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Michele Bachmann Is Just Like Tim Tebow, Says Most Inevitable Campaign Ad Ever
One won the Iowa straw poll five months ago and is now trending in single digits on the day of that state's caucus vote. The other made the playoffs despite a three-game losing streak to end the regular season with a .500 record. See? They're exactly the same! [The Hill]...
What It Sounds Like To Sit Next To The World's Most Annoying Miami Heat Fan
It was Dec. 27, and Jason Feifer was pumped for the Miami Heat home season opener. Feifer and his dad had scored tickets to see the Heat take on the Boston Celtics. As the Feifers settled into their seats, they paid little attention to the petite woman next to them. The woman was by herself, wearing...
Kris Humphries: Douchebag Homophobe
Kris Humphries is out indefinitely with a shoulder injury while the Nets continue to slide, losing their fifth straight last night to the Pacers....
Mike Milbury Referred To The New York Rangers As "The Blue Shits" Yesterday
It wasn't deliberate, and he quickly corrected himself, but we can all still have a laugh at it. [NBC; h/t to Roe H.]...
Some Dude Got Arrested For Breaking Into Wrigley Field And Ripping Ivy Off The Walls
Michael Vite, 24, allegedly entered the ballpark through a construction area around 7:30 a.m. on New Year's Day. Police say he "ran onto the field and pulled some ivy off the outfield wall." Which is pretty lame compared to this. [CBS Chicago; h/t to Disco Choo]...
ESPN Thinks Helmet-To-Helmet Hits Are Pretty Great
The Worldwide Leader did away with its "Jacked Up!" segment some time ago, but it's still not above marveling at and even promoting footage of a good old-fashioned helmet-to-helmet blast, as this tweet to its 2.4 million followers clearly indicates....
Was Matt Flynn's Big Game A Fluke?
We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries....
Yes, The Yeti Is Real, And It's A Fan Of The South Carolina Gamecocks
Your morning roundup for Jan. 3, the day we learned cops don't like giving weed back. Photo via Mocksession. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Yep, It Looks Like A Wisconsin Assistant Coach Ate A Booger At The Rose Bowl
We think this is Wisconsin assistant coach Joe Rudolph pulling a Spaulding in the first quarter of the Rose Bowl; here it is in full forensic-quality slow-mo and zoomed-in just for your enjoyment. [ESPN]...
Your Rose Bowl And Fiesta Bowl Open Thread
Rose Bowl's right now on ESPN. Wisconsin and Oregon. That should be a fun one. Fiesta Bowl's on ESPN at 8:30. Stanford and Oklahoma State. That should be, like, a little less fun. But there's Andrew Luck and Justin Blackmon if you're one of those people who cares way too much about the NFL draft....
Your Rangers-Flyers Winter Classic Open Thread
Hockey time in Philly. Our man Barry is there, but we are here. Anyway, the Rangers are tops in the East, and the remade Flyers are two points behind them. 24/7 superstar Ilya Bryzgalov won't be starting for the Flyers, Sergei Bobrovsky will. Meanwhile, the Rangers waived their 24/7 superstar, Sean ...
Spelling Is Still A Challenge In Georgia
Inside joke? A reference to something Georgia fans would understand? Or just dumbasses who can't spell their team's diminutive? ...
Redskins Mgmt. To Players: Wham, Bam, Thank You, Men
Tweets Sean Locklear, tackle extraordinaire: "Worst exit meeting ever! No coaches,no front office, just physical's and goodbye to teammates! We did just spend 5 mos together, WOW!" And what months they were. [@SeanLock75, via Dan Steinberg]...
The Capital One Bowl Brought Us The Rare Defensive PAT
You won't see this play in the No Fun League (defenses cannot score on a PAT in the NFL) but college football still permits the glory that is sprinting the length of the field with a measly two points as reward, an opportunity of which South Carolina's Stephon Gilmore made the most....
Brian Urlacher's Injury Horrified His Teammates, Brought Them To Prayer
Bears All-Pro linebacker Brian Urlacher opened the new year with an MCL sprain, though his reaction was so terrifying teammates fell to their knees in prayer. From DeKalb's Daily Chronicle:...
The <em>New York Times</em> Has A Five-Point Plan For Fixing College Sports
Here's Joe Nocera, writing in The New York Times Magazine this weekend:...
And Now The Bucs Have Fired Raheem Morris
Morris, like Steve Spagnuolo, is to some extent a casualty of his team's unexpected success last year—the Bucs won ten games (playing a limp schedule), and presumably management thought the team would improve upon or at least equal that this year. Of course, the Bucs suck, and so they went 4-12, wit...
Presenting The Best Deadspin Comments And Commenters Of 2011
Welcome to the New Year, assorted e-ne'er-do-wells. By now you've likely recovered from the family-filled, merriment-choked, productivity-free nightmare of December and are ready to return to the cozy, productivity-free familiarity of misery and isolation. Good for you. To kick off 2012 properly, y...
Rams Fire Steve Spagnuolo And GM Billy Devaney
The Rams went 2-14 this year, and not even a valiant charge by Kellen Clemens yesterday could save the bosses. Spags was 10-38 in his three years in charge. He will, however, always have precious memories of that time they almost stumbled their way into the playoffs last year....
Adrian Peterson Had The Saddest New Year's Party
Here's the Vikings running back, taking his cup of kindness and forgetting old acquaintance, by which I mean his ACL, MCL, and his medial and lateral menisci. [@AdrianPeterson]...