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SprtsCntr: Did You Know ESPN Airs College Football?
What is ESPN prattling on about right now? We condense your morning SportsCenter to its essence....
Ronaldinho Ignores Teammates And Physics, Scores On A Corner Kick
In Brazil, they call a goal scored directly off of a corner kick an "Olimpico." And here at Deadspin, we call 31-year-old strikers who have scored nine goals in 10 games and are getting a second chance at the national team a "Ronaldinhos."...
ESPN Will Put Unranked Texas In The Top 25, Now That They Own The Longhorn Network
If you consume an ESPN product, be it online or broadcast or magazine, we hope you are prepared to hear about Texas at least as often as the teams that actually matter, no matter how many games they lose. This is what happens when they invest $300 million in a team-specific network. ...
Dwight Howard Went To The Mall In Japan And Dunked On A 12-Foot Giraffe
That's pretty much all that happens here. Well, that and the basket is about 11 feet off the ground....
This Is What Team Deadspin Looked Like At Last Night's Company Outing To The Mets Game
Your morning roundup for Sept. 1, the day we learned how to make it rain. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Watch Reggie Miller Watch Ryan Braun Trip And Fail To Complete An Inside-The-Park Home Run
This video comes to you courtesy of the folks over at AwfulAnnouncing.com, who point out that retired hoopster Reggie Miller and active Brewer Ryan Braun are neighbors in California. Tonight, the former got to watch the latter complete seven-eighths of an inside-the-park home run before falling fl...
At Least The Guy Caught Fornicating With A Pink Inflatable Raft Knows He Has A Problem
Reading what Edwin Charles Tobergta's grandmother had to say, through tears, after her dearest Edwin got arrested for banging an inflatable raft in Hamilton, Ohio — again — it's natural to question whether this constitutes entrapment. Edwin, who asked police to take him for help, is more a victim t...
The Remarkable Things This Guy Does With A Soccer Ball Include Spinning It On A Pen While Climbing A Lamp Post
This guy Iya Traore's really good at manipulating a soccer ball with his feet and various other body parts. Shame a Whitney Houston ballad's playing in the background, though. Bobby, I could see, but not Whitney. There's no justification for that....
The Pregnant Man Is Very Upset With Chaz Bono
Where to begin? Ok, the cast....
Pitcher Who Set An Olympic Strikeout Record Arrested For Cooking Meth Near An Alabama Grammar School
Here's a short version of Billy Lyle "BJ" Wallace Jr.'s life: Such a good baseball player as a youth that he made the 1992 U.S. Olympic team, notched a record 14 strikeouts in a game vs. Italy, was the the third pick in the MLB draft, signed a $550,00 contract with the Expos and knocked around the ...
Here's Chad McGhee With Your Weekly Knox City Greyhounds Update
As you probably already know, the Knox City Greyhounds lost their season opener to Crowell 47-36....
Today In Awful Stories Involving Fiery Decapitation
When York County (Va.) Sheriff Danny Diggs says things like "Nobody has ever heard of anything like this. It's a really bizarre incident," people listen. As well they should....
Eric Bledsoe Can Fly
Here's a final look at last night's Goodman-Melo game—we posted highlights earlier today—from photographer Colin A.J. Murphy for Voice Media. You can see the full photo here....
Wade Belak, Another NHL Enforcer, Found Dead (UPDATE: A Suicide, According To <em>Toronto Sun</em>)
Longtime NHL defenseman Wade Belak, who spent much of his career with the Maple Leafs, was found dead at 35 today in his Toronto hotel, according to a report from QMI Agency in Canada....
Derek Jeter Was Kind Of A Computer Geek (And Other Things We Learned From His High School Yearbooks)
Derek Jeter attended Kalamazoo Central High School in the early nineties, where he was a two-sport athlete, a "royal couple" in the Winterfest Court, and a computer lab tutor (we can only surmise that it was still safe for the star jock to be a computer geek because nobody really knew what computers...
Darren Rovell's New Studio Show Has A Sideline Reporter
Everyone meet Erin Sharoni, of whom talking haircut Darren Rovell tweeted earlier today:...
"Grinding The Crack": A Cool Wingsuit Video With A Questionable Name
The human-size flying squirrel in this video is named Jeb Corliss. He's a professional BASE jumper and a wing-suit pilot. You may remember him as one of the people who BASE jumped into the Super Bowl XXXVIII pregame show. You may not. Corliss has been permanently banned from the Empire State Build...
Venus Williams Drops Out Of U.S. Open
Three days into the U.S. Open, Venus Williams has withdrawn from the tournament, saying she suffers from pain and fatigue caused by an autoimmune disorder called Sjogren's Syndrome....
BCS Head Says A Playoff Wouldn't Work Because When FCS Teams Do It, They Don't Sell Out
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Bill Hancock seems to forget that those are FCS school and no one cares to begin with....
Insights Gleaned From Watching The Blurry LSU Fight Video Way Too Many Times
First watch the above video, a news report featuring surveillance video at Shady's bar. Then take a look at the one below, which purports to be cell phone footage of the actual brawl....