in hot water to make soup....
Bobble Hard, America. Bobble Proud
Time to check in on the world of minor league baseball promotions with Rick Chandler's Minor Enterprise!...
Pack Attack (See, That Rhymes)
• Green Bay has taken over Aaron Rodgers' face. [I Dislike Your Favorite Team] • The Yankees are still America's Team, not the Red Sox. (Or maybe, you know, neither.) [Strike Zones And End Zones] • They're not teaching passing at Nate Robinson's basketball camp. [Enjoy The Enjoyment] • Anna Benson, ...
NFL Season Preview: Washington Redskins
Believe it or not, folks, the NFL season is much closer than you can possibly imagine. So close, in fact, that, if we're going to fit in every NFL team preview by the start of the season, we have to go this early. So there you have it....
Deadspin HOF Nominee: February 1, 2007
We didn't actually notice what was going on at first; we were at the gym, and we made it back to our desk, there were countless emails: You have to check out what's happening on Simmons' column page. The one-time experiment with Simmons' "conversation" — he hasn't had comments on a column since then...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. High school sports with Chris Lawlor: What the fungus? Hey! Leader! Leave those kids alone! • Noon. Bonds 756th home run auction: Just one question. Do I get one of those paddle thingies? • 2:30 p.m. Lacrosse with John Grant Jr.:...
MLB.tv Is Five ... Buffering ... Years ... Buffering ... Old
We have a subscription to MLB.tv, one that we use the same way we use, say, a miniature tube of toothpaste. It's only needed when we're on the road, it's never quite the brand we like, but it works in a pinch despite its obvious inferiority to the real thing. (It also ends up staining our suitcase, ...
Beautiful Montana, A Sorry Place For Sports
It's a slow, lazy, hot August Friday, with not much more happening than the occasional parsing of words in a Ron Mexico plea. So The Angry T gives us a vaguely interesting debate: What is the actual worst state for sports?...
Dance, Marshall Fella, Dance
Last night, in Huntington, W.Va., the Marshall football team hosted a Women's Clinic, meant, apparently, to explain to feeble minded babymakers the basic concepts of football so that they will understand when to leave the room, when to leave the house and when to just bring more beer. It's not easy...
Michael Vick, Born For The Arena League
It is a great sign for Mr. Mexico that, just a few days after word leaked that Michael Vick will plead guilty to electrocuting puppies — and a few days before he actually will — there's already people in the league who are lobbying for him to play when he gets out of jail. Sure, it's the Arena Leagu...