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The BCS Has One Last Screwjob Left In It: 125 FBS Teams, Ranked
Each week during college football season we put the conventional polls to shame by ranking every FBS team from 1-125, by whatever standard we see fit. As always, last week's rankings were not consulted....
Peter Gammons On A-Rod: "He's Like The Marathon Bombers"
Today, famed baseball writer Peter Gammons appeared on Mike Lupica's show on ESPN Radio to talk about Alex Rodriguez's current steroid saga. ...
Detroit Is Trading Prince Fielder To Texas For Ian Kinsler
Everyone is now reporting that the Tigers have traded slugger first baseman (and, didjaknow, baseball's reigning Iron Man?) Prince Fielder to the Rangers for second baseman Ian Kinsler....
A Three-Man Front Is A Late-Game Defensive Formation For Suckers
The weekend, as I watched the absurd denouement of the Northwestern-Michigan game, something struck me as familiar — beyond the now-routine bumblefuckery that inspires the Wildcats to turn fourth-quarter leads into triple-overtime losses. No, it wasn't simply that Michigan drove in the dregs of game...
Alex Rodriguez Blasts MLB In Surprise Interview With Mike Francesa
After angrily storming out of his arbitration hearing this morning, Alex Rodriguez took his case to a sympathetic ear: Mike Francesa. In an intense and resolute interview on WFAN this afternoon, Rodriguez assailed Major League Baseball's investigation, bemoaned a system set up against the players, a...
Dead Wrestler Of The Week: Chris Benoit
Excerpted and adapted from The Squared Circle: Life, Death, and Professional Wrestling (Gotham Books). For the Dead Wrestler of the Week archive, click here....
Who Is John Allen, The Baseball Reporter Revealed As A Twitter Hoax?
Winter is baseball's silly season, filled with silly trade and free agent rumors even from reputable sources. But sometimes those sources are not-so-reputable. Sometimes they don't even exist. Like KCNBC's own John Allen....
A-Rod Storms Out Of Hearing, Says MLB Is "Full Of Shit"
The Alex Rodriguez Show rolls on! And gets better with every episode. Today, according to reports, Rodriguez swore, walked out of his arbitration hearing, and said he won't participate any more after it was ruled that Bud Selig would not have to testify....
Pacquaio And Rios Trainers Come To Blows In Macau
Trainers for Manny Pacquiao and Brandon Rios had to be separated after an altercation in Macau this morning, ahead of their scheduled fight. ...
Gay Former Football Player Says He Had Six Or Seven Gay-Ish Teammates
Philly Mag has an insightful look at the post-football life of Dorien Bryant, the first (almost) openly gay NFL player. The story is worth your time, if only because Bryant doesn't shy away from speaking his mind or gossiping....
It's Never Too Late To Start Smoking Weed
Time for your weekly edition of the Deadspin Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. Today, we're covering ice cream machines, Kennedy, robot coaches, and more. Image by Jim Cooke....
How To Turn A Big Mac Into A Linebacker: The 300-Pounder In The NFL
Football players are massive. But they weren't always. In a chapter from their new book, Newton's Football: The Science Behind America's Game, Allen St. John and Ainissa G Ramirez explain how we came to have so many 300-pound players, and why we don't have, say, 8-foot-tall quarterbacks. ...
How To Turn A Big Mac Into A Linebacker: The 300-Pounder In The NFL
Excerpted from Newton's Football: The Science Behind America's Game....
This Is What Makes Bill Polian A Real NFL Insider
Hell, I'd be backing up, too....
Your Latest Dumb Jets Scandal: A Trip To Dave & Buster's
The Jets lost to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, and they lost badly. This was not a surprising turn of events, as the Jets are a not-very-good football team that often loses badly to other football teams that are good and sometimes also not very good. But these are the Jets, so obviously their latest ...
Baseball's Clown Prince
That'd be Max Patkin, who was profiled by Steve Wulf for SI back in 1988:...