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You Can't Tell, But Howie Long Is Erect
If we know our average Deadspin reader, you were obviously watching "Fox & Friends" on the Fox News Channel this morning. But just in case ... Richard Simmons was hanging out with the FOX NFL Sunday crew. Finally, someone who makes Jimmy Johnson look well dressed, and Terry Bradshaw look less gay. ...
We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Rutgers coach C. Vivian Stringer: Do you plan to sue Imus back to the Stone Age, or just to the beginning of The Renaissance? • Noon. NBA with David Thorpe: The more fun job this coming season ... NBA ref, or police bomb defuse...
Donaghy's Official Guilty Plea, And His Pay Scale
Disgraced — as much as any NBA ref can be more disgraced than they already are — NBA ref Tim Donaghy has officially pleaded guilty to the charges against him. The Smoking Gun has the official document....
The Irish Sing And Sway
We're not sure why we find this video of the Notre Dame football team singing the Irish theme song to their fans so hypnotic, but we too....
One Guy, Pleading Guilty, Blah Blah
If you're all excited — or even, say, a-twitter — about Tim Donaghy's impending guilty plea in federal court today to those whole charges of game fixing, well, settle down there, Paco....
Central Heating: Tigers Are Getting Warmer
The Tigers submitted a letter of intent to win the Al Central on Tuesday, as Curtis Granderson made the kind of diving catch we all fantasized about in our backyard when we were 10 ... or, um, in my case, I'll admit, last weekend (your fantasy may vary)....
ESPN.com EIC Knows What The Kids Want
A couple of weeks ago, we helped rid you of the annoying video on the front page of ESPN.com. Well, good news: If you weren't able to figure out how to do that, new ESPN.com editor-in-chief Rob King is gonna take care of that for you....
Barry Bonds Is Taking Curt Schilling Deep
We might not get our Ron Mexico trial, but there's plenty of potentially awesome litigation that could come down the pipeline. It appears that Barry Bonds might take on Curt Schilling ... in the courtroom....
Wait ... A Tolerable Monday Night Football Broadcast?
So we were watching ESPN's "Monday Night Football" last night, and we noticed this odd feeling, a peculiar sensation that we had, up to that point, never experienced. We couldn't figure it out; were we developing some sort of cold? And then we realized: We were watching "Monday Night Football" ... a...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11:15 a.m. MLB HOFer Joe Morgan: What are facts, anyway, but a bunch of words meant to confuse us? • 2 p.m. NASCAR with Terry Blount: Isn't this Indy car season? Should we be talking about this? • 4 p.m. NFL with Pro Football Weekly: S...
You're Doin' A Heckuva Job, 'Bama
Remember those federal tax breaks that were supposed to be for New Orleans Katrina victims to rebuild their homes and businesses? You'll be happy to know that someone, at least, is taking advantage of them. Developers in Tuscaloosa, Ala., are using the Katrina tax shelters to construct $1 million co...
Scoop Jackson And NOIS Meet
Sometimes, when two great minds converge, it can be blinding, like a supernova that outshines its entire host galaxy before fading from view over several weeks or months, or like when they crossed the streams in Ghostbusters....
We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 2 p.m. Madden challenge legends: Wait ... THE Jarvis "Young Jarvis" Thomas? • 3 p.m. Fantasy baseball with Pete Becker: Wherefore art thou, Chase Utley? • 4 p.m. Video games w/Aaron Boulding: We're in The Matrix! I need fresh air!...
Pac Man Jones, Making It Pain
Far be it from us to impugn the trustworthiness of professional wrestling, but when a court order comes down saying that the headliner of your pay-per-view event "could not touch or be touched, grapple, shove, throw or have anything thrown at him by anyone working for or watching the show," well, we...
"How's Tiger Doing?"
It is not, inherently, in the sports fan's nature to root for the dominant favorite. We love underdogs, the scrappy upstart coming from nowhere and upsetting the proverbial applecart; it's our own sad, tiny way of imagining that, sometimes, sports can speak truth to power....
Trip Fisk Probably Isn't A Scimitar Fan, Either
There. I somehow tied a random YouTube video to a sports story. Cash me, Denton....
Darren McFadden's NFL Draft Status Downgraded From "Yes" To "Probably Yes"
Yesterday, in a story which Deadspin suspiciously omitted, ESPN reported that Darren McFadden was declaring for the NFL after his upcoming junior season, so sayeth his momma after a chat with Pat Forde. Because that was such a news scoop. After all, rarely do exciting, electric football players ever...
What Sergio Garcia Is Watching Today
Already In Progress — PGA Championship, Final Round [TNT] 1:00 — Movie: Waterworld [Sci-Fi] 1:00 — Women's Soccer: New Zealand at United States [ESPN2] 2:00 — PGA Championship, Final Round, the good stuff [CBS] 2:00 — Nextel Cup: Centurion Boats at the Glen, Watkins Glen, New York [ESPN] 2:30 — Movi...