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Shopping Reminder: Get Your Chicago Pants Party Tickets Today!
If you're planning on joining AJ Daulerio, live blogger extraordinaire Matt Sussman, myself, and a cast of dozens at the May 23 Deadspin Pants Party in Chicago, you really should get your tickets soon. [Details/Payment]...

Oklahoma Goes Down With Griffin On Queer Street, UNC Falls to Maryland
Last night the Oklahoma Sooners traveled to Texas to renew the Red River Rivalry with a number one ranking on the line, only to be rebuffed once again by the Longhorns....

Zach Randolph Won't Stand For Any Of That Funny Stuff
The Phoenix Suns' Louis Amundson learned that painful lesson:...

Marshawn Lynch Arrested For Unlawful Gatmanship
California police charged the Beastly Buffalo Bills' running back with possession of a concealed weapon. This is Lynch's second legal run-in in less than a year. [Buffalo News] [PHOTO: Dewey Hammond]...

Good Things Happen To Those Who Tweet
Deadspin Twitter consumers: I've been told it is finally publishing current stories. Do whatever it is you're supposed to do with this information. [DeadspinTwitter]...

Chris Jericho Vs. Canadian Chick In The Parking Lot ... It's On!
Pro wrestling is great, if you're 12. Otherwise it's kind of pointless ... unless the action is occurring in a parking lot, and the wrestler is launching real haymakers at heckling female fans....

CBS Desperate To Make PGA Tournaments More Interesting Until Tiger Comes Back
John Clayton was at the Super Bowl on Sunday, right? Then maybe it was a noisy leather chair. But it appears somebody on the CBS Golf crew ripped one during the FBR Open on Sunday....

The Earplugs! They Do Nothing!
It's the 50 worst announcers in sports today, and I agree with every single name on the list except one. [Yahoo Sports]...

Holy Server
Sorry for the delay this morning. "Server" issues. Should be all fixed now. Ronnie James Dio hopes you're enjoying the snow. Back to work......

The French Judge Gives Them A 10
Something that wasn't mentioned in Tuesday's inaugural address: The Russians are way ahead of us in boob slip technology. (Following link NSFW)....

The Solution To All Your Buck-McCarver-Morgan-Vitale Needs
Problem: You want to mute your TV and listen to the local radio play-by-play while watching the games on the tube—but you can never get the sounds to sync with the pictures. The solution?...

Sidney Crosby Will Sucker-Punch Your Head and Genitals
Here's video evidence of Sid Vicious - also known as Sidney Crosby - landing a few blows to the back of the head of Boris Valabik....

Erin Andrews Night Out Rumor Gives UNC Player "Street Value"
Earlier in the month we told you about a rumor regarding a night out between Erin Andrews and UNC basketball player Bobby Frasor. Frasor's dad is now putting the rumors to rest....

Okay, What Is Happening?: Redesign
Yeah, yeah. I know. You're looking at this page and thinking 'when the hell did Deadspin turn into Reddit?'...

To Watch Tonight
Watch to watch while find your own damn TV listings ......

Facebook and Deadspin: Two Great Tastes That Taste Great Together
Have you been trying to leave comments on Deadspin for years only to be stymied at every turn by heartless, humorless combudsmen? You've always known that if you could just get that first comment approved, then everyone would see how funny you really are, right? Well, today's your lucky day, camper,...

Introducing the Deadspin Customer Service Hotline
2008 has been quite a year of change for Deadspin. Leitch out, Daulerio in. Exit Weintraub, enter Waxing Off. Goodbye Iracane, Hello Gaines. Yes, AJ has graciously asked me to step in and provide Deadspin with the same mediocre level of combudsmanship I've been providing for the past 4 months over ...

Greetings, Spinheads
Happy day after Thanksgiving. Today is gonna be looser than usual, given both the tech issues and that the vast majority of you are out shopping, or hungover, or getting ready for high school reunions. We'll cover some stuff, we'll ignore a lot of stuff, and have some fun being buddy, buddy, buddy a...

Programming Note: It's Turkey Jamboroo Day Tomorrow (And Ray's Doing the Carving)
Last year, we ran a Thanksgiving edition of the NFL Jamboroo the day before Thanksgiving. But we're gonna forgo that this year and run the Jamboroo early tomorrow morning. Why? Well, for one thing, there isn't fucking jack SHIT to do on Thanksgiving morning. You watch the parade for two minutes, yo...