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A Story About College Sports Conferences, Told Through One School's Many Entangling Alliances
You want to know what conference realignment looks like? We've told you about how it works at bigger schools, but how does it work at smaller schools, like, say, the University of Denver? Most of its teams are headed to the Summit League. Where are they coming from? Mike Pesca explains, in this week...

Deadspin Up All Night: Oh, My Life Is Changing
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Today's pun is Dolores O'RiorDUAN. Weekend crew is the usual bad boys. See you Monday....

Which TV Market Is Getting Screwed This Sunday? An Analysis Of Week 14 NFL Viewing Maps
The NFL's regional programming rules are famously byzantine, but luckily the506.com cuts through the bullshit for you, providing weekly maps that allow us to answer the only question that really matters: Which fans are the most screwed this Sunday?...

Cockblocked By Creationism!
Welcome to Great Moments in Drunken Hookup Failure, where we showcase three heartwarming true stories of drunken love gone horribly awry. Off we go....

Deadspin NBA Shit List: Tony Massenburg, Everywhere Man
A celebration of the NBA's most infuriating players, both past and present. Read other NBA Shit List entries here....

Deadspin Up All Night: And Then The Time Will Come
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Erik's gonna be hanging around these parts a bit later. Do try to be on your best behavior....

Which NFL Pundits Made The Least Terrible Predictions In Week 13? Grading ESPN, Yahoo, And CBS
Republished with permission from PunditTracker.com....

Deadspin Up All Night: The Streets Are Clean
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Erik and Tim will stick around until the moon goes down. So don't go anywhere....

Watch Some Dogs Drive Some Cars
In New Zealand, dogs are learning how to drive cars. That's really all there is to say about this video. Oh, and the dogs aren't driving automatic cars. They're being taught how to drive stick. I don't know how to drive stick....
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Bob Costas: The Shill Becomes A Journalist [UPDATE]
Taking potshots at Bonnie Bob Costas, America's premier sports broadcaster, is a national pastime almost as popular as the spectacles he fronts. And why not? In these cheesy and uncertain times, he seems too comfortable, too confident and, at 60, too cute. He does his job better than you will ever d...

Deadspin Up All Night: Look Out, Mama
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Erik Malinowski will be here mere moments from now. Put some pants on....

Deadspin Up All Night: Hey Believer
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. You've got six NBA games and some college basketball, plus Giants-Redskins on Monday Night Football....

Charlie Batch Also Had To Put His Dog To Sleep Last Week
Old man Charlie Batch didn't just beat the Ravens yesterday to keep the Steelers' AFC North title hopes alive. He did it just days after having to put down his dog, a five-year-old rottweiler rescue named Roxie. On Thursday, Batch posted the above photo of himself and the poor little pup on Facebook...

Weekend Roundup: Our Coverage Of The Jovan Belcher Murder-Suicide, And More
Friend: Belcher "Was Dazed, Suffering From Short-Term Memory Loss" After Last Game; Alcohol, Painkillers, Domestic Tensions Played Role In Murder-Suicide | In a series of frank of revealing emails to Deadspin, a friend of Jovan Belcher described the late Chiefs linebacker as an "immature" young man...

"Man In Purple Sombrero" Arrested After Massive Brawl Outside Vikings-Packers Game
Green Bay cops are doing that thing where they won't officially say whether a fight involving 20-30 people outside Lambeau Field, which saw two arrested and one man hospitalized, had anything to do with the football game. I think we can probably read between the lines, though....

Deadspin Up All Night: It's Too Late
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. There's still the Eagles and Cowboys coming up shortly so we'll be around....

Fireman Ed: The Last Superfan
Maybe you know that Bruce Harper wore number 42 for the New York Jets from 1977 to 1984 and that he is the all-time leader in punt return yardage in Jets history. It's more likely, however, that you know that Fireman Ed wore number 42. He didn't back Joe Namath or Wesley Walker or Curtis Martin. Th...

Deadspin Up All Night: To The Ceiling
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. We'll have more tonight, including a few thoughts on the SEC title game, which is happening right now, and looks likely to end dramatically, so stick around for that. Otherwise: enjoy the weekend, come back tomorrow for Sean, Tim, and a day of NFL ...

Deadspin Up All Night: I Went To The Doctor, And Guess What He Told Me
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. By agreement with at least one other member of the Deadspin staff, tonight is time for Sinéad O'DUANnor. Deal with it. Coming your way this weekend will be the usual terror squad: Rauch, Eifling, Burke, Newell. See you Monday....

Which TV Market Is Getting Screwed This Sunday? An Analysis Of Week 13 NFL Viewing Maps
The NFL's regional programming rules are famously byzantine, but luckily the506.com cuts through the bullshit for you, providing weekly maps that allow us to answer the only question that really matters: Which fans are the most screwed this Sunday?...