w Page 5161 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Sometimes, Newer Really Is Better
I guess if we can ask that Wiffle Ball be put on television, that we have to go along with the Vintage Base Ball Federation. Jim Bouton, former major league pitcher and author of Ball Four, is starting up a league that simulates the way baseball was played in the 1800s, from the uniforms to the equi...
To Watch Tonight...
• Little League Baseball. Mexico vs. Japan. The battle for the right to be the team that everyone in America roots against tomorrow. 8:00, ESPN. • WNBA. Sacramento Monarchs @ Los Angeles Sparks. I wonder if the Maloof brothers feel obligated to attend these things. 9:00, ESPN2. • NFL Preseason Footb...
Texas Sold A Lot Of Stuff
The Texas longhorns have set a new NCAA record for merchandise sales. A football national title, a baseball national title, a very good basketball team, and Vince Young can do that for you, I guess. The school made $8.2 million in royalties last year....
New Mexico State Basketball Player May Have D'd Up A Pizza Guy
It seems like the only time that pizza guys get any attention are in plot attempts in porno (did you order the extra sausage?) and criminal activity. File this one into the latter category....
The 49ers Should Probably Just Quit
The Football Outsiders have finished up their position-by-position rankings over at Fox Sports, and arranged the Top 5 and Bottom 5 in each category in one convenient location....
Week In Deadspin: Enshrined In Berea
• Madden came out, and the Buzzsaw is actually halfway decent in it. • For about five hours, this was the most commented-on Deadspin post of all time. • A great old Miller Lite commercial. • You know what's popular? James Frey football previews. • Willie McGinest is very concerned about numerals. ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch to avoid another one of those a troubling dreams involving Mr. Celery ... • MNF: Steelers vs. Eagles, preseason. We're sure the fans from both sides will be quite genteel. [ESPN] • Tennis: Pilot Pen Tournament, at New Haven, Conn. "I may be old, but I'm spry." [ESPN2] • MLB: Yankees at...
NFL Season Preview: Minnesota Vikings
We are officially less than a month before the start of the NFL season, so it's probably time to start previewing the monster. The key to the NFL's success — other than fantasy football and gambling, of course — is the rabid nature of its fans. That is to say: You don't see a lot of people painting ...
Hall Of Fame Nominees, The Day After
After witnessing, in slack-jawed awe, the truly beautiful thing that has been Deadspin Hall of Fame nomination post, we stand before you, at full attention, with the sharpest possible salute we can muster. That was so much fun to be a part of that the actual Hall of Fame almost seems redundant....
NFL Season Preview: Buffalo Bills
We are officially less than a month before the start of the NFL season, so it's probably time to start previewing the monster. The key to the NFL's success — other than fantasy football and gambling, of course — is the rabid nature of its fans. That is to say: You don't see a lot of people paintin...
The Lastings Milledge Ho-Down
We've had several people ask us this morning: Hey, how about those Cardinals? Actually, a few variations on the them, a 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould type of thing....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as raccoons make a videotape of your captured dog ... • Little League World Series: USA semifinal, Portsmouth, N.H., vs. Columbus, Ga., at Williamsport, Pa. Since they're apparently cracking down on coaches hitting their players, there's little reason for us to watch. [ESPN] • MLB: St....
NFL Season Preview: Washington Redskins
We are officially less than a month before the start of the NFL season, so it's probably time to start previewing the monster. The key to the NFL's success — other than fantasy football and gambling, of course — is the rabid nature of its fans. That is to say: You don't see a lot of people painting ...
What Tiger Will Be Up To In Five Years
We don't get into Tiger Woods much around — except to make fun of his facial expressions — mainly because Tiger Woods is, by both design and nature, an intensely boring, robotic character. He wins, and he wins again, and he breaks into a recognizable human emotion every couple of years. This is not ...
NFL Season Preview: San Francisco 49ers
We are officially less than a month before the start of the NFL season, so it's probably time to start previewing the monster. The key to the NFL's success — other than fantasy football and gambling, of course — is the rabid nature of its fans. That is to say: You don't see a lot of people paintin...
A Board Meeting With LT
Can you imagine being in a corporate conference room with Lawrence Taylor? Wouldn't that have to make your week? If it happened on a Monday, we'd coast around our cubicle with a happy, dancing, spritely air ... Lawrence Taylor was here! In our conference room! Fucking shit up!...
Barlow Apologizes For Dropping H-Bomb On 49ers
You know, you can almost understand why an athlete would drop a Hitler reference so flippantly, without much thought. We mean, do you really think they have spent a lot of time studying the time frame? Do you really believe Kevan Barlow is like, "As a World War II scholar, I understand absolutely ...
To Watch Tonight
Come on, those chicken nachos aren't going to eat themselves ... • Little League World Series: U.S. semifinal, Illinois vs. Oregon. Who will earn the right to get humiliated by Japan? [ESPN] • MLB: Chicago White Sox at Detroit. Notjinxingtigers ... notjinxingtigers ... notjinxingtigers [ESPN2] • Mot...
Drew Henson, Man Of Many Ugly Hats
Has there ever been an athlete more consistently overconsidered, for such an extended period of time, as Drew Henson? The guy has been all potential, zero performance; he's Ryan Leaf, except he did it in two sports ... and he wasn't very good in college either....