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To Watch Tonight
What to watch while you find a plus-size woman (around the clock) ... • College Football: Northern Illinois Huskies at Ball State Cardinals (8:00 p.m., ET) I think a win here definitely moves BSU past Penn State. [ESPN2] • NBA: Chicago Bulls at Cleveland Cavaliers (8:00 p.m., ET) What do you think C...

Philly Car-Tip Victim Inches Closer to Leaving Public Transportation Behind
Many unfortunate car owners in the Philadelphia area were impacted by the chaos that invaded Broad Street soon after the Philadelphia Phillies (WFC) won the World Series that night. One man, Ted Passon, of Philadelphia, whose car was recklessly flipped over during the Broad Street celebration at 1:3...

The New Mayor Of Sacramento Can Go To His Left
The votes haven't all been counted yet — this is California, where we're the last to know anything — but it seems that former University of California and Phoenix Suns guard Kevin Johnson is now the mayor of Sacramento. Why is he being punished, you ask? No, he sought this office, beating incumbent ...

And in Just a Few Hours We'll Find Out If There Is An College Football Playoff In Our Future....
Everybody knows what today is. The importance of it, what's at stake, all that. There's no way to avoid it. Whoever walks away with the most colored areas from the CNN map tonight, it'll be a good thing. Tomorrow we'll at least be able to look forward to something different in 2009. Those who did vo...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch while you hunt down the Chupacabra! (dead animal warning) ... • College Football: Miami Redhawks at Buffalo Bulls (7:30 p.m., ET) If those bathrooms are rockin' ... [ESPN2] • Movie: "Rocky II" (8:00 p.m. + 10:30 p.m., ET) I thought there wasn't going to be a rematch? [AMC] • Politics: ...

Hey, That's Hate Speech
I've heard of slinging mud, but this is just going too far. Seen high over Denver's Invesco Field during the Dolphins-Broncos game on Sunday, this banner linking John McCain to the NFL franchise which lost 24-0 to the Falcons earlier in the day. Oakland gained 78 yards total offense in the process, ...

You're With Me, Election
Yeah, yeah, I agree; there's something clearly disturbing about Boomer being the last human to interview John McCain and Barack Obama before we all go to the polls today. But look on the bright side: The phrase "Barack and a hard place" was not uttered; Berman didn't lose it and scream at an intern;...

Bengals Jerk Line Gets Its Chain Yanked
As you may have heard, the NFL is out to hunt down and destroy boorish fan behavior at its solemn and dignified Sunday skull crushing meetings. Like several other teams, the Cincinnati Bengals have what is known as a "Jerk Line," a phone number that fans can call while in the stadium to report the g...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch while you get out of jury duty to play the ponies ... • NHL: Buffalo Sabres at New Jersey Devils (7:00 p.m., ET) Welcome to Newark! [VS] • NFL: Monday Night Football: Pittsburgh Steelers at Washington Redskins (8:30 p.m., ET) It's a Zornucopia of flavor! [ESPN] • Movie: "Rocky" (8:00 p...

Patriots Other Young Cheerleader Follows Well-Traveled Path to Stardom
Back in June, the Patriots unveiled their 2008 cheerleading squad and one particular newbie dominated the headlines of boob-centric sports blog nation. Her name was Rebecca Lucas, whose young age and even younger- looking appearance set into motion a domino effect of scumbag sleuthing to find a phot...

Peter Boulware Wants Your Vote, Dawg
A rundown of those local and national political races involving sports-type humans ... I'd have more respect for athletes who turn to politics if they didn't didn't always fall back on the predictable; using sports jargon in their campaign speeches. Of course Peter Boulware, who is running for a sea...

Phil Fulmer Stepping Down From Tennessee At The End of the Season
In the immediate aftermath of Tennessee's 27-6 loss to South Carolina, for the first time all season Phil Fulmer didn't tell his team not to quit. He talked for only a few moments, barely above a whisper, and then led the team in prayer. We all dropped to one knee and took the hand of the men on bo...

USC Track Star Learns That You Simply Can't Outrun Bullets
Pictured above is Bryshon Nellum, who runs track for USC. The Halloween party he attended last night didn't go so well. As in, he ended up in the Emergency Room, after getting shot three times in the leg. The good news is that Nellum didn't suffer any life-threatening injuries, and might even race ...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch while you wait for animals to attack your pumpkins ... • College Football: Wofford Terriers at Appalachian State Mountaineers (8:00 p.m., ET) Double the A's equal double the fun! [ESPN2] • NBA: Chicago Bulls at Boston Celtics (8:00 p.m., ET) Derrick Rose cured my acne with a well-place...

Casting The Movie "11 To 1: The Avella High School Football Story"
If this true life film isn't on the Disney release schedule by Christmas 2010, then I will move to Western Pennsylvania and start a high school football team myself. It's the tale of tiny Avella High School, in the cradle of football Eden, where their local gridiron gang lost all nine games this sea...

Media Approval Ratings: Jeanne Zelasko
If you were in attendance at Citizens Bank Ballpark last night, the first voice you may have heard over the loudspeaker after your team won the championship was that of Jeanne Zelasko. And while I have nothing against Jeanne Zelasko personally, I’m not exactly sure she was the right person to have ...

Perhaps More Philadelphians Should Consider Mass Transit
From Upstate Underdog at Walk Off Walk comes this video of Philly fans joyfully destroying an automobile in the wake of last night's victory. And really, if you were dumb enough to park your damn car in the city proper last night, don't you pretty much deserve to have it flipped and stomped on? I...

Thursday Night Preview: #23 South Florida at Cincinnati
In keeping with the theme of the day, once the ESPN Thursday night programmer took a shit and put it into his ESPN issued lunchbox (the graphic on the lunchbox was Stuart Scott's lazy eye and the eye followed you when it moved.)Anyway, then the ESPN programmer collected Lou Holtz's spit and mixed i...

Why It’s Okay To Mix In A Little Politics With Your Sports
We're less than a week away from the election, and talk of it has seeped over into a good amount of sportswriting. Leitch is a big fan of doing it. Nor am I one to resist. Now, writing about politics online, in a forum that is not inherently political always produces two results. One: a retarded fl...

The Deadspin Polygraph Test! Will Leitch!
Welcome to the Deadspin Polygraph Test, where I choose a random person in the sports world and subject them to a series of embarrassing and deeply personal questions, almost all of which involve sex or poop. They can only answer yes or no. Now, I don’t posses an actual polygraph machine here. So I’...