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Daulerio at SBXLI: The Playmaker
Deadspin "correspondent" AJ Daulerio is filing dispatches from the Super Bowl all week. Last night, he hit the motherlode. This is the second of his three tales from a crazed night....
Bonds Contract: Baseball's Version Of A Constitutional Crisis?
So someone took the time to actually read the contract that Barry Bonds signed with the Giants on Monday, and they made a startling discovery. According to the fine print, Bonds not only must play both ends of any doubleheaders, he must dress as Paula Abdul in the second game. Also, there's this:...
Hirshey Poll: "Gay, Straight AND Taken" It Is
David Hirshey writes regularly for Deadspin about soccer....
Daulerio at SBXLI: Sean Salisbury, Mayor Of Miami
Deadspin "correspondent" AJ Daulerio is filing dispatches from the Super Bowl all week. Last night, he hit the motherlode. This is the first of his three tales from a crazed night in which, as this picture clearly shows, he sneaked into the right media party....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. TENNIS Mag's Peter Bodo. Once again you do not even respond to my idea for a Maria Sharapova fold-out page? • 2 p.m. NCAAW with Nancy Lieberman: Oh wait, there's two seats; better hurry before someone takes them. Ha, does that j...
An Entirely Different Kind Of Monkey Suit
Sorry, ladies of Boston: Your hopes of bedding the youngest GM in baseball history, the man partly responsible for the Red Sox World Championship and one rockin' guitar hero are over. Red Sox GM Theo Epstein went out and got himself secretly married last month....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while inventing bulletproof underpants ... • NBA: It's all about keeping the home fans happy. Mavericks win 14th straight at home, 122-102 over Sonics. • College basketball: New Mexico beats Wyoming as ... whoa! Fight! Fight! • NHL: Flames, Kings, burning, Conroy gets revenge on old ...
Daulerio at Super Bowl XLI: Do Not Step On The Blue Carpet
Deadspin "correspondent" AJ Daulerio is filing dispatches from the Super Bowl all week. Here's the story of his brief time at Media Day. Today is the official kick off of Media Day Shitshow at the Miami Convention Center, where the world's greatest sports journalists and media gnats convene and att...
Meet The Ron Mexico Memorial League
There would seem to be a rather finite number of reasons an entire high school athletic association would consider suspending all wrestling competitions for more than a week. We'd have to say that a massive herpes breakout might be one of them....
Forever Barry
He's 43, kind of a dick and subject to a variety of ailments, including, if you believe the horse steroids charges, laminitis. But nonetheless, Barry Bonds is officially back in the fold with the San Francisco Giants, ready to tackle Mt. Aaron once again. Whew. We were on pins and needles....
Daulerio at SBXLI: An Aching Head, Rediscovering An Old Friend And Making New Ones
Deadspin "correspondent" AJ Daulerio is filing dispatches from the Super Bowl all week. Here's his newest one, after a night out on the town....
Hirshey Quickie: Let's Hear Your Best Names For Becks' Show
David Hirshey writes regularly for Deadspin about soccer....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. Baseball with Rob Neyer: So Is Clemens just jerking us around for the fun of it at this point? • 3 p.m.. NFL draft with Steve Muench: Will you cease your incessant nagging about the draft at least until the Super Bowl is over? • ...
Albert Belle, Still Available
It's official, folks, if you can handle it: Sammy Sosa and the Texas Rangers have agreed on a deal. Sosa will receive $500,000 on a one-year contract and will be invited to make the team out of Spring Training. It's good to see that the new Rangers manager Ron Washington is attempting to be realisti...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while constructing your oats-and-alfalfa wreath for Barbaro ... • NBA: Another buzzer-beater, as Nets beat Jazz. Exciting, ain't it? • College basketball: Pitt stops Villanova behind ... hey wait. Pitt has 20 wins already? Holy crap. • NHL: Canadiens beat Senators 3-1. Check their pa...
Daulerio At SBXLI: Please, Lord, Don't Let This Be The Last Thing I See Before I Die
Deadspin "correspondent" AJ Daulerio is filing dispatches from the Super Bowl all week. Here's his newest one; he has made it to Miami, which is a start....
Adjusting To A World Without Barbaro
As you might expect, it has been a difficult day here at Deadspin World Headquarters. The death of Barbaro has affected us all; it has been difficult to write about non-Barbaro related news today. None of it means anything without Barbaro around....
Hirshey Quickie: Becks' Reality Venture
David Hirshey writes regularly for Deadspin about soccer....
We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 10 a.m. Buzz from Super Bowl VXI: Well it's Monday morning, and Daulerio's already lost his wallet and his pants. • 1 p.m. Baseball with Jerry Crasnick: To save time, shouldn't the Red Sox dump all of their money on the infield and hav...
Daulerio At Super Bowl XLI: Greetings, Spinheads
Deadspin Super Bowl XLI "correspondent" A.J. Daulerio has arrived in Florida and is ready for some fisticuffs. He'll be filing sporadically, randomly and without warning all week. Here's his first dispatch....