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To Watch Tonight...
NBA: Bulls @ Cavs. A rematch of Thursday's game when the Cavs did their best to blow a huge lead. See if they can pull it off this time....
Tiger vs. Phil. Without The Phil.
They were tied heading into the weekend at the Ford Championship at Doral, and they played together on Saturday. And, as has become traditional in such situations, it didn't work out that well for Phil. Since teeing it up on Saturday morning against Tiger, Tiger's only ahead by 8 strokes....
Kirby Puckett Suffers Stroke
I've gotta bring you some sad news to bring you this afternoon. The Minnesota Twins have announced that hall of fame centerfielder Kirby Puckett has suffered a stroke and is undergoing surgery in Arizona....
To Watch Tonight...
• College basketball: UNC @ Duke. As if you have any choice in the matter....
The Cold-Blooded World of Competitive Kickball
Our nation's courts have recently been home to some vicious legal battles about the sport of kickball. The WAKA (World Adult Kickball Association) has beef with DCKickball about... well, I have no idea what it's about. The news here is that there are adults out there who play kickball....
If You've Been Missing the WBC...
A loyal reader (to whom I am quite grateful) sent in an excellent recap of the Day 1 games from the World Baseball Classic. If you're anything like me, you're one of the people who claimed to be excited about the World Baseball Classic, but then didn't actually make any real effort to watch it. H...
I Think It's Time Eddie Sutton Had A Reality Show
Police in Stillwater have obtained video footage of Eddie Sutton urinating in public. On a middle school. With a bottle in his hand. Oh dear....
Week In Deadspin: Talkin' 'Bout B-B-B-B-B-Basketball
• Man, can they ever lay down a dope beat in Kentucky. • If all soccer referees were like this, we'd watch games all the time. • Boobs! • We're previewing the crap out of the baseball season. • You don't have to be born to have Roger Clemens throw at you. • The NCAA's mascot is destroying everythi...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you remind yourself to tuck in your penis before playing Texas A&M ... • Boxing: Vic Darchinyan vs. Diosdado Gabi, for IBF flyweight championship; lightweights, Anthony Mora vs. Rustam Nugaev, at Santa Ynez, Calif. Yeah, well maybe we could enjoy this fight if Al Bernstein weren't c...
At Last, Bill Simmons Emerges Victorious
After resounding losses to Isiah Thomas and Mark Cuban, Simmons has scored his first win in our Curious Guy fight series....
Steinbrenner Has Officially Lost It
At first we thought it was a joke, but no, they're serious — batting practice is now being televised. On April 3, the YES Network trots out Batting Practice Today, a show that features, well, New York Yankees batting practice. To begin one half hour before the start of their regular pre-game show (h...
Authors With Pure Hearts: Will Blythe
We've taken some time off from the Authors With Pure Hearts series, but we gleefully return with Will Blythe's To Hate Like This Is To Be Happy Forever, a hysterical, slightly crazed book about what it means to hate so much that it becomes purifying. In the case of Blythe, born and bred in North Car...
Four Tiny Tidbits On: The Angels
We re just more than a month from Opening Day, so it s time to start previewing the season. Inspired by an old feature on The Black Table, we re going team-by-team and distributing Four Things You Don t Know about them. If you have suggested oddities on your team, send them to us at tips@deadspin....
Pity The Poor Derek Lowe
A couple of days ago, the Los Angeles Times' Bill Plaschke wrote a story about the emotional difficulties of Dodgers pitcher Derek Lowe, who last year famously left his wife for Fox Sports broadcaster Carolyn Hughes. (You thought we were gonna say "Fox Sports broadcaster Tom Arnold." Admit it.)...
In Defense Of The World Baseball Classic
Tonight, the World Baseball Classic finally kicks off with Korea taking on Chinese Taipei in the Tokyo Dome. First pitch is at 9:30 ET, but unless you have ESPN Deportes, you'll have to wait until 1:30 a.m. to watch a tape-delay on ESPN2. (Right afterwards, Japan plays China on ESPN2 live, if you ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you recoil at the horrible real-life tragedy of Dr. McDreamy ... • World Baseball Classic: South Korea vs. Taiwan, Japan vs. China, at Tokyo. It's finally here! Let's play ball! We can't understand any of the signs in the stands! [ESPN2] • College Basketball: Central Intercollegiate...
The Sex Boat Story Will Never Go Away. Awesome.
Is it possible to ever get tired of the Vikings sex boat story? We think it's not. We're pretty sure, actually....
Who Would Win In A Fight: Bill Simmons or Malcolm Gladwell?
After what had been a considerable hiatus, our boy Bill Simmons is cranking out his Curious Guy segments like crazy these days. We had David Stern just a week ago, and now, punching back in his weight class, he banters with "The Tipping Point" author Malcolm Gladwell for, let's see, 5,000 words .....
Four Tiny Tidbits On: The Reds
We re just more than a month from Opening Day, so it s time to start previewing the season. Inspired by an old feature on The Black Table, we re going team-by-team and distributing Four Things You Don t Know about them. We re not sure how this is gonna work, but if you have suggested oddities on y...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NBA draft with Chad Ford: While the rest of the teams will be drafting live, we hear that the Knicks' choices will be on a seven-second delay. Your thoughts? • 3 p.m. NHL with Barry Melrose: So what's the NHL's policy with Olympi...