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What's Eating Gilbert Arenas?
No athlete — let alone NBA player — captured the attention of blogo-savvy fans over the past year like Gilbert Arenas. His personality and antics jibed with our sensibilities....
Apparently, We Are All NOT Witnesses
The TV ratings are in, and Game 1 of the 2007 NBA Finals was the... (all together now):...
The Ben-Gay Tragedy and More
• H.S. track star dies of Ben-Gay O.D. [NY Post] • Is Clemens bad for Baseball? [Shakedown Sports] • Bee King O'Dorney is o-r-n-e-r-y [Say Hey] • What was Schilling thinking as no-no went no-no? [Ghosts of Wayne Fontes] • About that "creamy" Homer Bailey... [Homer Bailey Facts • Jose Reyes' "Spanish...
Chad Johnson: The New Barbaro?
How far has horse racing sunk? Far enough that sport's biggest event of the day isn't at Belmont, but at River Downs in Cincinnati....
Your Daily Michael Vick Update(s)
You know it has reached a bad place when there is so much going on you have to put all the new updates in bullet form......
French Open: Whoever Wins, Ana Wins
You COULD be watching the French Open women's final this morning. Or you could simply watch this video clip of sultry photos of Ana "You Got Serbed" Ivanovic. For our convenience, I am doing both....
About Last Night...
What you missed while wondering whether John Daly's wife used a steak knife from the wedding registry ... • MLB: Yankees win 4th straight as the circus Roger Clemens comes to town. • NFL: Consummate team-player Daunte Culpepper won't let the Dolphins trade him. • Golf: Michelle Wie makes the cut (ba...
It's More Difficult To Shake Off 24 Hours Of ESPN Than One Might Think
• As if you needed proof, watching ESPN for 24 hours is a bad idea. • Cleveland celebrated its trip to the NBA Finals ... • ... and then got off to a rather rough start. • Tank Johnson is a new man. • Gene Upshaw is a smooth operator. • Eric Mangini is ACTING! • Give blood, get drunk. • Gary Sheffie...
Please Welcome Our Temporary Weekend Overlord
Because the guy works more than any human we know, The Mighty MJD is taking a rare weekend off. (And by "rare," we mean "the first one since he started doing the site on weekends.") But we shall never forsake you here at Deadspin, so we've got a reasonable replacement who is all dolled up and ready ...
Sorry, Cuz
• Ron Mexico's cousin apologizes for all the trouble. [Daily Press] • MLS fans are better soccer fans than you think they are. [Guardian UK] • Pat Burrell kills the Mets, and no one else. [Gowanus Baseball] • Seriously, what the heck is the problem with Mike Brown? [Winning The Turnover Battle] • At...
Saying Goodbye To Our Favorite Hour Of Every Week
We've written in the past about sports being one of the few uniting conversation topics left on the planet, but for the past few months, for us, it has been the last days of "The Sopranos." It's pretty much the first question we ask of everyone we talk to: You been watching Sopranos? It has been our...
What's the Next MLB Promotional Gimmick?
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think....
Finally, We Can Love Women's Tennis Once Again (Gurgle) ...
So what, we have freaking robot children now, but we can't invent a female tennis player who is both super smoking hot and amazingly talented? Well that's just a load of ... wait. Ana Ivanovic? Could it be true?...
ESPN Would Like To Remind You Of Its Omnipotence
Let's say, hypothetically speaking, that instead of watching Game One of the NBA Finals last night, you decided your evening would be better spent watching the MLS game between the Colorado Rapids and the Houston Dynamo on ESPN2. That wouldn't be our choice, but whatever: You just love the MLS and e...
Playoff Blogdome: Spurs-Cavs, Game 1
A roundup of reactions to Game One of the NBA Finals, from around this here Internets ......
Somebody Wake Up The Cavs
One of the fun aspects of any championship, whether it's the World Series or the Super Bowl or whatever, is that the casual fan who hasn't followed a particular team all season is introduced to a team the devotees have been analyzing all along. The diehard fan is fully aware of his team's flaws and ...
LeBron's Biggest Stage Of All
The real question now, of course, is: Can LeBron James pull this off? Most don't think so, and for crying out loud, even God's on the Spurs side. It could be grim....
Free Darko NBA Finals Pants Party: Cleveland Cavaliers
Because we feel that no one understands the NBA more like the way we wish we understood the NBA than the gang at Free Darko, we've asked them to write up previews of every playoff series throughout the postseason. You've seen all these by now: It will help us understand what's at stake in each serie...
Heads Up!
• Rob Lowe hates Iowa and its goddamned birds. [Randball] • This guy is not the best principal; he's definitely not your pal. [NBC6] • Mark Cuban has lots of opinions. [Freaknomics Blog] • This man is rather boastful of his Tecmo Bowl skills. [Tecmo Bowl] • Perhaps everyone should settle a bit about...
Where's Barry Manilow When You Really Need Him?
Attention all aspiring songwriters: Spain needs lyrics for its National Anthem. This is especially important considering the Summer Olympics are coming up, and Spanish athletes want to sing, sing, sing! Their fans are tired of sitting there mute during the medal ceremony as the Swiss are belting out...