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Are We Listening To Will Leitch Read From His Book?
New Yorkers: Will Leitch reads from Are We Winning? at 7:30 p.m. tonight in DUMBO as part of Gelf's Varsity Letters reading series. Come for the Leitch, stay for the guy from Lapham's Quarterly....

Just To Keep You Abreast Of The Current Publishing Situation
All of Gawker media is having trouble uploading images. That's why you just see a headline on the front page. But videos? They're fine. That's why you're watching the Cupid Shuffle again. Or not. Fuck....

BREAKING: Brit Newspaper Reports Maria Sharapova's Left Haunch Appeared At Wimbledon
She won her match 6-1, 6-4 over a Romanian woman called Raluca Olaru, who, according to the paper, did not show her fanny. [DailyMail]...

Blogger Retires To Spend More Time With His Television
As you may have gathered from my Griffey-esque nocturnal performance the last few weeks, my time at Deadspin is nearing an end. I'll be leaving this here neck of the internet woods at the end of this month....

Reminder: Tips Are Highly Encouraged, Gentle Friends
This is a gentle nudge to remind you, brave internet lurkers, that your tips are welcome at all times. From the poignant, to the mundane, to the ridiculous, we will do our best to use them in some capacity....

Angry, Fan-Punching Mexican Wrestler Of The Week: This Guy
A luchadore's mask is very important. You can understand why La Parka punched this fan who tried to unmask him. After the fight, La Parka returned to his ancestral home: the cover of that one Offspring album. H/T The Masked Man....

Here's Urban Meyer's Daughter Because It's Friday, And Other Things Of Note
It's a three-day weekend so things are going to be a little looser than usual around these parts. Especially today. At 12 p.m. I'll be doing a live chat in the comments section. Bring your questions, your ire, your cookie sheets....

Dear Commenters: See This Guy? He Was Mauled By A Fucking Bear. You're Next.
Goddammit. It's been almost one year since that glorious day where many of you hopeless turds were swiftly tossed out of this place for prolonged cuntiness and now that time is here again. FUCKING RUN....

UNC Freshmen Start The Summer Off Right By Drinking On A Party Boat
Pictured is UNC freshmore John Henson with two girls who are likely in his statistics study group. At least they appear to be having as much — if not more — fun as stuntman-to-be Tyler Hansbrough. [COED Magazine, via]...

Join Us For A Live Chat With Doug Glanville Tomorrow At 2pm EDT
The baseball player who was smarter than you is now an author who is smarter than you. Glanville will be here tomorrow to discuss his new book, "The Game From Where I Stand," as well as other germane topics....

Greenmen <em>Still</em> Taunting Penalty-Box Prisoners
Prior to last night's Game 6 getting out of hand, penalty-boxed Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith was given the Jack Johnson treatment by Vancouver's most photogenic fans. Here's hoping they're roadtripping to San Jose right now. Photo via 30fps, H/T Tim....

Join Us Monday For A Marathon Live Chat With Will Leitch
Leitch will be taking your questions at 1 p.m. tomorrow — about his book, about whatever — and he says he'll hang around until you have none left. We're gunning for your record, Neyer....

Sign Up For The Deadspin Facebook Group Now And Receive Another Celebrity Phone Number
Who will it be this week? An ex-athlete? A porn star? A former comedian now better known for doing voiceovers in cartoons? A former bass player for Quiet Riot? Sign up for the Deadspin Facebook group and find out!...

What It's Like To Eat Dinner With Bill Murray
So, either your letters have been answered or you're Wes Anderson: How do you navigate the minefield of social norms and potential faux pas and handle dinner with Bill Murray? New York Magazine's Jada Yuan lays it all out....

An American Player Lands A Haymaker, And Chinese Basketball Has Its Kermit Washington Moment
In Game 2 of the CBA finals Sunday night, Xinjiang Flying Tiger Charles Gaines, of Southern Mississippi decked Guangdong's Du Feng in apparent retaliation for a headbutt. The freakout has already begun, if Google translation is to be believed....

If You'd Like To Comment On Stories While Comments Are Down....
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Jerry Jones Clarifies His "Social Moment," Explains That Bill Parcells Is, In Fact, Worth A Shit
Jerry Jones took the opportunity at a diabetes fundraiser yesterday to explain away his sodden musings on Bill Parcells, and somehow he came away sounding a lot sillier than he did last week during cocktail hour at Ocean Prime....

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Unless you specify that your email is off the record anything that comes into any author or the tips line is fair game. So be mindful of that every time you send us something. For example......

Please Sign Up For The Deadspin Newsletter And Receive A Special Celebrity Phone Number
See that little box on the left hand side of the masthead that says "Join"? If you click that, you'll get a daily splash of Deadspin's top stories, now in an email form....

Join Us Thursday For A Live Chat With Sam Lipsyte, Author Of <em>The Ask</em>
We'll have an excerpt Thursday from the great Sam Lipsyte's new novel, which is very funny and which I encourage you to read immediately. Sam will be by around 3 p.m. to say filthy things to you and discuss aggressively marketed nachos....