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December: <em>Fin.</em>
We produce a lot of posts every month. Most of them disappear quickly. Some of them don't. Here are the 10 most popular posts from December, ranked low to high...
The Britches Of Arkansas County: A Rear-Gazing Dispatch From The World Duck Calling Championship
Sam Eifling spent a recent Saturday in Stuttgart, Ark., at the World's Championship Duck Calling Contest and its Duck Gumbo party, a rollicking bumpkin Mardi Gras that has taken for its central rite the practice of slapping that ass....
Two Ornery Golf Writers Insult Bloggers Like It's Still 2005
The Tiger Woods saga has made the old golf media guard testy because their precious game has been sullied by all this cocktail waitress-boinking coverage, and now, email hoaxes. Watch more of them type angry....
Zeroing In On The Source Of That Tiger Woods Email Your Dad Just Forwarded You
On Dec. 19, user "etsix" over at the GolfWRX.com message board posted the hoaxish Tiger Woods story that everyone keeps blaming on poor Furman Bisher. So where'd etsix get the story? From a friend, of course....
Furman Bisher Is Annoyed All You People Believed That Tiger Woods Plastic Surgery Story
Furman Bisher (The Bish), the 91-year-old retired columnist who was credited with "breaking" the Tiger Woods toothless email, has finally realized after a few days that he'd inadvertently become international news thanks to his post. Now — BISH MAD....
The Year In...Sports Sex Scandals
Just like last year, we're counting showcasing the people, ideas and memes that made Deadspin 2009 shine. Today: Horndoggery....
Happy Birthday, Tiger Woods!
Wherever you are. (He turns 34 today.) By the way, Elin's 30th is on Friday so I'm sure it will be a busy week down at the Windermere Zales. [Other Tiger tidbits @ LA Times/Sporting Blog]...
At Least The Lady From "Will & Grace" Held My Hand While The Deranged Zimbabwean Doctor Took My Foreskin
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 the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....
This Tiger Woods Thanksgiving Night/Plastic Surgery Email Is Officially Out Of Control
406-year-old former columnist Furman Bisher has kicked this goddamn Tiger email into overdrive. Even Perez Hilton is pushing it out there now. Take a look at how all of this started — and let's find the perpetrator, please....
Tim Tebow's Mom Helped Erin Andrews Through Her Peephole Ordeal
Among the many people who came to her help was one Pam Tebow. Andrews says: "We would talk on the phone and write letters to each other and her whole thing was-–'OK, What do you do with it now?'" [PennLive.com]...
Moment Of The Decade? Moment Of The INFINITY
The Sporting Blog is in the middle of their own decade commemoration and asked contributors to name their sporty moment of the decade. Dan Levy picks the grammatically-challenged 2008 Phillies battle cry that birthed a World Fuckin' Champion. [SportingBlog]...
Doug Glanville Totally Knows Where Tiger's Coming From
The main takeaway from Glanville's nice Times column about Tiger is that even middling outfielders and self-confessed nerds who liken their sexual awakening to "finding Batman's belt in the lost and found" — yeah, even they get seriously laid. [NYT]...
The Year In...Athlete Power Couples
Just like last year, we're showcasing the people, ideas and memes that made Deadspin 2009 shine. Today: Athlete Power Couples....
Jay Mariotti Likes To Wear His "Club Jeans" When He's Sports Shouting
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 the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....
Your Early Games Open Thread
Most of you get Baltimore and Pittsburgh, two teams that wish their defensive legacies could actually take the field today. Expect a shootout. Keep us updated on the epic Cleveland/Oakland showdown in the comments. [The506]...
Once Bitten, Twice Lie
Aaron Rodgers says a Seahawks player bit him when they played last year. Darryl Tapp denies it. This is news because we have to manufacture interest in a Green Bay/Seattle game somehow....
Of Ridiculous Contracts And Insubordination
The two highest paid players in their respective sports threw hissy fits and were sent home. One will play today; one might not play again. Want to guess which is which? (Hint: the one who's actually still good will play.)...
Tiger Woods and Mike Wise Cheated on People. Have You?
"I am Tiger Woods," writes Mike Wise in a bracing column in today's Washington Post, "and I have poked fun at his travails because I use humor as camouflage." Not anymore....
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Papa, Let Your Babies Grow Up to Date Hockey Players [Canadian Ben Bernanke Update!]
Hunky Ottawa hockey player Mike Fisher proposed to Carrie Underwood early this week, breaking Drew Magary's heart/hand. Think those brunettes look jealous now? Ha, wait til they learn how much the ring cost. UPDATE! Meet the "Canadian Ben Bernanke":...
Last Night's Loser: Santa Stan Van Gundy
You know the NBA is pleased with its Christmas tradition when it earnestly compares Shaq and Kobe to Jimmy Stewart and Peter Billingsley. Casting Stan Van Gundy in the role of Scrooge was probably not part of the plan....