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Coles Gets His Oprah Moment
As promised, Jets wide receiver Laveranues Coles appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" to talk about his being molested by his stepfather as a child. As you might expect, Coles cried, Oprah cried, everyone cried. (Dick Vermeil came by, he cried, Jimmy Swaggert came by, he cried, Sean Penn came by, ...
Leftovers: Rock the Cradle
• A.C. Milan signs 9-year-old, announces TV deal with Cartoon Network. [The Cult Of Maldini • CSI: Eden Prairie: Woman sues Vikings' Smith for sexual assault. [Minneapolis Star-Tribune] • It's official: NBA has a dress code. Now to tackle that rampant jaywalking problem. [Daily Sports News] • Arkans...
Much Respeck For TNT
We have to give the mad propers to TNT, which is promoting its upcoming NBA television schedule by giving their promos to the great Ali G. The hysterical faux hip-hopper interviews Lakers "star" Kobe Bryant and Esquire's Chuck Klosterman subject Steve Nash in commercials that YAYSports! helpfully ...
Plummer Asks The World, "Who Wants Some?"
Ah, Jake Plummer. Whether it's the mustache, the tendency to occassionally throw the ball with his left hand or his odd or his admirable but oddly hesistant anti-war views, you can always count on Jake Plummer to entertain. This week: A feud with a local columnist over his cheerleader girlfriend....
Coles To Tell His Oprah-Worthy Tale On Oprah
Jets wide receiver Laveranues Coles spoke out last month about being molested by his stepfather, and tomorrow he will reap the inevitable glory: He'll talk about it on "The Oprah Winfrey Show." He will appear with an "entertainment reporter and Park Avenue socialite" who went through the same orde...
Leftovers: The Girls Are Pissed
• Wei disqualified from Samsung — SI reporter narced. [Those Bastards!] • Danica confronts driver after Toyota Indy 400 crash, goes all Tonya Harding on him. [Flash Of Genius] • South Side goes nuts over White Sox — in other words, another typical day. [Steve Scott's Blog] • Vikings hire former FBI ...
Vikings In Desperate Need Of Dramamine
All kinds of developments from the Vikings orgy boat story over the weekend. The highlights:...
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...