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One Of Jeremy Lin's Former Unofficial Volunteer High School Coaches Owns A "Linsanity" Website And Now Hopes To Cash In
Linsanity has swept New York City. This much we know. What's harder to fathom is the origin of the term "Linsanity." The big-city tabloids would have you believe their headline writers invented the portmanteau during the last fortnight. Incorrect! The term dates to an earlier era: July 17, 2010. Tha...
Learning The Secret Of Rugby, Nine Concussions Later
I once drank so much weight-gain powder that I couldn't go 40 minutes without peeing. I was an intern in San Francisco, trying to play rugby with the big boys, and working part time clearing tables. Whoever designed Mass XXX surely did not intend for it to provide 50 percent of my daily calories, us...
The Most Unwanted NBA Tickets So Far This Season: Bucks At Jazz, Jan. 3
Washington Wizards tickets for as low as $2.50! New Jersey Nets tickets for as little as a penny! We've had some fun in recent weeks with the depressed resale prices of individual game tickets in certain NBA markets. But where is demand for tickets the lowest? What teams have lost the most face valu...
A Fair-And-Balanced Look At What Fox Called “The Greatest Live Premier League Match In US Television History”
From now until the end of the season, we'll be posting a number of clips from the previous weekend's English Premier League games. If there's a goal, save, dive, lip-read profanity, or hocked sputum we should know about, drop us a line at [email protected]. (You might also enjoy our better-late-than...
Remembering The Violent Death Matches Between Bruiser And The Butcher, Pro Wrestling's Auteurs Of Bloodshed
Dead Wrestler of the Week is an occasional feature in which we honor the sport's fallen and examine their legacies. In (belated) honor of Deadspin's Blood Week, we're looking back at the epic rivalry between Abdullah the Butcher and the late Bruiser Brody....
You Have Four Days Remaining To Bid On This Leather-Bound & Autographed Copy Of Jerry Sandusky's Book
There are apparently only 250 leather-bound copies of Touched by Jerry Sandusky (and Kip Richeal) in existence, and this one's autographed by Sandusky, Matt Millen, Greg Buttle, Kyle Brady, Lance Mehl, Ed O'Neil and Jack Ham. It comes complete with a certificate of authenticity, which I'm guessing ...
Oklahoma's Steven Pledger Prematurely Celebrated His Game-Tying Buzzer-Beater That Didn't Go In
It can't feel good to lose, especially in front of an empty arena. But it takes a certain amount of hubris—beyond the amount we're comfortable with, at least—to celebrate a shot before it goes in, especially if that shot wouldn't even win you the game. Then it doesn't go in, and all the sympathy ...
There Is A Cat On The Pitch At Anfield For The Liverpool-Tottenham Match
A kitty delayed action in today's Liverpool-Tottenham Hotspur match, inevitably doing a cat's duty of ridding the establishment of rats after having heard Liverpool striker Luis Suarez was back in action after his suspension for racism. [ESPN2]...
NBC's "Brotherhood Of Man" Super Bowl Tribute Featured Ron Swanson And Thus Was Awesome
Sure, this is just one long promo for all the (mostly) crappy programming on NBC. But for just one brief moment, there's Ron Swanson being Ron Swanson—and for that, we will watch it repeatedly. [NBC]...
Super Bowl 46 Pre-Game Show Open Thread
The Super Bowl is so big, we're doing an open thread for the pre-game show. Deal with it. The fun starts now on NBC....
<em>Discover Wisconsin</em> And Other Things Your Fox Affiliate Is Showing Instead Of Soccer
There are 185 Fox affiliates in the United States, and most of them are showing today's heavily-hyped English Premier League match between Chelsea and Manchester United live. More than 20, however, are not. Here's what they chose to air instead....
A Man Is Suing To Assert His Legal Right To Scream "Fuck You" At Chargers Games
There hasn't been much to celebrate in San Diego sports in many, many years. The Chargers last won an AFL title in 1963, and, uh, the Padres have never won an MLB title. But San Diegans can't curse at the games!...
Clint Dempsey Has Issued His Immediate Rebuttal To Landon Donovan's Rebuttal
Five minutes after we published this paean to Landon Donovan's performance thus far in the Premiership, Clint Dempsey responded with a strike that broke the gridlock and gave Fulham a 1-0 edge on West Bromwich Albion. It's Dempsey's seventh goal in the last three matches at Fulham's home Craven Co...
Landon Donovan Offers A Rebuttal To Clint Dempsey Fans Worldwide
From now until the end of the season, we'll be posting a number of clips from the previous weekend's English Premier League games. If there's a goal, save, dive, lip-read profanity, or hocked sputum we should know about, drop us a line at [email protected]. (You might also enjoy our better-late-than...
Here's Aston Villa's Ridiculous Own Goal That Put QPR Up 2-0
It's been another mediocre season for Aston Villa, and no play may characterize the struggles of the claret and blue squad than this play, in which Stephen Warnock cleanly lands a header directly into his own net. Villa landed a goal of their own late in the first half to cut QPR's advantage to 2-...
Dan Borislow Told His Players To Call Him "Daddy," And Other Tales From A Miserable MagicJack Locker Room
We've told you all about Dan Borislow, the renegade owner who managed to bring down the whole of Women's Professional Soccer. His abusive, racist, sexist emails. His "Batmobile-like motorcycle." His complete inability to run a team, and his total unwillingness to market it....
Aaron Rodgers Pisses Into Wind, Complains About Lack Of Effort At Pro Bowl
Perhaps noticing the boos from the Aloha Stadium crowd, Aaron Rodgers just had to say something about the lollygagging he saw from his Pro Bowl teammates....
Sorry Giants Fans, Chad McGhee Thinks The Patriots Will Dominate Your Team In The Super Bowl
Chad McGhee, the dean of Texas high-school six-man football observation, has some thoughts he'd like to share about the NFL's biggest game of the year. Granted, he had predicted the San Francisco 49ers would face the New England Patriots on Sunday. But, that doesn't change his vision of the outcom...
A Madman Handcuffed Himself To The Goal During The Everton-Manchester City Match
We've no clue the protest this man is engineering (his t-shirt says something about Irish airline Ryanair) but the Everton-Man City match was put on hold for about five minutes as police attempted to unchain this hooligan from the goal. It's a good thing he chose the opposite end from Tim Howard;...
2012 NFL Pro Bowl Live Blog
Welcome to the 2012 NFL Pro Bowl Live Blog Extravaganza. We will be watching the NFL's ode to the fans and updating the page as all the excitement and big time plays unfold....