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Your Rangers-Tigers ALCS Game Two Open Thread
So, the Rangers got all the runs they needed off the Tigers' Cy Young Award (soon to be) winning ace before a rain delay last night. You're supposed to win at home, but still, that's a big home win. Even if every win — whether home or away — is big this time of year, as everybody who has ever playe...
Texas A&M AD: Hooligans Shit Put Manure In, And On, Our Buses In The Land Of Texas Tech
"Texas A&M's team buses were vandalized in Lubbock, Texas A&M athletics director Bill Byrne said on his twitter account. 'Someone vandalized our buses in Lubbock,' he wrote. 'Excrement inside and outside of buses plus spray painted vulgarities on outside. Classy.' The Aggies traveled to Lubbock for...
The Red River Rivalry Game Was Not That Close
From the very beginning of this game it seemed like Texas was never really going to have a chance. Time and time again we watched Texas turn the ball over in between bouts of Kirk Herbstreit and Brent Musburger pimping The Longhorn Network....
"I Ain't No Damned Monkey On A String": The Sadness Of Sweetness After Super Bowl XX
Today the 1985 Chicago Bears were finally honored at the White House—25 years after their 46-10 romp over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XX. (The original trip was canceled because of the Challenger explosion.) That Super Bowl was memorable for many reasons—the headbands of Jim McMahon, the ...
Cockblocked By David Duke!
Welcome to Great Moments in Drunken Hookup Failure, where we showcase three heartwarming true stories of drunken love gone horribly awry. Off we go....
Read This Ode To Baltimore's Valiant Last Stand And Boston's Unexpected Collapse
Our friends at Et tu, Mr. Destructo have composed the best reaction to the chaos of the final week of the MLB regular season. You should go read it. A snippet, from the prelude: "The only time a Bill James almanac should come out over seven games is if you find your chair leg wobbling as you lean ba...
Presenting The A-Rod Strikeout That Ended The Yankees Season
The Detroit Tigers just defeated the New York Yankees 3-2 in Game Five of their ALDS. Alex Rodriguez struck out swinging to end the game. Poor thing....
Eagles Lineman Jason Babin Does His Best Complainin' James Harrison Impression
"Babin, the NFL's sack leader, said he was fined $15,000 for a hit on 49ers quarterback Alex Smith during the Eagles' 24-23 loss Sunday. Babin is playing in the first year of a five-year, $28.325 million contract. 'It's ridiculous,' he said. 'They just arbitrarily go around fining guys for whatever...
One Armand De Brignac Nebuchadnezzar For Only $100,000! An Unscientific Analysis Of The Zac-Efron-And-Heather-Graham-Inspired Chicago Bar Bill
People are making a big deal out of the epic bar tab this week (full version here), but I don't see why. Far as I can tell, it was just another Tuesday night in the Board Room, Chicago's epicenter of cool. Another Tuesday night with the top people in the Midwest. Have you been to the Board Room? It'...
Gary Bettman Says The Coyotes Will Stay In Arizona Long After We're All Dead And The Computers Take Over And The Sun Burns Out
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: the Yotes will stay where they are, unless they don't....
TCU To Leave The Big East Even Though It Still Isn't A Member
TCU might have been a geographic misfit when it joined the Big East, but its admission was thought by some to be the logical conclusion of the vision of the league's late founder, Dave Gavitt. On second thought, the school's exit for the Big 12 nine months before its Big East membership took effect...
Terry Francona Gave A Boston TV Station An Interview, But His T-Shirt Probably Says More Than He Did
Your morning roundup for Oct. 6, the day we learned a ban on dwarf-tossing threatened our freedom. Photo via WBZ-TV; h/t to Morris. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
As Taco Shop Brawls Go, This One's Really Good For About 30 Seconds
The fun starts at the 0:53 mark, when a guy wearing a #69 jersey with his socks pulled up to his knees unsuccessfully challenges two fellas to a duel in the neighborhood taco shop. Of particular interest are his attempts to stand back up after 1) getting dropped with a punch to the head and 2) get...
This Super Bowl Commercial Introduced The World To Steve Jobs's Apple Macintosh Computer
"The fact that the Los Angeles Raiders humiliated the Washington Redskins in a 38-to-9 victory is a mere afterthought. Super Bowl XVIII's lasting legacy has been a single advertisement sandwiched somewhere in the third quarter: Apple Computer's iconic "1984" commercial." [CNet]...
Here's Chad McGhee With Your Weekly Knox City Greyhounds Update And Tony "Horny Little Bitch" Romo Evisceration
The mighty Knox City Greyhounds got back on the right side of the scoreboard by defeating the Woodson Cowboys 46-0. A marvelous victory. A redemptive victory....
John Henry Blames Terry Francona For Injury Sustained On His Megayacht
There was a somber mood in the Deadspin office last Friday, when we received word that Red Sox owner and billionaire John Henry had been rushed to the hospital after sustaining an injury on his megayacht in Boston. We wondered if he'd broken a bone, or gotten a paper cut from a million-dollar bill, ...
Terry Francona Will Replace Tim McCarver On TV For The First Two Games Of The ALCS
Oh, don't you fret! Joe Buck is still involved. [@MLBONFOX]...
Here's A Better Angle Of That TBS Cameraman Eating Shit Yesterday
My god, this is glorious. I think that someone should build a sculpture of this, call it "High School Everlasting," and put it in a modern art museum. But don't forget, Adrian Beltre: the nerd's always supposed to get the last laugh....
Let's Watch Video Of A Guy Almost Get Crushed By A Fighter Jet On An Aircraft Carrier
Via a tipster's "Navy-jet-fighter-pilot-friend" comes this video that his Navy jet fighter pilot friend's superior officer probably didn't exactly want to see turn up on YouTube. But it did. So, why not share it and expose Maverick as the rule-breaking renegade he always was?...
Here's Video Of A One-Punch Knockout In A Park
What starts out as a nature film about squirrels, pigeons and rat holes in Tompkins Square Park quickly turns into what very well may be a snuff film at the 0:30 mark. Enjoy!...