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Is This The Most Terrifying Weather Alert In The History Of Television?

It's midnight. You're snug in your Nashville bed, or maybe on the sofa with your lips wrapped around a crack pipe, I don't know, but whatever excuse you have for watching Jimmy Fallon, that's it....

Mets Identity Crisis Continues

First it was the return of Jerry Manuel and his weirdo aloof disposition to the Mets. Now, according to the Mets twitter feed, longtime Texas Ranger David Murphy is hitting RBI singles for the team while actual New York Met Daniel Murphy is lost somewhere looking for a position to play. At least th...

Brett Favre Is An Angry Old Man

Rusty Hampton, of the Jackson Clarion-Ledger says this picture of Brett Favre—offensive coordinatin' for the Oak Grove Something Or Others—shows the Ol' Gunslinger voicing some displeasure with the referee in the foreground....

Your <em>Expendables 2</em> Power Rankings

The Expendables 2 has 11 names on its poster only because there is not room, either in poster space or running time, for 47. It is New Years Eve with testicles. It is the turducken of action movies. Rather than review the film, I thought I'd just rank those 11 names, in ascending order of Expendable...

The Crime Dog Rips Melky Cabrera A New One

Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Fred McGriff has no sympathy for Melky....

Who Is The World's Most Recognizable Athlete?

Saw this photo over at TBJ, of Kobe Bryant making an appearance on his annual Nike tour of China, and it's no surprise. China loves Kobe. Loves him. That's a billion people who go nuts at the very sight of Bryant, a global superstar for 15 years now. It got me thinking: who's the most recognizable a...

Guantanamo Detainee Wants LeBron James To Apologize To Cleveland

Afghan Muhammed Rahim, a former translator for Osama Bin Laden, spent a long time in a CIA secret prison before being moved to Guantanamo Bay in 2008. Which is to say, he hasn't had a lot of time to check in with NBA League Pass. But even Rahim couldn't let "The Decision" pass by without a comment....

Bull Gores The Shit Out Of Matador [Possibly NSFW]

This is the moment Fernando Cruz took a horn halfway through his abdomen, at a Madrid bull ring on Wednesday. Cruz received a couple of gores, to his stomach and abdomen, with both horns. If you're not a fan of killing animals for sport, maybe you're applauding this news. We're not about to call you...

Protip: If a site is selling a "Victor Curz" NFL jersey, it's probably not actually as authentic as claimed....

Can We Talk About The <em>Real</em> Vanessa Bryant Quote That Makes Her Sound Like An Awful Person?

There's a New York Magazine article out on the perks and challenges of being a basketball wife, and it's required reading as long as you can get through sentences like these without killing yourself:...

Misty May-Treanor Gets A Wheaties Box—Without Kerri Walsh Jennings (UPDATE)

Good morning, Kerri Walsh Jennings! What's for breakfast? Oh, just a big steaming bowl of poop, courtesy of General Mills. No Wheaties for you....

A Town Welcomes Back Its Olympic Hero By Singing "We Are The Champions" In Estonian

Heiki Nabi took a silver in Greco-Roman wrestling in London, one of Estonia's two medals. So when Nabi returned to his hometown of Kärdla, on an island in the Baltic Sea, seemingly the entire population came out to greet him by serenading him with an Estonian version of a Queen classic....

TV Report On Texas High School Football Team Wins State Title For Repeating The Same Cliché

As Texas's defending Class 1A, Division I champions, the Mason Punchers are the pride of their central Texas town, population 2,000. But I dunno. I just can't think of the right way to sum up the theme of the Punchers' upcoming season. Maybe someone—the head coach, a couple of players, a reporter—...

Here Are A Bunch Of MLB Players Doing Funny Impressions Of <em>The Expendables</em> Cast

Allow me to self-plagiarize for a moment. A few members of the Deadspin staff, myself included, once went to the MLB Fan Cave. It was in many ways a soul-crushing place, where the Pepsi Max (but no other variety of Pepsi) was bottomless, and where Jeff Nelson was just hanging out, likely against his...

Why Your Team Sucks 2012: Pittsburgh Steelers

Some people are fans of the Pittsburgh Steelers. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Pittsburgh Steelers. This 2012 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read the other Why Your Team Sucks 2012 previews here....

Chess Grandmaster Garry Kasparov Arrested, Allegedly Beaten Outside Pussy Riot Trial [UPDATE: With Video]

Russian grandmaster Garry Kasparov, in attendance at the Pussy Riot trial in Moscow, ran afoul of police and was assaulted today according to his Facebook page, which includes this image and the update:...

Tyrann Mathieu Is In Drug Rehab, Being Mentored By Former NBA Coach John Lucas

Ever since LSU coach Les Miles dismissed Tyrann Mathieu from the team last Friday, everyone's been wondering why it was done, where was Mathieu, and what would become of his immediate future. Well, some of those questions have finally been answered. An exclusive report from FOX 8 in New Orleans sa...

Fox Unveils "Goose Cam," Which Is The Worst Thing Ever

I can't imagine there's any football fan who turns on their TV on Sundays and thinks to themselves, "God, I hope this game features lots of Tony Siragusa and his crack football analysis." Well, now Fox is investing even more in their rotund, roaming reporter, giving him some kind of gadget-filled ...

VP Candidate Paul Ryan Praised The "Storied" Cleveland Browns And Quarterback "Brendan Wheaton"

Political pandering is hard to pull off right these days, but Paul Ryan should know better than to laud a "storied" franchise that's never won a Super Bowl and has one winning season in the last 10 (and, depending on your interpretation of such things, has only existed since 1999). Also, you got t...

A Fan Suffered An Apparent Heart Attack During Tonight's Blue Jays Game [UPDATE]

Update 11:15 p.m.: Toronto police have now confirmed to CityNews Toronto and the Globe and Mail that the man who was taken to the hospital has now died. MLB.com also has a roundup of player reaction to what happened. If you care to watch the above video, it shows what preceded the stoppage in play...