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Dan Majerle Caught An Automatic Double At Tonight's Diamondbacks Game
In his 14-year NBA career, Phoenix Suns star Dan Majerle made his name with intensity and a freakish body. Tonight "Thunder Dan" showed skills in a sport other than basketball, as the swingman—while grabbing a bite at a Chase Field picnic area—nabbed an automatic double off the bat of Geraldo Parra...
Miami Heat Fan Refuses To High-Five Phoenix Suns Gorilla, Punches Him In The Face Instead
These are proving to be dangerous times for NBA mascots. Two weeks ago, Moondog of the Cleveland Cavaliers briefly went to the hospital after getting clocked in the eye by the Pacers' David West. And this week, the Phoenix Suns Gorilla found himself on the receiving end of some unwanted physical vio...
Suns Fans Celebrate The Career Of Steve Nash With A Giant Drawing Of A Penis
Steve Nash becomes an unrestricted free agent this offseason, and since the Suns didn't qualify for the playoffs, his offseason essentially started last night. Suns fans came out to lament his departure (or beg him to stay) including at least one who decided the occasion called for a display of a g...
The Suns Shut Down And Beat Up Blake Griffin
Blake Griffin was unstoppable in the first quarter, going 7-for-13 from the field. Phoenix regrouped, and turned the game into something more closely rembling Atari's Basketbrawl, and what do you know: it worked. Griffin didn't score another field goal the rest of the game....
ESPN Headline Writer Unintentionally Encapsulates Grant Hill's Career
To Hill, they're more vital than air and water. [ESPN.com, h/t Jimmy]...
Channing Frye Is The Latest Victim Of A Blake Griffin Monster Dunk
It's not quite what Blake Griffin did to Kendrick Perkins back in January, but that's only because Channing Frye politely gets out of the way once he realizes what's coming. Griffin only accentuates his point by stealing the ball on the Suns' next possession and dunking again....
Steve Nash Dished A No-Look Pass While On His Ass Complaining To The Referee
Last night's Suns-Spurs game got off to a unique start, as Steve Nash fell to the floor after being checked by a San Antonio defender, looked up at the referee to complain about the no-call, and simultaneously passed the ball to Marcin Gortat, who attempted a three-pointer. If there's any play t...
What If Dirk Nowitzki Was Missing A Chromosome And Lived In Phoenix?
Then he'd be like a lot of people living in Phoenix. (h/t Tom)...
Sunshine Patriot: Chad Ochocinco Sure Looks Happy Just Five Days After Losing The Super Bowl
The fun police have been alerted, and Rodney Harrison is en route. Perhaps Ochocinco should be spending a little more time thinking about what more he could have done to help his team on Super Bowl Sunday, and a little less time smiling. [Twitter]...
Kobe Bryant Totally Googles Himself
Kobe Bryant scored 48 points last night in a win against the Suns, the team he's saved his best performances for since 2006, when Phoenix knocked the Lakers out in the first round of the playoffs (they did it again in '07). When it was all over and everybody was fawning, the Black Mamba humbly ackno...
A Seemingly Naked Australian Rules Football Player Got Arrested For Roughing Up A Thai Cop
"Star Gold Coast Suns AFL player Campbell Brown and young teammate Maverick Weller were detained by police in Thailand yesterday. They had allegedly been involved in a fight with a local policeman. ... Pictures obtained from a witness show Brown and Weller handcuffed and seemingly in distress. The ...
Leaked Emails Show A <em>Newsweek</em> Reporter Trying To Set A Picky Shaq Up With Some Girls (He Only Wants Rihanna)
As far as we know, Shaquille O'Neal—divorced a few years back—is happy with his comically out-of-proportion lover, Nicole "Hoopz" Alexander....
This Just Might Be The Worst Slide In Baseball History
This is from way back in July, but after being brought to our attention by Hot Clicks, via Logan Morrison, we'll do our part to make sure everybody in the world sees Graham Taylor hurl himself onto the plate like a sack of potatoes with MS that was just struck by lightning....
Stay The Hell Away From Rehabbing Stephen Strasburg, You Mongrels, Minor League Team Tells Press
You may think it's Strasmas in August for the scribes of Hagerstown, Maryland, but you'd be wrong. Dead wrong....
Vince Carter Reminds Us That He's Still Vince Carter
A chin-strapped, goateed Vince Carter took off against the Thunder last night and, with a quick spin-move into the block and a graceful reverse dunk, returned us all to a time when he was Half Amazing. Carter has been in the league for 12 years and he's still averaging close to 15 points per game ...
Blake Griffin Got A Technical On This Dunk And It Was Worth It
We haven't had too much of a Blake-reel on the site ever since he dunked over a car and hyped a football recruit, but here he is. Against Phoenix on Sunday, Blake Griffin took a pass from Mo Williams off the pick-and-roll, threw this dunk over Marcin Gortat's head, and got called for the offensive...
And Here's Some Nut-Punching Video From Last Night's Celtics/Suns Game
Looks like Kevin Garnett not only hit Channing Frye in the "groin" last night (about 0:57 in), but the play itself led to a subsequent nut-punching debate in the booth. It also brought an ejection. But no, wasn't a foul....
ASU Student Dunks Ball, Self
Nick Corrales is on the Suns' little trampoliney-dunkey team, but overshot his mark Wednesday night. I think that's touching it above the cylinder, so it doesn't count....
A Mink Stole Is Full-Length On Nate Robinson
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....
Official Graph Proves That Steve Nash May Be Missing A Low-Post Presence This Season
Hoopism.com has put together a nice interactive feature with weighted graphs showing who passed where in the 2009-2010 NBA season. It may not shock you to see that Nash had a certain connection with Amar'e Stoudamire last year....