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The Year In... Mutton
So the last month has been chock full of end-of-decade retrospectives in addition to the typical end-of-year remembrances. We'll do our own anyway. Today, to start: mutton-bustin'. Like you expected anything else....
Last Night's Winner: SMU Mustangs
In sports, everyone is a winner — some people just win better than others. Like the SMU Mustangs, which exerted as much effort in scoring this prestige as they did in routing Nevada. They had no competition in either regard....
How Can One Game Contain So Much Fail?
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....
This Is Not How A Human Leg Is Supposed To Bend (Update)
Gruesome, gruesome injury for Texas A&M guard Derrick Roland tonight....
Fox Robot Makes Perfect Stocking Stuffer For People You Hate
Someone is actually selling 10" action figures of Cleatus, the audience-enraging Fox football robot. Unless it's a voodoo doll I can stuff with dynamite to put us all out of our misery, I'm not interested. [Foamheads]...
Joe McKnight's Car Daddy Is Not Making A Lot Of Sense
The LA Times reported this weekend that USC back Joe McKnight has been spotted tooling around campus in a car that does not belong to him. It’s okay, though, because the real owner has a totally batshit explanation for that....
Decade Retrospective: 2008
We continue our year-by-year look back at the decade with the year 2008, back prohibition was the law of the land, back when Benjamin Franklin was running for his unprecedented fourth term as President. Simple times....
The Game Ball Goes To The Timekeeper
The clock inexplicably stops to give the home team extra time on their last possession. The refs huddle up and decide to end the game before the visitors can have theirs. You're damn right there's going to be controversy....
Still Looking For Old Saint Dick
It's never good to let a coach's unfortunate firing ruin a joyful time of the year — and a perfectly good Christmas card. Remember when Dick Jauron was tactfully "removed" from the Bills' team photo? The team made lemonade....
Time To Start Worrying About The Brains Of Hockey Players, If You Weren't Already
Reggie Fleming, a brawling defenseman from hockey's pre-helmet days, died recently at age 73 with the same sort of neurodegenerative disease found in boxers and football players. So now the NHL can pretend to address the issue, too!...
Overzealous Phillies Fan Gets Her Day In Court
The woman accused of offering sex for World Series tickets had a preliminary hearing, featuring graphic testimony and topless photos. The dog wasn't part of either. We hope....
Your 2009 SHOTY: Tiger Woods
As you would could have guessed, Tiger Woods was the runaway winner of the 2009 Sports Human Of The Year award. Even though his breakthrough came late, it's difficult to argue he didn't earn it....
Decade Retrospective: 2007
We continue our year-by-year look back at the decade with the year 2007, back when Tommy Craggs was a woman, back when Jack Nicholson was tickling our hearts as The Joker in Tim Burton's Batman. Simple times....
Glenn Beck Is (Gasp!) Right About Football Helmets
Professional lunatic Glenn Beck has argued—based on this article in the Wall Street Journal—that football helmets are evil, because they make players reckless and, eventually, crippled. It's pains me to say so....but he has a point....
2009 SHOTY: Time For Voting
OK, you've seen all the nominees. It's now time to vote. Polls will be open until Thursday at 12:01 a.m. Vote like the wind. Vote like your soul depends on it....
Decade Retrospective: 2006
We continue our year-by-year look back at the decade with the year 2006, back when Kurt Cobain was rising up the pop charts, back when James Cameron was dramatically overbudget on a little movie called The Abyss. Simple times....
Amazingly, Tiger Heeding Rick Reilly's® Advice And Taking An Indefinite Break From Golf
For real? Woods has decided that his philandering has done enough damage to warrant this type of dramatic action. Read what the robot on Tiger Woods.com tells all the people:...
Ndamukong Suh Gives People A Reason To Care About The Heisman
Nebraska's defensive tackle is the new sentimental favorite to win the Heisman Trophy, a famous award given annually by the media to whichever name they've written over and over again in their Hello Kitty diary....
Man In Kurt Cobain Sweater Responsible For Sports Blog Of The Decade, SI Says
Other winners: Pro Football Talk, Fire Joe Morgan, The Big Lead, Bad Jocks, Awful Announcing, Sports By Brooks, True Hoop, The Spoiler. [SI]...
2009 SHOTY Nominee: Tiger Woods
A fortnight ago, no one would have ever expected Tiger Woods — Tiger freaking Woods! — to ever be a SHOTY nominee. Now, the poor guy might win....