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A Conversation With Dave Zirin
We've joked about being politically agnostic in these parts before, but that's not actually true. Like any breathing human, we have all kinds of political thoughts; we just don't think they belong on a sports site. Sports are one of the few realms that, if you try hard enough, can be separated from ...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 2 p.m. MLS with DC's Jamie Moreno: Ow, my shorts! • 4 p.m. Football Scientist KC Joyner: Are you telling me ... that I just put an abnormal brain ... into a 7-foot tall ... 52-inch wide ... three hundred and fifty pound gorilla? • 10 p...
In One Way, The Illini Already Are Champions
The college football season is but three days away, and to the hardcore fan, that means only one thing: The Fulmer Cup has been awarded! And yes, this year's winner of Every Day Should Be Saturday's yearly ode to collegiate athlete malfeasance is one that hits us close to the heart. Somewhere aroun...
Red Sox Fans Try To Explain The President Of Red Sox Nation Thing
We do not speak the language of Red Sox Nation. We do not dislike the Red Sox, or their fans, and we do not think the city of Boston is racist. We love Boston! We just don't understand the Red Sox Nation thing; it just scares us. That said, many of our best friends are Red Sox fans, and they're at l...
Start Collecting Pennies For Bonds' Ball
It might be time to start pouring some funds into your Paypal account, because Matt Murphy's auctioning off of Barry Bonds' 756th home run ball has begun. It's rather pricey....
Andy Rooney Is Quite Old
Editor's Note: Given our longstanding love of Andy Rooney — we remind you that we own every book Andy Rooney has ever written — we've been trying to avoid any discussion of his recent and now infamous baseball column all week. Alas, inertia has overtaken us. To save our broken heart, we decided to h...
ESPN's "Fans" Seem To All Have espn.com Email Addresses
If you watched "Monday Night Football" earlier this week, you might have noticed a new segment called ESPN's Rowdy Friends, in which fans are encouraged to shoot videos of them acting like idiots — which is what networks and leagues think we are, as they remind us daily — so the "best" ones can be ...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 10 a.m.. Morning Buzz: Have you noticed that ESPN's chat lineup is becoming less and less noticiable on their home page? • Noon. NBA with David Thorpe: New slogan ... Excitement? You Bet Your Ass! • 2 p.m. Virginia Tech QB Sean Glennon...
Bruins Nation Taking Down USC, One Coach At A Time
Hell hath no fury like a UCLA fan with some dirt on someone in the USC football program. The Internets are abuzz today with the news that Todd McNair, USC's running backs coach, was convicted accused (and pleaded out) of dogfighting and animal cruelty back in the 1990s. The Los Angeles Times did up ...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Fantasy BB with Nate Ravitz: Is it weird to have invented a Colorform dress-up game in the likeness of Lenny DiNardo? • Noon. MLB Insider Rob Neyer: What's it like on the inside? is it anything like the outside, only with more ...
Driving Your Way To The Bigs. Literally.
This is Tom Shearn. You've surely never heard of him, because, jeez, why would you have? He's 30 years old and just made his major league debut yesterday for the oddly surging Cincinnati Reds. (They're only 6 1/2 out of first in the NL Central, by the way.) And he's got quite the tale to tell....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. MLB with Steve Phillips: You're an expert ... at what point will the Mets collapse? • 2 p.m. Page 2's Patrick Hruby: Oh Page 2, you are so wacky and irreverent. • 4 p.m. LIVE from the U.S. Open: Is anyone here a marine biologist?...
Weekends Now Get To Be Fun Again
If you were wondering why Michael Vick has been on the cover of ESPN.com — and certainly taking up his fair share of space here ... including some more in about half an hour — for the entire month of August, it's because it's the most brutal sports month there is. (We personally would put it above F...
Nation Of Islam Sportsblog Is No Longer Highly Respected
I've kept mum on all of the Deadspin Hall of Fame races thus far (remember, voting ends tomorrow afternoon), and this late into the game there are still some races up for grabs. A.J. Daulerio's Super Bowl weekend is still well below the pace for enshrinement, but if he thought events from this past ...
The Immaculate Concepcion
It doesn't appear that Dave Concepcion will make the Hall of Fame. Since his name appeared on the ballot in 1994, his support has ballooned from 6.8% to 13.6%. And he only has a couple of years left. When one looks at his numbers, they don't exactly resemble a Hall of Famer: career .267 batting aver...
Blonde Women Must Really Love Soccer Jerseys
Simple. What this commercial tells me is that were I to draw the attraction of a drop dead gorgeous supermodel while wearing Axe, she'll either:...
About Last Night
• CFL: Before the Winnipeg Blue Bombers' 15-13 victory over the Toronto Argonauts, Canadian touchdown king Milt Stegall is given the key to Winnipeg. Unfortunately, he locked it in his car. • MLB: Boston's win over the White Sox lasts 18 innings, counts double. • NBA: Logic mounts fourth-quarter com...
Deadspin HOF Nominee: February 1, 2007
We didn't actually notice what was going on at first; we were at the gym, and we made it back to our desk, there were countless emails: You have to check out what's happening on Simmons' column page. The one-time experiment with Simmons' "conversation" — he hasn't had comments on a column since then...