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Dan Snyder Is So Awful People Will Pay For Vanity License Plates To Insult Him
For when a bumper sticker is not enough, the people of The District have found a new venue to publicly display their shared hatred for everyone's favorite petulant shit, Dan Snyder. Does Dave McKenna drive a Jeep?...
We Are All Dave McKenna VII
Have you read Dave McKenna's brilliant "Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder" yet? You should. We'll be linking to it every day until Snyder's dumbass libel suit is thrown to the dogs. Today's topics: Dan Snyder — petulant shit, rough talker, lapsed free-speech warrior....
The Super Bowl Almost Broke Twitter
"[In] the final moments of the game, fans sent 4,064 Tweets per second – the highest TPS for any sporting event... Twitter users shattered that record six times over the course of the game." [Twitter Blog, Wired]...
We Are All Dave McKenna VI
This is Dave McKenna's brilliant "Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder," which we will be linking daily until Snyder's dumbass lawsuit gets tossed into the Potomac. Today's topics: the Redskins' top PR guy covering himself in stupid, and Dan Snyder being a petulant shit....
The Mets Are Just One Giant I.O.U.
Things cannot get much worse for the Wilpons. On Friday, a judge unsealed the complaint against the Mets owners filed on behalf of victims of Bernard L. Madoff's giant Ponzi scheme. Turns out the Mets really need a couple bucks, but they'll pay you right back, swear to God....
We Are All Dave McKenna V
Presenting, once again, Dave McKenna's brilliant "Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder," which we will be linking daily until Snyder's dumbass lawsuit gets laughed out of court. Today's topics: Baja Fresh, propaganda, and Dan Snyder being a petulant shit....
We Are All Dave McKenna IV
Here, once again, is Dave McKenna's brilliant "Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder," which we will be linking daily until Snyder's dumbass lawsuit gets tossed. Today's topics: vanilla ice cream, literalized metaphors, and Dan Snyder being a petulant shit....
Welcome To The New Deadspin Redesign
Hi. Weird, RIGHT? Anyway, you were warned this was going to happen. So here it is. In all its splashy glory, so follow along with me and I'll attempt to guide you through this ordeal....
We Are All Dave McKenna III
On the third day of linking to Dave McKenna's brilliant "Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder" until Snyder's dumbass lawsuit gets thrown out of court, let's tally the team's playoff accomplishments since his reign of ownership commenced....
We Are All Dave McKenna II
On the second day of linking to Dave McKenna's brilliant "Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder" until Snyder's dumbass lawsuit gets thrown out of court, this website brings to you the first of many excerpts from said story....
We've Just Mailed Out Our First Super Bowl XLV Bounty Hunt Check For This Jimmy Johnson Photo
A pleasant reader named Noah emailed us in with an offer for a photo of Jimmy Johnson stocking up at a Dallas liquor store as part of our XLV Bounty Hunt stupidity. We gave him an offer. He accepted....
Dan Gilbert Is The Whore Of Quicken
Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, the Comic Sans-styled defender of everything holy and Midwestern, runs a business that habitually craps on its employees and customers alike. A business other than the Cavaliers!...
Last Night's Winner: The D.C. TV Guy Who Obliterated Dan Snyder On Air
Dan Snyder's legal action against Washington City Paper, publisher of "The Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder," has dominated D.C.-area news this week. Much has been said about Snyder, but Channel 9 sports anchor Brett Haber said it best last night....
We Are All Dave McKenna
Here is Dave McKenna's brilliant "Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder." We'll link to this every day until Snyder's dumbass lawsuit gets thrown out of court....
Jim Gray Doesn't Like Being Asked About His Sources
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....
Dan Snyder Cries Anti-Semitism In Letter That Manages To Be Racist
Dave McKenna's definitive Snyder takedown was a thing of beauty; go re-familiarize yourself with it now. But the letter to Washington City Paper on behalf of Snyder is a piece of work in its own right....
Mets Owners Were Really, Really Confident In Bernie Madoff
Somehow, some way, long after Bernard Madoff began his 150-year prison sentence, the Mets are still being made to look foolish with their money....
Who Wants To See A Ref Rendered Physically Unable To Have Children?
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....
45 Seconds Of Ben Roethlisberger Trying To Charm The Pants Off Everyone
In today's first Dallas press conference, Roethlisberger effectively dodged questions that required any "reflecting," and did his very best to charm the pants off the assembled media. Have you ever seen a more pleasant human? It only seems a little bit unnatural!...
Mets Excel At Ponzi Schemes, Nothing Else
So what if the New York Mets have finished fourth in the NL East in back-to-back seasons? So what if Oliver Perez and Luis Castillo are due a combined $19 million this year? The Mets are baseball's best at timing Ponzi schemes....