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Leftovers: Panther Indian Givers
• Yeah, see, if you say you're gonna give away a car, GIVE AWAY THE CAR. [Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer] • An interview ... with the Stanford Tree. IvyGate] • KSK is now taking over not just football, but the NBA world. [SLAM Online] • Might the NFL actually boost up its drug testing now? [New YOrk Ti...
Hall Of Fame Inductee: Clinton Portis
Presenting the next member of the inaugural class of the Deadspin Hall Of Fame ......
Well, Well, Look Who's Going To Be On The Colbert Report
We will confess to being big fans of "The Colbert Report." As hardcore "Daily Show" watchers since the (obviously inferior) Craig Kilborn days, we weren't sure we had time for another half hour of fake news — particularly fake news delivered as a satire of cable news show hosts we don't actually w...
Hall Of Fame Inductee: Kyle Orton
Presenting the next member of the inaugural class of the Deadspin Hall Of Fame ......
NFL Pants Party: AFC South
Because the season starts, oh, tomorrow, we figured it was probably time to start laying out some of the predictions for you, division by division. So here's a quick roundup of predictions from around the series of tubes we call the Internet....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you ponder "Who was our best president ever?" ... • Boxing: Cory Spinks vs. Larry Marks. Light middleweights, in case you were wondering. [ESPN] • Tennis: US Open, Day 9 coverage from the USTA Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows, New York. This had better not interfere with Monk. [USA] ...
Leftovers: Welcome To Pittsburgh, Deadspinners
• Pittsburgh Deadspin fans unite: It's a pants party in the 'Burgh! [Pittsburgh Dish] • Dan Steinberg's Washington Post "bog" begins with a bang. [DC Sports Bog] • If Travis Bickle predicted football games. [Manning Family Reunion] • Hey, some more NFL preview action, yeah. [Sportzilla] • The U.S. O...
The Commentist Manifesto
As we go through some minor changes to the comment system around here — we swear, the avatars aren't always going to be that big; the tech folks are working on it and might have already fixed it — we thought it prudent to lay out the ground rules around here....
Joey Porter's Eye On Romance
The best reason for seemingly archaic magazines like Sports Illustrated to exist is to humanize our athletes, to take them off the stat pages and bring them to life through real, vivid prose. (That, these days, runs about 1,100 words.) We can think of no other example than this week's profile of Ste...
To Watch Tonight...
• College Football. Kentucky @ Louisville. I think the winner should be awarded a lifesize, bronze, Rick Pitino. 8:00, ESPN. • MLB Baseball. Angels @ Tigers. The Tigers haven't been on Sunday Night Baseball since 2000. 8:00, ESPN2. • NASCAR. Nextel Cup, Sony HD 500. Most people will be watching in s...
LeftoverDome
• As pointed out by Koronkadonk in this comment, Cubs catcher Michael Barrett is BLEEDING INSIDE HIS SCROTUM. ARGHGHHHRHREGEH. [Fox Sports] • Boston reporters are hounding Bill Belichick about the Deion Branch holdout and whoever transcibes press conferences for Patriots.com sometimes lacks for accu...
To Watch Tonight...
• Tennis. US Open, Men's @ Women's, Third Round. Or, whatever they decide to show in the event of a rain delay. 7:00, USA. • College Football. BYU @ Arizona. Get ready for some hot Mormon action. 10:15, TBS. • College Football. Notre Dame @ Georgia Tech. Hopefully, Brady Quinn's sister can pull hers...
LeftoverDome...
• Domanick Davis is officially going on the IR. Hello, Wali Lundy. [The Fanhouse] • Dan Marino ... always lookin' to hate on somebody. [The Star] • If you're dying to show off your big-ass TV, here you go. [The Fan Inside] • If I told you that a baseball player hurt himself while walking in a mall, ...
Reality Intrudes For A Second
I hate to throw a bucket of cold water on everyone right before the big college football orgy, but I feel like I should probably mention that Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester was diagnosed with cancer yesterday....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as, for some reason, the cat seems to be missing and the dog is wearing a bib ... • Boxing: Super middleweights, Allan Green vs. Emmett Linton, at Tulsa. Cut me, Mick! [ESPN2] • College football: Nevada at Fresno State. Now we're talkin'. Think we'll see some offense? [ESPN] • MLB: Atl...
Leftovers: Football Is Getting, Like, Complicated
• It's, like, "Ask Madden," but for real football. [Technology Review] • In case you missed Jason Whitlock's backrub of Jeff George. [ESPN] • The Marlins team president, kind of an ass. [Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel] • Not as difficult as you might think to make the Chinese Olympic team. [Flash Warne...
Deadspin HOF Nominee: Burritos
We are in a difficult position here, trying to summarize why burritos became such a large part of the Deadspin psyche. You see, we really had absolutely nothing to do with it....
Gentlemen, Start Your Loos
So you've heeded our advice and contacted the folks at Donkey Sports Inc., for some sweet donkey basketball action. Congratulations. But to your horror, you've discovered that they are out of donkeys! What now? Well, we've heard your girlish shrieks, and have come to the rescue. It's time for Plan...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as a grassroots effort begins to bring new support to the lagging Barbaro HOF campaign ... • College football: South Carolina at Mississippi State. Remember Bulldogs fans, Dean Wormer says there will be no fun of any kind! [ESPN] • MLB: San Francisco at Atlanta. Our homer friends in th...
Leftovers: Final Fulmer Cup Standings
• In addition to all the other amazing things they're doing today, Every Day Should Be Saturday crowns Marshall University with the coveted Fulmer Cup. [Every Day Should Be Saturday] • Maybe we're crazy, but this seems like an odd person to sing a song about football, no? [Los Angeles Times] • OK, e...