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Readers: Help This Nice Lady Have The Michigan Wedding Of Her Dreams [UPDATE]
An unnamed female reader of Deadspin writes in:...
Your Viewing Guide To The 2011 MLB Playoffs
It's October (almost)! And you know what that means: everyone you know will now pretend to have cared about baseball for the past six months so that they can safely pretend to care about it for the next month. Prepare yourself for those unendurable office talks with the guy who just learned that the...
Peyton Hillis: Not A Great Tipper
We were sent the business half of this receipt, purporting to show Cleveland wunderwhite Peyton Hillis's sub-10% tip. The sender-inner will only say that this went down at a "nice" restaurant, but a $105 bill is pretty paltry compared to others we've seen. Maybe it's "Ohio nice."...
The Officeworker’s Viewing Guide To The U.S. Open
There is no excuse for anyone to miss a single serve of tennis or a single Sasha Vujacic hair toss at the U.S. Open this year, unless he or she is employed, disinterested, or has basic life responsibilities that might keep one from watching every hour of a two-week long sporting event. But! Just in ...
BREAKING: Hall Of Famer, Admitted T-Shirt Thief Roberto Alomar Will Return The T-Shirt He Stole
Perhaps you read our story earlier today, of Blue Jays fans Fiyaz Kanji and Owais Farooqui, who made the pilgrimage to Cooperstown this weekend to see Roberto Alomar enter the Hall. But during the parade, Alomar took the $50 t-shirt that belonged to Kanji....
Somebody Tried To Sneak Past Security At Ryan Dunn's Memorial Service This Afternoon
No, the Westboro Baptist Church did not live up to its promise to "picket any public memorial/funeral held for [Ryan] Dunn, warning all not to make a mock of sin, & to fear and obey God" this afternoon. So, it can be argued that God does not, in fact, hate Jackass co-stars who drive really, really ...
Here's Video Of Some White Parking-Lot Rage That Left A Guy Hospitalized
Yesterday, police in Philadelphia released video from last weekend that shows four imbeciles beating someone unconscious and face-bashed near a bunch of clubs that tend to attract gorilla juiceheads willing to beat people unconscious and face-bashed in parking lots....
Reader Writes In About "Heinous," Camel-Toe-Laden Fishing Program; We Fix It
Matthew writes in, and we solve the problem....
If You Throw An Octopus On The Ice in Detroit You Could Be Fined $500 And Ejected (UPDATE: Statements from Red Wings, Police)
Tommy B. got home from last night's Detroit/Phoenix game but despite a Game One victory, he was sad. Sad because he had a run-in with Johnny Law. This, because he threw an octopus on the ice....
Bad Beats: Handicapping An <i>American Idol</i> That Has Gone Horribly, Horribly Wrong
Hello, folks. Welcome back to Bad Beats, the column you visit for betting advice and sad tales of gambling woe. Read past Bad Beats here. Got any stories for us? Email us at [email protected]. Subject: Bad beats....
How To Throw A Knuckleball, Starring Jim Bouton
This is the first of an occasional video series in which someone good at something doable teaches you how to do it. Today we have Jim Bouton, former major leaguer and author of the great Ball Four, demonstrating his old signature pitch, the knuckleball....
Here's Video Of The Fastest Tennis Serve In History
A 6'10" Croat named Ivo Karlovic broke Andy Roddick's fastest-serve record in the fourth set of a Davis Cup doubles match yesterday. In 2004, Roddick's yellow ball traveled 155 mph (or 249.5 km/h); Karlovic's went 155.96 mph (or 251 km/h)....
Treat Yourself To The Motherlode Of Historic Shot Videos
Remember Hoopism's on-demand visualization of every slam dunk contest attempt? Well, they've done it again, this time for 65 of the greatest shots in NBA history. More like Hoopgasm, am I right? [Hoopism]...
Get In The Sports Fella's Live Chat And Cause Some Trouble
The Sports Fella's live-chat is happening right now, so try and slip a question by his zombie horde of screeners, gang....
The Hunt For The Worst 1980s Team Song Begins
Yesterday, we brought you back in time to the go-go 1980s: ALF was on TV, the Go-Gos were on the radio, and the Rams were singing an awful song called "Let's Ram It". Well, we found something worse....
How To Win While Losing, And Vice Versa: Zab Judah Says Goodbye
NEWARK—Losing is half of boxing. The more interesting half. Some losers are tragic, searching for something they'll never find. Some are noble. But only one loser can do it quite like Zab....
Breaking: Mick Foley Is In Our Office Right Now
That is all. [Jezebel]...
Have Rewards Points From Your Favorite Team's Credit Card? Not No More You Don't
The NFL is phasing out their relationship with Bank of America, meaning any points you've earned in the ubiquitous "Extra Points" program expire in, oh, seven hours. Darn! So close to that Roethlisberger coozy. [NFL Extra Points]...
Apocalypslam Now
Whole world's coming to an end, Mal. So why not pick up a copy of former UFC light-heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin's think-piece on a post-apocalyptic Earth?...
Larry Johnson Prefers Arts to Sports (and Wilding to Arts)
Even athletes have to pay for shoving and spitting on women in da club, whether there's a bottle full of bub involved or not. Those offenses earned Larry Johnson 40 hours of community service at the Kansas City Police Athletic League where it was judicially presumed the Chief-turned-Redskin would h...