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• A YouTube documentary (sort of) about an intramural basketball team, and I thoroughly enjoyed this. Part 1, and Part 2. [YouTube] • Sports Bloggers Live interviewed with Ron Artest, who I think is eating through the first few minutes of the interview. It's all very Artest-ian. [SBL Radio] • It's a...
ESPNU May Have An Opening For This Guy
Before the Hugh Johnson madness gets underway in a bit, I thought we could go back to last week and revisit a couple of themes from last week: Temple's win over Bowling Green, and inappropriate things said by people in the media. Both are covered by this fellow (at about the 50-second mark, but if y...
For Your Saturday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
The Hugh Johnson Project, electricity willing, is alive and kicking today. The AOL Instant Messenger name for your brilliant and witty college football observations is "DeadspinFootball." And please don't forget to let me know how you want to be credited (your name, your site, a link, etc)....
Week In Deadspin: World Series Hangover
• Hey, the Cardinals won the World Series. And, amazingly, we were there. • Ben Roethlisberger is wisely keeping his distance from the motorcycles. • Whoa. The Knicks won. • Harold Reynolds is coming, ESPN, he's COMING! So be ready. We went in depth on his suit. • GARRRRRRRRR! • Eagles fans are havi...
Leftovers: Digging Up ESPN Dirt, Harold Style
• Harold Reynolds has hired a private investigator to go after ESPN. Oh, this could be fun. [New York Post] • Dirk Burgundy. He's Dirk Burgundy. [The Basketball Jones] • You can't expect Terrell Owens to stay awake during team meetings, seriously. [Cowboys Plus] • A-Rod: Trade or keep? [New York Tim...
Suddenly, Louisville Football Is Important
It's rare in something as storied as college football that you have a moment that is obviously the most important moment in a school's football history, but that's what happened in Louisville last night, with the Cardinals beating West Virginia 44-34 and putting them on a track to play in the Fies...
Look, An Important Weekday College Football Game!
We don't often get to write about important college football games here — that's usually MJD's job on the weekends — but we have a rare one tonight: A Thursday game between two undefeated teams that could very well decide who plays in the Fiesta Bowl for the BCS "Championship" on January 8. (January...
Leftovers: She's So CONTROVERSIAL!
• New Page 2 hire Jemele Hill is stirring the pot in Orlando, particularly with Predators fans. [The Sports Oasis] • Careful with all the crowing, South Carolina. [The Jaunt] • Did Mike Greenberg say something much worse than Steve Lyons? [Sports Media Guy] • Possible titles for the new Gary Sheffie...
Please, Sir, Keep The Gutteral Utterances To Yourself
This is Al Argibay, and he has a goatee and, we presume, walks around making this arm motion all day. And he's pissed, because he was just thrown out of his gym for grunting too loud....
Yep, The Costume Works: We're Scared
If you were wondering what the Timberwolves' Mike James went as for Halloween this year — and we know you were — then now you know. He went as ... uh, this. Are we sure this isn't that Deelishis lady?...
Vince Carter, Back In Toronto: Awesome Idea!
Last night, the New Jersey Nets — our favorite team to play in NBA Live, by the way; if only they'd just move to Brooklyn already — handled the Toronto Raptors, helped of course by Vince Carter, whose exit from Toronto was one step removed from Tom Cruise refusing to leave the South Park closet unti...
Leftovers: There He Goes, Hitting Himself In The Head Again
• Goodbye, John L. Smith. [Lansing State Journal] • Ron Borges is aware he's not so loved. [Boston Magazine] • It's possible that Jim Caple might be full of it. [The Big Lead] • The death of the oldest living player. [UmpBump]...
Jesus Gets An Automatic Major For Cross-Checking
Finally, the protection you need to ward off Miroslav Satan during the power play. Or possibly for that problematic away game against the New Jersey Devils. Over at Christian Throwback Jersey.com, no sport is untouched by the power of Christ. In the basketball section, for instance, there are even...
Free Darko Previews: Amare Stoudemire
We're at the start of the NBA season, with all its drama storylines and sturm und drang and months of madness. To us, part of the beauty of the NBA is that its focus, while ultimately on the team, falls on the individual. The plight of one player becomes an epic tale in the shadow of Jordan; who is ...
Adventures in Obscure Sports: Rootball
Earlier this month, the East Coast Championships of Rootball were held in Asheville, NC. An area correspondent reports:...
Leftovers: Once More For Red
• "If they think we got an edge, we got an edge." Nice old Esquire collection of wisdom from one of the true legends of the game.[Esquire] • NBA Board of Governors passes rule to rein in unruly owners, i.e. Mark Cuban. No word yet if the legislation allows for Hannibal Lecter-type restraints, but ...
Will a Picture of a Drunk QB Shut You Up For a Little While?
I know, I know, you miss Will. Believe me, so do I. In the interests of moving us a little closer to the goal line, here's a drunken athlete photo: It's Giants QB Eli Manning, although whether or not his expression here is one of inebriation or, you know, the default genetic Manning visage is a ques...
Five Tiny Tidbits On: The New York Knicks
It's hard to believe, but the NBA regular season begins today. And with the precision timing that you have come to know and love, here is our final NBA team preview. We've saved the best for last, one might say. And so, onward....
Free Darko Previews: Dwyane Wade
As established, we're dangerously close to the start of the NBA season, with all its drama storylines and sturm und drang and months of madness. To us, part of the beauty of the NBA is that its focus, while ultimately on the team, falls on the individual. The plight of one player becomes an epic tal...
It's An Intriguing Night In Prince Country
Kind of a quietly fascinating game tonight on "Monday Night Football:" The Patriots, who keep winning even though no one's particularly impressed by them, travel to face the Vikings, who have attempted to fix their sex boat-related woes by hiring a bald mustached man who appears to have never had se...