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Dead Letters: A Scandal That Could Destroy ESPN
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The Guy Who Says He Gave Ray Lewis Deer Antler Spray Held A Crazy Press Conference Today
Mitch Ross (he's the one in the middle up there), owner of the supplement company S.W.A.T.S. and the guy who squealed to Sports Illustrated about giving Ray Lewis deer antler spray, showed up in New Orleans to have an impromptu press conference with a collection of football writers. Among other thi...
Rob Gronkowski Went To Baton Rouge For A Night Of Shirtless Partying
Giant man-puppy Rob Gronkowski has been in New Orleans all week, enjoying the Super Bowl festivities. Yesterday, he swung by the SportsCenter set to tell us that he hates being injured "to the max," and then he made one little kid's year by dropping $100 on a glass of lemonade. Once Gronk was finis...
Who Is America's Favorite NFL Team? Facebook Data Offer A Clear Winner.
You've seen Facebook's map of geographic NFL fandom. Our clever friends at the Harvard College Sports Analysis Collective dig deeper into the data to discover America's most popular football teams....
Remembering Up With People: The Gayish Quasi-Cult That Invented The Super Bowl Halftime Show
Originally published in Bloomberg View...
The Deadspin 2012-2013 Fantasy Football Awards
A few months ago, we compiled a Fantasy Football Almanac of results from 1970 to 2011. Now we're ready to update the almanac for the 2012 season, with awards for the best players and some new data as well. Take a look, then add your comments, analyses, quibbles, and rants in the discussion below....
2014 Super Bowl Host Committee Wonders Why Joe Flacco Dissed His Home State Of New Jersey
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Playing at MetLife Stadium is "retarded?" Why doesn't Flacco have any Jersey pride?...
Beyoncé Had An Insane Press Conference Where She Sang The National Anthem, Accepted Compliments From Reporters, And Then Posed
How do you recover when an entire nation of adoring fans suddenly learns that your entire career is a lie? You open a pointless press conference full of pre-approved journalists with the National Anthem—no backing track, no judgmental president, no preservatives. Beyoncé is prepared to steal the S...
The "What Time Is The Super Bowl" SEO-Whoring Is Especially Sad This Year
The Huffington Post mastered the science of gaming Google two years ago, with a post headlined simply: "What Time Does The Superbowl Start?" It contained nothing but the date and time of the Super Bowl. The concept was often imitated, but never duplicated....
When Amani Toomer Looks At Ray Lewis, He Thinks "Hypocrisy"
The Super Bowl media crush isn't just about the players actually playing—the black hole also sucks in retired stars like Marshall Faulk and Jerry Rice and, um, Amani Toomer. The former Giants receiver has an extremely tangential connection to Sunday's matchup—Toomer's Giants lost to Ray Lewis's Rave...
Confessions Of A Glory Boy
Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season....
Which Harbaugh Brother Would Philandering Ladies Prefer To Hump? Who Cares, Let's Make Sex Jokes
It's the week before the Super Bowl, which means that our inbox is getting flooded with stupid press releases. One in particular, from someone affiliated with AshleyMadison.com (a website where married people can find other married people to bone), is very stupid but also attention-grabbing. The we...
Rick Reilly's Column About Colin Kaepernick Is The Smarmiest Story Of Super Bowl Week
The crux of Rick Reilly's latest column for ESPN.com is this: San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick should take steps to foster a relationship with his birth mother because Reilly's own adopted daughter has a healthy relationship with her birth mother. No, seriously, that's Reilly's argu...
Adorable Kid Rushes The Court In The Middle Of A Game
This moment, from last night's Oklahoma-Baylor game, isn't quite as adorable as two dogs invading a soccer pitch, but it's still pretty goddamn cute. With about nine minutes left in the second half, one pint-sized Baylor fan decided that it would be a good idea to rush the court. We're not sure wh...
Drunk 49ers Fan Crashes Broadcast. Reporter Asks Her, "How Long Have You Had An STD?"
Jessica Sanchez, of WKMG in Orlando, is our new local news hero. While doing a stand-up in the French Quarter on New Orleans's preparations for the Super Bowl, Sanchez had an uninvited guest crash the party. Since the woman wanted to talk on camera so badly, Sanchez improvised the perfect line of ...
49ers Cornerback Chris Culliver Is Not Cool With Gay People
Yesterday, Chris Culliver sat down for a radio interview with shock jock Artie Lange. There was no mention of suckingcock.com, but the conversation did turn toward gays in the NFL. Here's how Culliver responded when Lange asked him if any players on the 49ers were gay:...
The Hater's Guide To Ray Lewis
It’s not exactly daring to hate Ray Lewis. Facebook data show that most people are rooting for the 49ers to win the Super Bowl, and I’m sure “FUCK RAY LEWIS” has a lot to do with that. No one disputes that Lewis should be a Hall of Famer, and I guess we can all agree that he’s a good leader. He sure...
Survey: 27 Percent Of Americans Believe God Helps Decide Who Wins Sporting Events
Because it's Super Bowl time, everyone has to get in on the football. The Public Religion Research Institute conducted a survey earlier this month, and asked its random sample of 1,033 adults a bunch of questions about the NFL. Most of the responses aren't surprising or interesting (Lots of people w...
Ray Lewis Thinks Those PED Allegations Are A "Trick Of The Devil"
Ray Lewis's crazypants Super Bowl media tour continues apace. Yesterday, he was saying nonsense about it being "God's time" when asked to speak about his 2000 murder charge. Today, he called recent PED allegations levied against him by Sports Illustrated a "trick of the devil." Here's Lewis, via Pr...
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ESPN Reporter Will Watch The Super Bowl With You For About $3,000 [UPDATE]
Want to watch the Sunday's big game with ESPN reporter Adam Schefter? You can, courtesy of Tiki Barber. Remember Tiki's new venture, Thuzio? It's a company through which you can book famous sports people for your birthday party or lunch or whatever at a set price. For $2,000, Victor Green will come ...