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College ShameDay: Who Embarrassed Themselves On Saturday (Besides Kentucky's Joker Phillips, RIP)?
Our weekly college football shame index. ...
Steve Smith Goes Big Willie Style
Steve Smith had himself a totally average day: 41 yards receiving and one touchdown. But it's what you do with yourself after the touchdown that counts-and did Smith ever do stuff with himself after the touchdown. Following a 19 yard reception in the second quarter Steve did this little (???) dance ...
Beer of the Week: 3 Monts
Basketball resumed this week, and unless you are a Houston Rockets fan, who cares. The T-Wolves at Milwaukee just ain't opening day at Wrigley. The Nuggets flailing in Philadelphia simply isn't the first drop of the puck in Detroit or Boston or Montreal. I once lived in a house with some Steelers fa...
Floyd Mayweather Bet $1.1 Million On A College Football Game
Speaking of Money Mayweather, Floyd bet $1.1 million (to make a million!) on Oregon in tonight's game against USC. (CORRECTION: See below.) Expect USC to trot out a previously unknown fifth-year senior named C. Jackson. h/t Justin...
Two Of Our Greatest Fighters Now Have Beef: 50 Cent And Floyd Mayweather Got Into It On Twitter Last Night
As ESPN notes, Floyd Mayweather and 50 Cent had a business deal in place-and a burgeoning friendship-not too long ago:...
Former ECW And WWE Wrestler Stevie Richards Has Political Aspirations, Is Insane
Via The Masked Man, former wrestler Stevie Richards has introduced the world to his ideals and policy recommendations (both soon to be ubiquitous in our political milieu) with a radio interview on VOC Wrestling Nation announcing his aspirations for state office. Richards spoke eloquently of his heig...
Here Is a List of People Bubba The Love Sponge's Ex-Wife Is Also Rumored To Have Had Sex With On Camera
The lady who allegedly humped Hulk Hogan on tape also allegedly humped several athletes on tape. Deion Sanders, Tony Stewart, and Warren Sapp are among the rumored names. So is Aubrey Huff. Yes, Aubrey Huff. Tampa's weird....
The <em>B.S. Report</em> Report: What About Readers Like Me?
Julia Alvidrez, Gawker Media's operations manager, is an unabashed fan of Bill Simmons and everything Grantland. She is also an occasional reader of Deadspin. Every week, she will recap Simmons's podcast, The B.S. Report, for us....
Breaking: Pitt Has A Class On Vampires (Also Something About Three Starters Being Charged With Assault)
The AP more often than not still uses a time-tested format called the inverted pyramid, in which the most basic and crucial facts are placed at the top, with increasingly peripheral details as you read down. The idealist says it's so readers get the important stuff early, even if they don't read to ...
The Man With The Ham Fists: RZA's Kung Fu Movie Just Doesn't Work
In 1995, Quentin Tarantino, skinny, wired, at the absolute peak of his power and influence, showed up at the MTV Movie Awards to give a lifetime achievement award to Jackie Chan. This is just how huge Tarantino was at the time: MTV allowed him to take 10 minutes of its airtime to give a career-cappi...
The Rock's Halloween Costume Is Better Than Everyone Else's
Frankly, we should've seen this one coming a long time ago. The Rock as the Hulk? Just about the most perfect Halloween costume known to mankind. There's no going back now....
Here's Your <em>Around The Horn</em> Costume Roundup
Around The Horn panelists traditionally dress in costume for the edition aired on Halloween. Here's today's participants, dressed as the Notre Dame leprechaun, a haunted house operator, Al Davis's ghost, and President Obama....
Sad Arsenal Fans Are Sad
Being down 4-0 to Reading in the first half of a Capital One Cup match has Arsenal supporters feeling a bit down-though the Gunners did score a goal in first half stoppage time to narrow the gap a little....
Read The Weird Email That Kicked Off The Saints Bounty Investigation
So I have info on Saints Joe Vitt Lying to your NFL Investigators on Bounties from 2010, along with proof!!! I was there, in the cover up meetings, with players and Joe, I love the NFL and want to work there again, but I am afraid if I tell thge [sic] truth I will never coach again in NFL, But I was...
My Dad Took Me Aboard A Sailboat In The Middle Of A Hurricane In 1991, And I Survived
Our fearless leader, Tommy Craggs, sent me this series of Gchat messages early this afternoon:...
Shirtless Horse Jogger Now Has A Challenger: Shirtless Unicorn Rollerblader
While much of the East Coast cowers at the approach of Hurricane Sandy, some people are just carrying on like it's just another day to exercise shirtlessly while wearing a frightening mask....
College ShameDay: Who Embarrassed Themselves On Saturday (Besides Poor Bob Stoops)?
Our weekly college football shame index. ...
The Carolina Panthers Lost By Calling The Exact Same Defensive Coverage Over And Over
Last week, the Giants were able to beat the Redskins by recognizing the coverage. Eli Manning knew he could hit Victor Cruz over the top because Washington, at the end of the game, was running the same schemes it had shown in the two-minute drill at the end of the first half. But even that was cutti...
Randy McMichael Is The NFL's Most Impatient Player
Early in the fourth quarter of San Diego's eventual loss to the Browns, the Chargers offense (ineffectual for most of the day) managed to scrape together the ten yards necessary for a first down and keep a possible game-winning drive alive. The tension of the moment was too much for tight end Randy...