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To Watch Tonight
What to watch while dreaming of a world in which you wield the same powers as Andrew Siciliano... • MLB: New York Mets vs. Philadelphia Phillies. Maybe if Philly wins again tonight AJ will take me out of this cage. [ESPN] • NFL: Indianapolis Colts vs. Chicago Bears. Watch Mike Brown intercept Peyton...
The Baby Bull Dispatches of the Action Hero
Juan Diaz won last night's battle for reclamation with a controversial split-decision win over fellow one-loss fighter Michael Katsidis. If you ask the Katsidis camp (or just Michael's delusional manager) they'll contend that they won the fight, however the only real controversy was over what that ...
For Your Viewing Pleasure
• NFL - See coverage maps for local broadcasts. • 1:00 - WNBA: San Antonio at Connecticut [ABC] • 1:00 - NASCAR: Sprint Cup [ESPN] • 1:00 - Tennis: US Open, Women's doubles finals, Men's singles semi-finals [CBS] • 2:00 - PGA: BMW Championship, final round [NBC] • 2:00 - MLB: Chicago Cubs at Cincinn...
Boxing Is Back With Katsidis vs. Diaz
After a long month off from boxing it's great to have the sport back, especially when we're welcomed back with a fight that's pretty much guaranteed to be fucking great. Juan Diaz recently lost his impressive collection of lightweight title belts in a tough decision to Nate Campbell, and now he's p...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while following the price of copper on the black market... • College Football: South Florida at Central Florida (7pm, ET) It's a busy football day in Florida. [ESPN2] • College Football: Miami at Florida (8pm, ET) It's Tebow time! [ESPN] • Boxing: Juan Diaz vs. Michael Katsidis (10pm, ...
For Your Viewing Pleasure
• Postponed - NASCAR Sprint Cup race will be held tomorrow. • In progress - College Football - check here for national breakdown. • In progress - PGA: BMW Championship, Third Round [NBC] • In progress - Tennis: US Open [CBS] • 2:00 - Movie: The Replacements [Cinemax] • 3:30 - Phillies at Mets, Detro...
Buzz Bissigner Will Defend Barry Bonds To The Very End
So our non-frog-resembling, perpetually indignant pal Buzz Bissinger has a piece in the New York Times today on Barry Bonds. It's a mostly-sympathetic look at the bloated slugger, at least as it pertains to his legal woes. So to recap: Will Leitch and sports blogs, bad. Barry Bonds, good. Thanks for...
Luddite University of Iowa Athletic Department Limits Blogging at Games
Before Kirk Ferentz's press conference yesterday a blogging policy was passed out to credentialed media members. What did this policy state? Well, here goes, "The following is the NCAA’s policy for the number of blogs allowed during a competition or session (i.e., where more than one contest takes ...
Is The Sports Gal The New Sports Fella?
Bill Simmons is finally back from his summer of basketball diary-ing and has returned to his rightful place in the Page 2 masthead. After two months of Rick Reilly's 800-word-and-a pile-of-zing! "journalism" it's nice to see Simmons manically pumping out his usual kajillion word essays for the start...
High Jumping and Vodka Don't Mix Well
Ivan Ukhov is a Russian high jumper. He's pictured above in the midst of a successful high jump. According to many reports, he's also a fan of Red Bull and vodka. No problem there. He'd be hugely popular at Rutgers. But when you combine Red Bull and vodka with a track competition? Well, it's not so...
The University Of Virginia Will Not Tolerate Your Disrespectful Signage
You have hurt Al Groh's feelings for the last time, Virginia fans. The Cavaliers' troubled and sensitive head coach — who really only wants to be loved — has taken a lot of abuse from Virginia fans over the past two seasons. It's in part because of his $1.7 million contract, and in part due to thing...
Let's Not Jump To Conclusions About Chalmers And Arthur
Yesterday's news about former Jayhawk heroes Mario Chalmers and Darrell Arthur allegedly getting caught with "marijuana and women" at NBA rookie transition program has put their current teams in a bind (Chalmers was supposed to compete for the Heat's starting point guard job) and their former head c...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while you figure out where the hell Rick Chandler ran off to.... • MLB: New York Yankees at Tampa Bay (7 p.m., EST): The reanimation of Carl Pavano continues as he attempts to win his third game in a row for the Yankees without having one of his body parts fall off on the mound. [ESPN]...
Buzz Bissinger Seems To Have Finally Spun Himself Out
One of the most fascinating transformations that may have taken place since the Costas Now eruption is the progresive softening of one Buzz Bissinger. It seemed for a while that Buzz was actually determined to make his hatred of sports blogs an inextricable part of his writing legacy. For every inte...
Tiger Woods' Knee Injury Did Not Hinder His Baby-Making Ability
Those of you wondering when Tiger Woods and his wife Elin will populate the world with another Swedecaublasian can stop: late winter. Woods made the blessed announcement on his personal website, which he's updated more frequently due to his season-ending surgery as either a way to continuously keep ...
UCF Conference Call Takes a Detour Through Phone Sex Line
Fresh off a 17-0 victory over South Carolina State, the University of Central Florida set up a conference call with Notre Dame coach for a day, George O'Leary. Which would have been great. Except the released number was one-digit off and was actually a phone sex line. Uh oh. Cue the intrepid report...
Jay Mariotti: Quits Chicago Sun-Times Before Struggling Newspaper Business "Takes Him Down With It"
Wow. Based on the enormous amount of emails flooding Deadspin's inbox, you would've thought that there was an assassination of a beloved sports figure or a towering inferno at Yankee Stadium. Nope. The reason for the deluge was because Jay Mariotti, after 17 years of vituperative hackdom, has decide...
Deadspin Hall Of Fame Inductee: Isiah Thomas
Presenting the next 2008 inductee to The Deadspin Hall Of Fame ... Isiah Thomas. Final tally: 84.1 percent. Isiah becomes the first person to earn a spot in the Deadspin Hall of Fame and win a SHOTY. Congratulations, Isiah. You earned it. Oh, did you. (Plaque by the engaged Jim Cooke.)...
NFL Season Preview: Denver Broncos
We're less than a month away from the start of the NFL season, so it's time to start the impassioned season previews from various writers, bloggers, diehard fans, cooks, TV personalities, and numerous other walks of life whom consider football the only sport worth watching. Today: The Denver Broncos...