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NFL Roundup: Some Pretty Skunk Weed
• Ricky Williams had six more yards yesterday than he's had droning "60 Minutes" profiles about him in the last year. So you know. Fortunately, that eight years is still about 50 less than the interviews Esquire writer Chris Jones has given about smoking pot with Williams. Maybe Ricky will catch u...
Week in Deadspin: Time For BoSox And Yanks To PARTY!
• The season couldn't end fast enough for Keith Foulke, swordsman! • It's Ozzie Guillen's playoffs, and we're all just squirrels trying to get nuts. Or something like that. • The Yankees were eliminated, and the entire online world did cartwheels. Fortunately, Yankees fans can spell. • "ESPN Holly...
Hang In There, America: LeBron's Back With Us
Well, everyone can breathe a little easier: LeBron James has been released from the hospital. With Suns forward Amare Stoudamire out until at least the All-Star break, if James had been out for too long, this NBA season was in serious danger of sucking before it even started....
Leftovers: Orel Report
• A's may be talking to Hershiser about manager position. Then again, it could all just be an episode of "Punk'd." [Athletics Nation] • Harding-Kerrigan saga becomes an opera. But then, it always was. [Media Relations] • LeBron hospitalized with muscle pain in, as Woody Allen would say, his chestal ...
Leftovers: Pack Up Your Crap and Get Out
• NC State basketball player Gavin Grant may be deported. And yet Yakov Smirnoff continues to thrive here. [SportzAssassin] • Perlozzo loses interim tag, made permanent manager of Orioles. That'll teach him. [Beltway Sports Beat] • Mike Krzyzewski to lead '08 Olympic team. We assume in basketball. [...
We're Guessing Tice Got On The Wrong Boat
OK, time to dig into this Minnesota Vikings sex boat story....
Leftovers: There's A New Sheriff In Town
• Pirates snub Harriet Miers, hire Jim Tracy. [Buried Treasure] • Mike Flanagan put in charge of Orioles. Poor guy. [Camden Chat] • High school girl QB fires three TD passes, text-messages all her friends about it. [San Jose Mercury News] • Boy, 9, swims from Alcatraz to SF, avoiding sharks but not ...
Pick Your Most Hated Announcer
The finals of the great Road From Bristol bracket (non-ESPN edition) has arrived, just in time for FOX's coverage of the two championship series. The final two competitors are both baseball broadcasters, one known for being an unabashed homer, the other bringing more ballast than a war corresponde...
Blogdom's Best: Atlanta Braves
More than any other sport, baseball lends itself to individual blog obsession. Every Major League Baseball team has several blogs obsessed with chronicling the ins-and-outs of everything. Deadspin salutes these modem-addled souls and proudly presents Blogdom's Best, given to the most outstanding b...
Leftovers: Goodbye, Philadelphia!
• Phillies fire general manager Ed Wade and suddenly the team's fans are smiling, happy, pleasant people to be around. [Philadelphia Will Do • The same dopey guy caught both Astros home run balls yesterday. Unfortunately, he was struck by lightning an hour later. (OK, fine, not really.) [FOREDEE] • ...
Playoff Roundup: We Warmed Up For The 19th
• We had to run out to see In Her Shoes in the ninth inning of the Astros-Braves game yesterday. Brad Ausmus was coming up, so we knew we wouldn't miss anything. Anybody catch what happened? • Our favorite part of the game is that if the game went so long that Roger Clemens wouldn't have been able...
NFL Roundup: Davenport Craps Out
• After intercepting an Anthony Wright pass in the end zone, Lions defensive back Dre Bly honored injured Packers running back Najeh Davenport by doing a spitting-image impersonation of him. Which was nice, we thought. • After yesterday, we'll just say that we're going to really enjoy watching Terr...
Week in Deadspin: Thanks, Kyle!
• Kyle Orton and his buddies Jack and Daniel give us enough traffic that we are currently sunbathing on a beach in Boise. It's nice here. Orton says he's sorry, by the way. No need, Kyle! • Jesus don't want Josh McCown for a sunbeam. He would like Cheetos to replenish themselves, however. • Is Cha...
Live Blog: White Sox vs. Red Sox, Game 3
Barring rainstorms on the East Coast that push everything a few days back, this should be, unless the ALCS goes seven games and the NLCS goes six, the last afternoon weekday playoff game, which means the last live blog, which means we're sure you're just devastated. But this is almost certainly th...
Leftovers: Gagne Rips Those Filthy Rich Jerks
• Gagne, speaking from his luxury yacht, rips Dodgers for being cheap. [MSN Sports Filter] • End of a large, gangly, not-so-bright era: Lakers put Divac on waivers. [Show Time] • Niners trade Jamie Winborn to Jaguars, the key move that will have both teams Super Bowl Bound. [49ers News]...
Live Blog: Cardinals vs. Padres, Game 2
Hey, so, we feel your pain about being stuck at work while there's playoff games going on, so, like we have all week, we're are mere vessels to maximize your enjoyment. We'll be live-blogging Game 2 of the Cardinals-Padres series right here, down to the last pitch, as the Padres try to make this a...
Leftovers: Drop That Freaking Puck
• Hey, The Outdoor Life Network isn't doing too bad, for some first timers. [Puck Update] • UCI to investigate Lance Armstrong doping charges — Inspector Javert simply will not let it lie. [MSNBC] • Miami awarded Super Bowl in 2010 ... sorry, Duluth! [NFL.com] • Marlins eye Joe Girardi for manageria...
Live Blog: Braves vs. Astros, Game 1
If you're stuck at work at 4 p.m. ET or fortunate enough to live in a time zone that doesn't involve staying up past midnight just to watch a darned playoff baseball game, we're here to help. We'll be live-blogging Game One of the Atlanta Braves-Houston Astros game. We will do our best to appear m...
Leftovers: Call the Fashion Police
• If there's one thing that's needed in sports, it's a dress code in the NBA. [The Airing Of Grievances] • It's a NASCAR thing, you wouldn't understand: Waltrip's penalty rescinded. [Newsday] • Alex Smith thrown to the wol ... gets starting nod for 49ers. [Mining The Gold Rush] • What, now you can't...
Welcome Back, Vinny
Well, that didn't take long at all: Vinny Testaverde has returned as starter for the New York Jets. We're not sure he'll be any better than Brooks Bollinger, but he most certainly will be more fun. Our favorite part of Madden 2005, by the way, is signing Vinny to The Buzzsaw That Is The Arizona Ca...