Week In Deadspin: Pulling For Peter

Leitch|published: 06/30/2006, 5:30pm EDT

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• Get well soon, Mr. Gammons. • There will never be another tirade like Joe Mikulik's, ever. • Louis Gossett Jr., college basketball superhero. • Michael Strahan is not gay, but he's still a big dope. • David Hirshey is everywhere. • We'd love to see more sportswriters get in fights. • Let's try to avoid Brett Myers Bat Day, OK? • Stephen A. Smith loves Cheese Doodles. • "Woo-hoo, we're stage divin'!" • If Eddie Griffin's shooting percentage goes down next year, it's obviously because he's going blind. • Renaldo Balkman!

When we are back at you on Monday, we will be in Washington DC, preparing ourselves for a presumably drunken night at RFK Stadium. If you don't have your tickets for that yet, Section 532 still has seats available. (Just click on the cheap, $7 tickets.) Until then, enjoy The Mighty MJD taking you through the World Cup semifinals, and we'll be back Monday, from some sort of Potomac-area Starbucks, we're sure. Be safe out there ...