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Duan!
Somebody At ESPN Is Feeling Frisky And A Very Special Guest Editor Announcement
I haven't seen the Sportsnation show on ESPN yet, since I spend most of my day at the Gawker office, where television (along with sunlight, smiling, and sustained eye contact) are strictly forbidden, but this little shout-out is flattering. More »
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By DAULERIOComment by Kick His Ass Seabass: So can we still talk about DUAN! topics like how fucking awesome Fight Night Round 4 is? 5 Responses | Other threads
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Nfl
Chad Ochocinco Tweets By His Own Rules
Ochocinco: "I'm using Twitter during games." NFL: No, you're not. Ochocinco: "Damn NFL and these rules, I am going by my own set of rules, I ain't hurting nobody or getting in trouble, I am putting my foot down!!" [PFT]
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By Ben CohenComment by Chuck Knoblockhead: What exactly is he going to find to tweet about during Bengals games? There's nothing intelligent to say about a... 1 Responses | Other threads
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moneyball
Now It's Aaron Sorkin's Turn To Fail At Writing A Moneyball Script
Columbia has enlisted Sorkin, the sanctimonious West Wing creator last seen making Ed Asner say "Macau" over and over, to write a draft of the star-crossed Moneyball script. Such waste. Such inefficiency. Somebody could write a bestselling book about this. More »
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By Tommy CraggsComment by StuScott Booyahs: Sorkin is believed to have a close relationship with Sony. Like, Sahel Kazemi close? 1 Responses | Other threads
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New York Mets
Bah, He's Safe
Daniel Murphy resorts to Globetrotter trickery to help save the Mets season. This will not be enough. [ESPN]
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By DAULERIOComment by Bobby Big Wheel: Murphy also filled the Mets' Gatorade cooler with confetti 6 Responses | Other threads
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Lenny Dykstra
Lenny Dykstra Would Still Like You To Trust Him With Your Money
Remarkably, Lenny Kyle Dykstra won't quit just because he filed for bankruptcy. No, teammates, it's just a bump in the road. He's still got the golden touch, so jump in while the water's freezing, etc. More »
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By DAULERIOComment by ScientificMapp: "P.S. Blue Horseshoe loves the Fishnet Condom Company" 2 Responses | Other threads
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Mlb
Playing For Pittsburgh Makes Ian Snell Depressed
Add Ian Snell to the list of baseball players struggling with mental issues this season. The good news is that he seems to found a causal link between his crippling depression and playing baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates. More »
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Comment by UpstateUnderdog: The taunts of "Snell smells" from little leaguers attending Pirate games were too much for him to handle. 4 Responses | Other threads
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College Football
How Can You Miss Chuck Long If He Won't Go Away?
Who has the best job in football? Chuck Long, who is getting paid $715,000 a year to not coach San Diego State, or the consultant getting $125 an hour to figure out how to get rid of him? More »
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Comment by David Hume: How is someone named Chuck Long not the Raiders Offensive Coordinator? 3 Responses | Other threads
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Erin Andrews
Here's Erin Andrews Getting Angry At Someone For Pulling On Her Cords (ALSO NOT A EUPHEMISM)
This is quite a sustained grouchy face. This is also the last footage of America's Sideline Princess with her chin still intact. [YouTube]
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By DAULERIOComment by ClueHeywood: If you pull Erin Andrews's cord, she'll say "math class is tough!" 5 Responses | Other threads
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Lpga
The LPGA Continues To Ratchet Up The Crazy
The next time I'm hacking away on my local muni, I'm going to pretend like I'm snowboarding, because that's what Italian golfer Giulia Sergas does. Imaginary frostbite nipping at my windwhipped nose, I'll fit right in with the LPGA. More »
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By Ben CohenComment by Hatey McLife: The next time I'm hacking away on my local muni Is "muni" Yiddish for "hooker" or "transient"? 2 Responses | Other threads
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Erin Andrews
ERIN ANDREWS HIT BY FOUL BALL GOES TO HOSPITAL WITH CHIN BRUISE (NOT A EUPHEMISM) BUT SHE'S OKAY (UPDATE!)
Gentlemen, brace yourselves: From TMZ: "Andrews — who serves as a sideline reporter for ESPN — was struck in the chin by a foul ball hit by New York Mets player Alex Cora during the 4th inning." More »
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By DAULERIOComment by sir_pantsalot: Erins chin is okay but what about Tebows left testical? 3 Responses | Other threads
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Rugby
Not Just Another Drunken Rugby Pooping Incident
Australian Rugby has been laid low by scandal after a horrific "atrocity" committed by one its players. Specifically, 25-year-old Nate Myles, who—drunk, naked and locked out of his room—took a giant dump in a hotel hallway. The horror. More »
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Comment by Jen P: Just one alcohol related incident and he would be done with rugby forever. Strange. I always assumed rugby was an alcohol-related... 3 Responses | Other threads
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Steve McNair
Tennessean Brings Out The Dead, Asks About Exciting New Line Of Restaurants
Here's the front page of the Tennessean's weekly Davidson A.M. edition, which is one of those zoned supplements that go yellow on your lawn and contain nothing but Zales ads and the occasional fluffy interview with a dead person.
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By Tommy CraggsComment by Barry Lutz: The story quotes McNair as saying, "you should try my Iranian side dish." 5 Responses | Other threads
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Balls Deep
Hypospadias And You: An In-Depth Study Of Bong Dick
I live in the DC area and I have a baby boy, so it's only natural that scientists have now discovered that DC drinking water might be deforming baby boy's genitals. WOOHOO!
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By Drew MagaryComment by Galactica: My son was born with this. While it was disturbing at first, he had surgery a year after his birth,... 7 Responses | Other threads
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Sad? Whimsy?
Where Is The Brotherly Love?
Just when race relations in the United States seemed all hunky-dory — welcome to the White House, Mr. President — a swim club in Philadelphia kicks out 60 minority campers because they would "change the complexion" of the club. More »
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By Ben CohenComment by Tiger_Tanaka: A smart gun club owner would know how to take advantage of this opportunity. 2 Responses | Other threads
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Announcements
Now It's Time To Let Your Star Shine
So the new commenting system is live. Please hop to the bottom section and test it out. I'm sure there will be kinks, complaints, confusion and minor chaos. Feel free to contact bugs with the real boners. More »
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By DAULERIOComment by UkraineNotWeak: Folks!!! You should check out the bathroom in The Star Lounge. DOUBLE PLY!!!! 8 Responses | Other threads
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Mlb
Bartolo Colon "Found," Still Mourning Michael Jackson
There's no visual evidence of Bartolo Colon's whereabouts—NASA is working on it—but the White Sox say he will pitch tonight. His "disappearance" was really just an aversion to phones and an inability to cope with MJ's passing. More »
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Comment by ArkansasFred: Why can't people mourn MJ in healthy, constructive ways? For example, to cope with the grief I built a... 4 Responses | Other threads
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LeBron James
Swoosh Denies LBJ Dunk Cover-Up, Unconvincingly
The flash, apparently official: Nike is now making the implausible case that the two hapless videographers at the LeBron James Skills Academy had flouted a longstanding, super-inviolate "no videotaping" commandment and therefore had to be frisked. More »
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By Tommy CraggsComment by It's Peanut Butter Brady Time: @The Governor: Thanks for this auto-starting nonsense. Scared the crap out of me at my desk, idiot. 3 Responses | Other threads
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Golf
Brave Colin Montgomerie Takes Shots at Pirates
A bunch of goofballs dressed as pirates dared golfers at the Scottish Open to hit their water-borne target—so Colin Montgomerie took them out his wedge and nailed it. (From about 60 yards away.) Lousy pirates.... [Daily Mail/Sports Rubbish]
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Comment by Bobby Big Wheel: Monty was only able to hit the pirates because none of them had attained the rank of Major. 3 Responses | Other threads
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Television
Baseball Wives Teaches Your Wife About "Road Beef"
The E! True Hollywood Story is documentary TV for people who don't really want to know about what actually goes on in the world. So why is it educating our nation's moms about the concept of "road beef"? More »
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Comment by Randy the Dodge Ram: What's the proper term for the guy that fulfills these wives' needs when the team is on the road? Because... 7 Responses | Other threads
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College Football
Western Carolina Football Player Dies During Workout
Ja'Quayvin Smalls, a junior defensive back for Western Carolina, collapsed during a voluntary offseason workout yesterday and later died a local hospital. No cause of death has been determined so far. More »
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Comment by Tony Reali's Winning Smile: Rick Reilly said that his only fault was that "he was dying to make the team." 6 Responses | Other threads
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Wake up deadspin!
Russell Branyan's Power Loogie Deserves A Star
Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to tips@deadspin.com. Subject: Morning crap More »
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By DAULERIOComment by BruschisBrewsky: Today is the day for more commenting commotion: the system will be unveiled around noon. We can all fight through... 5 Responses | Other threads
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Steve McNair
Sahel Kazemi's DUI Video
Here's some creepy cop-cam footage of Steve McNair's murderer/mistress getting pinched for the DUI just a couple days before the tragic night at Hermitage. [Deuce of Davenport]
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By DAULERIOComment by Barry Lutz: I thought I read that McNair was with her during the DUI. Is that him that gets out and walks... 5 Responses | Other threads
- Wednesday - July 8, 2009
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LeBron James
The Dunk Was "As Good As It Could've Been Hyped Up To Be"
Ryan Miller, the would-be Zapruder whose video of LeBron getting Tom Chambered was commandeered by a Nike goon, has offered a few more details about the incident. Namely: The dunk was awesome, and Bron-Bron was kind of a prick.
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By Tommy CraggsComment by thetaxman: Why am I not shocked that someone got one past a guy named Ryan Miller. 2 Responses | Other threads
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Steve McNair
Police Close The Book On The Steve McNair Case
Nashville's Chief of Police Ronal Serpas just gave a very thorough and detailed account of the death of Steve McNair and Sahel Kazemi and provided a rather convincing explanation of why investigators have officially ruled it a murder-suicide. More »
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Comment by Carl Everett, Jurassic Park Tour Guide.: Note to self: Don't date crazy. 4 Responses | Other threads
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Lance Armstrong
The Critic-Proofing Of Lance Armstrong
The ad you see here is the new Lance Armstrong spot for Nike, which would be merely standard-issue, inspiromatic marketing schlock if it didn't come so creepily close to suggesting that to criticize Lance now is to somehow enable cancer. More »
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By Tommy CraggsComment by MeAndChipperJones: I read the piece on Slate (linked from another non-sports site) and thought "I bet Tommy will link to his... 5 Responses | Other threads
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Steve McNair
Live-Streaming The Love Life And After-Life Of Steve McNair
McNair's best friend Robert Gaddy says, despite all glaring indications, Mechelle and Steve weren't getting for a divorce. Nope, the happy couple was buying a new home together. Now stop asking him about the 20-year-old girlfriend. More »
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By DAULERIOComment by Steve U: Bro in Backwards Hat: Someone stole our case of Coors Light! Spokeswoman: We all agree that this is a... 6 Responses | Other threads
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Lenny Dykstra
Lenny Kyle Dykstra Slides Headfirst Into Rock Bottom
The legend of Financial Wizard Lenny Kyle Dykstra, last seen "flying higher", has finally shriveled up and died: The Dude officially filed for bankruptcy today. I hope you didn't hurt yourself when you fell out of your chair. More »
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By DAULERIOComment by ScientificMapp: Red Vines and California Penal System water = Crazy Delicious! 4 Responses | Other threads
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Chicago Cubs
Young Cubs Fan Mocks Ryan Dempster's Pain
This young fan in blue has thoroughly enjoyed Ryan Dempster's comical fall over a dugout railing, not realizing that the pitcher has just fractured his big toe and will spend a month on the DL. Go Cubbies! More »
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Comment by Gourmet Spud: The poor fence-jumping skills of ball players explains why there are so few Mexicans in the league. 3 Responses | Other threads
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Nba
Are The Pacers Too White ... Or Not White Enough?
In the time-honored tradition of raising a controversial proposition for the express purpose of shooting it down, Indy Star stalwart Bob Kravitz asks, "Why are the Indiana Pacers so lily white?" More »
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Comment by The Governor: The big deal isn't that their white, it's that they suck. Exhibit A: 2003 Dallas Mavericks. Dirk Nowitzki Steve Nash [and then... 5 Responses | Other threads
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