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America's Green Room Princess
The stars continue to magnificently align for Erin Andrews, as the ESPN mother ship has officially anointed her worthy of interviewing muscular young men in tailored suits and shiny team logo'd hats....
Name Of The Year Competition Enters Final Four
Murray State golf coach Velvet Milkman, the No. 8 seed, has somehow upset heavily-favored Uranus Golden and Juvyline Cubangbang to come within two steps of ultimate NOTY glory. [Name Of The Year]...
Isiah Thomas Promises No More Sex Harassing, Suicide Attempts, Personal Salaries
In the latest installment of the Isiah Thomas career makeover, our hero magnanimously told the assembled press corps that his first year's salary as coach of FIU will be given back to the school....
The New Milton Bradley Is Cool, Calm And Collected
Milton Bradley says he's ready for any abuse that Cubs fans can dish out. That's because he's a new man; all that childish stuff is in the distant past. Ha ha, but anyway ......
Florida High School Pitcher Loves No-Hitters, Beef O'Brady's
Either Patrick Schuster is really good, or the high school teams in the Tampa-St. Pete area totally suck. At any rate, the Mitchell High hurler now has three consecutive no-hitters....
Scorned Cheerleaders Rat Out Heroic Playboy Model
It's the story you've heard a million times before: Girls cut from cheerleading squad get revenge on coach by exposing her Playboy modeling activities to school, thus getting her fired....
Famous Guy To Become Slightly Less Famous
Oscar De La Hoya "retired" today, which is what boxers do while they wait for someone to offer them $20 million for their once-in-a-lifetime comeback payday. He will be missed?...
Isiah Thomas Is Florida International's Problem Now
Florida International stinks at basketball, so I guess they figured—if we're going to stink we might as well leave a spectacular stench all over the basketball world. That's the only explanation for hiring Isiah Thomas....
Condi Rice Says Fuzzy Zoeller Is One Of Her Favorite Golfers
She wrote an essay for the Daily Beast about following Tiger at the Masters (perks) and dropped the line about Fuzzy being one of her favorites. Also, Condi's favorite comedian? Michael Richards. [The Daily Beast]...
The Queen Of Queens
America's Sideline Princess became America's Baseline Princess, spending most of last night's Citi Field opener giving fans an extensive tour of the new ballpark, while slack-jawed yokels stood idly by and tried not to drool....
Isiah Thomas Is Never Going Away
Rumor has it that Florida International wants to has hired organizational wunderkind Isiah Thomas to be their new head basketball coach. Unbelievable. I guess FIU doesn't have a history department. [ESPN]...
The Phillies Dedicate The Pre-Game Smoke To Harry The K
At least, I hope that's the case. Phillies are playing Nationals right now with heavy hearts, wheezing lungs. [Player Hater's Ball]...
Door-On-Player Violence Is Not A Joke
Cincy OF Chris Dickerson is day-to-day after getting beat up by a revolving door. This wouldn't happen if you knew how to mind your place. [MLB.com, via Big Lead]...
Miami Feels The Pain That Will Last A Lifetime
In the annals of gut-wrenching defeats, you're going to have to dig deep to find one tougher than Miami's collapse against Boston in the NCAA hockey final on Sunday....
The Cavaliers Seem Pretty Happy With Themselves Right Now
If the NBA were a horrible Michael Bay movie, this is the part where the bad guy would mutter "I fear we've awakened a sleeping giant." Then a Boston Celtics flag would flutter in slow-motion.*...
The Woodland People vs. Dustin Pedroia
Last week Deadspin quicklinked to a Boston magazine profile of the Red Sox second baseman, where he characterized A-Rod as a dork and called his hometown of Woodland, California a “dump.” The Woodlandians aren’t happy....
Defeated Soccer Team Welcomed Home With Cheers, Death Threats
This Argentine squad arrived at their home airport after a rough 2-0 defeat to a Mexican team that knocked them out of a major international tournament, a loss so crushing that their manager resigned after the game. It was such a tough road environment that fans at the game in Mexico were chanting d...
Tiger Woods Somehow Not Winning Tiger Woods Invitational
Experts predict that Tigers Woods will use the third round of his major tournament to make a move on whatever golfers might be leading, setting himself up for a dramatic come-from-behind victory on Sunday....
Time To Get Your Chicago Pants Party Tickets
The final deadline to purchase tickets for Deadspin's Chicago Pants Party on May 23 is next Friday. If you've been procrastinating, it's time to buy. Follow the link for details and tickets. [Pants Party Details]...
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