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This Vagenas Is The Only One Not Looking Forward To Beckham's Entry
Not everyone in Los Angeles is thrilled about the impending arrival of David Beckham. Galaxy midfielder Peter Vagenas is feeling a little bit chafed and irritated, and I think his frustration might have something to do with the fact that Beckham will be earning roughly 500 times what Vagenas takes i...
The NBA's Shame
I've been critical of David Stern and his obsessively fascist measures to cultivate a friendly, lilly-white non-threatening image for the NBA, but perhaps I was misguided on that....
Week In Deadspin: Any Football Going On Sunday?
• Kwame Brown wants his cake, goddammit! • Rick Chandler and hist history with Tom Brady. • Mark McGwire Speaks! (Kind of.) • Saints fans were rather happy last week. • Our Cardinals meet the Prez. • Tom Brady and Gisele. Keep an eye on that guy; he's an up-and-comer. • David Beckham, still everywhe...
Leftovers: That's All They Need, ANOTHER Commentator
• Looks like Tiki Barber is heading to NBC. [Variety] • A Bears fan's open plea to Saints fans. [Zulkey] • Get your Arizona Cardinals gear ... cheap! [Fat Wallet.com] • In case you missed it, Sean Salisbury responded to the Lil' Sean story last week. [Inside SoCal]...
Leftovers: A Tortured Eagle
• Andre Waters' suicide was caused by brain damage. [New York Times] • If you haven't seen the Will Ferrell/Jon Heder/GOB ice skating movie trailer yet, it's highly recommended. [With Leather]• Meet the newest attractive woman to drive cars at frightening speeds. [RizzoSports] • Pittsburgh and Kansa...
Jesus, Does He Have A Shirt That ISN'T Hawaiian?
This picture isn't particularly salacious, or telling, or anything else, but a commenter applicant sent it to us, and any time we've got Michael Irvin and a bloated, sweaty Berman surrounded by women, well, we're contractually obligated to run it. We gotta start reading the fine print....
NBA Roundup: Lakers Seek To Conquer Texas
Notes on Wednesday's games in the National Basketball Association ......
If You Can't Stash Your Pot In A Water Bottle And Get On A Plane, The Terrorists Have Already Won
Just one day after his brother tried to have an old lawsuit against him dismissed, it appears our friend Ron Mexico is in considerable trouble again. Michael Vick appears to have been stashing his weed in a water bottle and trying to sneak it past the whiz-kids at airport security....
Leftovers: Lupica's Political Warblings
• Wait, they're letting Lupica write about politics now? Great. [New York Daily News] • Marquette is destroying everything in Louisville. [Yellow Chair Sports] • A KSK tribute to the fine folks at PostSecret. [Kissing Suzy Kolber] • So, how do concussions affect professional athletes, anyway? [Litmu...
Meet Your New Oakland Raiders Head Coach
The San Diego Union Tribune reports that NFL Hall of Fame receiver James Lofton is in the final stages of negotiations to become the Raiders next head coach, which would complete another shameless raid of the San Diego area by the Bay Area (Jim Harbaugh left the University of San Diego to take the S...
Leftovers: That Was A Jolly Good Jack'd Up!
• The NFL is going to London. Bully! (They say "Bully" there, right?) [Dave's Football Blog] • Your Arena League broadcasters? Mike and Mike! [Awful Announcing] • Sammy Sosa is working out for the Rangers? Is Dubya running that team again or something? [MLB.com] • Newspapers getting rid of box score...
Becks Is Welcomed By The Game
OK, we're going to need an ruling on this one. But we think what just happened is that LA rapper The Game offered to kick David Beckham's ass if he should ever see him. At least we hope that's what he said. You make the call:...
Sportswriters Are So Goddamned Cool
Our friends at Gelf Magazine point out the newest trend in newspaper sports columnists column photos: The full body shot!...
Wiki It Up With Cuban And The Mavs
Are you a Dallas Mavericks fan, frustrated by your inability to adequately chronicle in a collective fashion each and every move of your trusted hardwood heroes? Worry not! Mark Cuban would like you to make your voice heard....
Hirshey: Still Yakking About Becks
David Hirshey writes regularly about soccer for Deadspin....
NBA Roundup: Sorry About That, Coach
Notes on Sunday's games in the National Basketball Association ......
We Will Never Rid Ourselves Of The Colts
We wrap up our roundup posts of the weekend's games with the most boring game of the weekend: The Colts' dreary win over the Ravens. Despite not having the best game, Peyton Manning was squawking afterwards about not getting respect, or something, but the main thing he did right Saturday was not bei...
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• A whole tub full of love for Peter Gammons. [Scott's Shots] • The graphics on the MLB 2K7 game look pretty tight. Kevin Millwood's lips don't look as chapped as they should, though. [Insomniac's Lounge] • Why Beckham and the MLS have little in common with Pele and the NASL. [Yellow Chair Sports] •...
And Michael Strahan Got... JACKED UP!
The offensive linemen who line up against Michael Strahan on Sundays just got a whole lot of new ammunition for trash tralk. And Strahan can't run from it, either, because he's going to have to play football for a loooong time. He can't afford not to....