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Time For Blue Devils, Tar Heels Again
Even though our guys are falling apart and college basketball mostly exists right now solely to make us sad, it's impossible not to be fired up by a fiery North Carolina-Duke game when both teams are in the top five. And Vitale's back tonight too. They should have eased him in with a Gonzaga game o...
Terps Beat Heels, the End Is Nigh
This evening the number one team in the land was bested by a positively average (that's the nicest thing I'll say about them all year) Maryland Terrapins team. The UNC fans could have dealt with the loss by writing it off as one of those unfortunate conference defeats that seem inevitable for even t...
Old Broadcasters Fighting
A few interesting tidbits of information about former Eagles and Buzzsaw kick returner Vai Sikahema. He's cousins with Eagles return specialist Reno Mahe. He's the uncle of that guy who played Napoleon Dynamite. He's a Mormon. And he's a television "reporter" in Philadelphia who's about to get his h...
Salvaging The Massacre In Mobile
Poor Illinois. Poor Hawaii. You folks think you can fathom utter and total humiliation in a January bowl game? Because when you reach over and put your hand into a pile of goo that was your alma mater's football team, you'll know what to do!...
Merry Holidays, Everybody!
OK, so we're sorry you were stuck at work all day today: Obviously, we feel your pain. But regardless, it's time to go home now and get Santa drunk....
B-B-B-B-Big Shot Billups
The NBA Closer is written by our own Canadian weekend maestro J.E. Skeets. When he's not busy scouring the box scores or fighting five year olds, he can be heard on The Basketball Jones daily podcast. Enjoy....
Yep, They've Changed Everything Around Again
If a couple months have passed, you know what that must mean: It's time for yet another Gawker Media redesign of Deadspin. It's like the weather around here; if you don't like a redesign, just wait a while, something different will come along. And it will have hail....
What Is The Deadspin Word Of The Year?
For the second year in a row, Merriam-Webster OnLine is asking readers to vote for the Word of the Year; in 2006, as you may recall, the winner was "truthiness." This year they're limiting the field to a list of 20 words that they've selected "from frequent hits to Merriam-Webster OnLine and some po...
Your Next Guest Editor Is Hurricane Noel
It is fitting, we suppose, that our one trip to Bermuda would be in the midst of a hurricane. And that wasn't even the stressful part; they were having some sort of rugby tournament out there, and as anyone who has ever hung out with a group of rugby players, you're perpetually one stray sneeze away...
As Close As We Come To A Vacation
The last time we took a day off, Nick Saban announced he was headed to Alabama, Bill Cowher left the Steelers and a young man named A.J. Daulerio bought his plane ticket to head to the Super Bowl. How young we were! How little we knew!...
Mike Tyson Is A Marathon Bruncher
It's a lazy Friday morning, so here's a clever little riff from animator Dan Meth — a former Black Tabler — about Mike Tyson's Brunch Out. We played this game so much as a kid that it still shows up in our dreams....
Kansas City Wolf Will Protect This House!
Notice how the guy is enjoying his moment in the sun until confronted by the wolf, at which point he hesitates like a frightened deer, allowing stadium security to mop him up. This is classic wolf hunting technique; the alpha male driving the prey toward the rest of the pack, which then brings it do...
Nibbles Is Still A Figment Of Your Imagination
We know we've been having some issues with commenting — and posts appearing, disappearing and reappearing at random, which should be fixed soon. For anyone who's confused, we asked Rob Iracane, the comment ombudsman, to explain matters....
About Last Night
What you missed while trying to decide if it's more annoying that your mentor calls you "Newbie" or a litany of girls names... • MLS: Despite Beckham's set ups and Landon Donovan's goal, the LA Galaxy still lost to the NY Red Bulls. Red Bulls 5-4 Galaxy • NFL: Brady Quinn impressed in his first game...
Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art
Who's that handsome shirtless man sweating like Aaron Altman? Why, that's Sports Illustrated columnist Rick Reilly, who, in another of his wacky journalistic stunts, entered the World Sauna Championships in Finland this weekend....
Who'll Be The First Baseball General Manager To Get Publicly Smeared?
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think....