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Four Tiny Tidbits On: The Nationals
We're three days away from Opening Day, so it's time to start previewing the season. Inspired by an old feature on The Black Table, we're going team-by-team and distributing Four Things You Don't Know about them. If you have suggested oddities on your team, send them to us at [email protected]. To...
In Praise Of The Big Baby
In a way, the undeniably blissful story of George Mason in this year's tournament has taken some focus off what would otherwise being a star-making week for LSU's Glen "Big Baby" Davis. The sophomore center is the type of unique creature almost exclusively associated with college basketball....
Your NL Central "Preview"
Our personal favorite division has had a monotonous feel to it the last few years, with the Cardinals and the Astros advancing and meeting in the NLCS two consecutive times. (This, of course, is fine with us.) We also have a feeling that the NL Central is the only division in baseball with three ...
Leftovers: Afternoons With Rickey
• You can't write too many words about Rickey Henderson. You just can't. [Yahoo Sports] • What kind of world do we live in, where a perfectly innocent Playmate can be hit in the face with a puck at a hockey game? [The Wade Blogs] • Celtics "guard" likes to drive his car very, very fast. [Daily News ...
LeBron James' Mom, On A Rampage
One of our favorite underreported stories of the last few months was the arrest of LeBron James' mother for drunken driving. In case you don't remember the details, Momma LeBron — who, by the way, is the exact same age as Bill Simmons — was placed in the back of a cop car, kicked out the back wind...
The Gruesome Duke Lacrosse Details
Some new developments in the Duke lacrosse team case, which appears to have "tipped" in the last 24 hours; we just saw it featured on our local afternoon news, and we're nowhere near Durham....
Random YouTube Finding Of The Week
As our brother at Defamer noted yesterday, if you can't find something fascinating on YouTube, you're just not trying. Henceforth, we're starting a new feature here at Deadspin: Random entertainment you can find on YouTube in, like, five seconds. It'll run every Wednesday, because Wednesdays are tra...
It's Almost Opening Day! AL Central Preview
We almost forgot in all the George Mason hysteria, but, jeez, folks, baseball starts, like, Sunday. So, we figured it was probably time to start paying attention. Henceforth, we're going to be previewing each division, two a day, through the end of the week. We thought we'd start with the America...
Four Tiny Tidbits On: The Yankees
We're four days away from Opening Day, so it's time to start previewing the season. Inspired by an old feature on The Black Table, we're going team-by-team and distributing Four Things You Don't Know about them. If you have suggested oddities on your team, send them to us at [email protected]. Tod...
Spring Training Fights, Zapruder Style
If you can't get enough of some good spring training bench-clearing brawl action, Boston.com has your fix: A complete frame by frame deconstruction of the Julian Tavarez-Joey Gathwright scuffle earlier this week....
Leftovers: Forgetting The Bats (Literally)
• We know the A's didn't hit that well last year, but they're still going to need their bats. [SAn Francisco Chronicle] • He plays for Notre Dame, and he boxes. The motif here: Hitting people. [Boxing Talk] • This is what happens when you beat a Final Four team twice; Hofstra coach gets extension an...
In Case You Need Just A LITTLE More Duke Hate
Yes, yes, we know that Duke has been out of the tournament for coming up on a week now, and yes, we know that everybody loves George Mason and that's all that really matters. But that doesn't mean people have satiated their bloodlust for Duke hatred. Witness, this video from a bored student having f...
Fresh Meat In Bloomington
To us, being the coach of Indiana is about as thankless a job as you might possibly imagine. No matter what you do — remember, Mike Davis once took the Hoosiers to the national title game — you're always going to pale in comparison to the fundamentals-spouting ogre in the red sweater....
Duke Lacrosse Team On The Brink
We touched on this briefly last week, but it merits rementioning: The Duke University men's lacrosse team is in serious trouble. If you missed the details of the case, a student at North Carolina Central University was hired to dance for various members of the team at a "small bachelor party." The...
Four Tiny Tidbits On: The Phillies
We're less than a week away from Opening Day, so it?s time to start previewing the season. Inspired by an old feature on The Black Table, we?re going team-by-team and distributing Four Things You Don?t Know about them. If you have suggested oddities on your team, send them to us at [email protected]...
Late Show With Game Of Shadows
If Barry Bonds' life "is in shambles," as the Giants' outfielder claimed on Monday in an interview with the Associated Press, the outlook didn't get much rosier later that evening....
Julian Tavarez Is Crazy, Man, Crazy
As Cardinals fans, the level of enjoyment we derived from having Julian Tavarez on our team the last few years is exceeded only by the relief we felt when he left. Tavarez was an excellent setup man, but every relief appearance was fraught with peril: Is this the time he's going to snap? Every tim...
Leftovers: Yeah, This Is Totally Going To Work
• Alfonso Soriano, outfield matador. [The Sports Frog] • Randy Johnson, in a child support snafu. We believe the tabloids call them "love child." [The Smoking Gun] • Honestly, there's not much better than a good NASCAR fight. [SI.com] • Magic sign up Howard and Nelson to another year on their contra...
Four Tiny Tidbits On: The Cardinals
We're only about a week away from Opening Day, so it?s time to start previewing the season. Inspired by an old feature on The Black Table, we?re going team-by-team and distributing Four Things You Don?t Know about them. If you have suggested oddities on your team, send them to us at tips@deadspin....
Gators To Dance With George Mason; Final Four Is Set
Your Final Four is set: Bruins, Tigers, Gators, and Patriots. We've got three ferocious animals and a dead white guy who once did something historic that you'd know about if you paid attention in history class....