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U.S. Open Should Begin Any Day Now
After four days of interminable, Noah's Ark-like rain, it's my understanding that the US Open golf thingy will actually start sometime today. Oh, they already started—and stopped—the fourth round in the darkness last night? How lucky....
Barnes Bears Down At Bethpage
Former US Amateur champion and University of Arizona star Ricky Barnes set the 36 hole US Open scoring record at -8 following the second round 65 he completed in this morning's favorable conditions....
Dirk Nowitzki Can't Escape The Crazy
Dirk Nowitzki has filed for sole custody of the child that might not be his, while his ex-girlfriend is under FBI investigation for threatening his attorney from jail. It's all one big ball of crazy....
Addendum, Inc.: Matthew Berry, Eric Wynalda, Tucker Max
Tony Mandarich wasn't the only person to email us about semi-offensive items on today's Deadspin. Let's do a full rundown before the weekend makes Friday a distant, foggy memory for us all....
Tony Mandarich's Porno Revenge Web Site (UPDATED)
Tony Mandarich's ex-fiancee is suing the world's most famous draft bust because she claims that he set up a porn website under her name to embarrass her with pictures of her doing dirty, dirty things. That's not very gentlemanly....
The One Where Tim Legler Fields A Wacky Drinking Team
We get a massive amount of tips in our inbox each week. Some are pretty interesting, but don't get published for one reason or another...
Wade Boggs Does Not Like Steroids In His Apple Pie
What do you get when you combine a 3,000-hit Hall Of Famer, apple pie, a bucket of Miller High Life, and a microphone? An epic anti-steroid rant from Wade Boggs. Stop cheating Americana, baby!...
Rick Reilly Before He Was Rick Reilly®
Once upon a time, before he was a walking Father's Day card, before his writing became a neverending telethon for the blind and the deaf, the palsied and the pinkieless, the one-armed and the no-legged, Rick Reilly was really good....
I Guess They Do Shoot Horses, Don't They?
A veterinarian has been banned from Philadelphia Park race track for allegedly euthanizing a horse ... by shooting it in the head. Hey, that's just way they roll down in Philly. Deal with it....
Detroit Just Can't Catch A Break
A Game 7 loss, a series dropped to the Pirates, now Bill Laimbeer—the greatest coach in WNBA history!—is stepping down. He will be replaced by Rick Mahorn, who will eventually be replaced by Chuck Nevitt. [Free Press]...
Brandon Jennings Is Just Being Real About Ricky Rubio (Updated)
Who does Ricky Rubio think he is? The best point guard in the NBA Draft? A Spaniard? Spare me, says Brandon Jennings, who can't even front when it comes to hating on his European brethren....
Everybody Pile On D.J. Mbenga
First, Rudy Gay called him "ugly", then Reggie Miller revealed on the Dan Patrick show his text to Barkley after Lakers victory: "can you believe that DJ Mbenga and Adam Morrison have rings?"...
Pitino Speaks: "If I Can Get Through 9/11, I Can Get Through Anything"
Rick Pitino met with the media today and kinda-sorta addressed the Karen Sypher extortion case. Naturally, talk turned to 9/11....
The Stupid Derrick Rose Controversy
So Derrick Rose once flashed gang signs in a smoky room. With his apology, it's now, officially, a "controversy," a term of art allowing media-types to avoid saying what the story's really about, which is essentially this: scary black people....
UCLA QB Announces Transfer Via Bizarre Press Release
Fact: A redshirt sophomore named Chris Forcier is leaving UCLA to play ball at Furman. Fact: His family decided to announce the move with one of the more batshit loony press releases you'll ever read....
The Struggles Of A Reformed Football Stud (UPDATE)
Robert Lunn is a former defensive tackle from UConn. He graduated in 2008 and is now playing professional football — in Pörtschach, Austria. He's graciously shared some of the things he's experienced so far....
Tiki Barber's Dream Of TV Omnipresence Deferred
Tiki was once hailed by NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker as a "one of those rare personalities who appeals to virtually every audience imaginable." Every audience except a football audience, that is....
High School Track Star Wins Team Championship By Herself
Bonnie Richardson isn't just on the high school track team, she is the track team. And even though she has no teammates, she somehow won the Texas Class A state championship by herself. For the second straight year....
Great Moments In Counterfactual History: Derrick Rose’s SAT Scores
Nobody seems to care all that much that Memphis basketball players Derrick Rose and Robert Dozier allegedly cheated on their SATs. But what might have happened if the news had come out a little sooner?...
Guest-Editing A Sports Blog Is Like Flossing A Crocodile
Hi, my name is Josh and I'm the sports editor at Slate. You may remember me from such counterintuitive articles as "Joe Buck: American hero" and "Jason McElwain: He's probably not autistic, and that other team sucked at defense anyway."...