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We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 3 p.m. Bracketology with Joe Lunardi: Can you use your powers to find the lost whippet? • 3:30 p.m. Crush QB John Dutton. My Arena League Championship Game party was a big dud, and I blame you. • 4 p.m. Paul Shirley's So-Called Career:...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while trying to circumnavigate Nova Scotia by boat and discovering it's not an island ... • Winter Olympics: Cohen fulfills dream, skates beautifully to ... uh oh. That's a shame. Well, silver's nice. • NBA: Artest fails to unleash the madness against Kobe as Lakers top Kings. • Nova...
Michigan Fans, Photoshop, and You
On Tuesday we posted an item about Michigan basketball fans who apparently duped Michigan State fans into spelling out "Go Blue" in the stands at a Michigan State home game. But a reader, who has talked to people who were at the game in question, reports that the whole thing may have been bogus....
Larry Brown Suicide Watch: Day 2
A reader tips us to the photo that was on the ESPN front this morning: "You know how they say 'a picture's worth a thousand words?' Check out this photo from the front page of ESPN.com's web site this morning. Larry Brown's countenance pretty much sums it up. Funny picture."...
Blogdom's Best: Los Angeles Lakers
It might not yet have the online fanaticism and cachet of baseball, but the NBA and its fans are starting to catch up in the world of team-devoted blogs. To this end, Deadspin salutes these modem-addled souls and proudly presents Blogdom s Best, given to the most outstanding blog for each NBA team...
A Penny For Your NBA Thoughts
As the NBA trading deadline looms, it will be hard to top the big trade that brought Steve Francis to New York — thus insuring an NBA championship for the Knicks next season (just kidding, they're doomed). The Knicks sent Penny Hardaway and Trevor Ariza to Orlando. Personally, we think the trade m...
About Last Night
What you missed while absent-mindedly packing your friend's parachute with dirty laundry ......
Steve Francis Will Attempt To Love Stephon Marbury As He Once Loved Cuttino Mobley
And Larry Brown will hate them both....
Blogdom's Best: Memphis Grizzlies
It might not yet have the online fanaticism and cachet of baseball, but the NBA and its fans are starting to catch up in the world of team-devoted blogs. To this end, Deadspin salutes these modem-addled souls and proudly presents Blogdom s Best, given to the most outstanding blog for each NBA team...
About Last Night
What you missed while writing your Death List Five ... • Winter Olympics: Oops — while Hedrick, Davis are busy bickering, Italian zooms by both of them to grab gold in 1,500. • College Basketball: Notre Dame almost, but not quite, upsets No. 3 UConn. Hey, it's just like football! • NBA: Vince Carter...
Those Lovable Michigan Scamps
Well, according to more than one Deadspin tipster a highly involved(and evolved) prank was executed on the MSU student body over the weekend during Saturday's Michigan State/Michigan basketball game. Some students at the University of Michigan posed as Big 10 interns to distribute cards to unsuspect...
Why Your Hometown Columnist Sucks: Bob Sansevere
The St. Paul Pioneer-Press has an annual contest called "Average Joe Columnist," in which a field of 16 non-journalists submit sports articles, and are judged American Idol-style by sports editor Mike Bass and columnist Bob Sansevere. The latter, it seems, fancies himself in the Simon Cowell role — ...
Desperate Dog Search Now Getting Help from Weirdos
Yes, dogs are fun little animals and all that, but the search for the prized whippet named Vivi who escaped from JFK terminal after last week's Westminster Dog Show has gone completely off the rails. Joining the search for the missing champion dog are none other than 12 psychics....
Blogdom's Best: Portland Trail Blazers
It might not yet have the online fanaticism and cachet of baseball, but the NBA and its fans are starting to catch up in the world of team-devoted blogs. To this end, Deadspin salutes these modem-addled souls and proudly presents Blogdom s Best, given to the most outstanding blog for each NBA team...
Love Was In the Cards For Don West
For those of you who have ever come home at 2 in the morning, half in the bag, switched on the TV and considered buying that Jeff Garcia autographed helmet from the Shop At Home Network — and you know who you are — Pat Imig at Joe SportsFan.com has written a loving tribute to everyone's favorite l...
Ricky Williams Appealing Hot Piss Test
Ricky Williams is reportedly appealing his most recent failed drug test, which if proven true, could end his 2006 season for the Miami Dolphins. Williams previous failed tests were for marijuana but, according to the story, the latest failure was for another illegal substance. The ruling on his ap...
Just in Time for Tax Season
Fantastic post by the Wizard of Odds, highlighting the Ohio State autograph shilling non-controversy, which seems a little sketchy considering some of these non-professional athletes are making six-figure incomes during "autograph season." According to the Wiz—via the Cleveland Plain Dealer—, some O...
Announcements: Tuesdays With A.J.
'Mornin. A.J. Daulerio back again for more Deadspin access-less, favor-less, indiscretion. We're 3/4 through the Will Leitch Caribbean Floating Adventure and he'll be happy to know that he's missed nothing while he was gone. The NBA All-Star Game was the uninspired half-court alley oop-fest it was s...
About Last Night
What you missed while vacuuming the dog ... • Winter Olympics: U.S. ice dancers win silver, Bode wins bupkiss. • College Basketball: MO! Adam Morrison leads Gonzaga to 14th straight win. • College Basketball: Syracuse sends No. 14 West Virginia to fourth loss in five games. And then, depression set ...
Blogdom's Best
More clips from the column archives of the immortal Page 2 columnist Skip Bayless, a man who has seen and hated on all. [Van Dusen Speaks]...