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Out-Of-Breath Broccoli-Costumed Man Proposes To Lady At Minor League Game
Joining the ranks of the other marriage proposal video we've posted comes this one from a recent Reading Phillies game, where a racing broccoli mascot won both the race and the heart of the fair maiden in the stands. [The 700 Level]...
This Is The T-Shirt Every NBA Fan Should Wear When The Miami Heat Come To Your Town
Dan Gilbert has already purchased several thousand of these. You should, too! [KissMyAssLeBron]...
World Cup Open Thread: Netherlands-Spain
After 63 matches, we have made it to the final. It figures that Wesley Sneijder and David Villa—two of the breakout stars of the tournament—would settle things....
Sooth-Saying Wife: My Hubby, the World Cup Finals Ref, Can't Even Control Three Children
Howard Webb's dream of officiating a World Cup Finals match will come true tomorrow. But to hear his Missus tell it, dream could morph into nightmares of Coulibaly proportions for Espana or Holland. Sayeth Kay Webb of Rotherdam, U.K., "I don't know how he does it. He can't take charge of his own ch...
Baseball Player Doesn't Apologize For Cursing, Proves Mayans Correct
Father shells out for a pair of $45 front-row pro-baseball tickets thus enabling son to tell friends, "My dad's the greatest in the whole world." Then, fate intervenes. It sends a foul ball into the old man's glove, and an obscenity-fueled line from the hirsute right-fielder's tongue into everybody...
Unemployed Wide Receiver: If I Was LeBron, I'd Be An Employed Wide Receiver
Let's be honest: Cleveland wasn't The Decision's biggest victim. Terrell Owens was. Don't believe me? Just interrupt Terrell Owens from his driveway sit-ups regimen and ask Terrell Owens yourself. That's what 104.5 The Zone radio in Nashville did the other day. For its 3 Hour Lunch....
What's The Difference Between John Elway And Barbaro?
Let's just get to what you probably want to know about me, Brian Hickey, the new weekend guy: How to throw me down into your basement well with Precious because you get rammy when swaddled in vulnerable soullessness on Saturdays and Sundays....
Brazilian Goalie Linked With Alleged Murder, Sneijder’s Staying Put
This post, written by Josh Burt, is republished with permission from The Spoiler. Go there often if you like soccer stuff....
Colin Cowherd Mentions The Gloria James-Delonte West Humping Rumor; ESPN Not Pleased
On his show, useless ESPN talker Colin Cowherd has dared mention the Great Unmentionable Thing: the Delonte West-Gloria James rumor that was all the rage a few weeks ago. Oh, and he has "sources."...
The Mystery Of The Touch-Free Orgasm
Big funbag today. Right to your letters....
They Don't Call Floyd Mayweather "Money" For Nothing
"Just gambling a bit," Mayweather Tweeted not 10 minutes ago. I'm not saying anyone should rob Floyd Mayweather. I'm just saying, now's probably a pretty good time to do it....
Deadspin Classic: Watch Artie Lange Crap All Over Joe Buck's First Show
The Fourth of July is all about bright, nighttime explosions, and today we give you Artie Lange exploding all over the debut of Joe Buck's short-lived show, The Nepotism and Dick Joke Variety Hour....
Deadspin Classic: A Comprehensive Ranking Of The Products Inside A Good Humor Truck
I scream! You scream! We all scream for profane and comprehensive reviews of chilled desserts! Sample: "Get fucked, Dippin Dots."...
Are We Listening To Will Leitch Read From His Book?
New Yorkers: Will Leitch reads from Are We Winning? at 7:30 p.m. tonight in DUMBO as part of Gelf's Varsity Letters reading series. Come for the Leitch, stay for the guy from Lapham's Quarterly....
Dead Wrestler Of The Week: Road Warrior Hawk
Every week, the Masked Man, Deadspin's pro wrestling correspondent, honors the sport's fallen and examines their legacies — famous and obscure alike. Today: Michael Hegstrand, aka Road Warrior Hawk, who died in 2003 of a heart attack. He was 46....
Reader Submits Alleged Post-Coital Photo Of Patrick Kane
Email accompanying this photo circulating around Chicago area: "My co-worker's friend hooked up with Patrick Kane last week... and took a picture to prove it. Apparently, he was only so-so in bed."...
Thursday Night, Emeritus Invades Boston
Bostonians! Tomorrow night, Thursday, I will be talking and signing copies of Are We Winning in your fine city. I'll be at the BU Barnes and Noble, the one right by Fenway. We'll be drinking afterward as well. Come!...
Crucial Relationship Advice Spoken Drunkenly To Teenagers: Cheat On All Your Girlfriends
I went to a bachelor party this weekend in a seaside town. There was eating, and drinking, and a failed attempt to get two Polish Food Lion clerkettes to come over and massage the groom....
Science: Skateboarders Get Measurably Gnarlier In The Presence Of Pretty Ladies
Researchers measured skateboarders after every move, and "consistent with predictions, the young men had higher testosterone levels and took bigger risks when good-looking women were watching." [Miller-McCune]...
NYCers: Come Chat New "Book" With Emeritus
If you happen to be in the NYC area tonight, come to the Barnes and Noble on 86th and Lexington to see me talk about Are We Winning at 7 p.m. Booze and NBA Finals afterward for all comers....