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What's Cuter Than A Mascot Holding A Box Of Kittens?
Those feisty folks at PETA are at it again. This week's target of their ire? The Denver Nuggets. Apparently the Nuggets involved a few live animals during a game and the animal rights organization is none too pleased, calling for action on their website. ...
Does Anyone Want to Spend An Enchanted Evening With Myself and Mr. Leitch Watching Monday Night Football?
Here's the deal: Will and I were scheduled to participate in a "field trip" this evening but the fancy photographer hired for the story has suddenly fallen ill. She might not be able to attend. If she can't, I'd love to have a back up plan. Anyone in New York with photography experience (and good eq...
Will There Be Blood?
New York City Deadspin readers: Grab your chap books and gird your loins, because tonight is the Varsity Letters Reading extravaganza you've all been waiting for. Watch Drew Magary share the tiny, cloistered-off section of a bar to read from "Men With Balls" along side one-time nemesis and blog blo...
Allen Iverson Traded: The Day After
So Allen Iverson is now a Piston. And Chauncey Billiups is heading back to Colorado. And the world now knows the name Cheikh Samb. But what does it mean for Detroit, Denver, Antonio McDyess and the rest of the NBA? Detailed analysis, educated guesses, wild speculation and whatever the hell Woody Pai...
Allen Iverson On His Way To Detroit
The Detroit Pistons are this close (imagine my thumb and index fingers very near to each other) to trading Chauncey Billiups, Antonio McDyess and Cheikh Samb to the Denver Nuggets for Allen Iverson. The Detroit News was first on this, and others are now saying that the deal has been agreed to in pri...
Introducing The Colt McCoy Face, Week Nine Of The NFL And One Last Message From Chase Utley (NSFW Language)
Each Monday morning Awful Announcing, video slash and grab extraordinaire of the sports blogosphere, gives us a visual rundown of everything you missed from the weekend. If there's something sports-related you'd like to see with your coffee, shoot him an e-mail and let him know....
Awful Announcing's Weekly Media Rundown
Each Friday afternoon Awful Announcing, video slash and grab extraordinaire of the sports blogosphere, gives us a visual rundown of everything you missed during the past week from the world of Sports Media. If there's something sports-related you'd like to see, shoot him an e-mail and let him know....
And Now Comes the Time Where I Pander to You With Pictures of Colt McCoy's Girlfriend
I neglected to do this last week when I was supposed to, but since I am nothing but a company man through and through, I'm requesting you to please sign up for Deadspin's Top Stories of the week email.(It's over there on the left near the long-ass masthead.) Do so here. Now you can see for yourself ...
Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls..."Men With Balls" Is Here
It is with great pleasure and genuine enthusiasm that I get to point out to you, fair dick joke-friendly Deadspin readership, that the debut novel of not-so-young Drew Magary is ready and available for your consumption. Marvel at his use of creative profanity and his ability to talk about other spor...
So, About Those Announcements: Video Interns Are Welcome
Yes. I've neglected to follow-up on those long-overdue announcements. The reason behind the delay was because I wanted to get them all out of the way in one long post, but then all the bells and whistles that were supposedly being added last week derailed a bit. That'll come later. Probably. Maybe. ...
Week Eight Of The NFL And The Phils Are One Game Away
Each Monday morning Awful Announcing, video slash and grab extraordinaire of the sports blogosphere, gives us a visual rundown of everything you missed from the weekend. If there's something sports-related you'd like to see with your coffee, shoot him an e-mail and let him know....
Bill Cosby Would Like to Welcome You to the Weekly Video Rundown
Each Friday afternoon Awful Announcing, video slash and grab extraordinaire of the sports blogosphere, gives us a visual rundown of everything you missed during the past week from the world of Sports Media. If there's something sports-related you'd like to see, shoot him an e-mail and let him know....
Huge Setback For Nation's Tallest College Hoops Player
It always amused me that, in just about every game story where he was involved, UNC Asheville's 7-foot-9, 375-pound Kenny George was always referred to as "UNC Asheville center Kenny George ..." Yeah, I'm glad you clarified his position; I thought he might be the point guard. George may have been a ...
Wherein Your New Associate Editor Gets Misty-Eyed About The Hoosier Dome
Pictured at left: Associate Editor Dash "running" the 2007 NYC Marathon. Let me tell you a story. About 11 years ago, my college roommate and I went to our first Final Four. (If he's reading this, he should email me.) Our school, Michigan State, was not there, but we went as fans of the game and it...
Janikowski Beats The Jets, The Undefeated Titans And Those Amazing Rays
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Stink Goes Off, Bowden's Speeches And The Rays....Wait A Tic....
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T.O. Still Loves Pacman, Clinton Got Big Timed By Alexander And The Phillies Celebrate
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Pacman Out, Roy Williams In And The Rays Win Game Four Of The ALCS
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The 'Boys New QB, The Rays And Phils Win Stunners And The Browns Own Eli
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Seacrest Likes His Blackberry, The Dodgers Show Some Fight And Week Six In The NFL
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