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Leaks: Pujols Wins MVP, Finally
Well, today's the day they announced the National League MVP, and you can probably guess which way we're rooting. (We'll give you a hint; it's not the Cub. Or the guy from that Southern team that has no fans.) The vote is expected to be close, but, according to unfortunately named Cardinals blogge...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. NBA with Marc Stein: We've noticed that, since Halloween, they've stopped using your column as ESPN Insider exclusive content. In fact, after the first graph, the copy reads: "Want to read the rest of this article? Go ahead, it...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while taking your kids to the movies to see animated chickens ... • NFL: Cowboys rally to down Eagles in fourth quarter. We're gonna keep our distance from Eagles fans this morning, just to be safe. • Your eventual NCAA Basketball Tournament Pool bracket, Day One: Duke handles Boston...
Last Call For Athlete Run-In Stories
We'll be picking our winners in our athlete run-in stories contest, where the best athlete run-in stories win a free copy of The Education Of A Coach, the new David Halberstam about Patriots coach Bill Belichick....
Oskee-Wow-Wow
We are honored — since we've mentioned it only sparingly, though expect that to change as college hoops gets going — that so many of you have noted that we are proud graduates of the University of Illinois and have asked our opinion of the NCAA ruling that the Chief Illiniwek nickname and "symbol"...
Blogdom's Best: Pittsburgh Steelers
It might not — yet — have the online fanaticism and cachet of baseball, but the NFL 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 NFL ...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 10 a.m. Fantasy Football Focus: I think by now that you realize all of our fantasies revolve around the Panthers cheerleaders, don't you? • Noon. WNCAA BB with Charlie Creme: Is this the sequel to Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while having a tea party in your tree fort with your mom ... • NFL: Manning, Colts stay undefeated after carving up Texans. • NBA: LeBron youngest ever to 4,000 points as Cavaliers beat Magic. • NASCAR: Kyle Busch wins Checker Auto Parts 500, brother watches on TV from jail....
For The Cardinals Fan Who Has Everything
From online sports memorabilia site Lelands.com comes the perfect gift for anyone who just can't say goodbye to Busch Stadium....
Saying A Sad Goodbye To Mock Press Conferences
Well, tonight's the final night for those brilliant and universally lauded Steve Phillips mock press conferences on ESPN, and we think it's important that the lunacy of the feature not be forgotten by time. Phillips — whom we don't mean to destroy here; he comes across sympathetic and intelligent...
Orioles Clubhouse Apparently Like Caligula
The Baltimore Sun has gotten a hold of the 40-page Congressional report on Rafael Palmeiro, and it's full of all kinds of goodness....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. MLB with Jerry Crasnick: Any chance you could sneak into the next fake ESPN press conference and blow everyone's minds by asking a real question? • 1 p.m. Mid Major Hoops w/ Kyle Whelliston: I've just visited your site, and I h...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while sparkin' with Betty Lou behind the barn during the hoe-down ... • NBA: Pistons beat Suns to remain undefeated, annoying Larry Brown no end. • Tagliabue to Los Angeles: 'The NFL will return!' Dramatic and all, but the long-stemmed pipe made him look ridiculous. • NHL: Sullivan's...
Lenny Dykstra, Cosmopolitan
We know we make fun of ESPN a lot here, and much of it is justified, of course, but we are nothing if not fair. The big investigative steroid story gracing the cover of ESPN: The Magazine this week is, for lack of a better word, outstanding. Legitimately all-encompassing, it's sober, smart and ful...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. NCAA BB with Fran Fraschilla: It's the old American success story you've heard a million times: A man named Fran coaches a team called the Jaspers and ends up working for ESPN. • Noon. NBA with Chad Ford: Too bad about that dre...
Palmeiro Pretends To Come Clean
For anybody who missed it yesterday, Orioles designated hitter Rafael Palmeiro finally made a public statement about steroids yesterday, and, as you'd certainly expect, it was unsatisifying. Basically, Palmeiro said he never intentionally took steroids but that he might have accidentally got some ...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while writing the biography of the guy who wrote your autobiography, which, we suppose, would be you ... • NBA: Timberwolves stop Kobe's scoring streak, beat Lakers, win our hearts. • College FB: West Virginia crushes Cincinnati into fine powder. • NHL: Hurricanes win eighth straight...
More Mock Press Conference Shenanigans
An alert reader clues us into some ESPN tech snafus last Sunday, the first day of the mock Steve Phillips press conference things....
Tell Us Your Best Athlete Run-Ins, And Win A Book!
Hey, look, it's the first-ever Deadspin contest. The fine folks at Hyperion Books just shipped a big stack of copies of David Halberstam's new book The Education Of A Coach to Deadspin World Headquarters, and we're here to give them away. We've read the book and think it's really good, actually, eve...
Happy Trails, Holmes
In very sad news, Kansas City Chiefs running back Priest Holmes is out for the season and, according to several sources, could end up retiring. (A Chiefs spokesperson denies the retirement rumors.)...