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Wells Lumbers To Victory In Dodgers Debut
We have just learned what David Wells had been doing between the time the Padres cut him on Augus 6 and he was signed by the Dodgers last week. He was surfing, according to him. Mitch Yost-like, no doubt, shooting the curl at Imperial Beach like a sleek seal. Come on Wells, you never once left The B...
Hey, The CFL Ain't So Bad
So you just can't wait until the NFL starts up? The suspense is killing you? Well, in Canada it's been football season for quite some time now. And I'm not saying that in some kind of pompous "I mean real football, which you silly Americans call soccer" fashion....
Tom Brady has eight more bastard children to go if he wants to catch up to Travis Henry. The Denver Broncos running back "fathered" nine children scattered about the southern United States, using nine different mommies. Somehow that $25 million contract wasn't enough to write off his unpaid child su...
Goodell Definitely Suspends Vick Indefinitely
Back in Catholic high school, when our dress code was a shirt and tie, one day a student came to class in proper dress code. When the teacher stepped out for a second, he tore off his collared shirt and khaki pants to reveal his underlying outfit: a waterskiing wetsuit. He didn't get in trouble for ...
Ookie, Ned, 2/1/07 And A Little Horse That Couldn't
• There was some Hall of Fame voting. • Sally Jenkins is awesome. • Thirty freaking runs. • We will never, ever wear a Texas shirt. • Hirshey was there for that madness in the Meadowlands. • His newspaper is not being nice to Stephen A. Smith. • Comcast ... CLEVER! • Get yourself a fuck lion, stat. ...
Hey Everyone, Look Who's Back!
Yes, David Wells is now a Dodger. For in-depth analysis of this move, we of course go to Touch 'Em All, Alyssa Milano's comprehensive Dodgers blog. Hmm, nothing. Well, I should have guessed. (Those headbands do look nice, though)....
Your Socks Appear To Be Somewhat Damp
There are so many teams in sports with terrible nicknames. We're not talking about the Redskins; we mean legitimately stupid ones. We think there might be nothing worse than the Toronto Raptors; does anyone even remember Jurassic Park anymore? And don't get us started on the 54,234 teams named "Wild...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as authorities decide, as part of his sentence, to place a live skunk in Vick's cell each morning ... • Basketball: FIBA, Americas Championship, preliminary round, USA vs. Venezuela, at Las Vegas. The lack of defense that occurs in Vegas, stays in Vegas. [ESPN Classic] • Little League ...
Brandon Webb, Still Shutting People Down
Tonight, against the first-place (for now!) Milwaukee Brewers, Arizona pitcher Brandon Webb is attempting to extend his 42 consecutive inning scoreless sheet. He's 17 innings away from tying Orel Hershiser's record of 59 — Orel Hershiser married a girl from Mattoon, by the way — and that's just two ...
Spree Could Probably Use That Cash About Now
Sure, it was all fun and games to make fun of Latrell Sprewell for turning down a $21 million contract a few years ago because he "had to feed his family." Well, that family, which has apparently been floating around on a Milwaukee boat, is about to get hungrier....
Roger Clemens Has A Problem
2007 Postseason Actober.com Contest The Day That Aaron Boone Went Yard [Deadspin]...
Boston-Area Little Leaguers Have Strange Allegiances
Wallpole is located about 20 minutes southwest of Boston. So before the game, the team got a pep talk from Curt Schilling, Coco Crisp and Red Sox manager Terry Francona, and Rando's catch was shown on the scoreboard at Fenway Park. All well and good ... but check out the Walpole team introductions, ...
Special Weekend Football Foodie
Over at Ladies, we've started a series called the "Friday Football Foodie" which centers on the third best aspect of football weekends, (behind the games themselves and gambling, respectively), which is the massive amount of eating and drinking you can do while hanging out with your friends. It is t...
And Miss, What Does The "P" Stand For Again?
I don't know much about soccer. I'm not going to pretend to know much about soccer. But if the masses want some Prem League recaps, they are going to get some Prem League recaps. I hope it's sufficient....
Bacon Pants: Junior Division
SOMEBODY wants to be a bacon pants when he grows up: Thanks to a perfectly timed hop at the fence, Walpole, Mass. center fielder Michael Rando earned himself a place in Little League World Series history. With the tying runner at third, and a high, arcing shot to straightaway center field, Rando kep...
Ladies... Weekend
Good morning, gentleman. We trust that you are all well rested. This is a crazy weekend for us, as not only are we covering Deadspin, but about half of us are on the road visiting fine ballparks across this great land of ours. (Which may or may not be overstating the fact, since Metschick did choose...
Watch Your Hands, Lady
• One excitable cancer kid. • Barry Bonds and Alan Thicke, ice skatin'. • Seattle will say goodbye to the Sonics. • Super! • Will Demps is tired of your breasts. • Hirshey wraps up the first weekend of the EPL. Oh, and Beckham scored. • Hey, the MNF crew sounds pretty good so far. • Stoner GMs, man....
There's Madness Behind The Mask
To help celebrate Bobby Cox's record 132nd career ejection (he was tossed again on Wednesday), Sons of Sam Malone compiled the Top 5 Manager Ejections of recent years. It is a fine list, a noble list, and makes me want to crawl on all fours and pretend to lob a grenade. 'But hey,' you may be saying ...
Jason Grilli Is Pretty Sure He Has Fans
Any athlete with his own Web site has several options. He can be entirely weird and wonderful. He can speak blandly about this team and life As A Baseball Player. He can sporadically update and ask for charitable donations. Or he can just try to sell shit. Or, if you're Tigers pitcher Jason Grilli, ...