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• Will someone please get Dick Vermeil a goddamn lozenge? [Scott's Shots] • In praise of the Minnesota Star-Tribune columnists. [I Dislike The Favorite Team] • Five reasons why Tank Johnson needs a bodyguard. [Critical Sports Blog] • The Greatest Show on... well, that sign seems unnecessary. [Philad...
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Carmelo Anthony Sticks and Moves... Really, Really Far Away
Well, it was about time. Over 20 games into the NBA season, there hadn't been a single bench-clearing melee. People were about to start thinking that the NBA had gone soft. Think again, fools....
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• About that free preview of the NFL Network? Yeah... Sorry, Rutgers fans. You're still screwed. [The New York Times] • I forgot to congratulate the Appalachian State Mountaineers on their national championship. [USA Today] • A catchy new holiday tune... Fa la la la laaaa, LaDainian. [Super Chargers...
Week In Deadspin: Rockin' The Local 138
• We like to listen to John Rocker talk. Jeff Pearlman? Not so much. • Miami-FIU. What could possibly go wrong? • When Joey Porter and Kellen Winslow feud, it's a catfight, MEOW! • Joel Zumaya has BLISTAS ON HIS FINGAS! • Welcome back leather! (And no Berman jokes here!) PETA is not happy. • It's li...
Leftovers: Never Too Early To Bet On Baseball
• Who's up for some early World Series odds? [Baseball Musings] • Dan Jansen was keeping some memorabilia at his ex-wife's house, and this is what'll happen. [Huntersville Herald] • Tom Brady, single again. THANK GOD. [The Fanhouse] • It's not easy to run the Blues this year. [Game Time STL]...
Year In Review: June
We're reviewing each month of the past year leading up to New Years Day. We call it, imaginatively, "Year In Review." We're digging through our archives pretty well, but if you think we should definitely feature something for the last year that we might overlook, email us at [email protected] with s...
New Mexico's Quest For Newer, More Fertile Land
You know, we're starting to think that perhaps the Mexico family has some issues....
NBA Roundup: Baron Davis Takes The Helm
Notes on Thursday's games in the National Basketball Association ......
Leftovers: The French Love Their Video Games
• This might be the best video game ever. No diving here! [Soccernista] • Former Cincinnati basketball player gunned down. [Columbus Dispatch] • An Azande tribesman makes his weekly football picks. [McSweeney's] • The Cubs are price gouging tickets. REALLY! [Chicago Sports Review]...
Year In Review: May
We're reviewing each month of the past year leading up to New Years Day. We call it, imaginatively, "Year In Review." We're digging through our archives pretty well, but if you think we should definitely feature something for the last year that we might overlook, email us at [email protected] with s...
Marvin Lewis' Reindeer Games
This has already made it around a bit, but because we're feeling festive and full of the holiday spirit this morning, so we thought we'd share this special video, put together to the tune of "Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer" — not typically one of our holiday favorites — and concerning Marvin Lewis an...
NBA Roundup: Can AI Save The Heat?
Notes on Wednesday's games in the National Basketball Association ......
Leftovers: A Logical Product Tie-In
• Get your Schwetty Balls! [CNBC] • Some Cowboys give up their kidneys for friends. [FanIQ] • Look, drunk hockey player pictures! [Mondesi's House] • It's Landon Donovan's wedding registry. The tights are for him, we bet. [The Big Lead] • Evel Knievel is pretty pissed at Kanye West. [The Sports Puls...
Year In Review: April
We're reviewing each month of the past year leading up to New Years Day. We call it, imaginatively, "Year In Review." We're digging through our archives pretty well, but if you think we should definitely feature something for the last year that we might overlook, email us at [email protected] with s...
Our Interview With John Rocker
Two days before Thanksgiving, at Local 138, one of our favorite watering holes in New York City, we sat down with, of all people, famed immigration expert John Rocker, and talked for about an hour. Really. We did this. See? Sometimes we interview people....
Come Celebrate Mo Vaughn's Birthday!
If you're hanging around the Meatpacking District of Manhattan tomorrow evening, we encourage you to drop by the 39th birthday extravaganza for former Red Sox and (gasp!) Met first baseman Mo Vaughn. (Oh, and the Angels: Don't forget, he ate up their clubhouse spread plenty too, and probably hit an ...
Marvin Lewis Is Beginning To Suspect That Something Is Amiss
This is an intervention. Marvin Lewis, your team is out of control. One out of every eight Bengals players is involved in the U.S. judicial system; either in jail, on parole or awaiting trial. We'd really like you to read these pamphlets. There are people who can help....
Hey, Somebody Wake Up Jordan Already
As we enter Day, what, 15? of the Where's Iverson Gonna Get Traded? countdown — we think it's a shame they can't find a way to get him to Minnesota, and we can't fathom why it makes sense to send him to Boston — we look back at yesterday's big news. Supposedly, Iverson turned down a trade to the Cha...