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Look At The Nice Tall Black Man
You know, it's a shame. The guy devotes his a large portion of his private life to helping other people, trying to make the world a better place, assisting his fellow man through the treacherous terrain of this planet. He is honored in the most public possible way on the world's grandest stage ... a...

NBA Roundup: McGrady, Rockets Stomp The Yard
Notes from Monday's games in the National Basketball Association ......

There's No Violence In Boxing
Nothing epitomizes the spirit of Christmas like going to a movie and starting a brawl, and that's exactly what a bunch of people in Chicago did last night. Six adult men, three juveniles and one adult woman were arrested in separate instances of violence in three Windy City movie theaters. Here's ...

For Your Sunday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
There's no sugarcoating it for you... other than the NFL, there is nothing appealing on the sports landscape for you today. You might be able to find some ice dancing or some exhibition golf, but... I don't know that that's enough to justify putting a viewing schedule for you here today. Instead, ...

The Compete Rocky Fight Canon
We promise this will be our last Rocky Balboa post of the week, but it does open today, and it has even gathered some excellent reviews. So we can't help but point you in the direction of Chowdaheads, which has helpfully put together a linear compendium of all Rocky's fights in YouTube form. We show...

The Official Deadspin Rocky Balboa Review
We don't know about you, but we have a sneaking suspicion part of our time spent back in Mattoon for the holidays is going to be spent seeing Rocky Balboa. It sure beats, you know, talking to your family....

Cultural Oddsmaker: ROCKY! ROCKY! ROCKY!
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him and let him know what you think....

Pearlman About As Pleased With Rocker Right Now As Rocker Is With Him
You might have missed our interview with John Rocker yesterday, but there's one person who didn't: Jeff Pearlman, the man who wrote the initial SI story on Rocker (and one-time Deadspin interview himself)....

Our Interview With John Rocker
Two days before Thanksgiving, at Local 138, one of our favorite watering holes in New York City, we sat down with, of all people, famed immigration expert John Rocker, and talked for about an hour. Really. We did this. See? Sometimes we interview people....

Tracy McGrady Is More Stylish Than His Friends
We'd like to thank We Are The Postmen for directing us in the general direction of this set of pictures from Rockets star Tracy McGrady's wedding, which took place in Las Cabos, Mexico. McGrady, when not shirtless in the pictures, looks pretty sharp, but it's his wife Clarinda who steals the show, a...

Hating The Yankees With The Strokes
This offseason has been a somewhat difficult one for Mets fans, who are still trying to deal with the glue that held Carlos Beltran's bat to his shoulder and the creeping sense that they really are going to sign Moises Alou. And it's not just your smart fans hand-wringing either. One of the quieter ...

NBA Roundup: Ming Went The Strings Of My Heart
Notes from today's games in the National Basketball Association:...

A Very Unmanly Night Of Boxing
At Madison Square Garden tonight, Muhammad Ali will be in the house, and the IBF heavyweight title is on the line. There was a time when that would've meant something. Tonight, however, Muhammad's only there to support his daughter, and the guy who's challenging for the world heavyweight title would...

Five Tiny Tidbits On: The Houston Rockets
It's hard to believe, but the NBA season is just around the corner. Let us celebrate with five tiny tidbits on each team. Today we continue with the Southwest Division, so do us a favor and send us your tips at [email protected]....

John Rocker Is Concerned With How YOU Speak
I was totally with him until the part at the end where he said "E Pluribus Unum." SPEAK ENGLISH, DICK. There's no room here for your crazy Latin talk....

Yao Ming's Big, Big Stand
Houston Rockets center Yao Ming doesn't just spend his offseasons taking a stroll or two around the track. He also spends it saving elephants by swatting away bullets heading toward them directly out of the air. See, he's not just tall; he's made of some sort of indestructible material....

In Ozzie Guillen's Corner... John Rocker
In regards to the MLB-mandated sensitivity training, Ozzie Guillen can go one of two ways. He can go to the training, or he can go the John Rocker route. Here are John's thoughts on the situation:...

Look, Up In The Sky ... It's Our Cleanup Hitter!
This photo, from yesterday's USA Today, features several Colorado Rockies players — including Matt Holliday, our official fantasy baseball find — looking up toward the heavens, saluting the real reason for their surprising play this year: God. (That seems like a good place to look, anyway.) No, se...

Brian Fuentes' Curious Entrance Music
If you've been bewildered by the "controversy" involving the use of "Enter Sandman" as the closer's music for both Mariano Rivera and Billy Wagner, we're happy to direct you to a closer's music story that actually has some teeth....