Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:25:57 EST

Donavon Mcnabb Traded To San Fransisco; Donovan McNabb Still On Eagles [Duan!]

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The pic above is from this website, which posted the phony McNabb trade rumor and has confused plenty of people, including poor Michael Smith, who was credited with breaking the phantom story this morning. More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:55:43 EST

Kige Ramsey's Star Is Larger Than Most Natural Cave Systems In Kentucky [YouTubeSportsCelebrities ]

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The "YouTube Sports" reporter's career is flowering. First, listen to him annihilate a Tennessee fan during a hillbilly debate on 104.5TheZone's "3 Hour Lunch" by boasting about Kentucky's "natural cave systems". Also, The Jimmy Fallon Show fellates him. More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:05:45 EST

Fortunately, Drowning Is Only A Double Minor [Zamboners]

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Remember, Zamboni is a brand name for one specific ice resurfacing machine maker. For example, this one changes solid surfaces into liquid but it could've been manufactured by several different companies that will no longer honor the warranty. [DenverPost] More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:50:12 EST

Beckham Prepares For A Tearful Reunion… With The Bench? []

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"David! David! Daaaaviiiiiid!" More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:15:30 EST

Detroit Lion Meets Real Lions To Raise Lion Awareness, Taunt Lions With Lions Helmet [Nfl]

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Today in animal news, Detroit Lions linebacker Zack Follet went to California's Cat Haven to visit with some real lions and create a video that will make you feel very, very stoned. More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:45:29 EST

You, Dim PR Person, Are Dumb And Should Be Fired From Your Job, Part III [Prdummies]

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PR people are stupid. Not all of them, just some of them. Like this person, who sent this pitch about "Oral Sex and Oral Cancer Linked" to a popular sports radio show's producer. Because they are dumb. More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:35:05 EST

ESPN.com Helps Launch False "Obama Wants To Ban Fishing" Rumor [Media Meltdowns]

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Conservative websites are up in arms this week over the Obama administration's new plan to outlaw recreational fishing in America. It's an egregious abuse of executive power, slightly mitigated by the fact that it's not remotely close to being true. More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:40:41 EST

South Africa Receives 42 Million Condoms For World Cup Orgy [World Cup]

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Bracing for the influx of prostitutes and ESPN staffers this summer, Britain is doing its part to help prevent the spread of HIV in South Africa, which currently has 5.7 million people infected with the virus. [NYDN] More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:15:20 EST

Report: NFL Draft Prospect Once Put His Tremendous Upside In His Sister [Nfl]

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Tony Washington, an o-line prospect from Division II Abilene Christian, impressed at the NFL Combine. However, like many prospects before him, a crime committed in his teen years might derail him, only this one involves having sex with his sister. More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:45:04 EST

Senate Candidate Only Supports Government Takeover Of Hockey Logos [Nhl]

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Oregon Senate candidate Marc Delphine loves America so much that his web team co-opted the Columbus Blue Jackets logo and made it their own. Maybe Columbus can let us borrow their employee health plan too. [Thanks, Matt C.] More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:10:27 EST

Corey Haim, Dead; Bill Simmons Mourns [Sad? Whimsy?]

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Excpect 5,000 words on how Haim's death is comparable to River Phoenix's by 5 p.m. [SportsGuy33] More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:50 EST

Washington Nationals: Go Natinals! [2010MLBPreviews]

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Will Leitch will be previewing/musing on every baseball team each weekday until the start of the season. You can pre-order his book and follow him on Twitter. Today: Washington Nationals. More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:40:19 EST

Black Hispanic Ballplayers Aren't Black Enough For Torii Hunter [Mlb]

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"They're not us," Torii Hunter tells USA Today. "They're impostors." Yeah, he's going there. More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:25:37 EST

In Case You Wanted Updates On Howard Stern's Tiger Woods Beauty Pageant... [Tiger Woods]

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And...good morning!: 8:49 AM (2 hours ago) From Nick Denton to tips: jopiazza (@jopiazza) 3/10/10 8:31 Tigers mistress Jamie Jungers says she and Tiger had rough sex and...he is quite well endowed...oh and no condom! Sent with Tweetie More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:20:01 EST

Tebow Draft Rationalization Watch: Pittsburgh Needs A Leader [NFL Draft]

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As the NFL Draft approaches, many team fanbases will attempt complex logical gymnastics to talk themselves into using a first-round pick on Florida quarterback Tim Tebow. Today: The Steelers try to solve their current quarterback's character issues. More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:30:50 EST

Last Night's Winner: Derek Anderson [Last Night's Winner]

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In sports, everyone is a winner—some people just win better than others. Like the Browns occasionally starting quarterback who was finally released from his own personal Purgatory—even if Purgatory isn't exactly sad to see him go. More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:30:41 EST

What's Black And White And Read All Over? [Wake Up Deadspin]

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Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:00:00 EST

Dallas Luminaries Join Forces To Raise Awareness Of Super Bowl XLV [Dallas]

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The Dallas-Fort Worth Fox affiliate brought a group of notable Dallas sports and news figures together to promote the upcoming Super Bowl (only 334 days!). Can you name them all? More »

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:45:00 EST

Deadspin Casting Roundup: Vince Lombardi To Get Glory Road-ed [Movies]

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Legendary Fordham Football Rams coach Vince Lombardi's story is coming to the silver screen and Robert De Niro is set to play the Super Bowl trophy's namesake. In related news, the dad from The Wonder Years just fired his agent. [TheWrap] More »

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:00:00 EST

Brazilian Indoor Soccer Player Dies In Just About The Most Horrific Fashion Imaginable [Death]

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A 23-year old Brazilian indoor soccer player, Robson Rocha Costa, died Sunday after sustaining injuries in a match. A piece of floor plank pierced his thigh and went into his intestine. More »

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:45:53 EST

RSS Readers Will Not Get To See Where This Telestrator Vagina Came From [Duan!]

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Yes, yes — I know. Those of you reading this on RSS will probably only get a portion of this message and it will leave you wondering, "Hey, what the crap happened to the full Deadspin feed, those greedy basta..." More »

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:25:09 EST

Stephen Strasburg Performs Miracle Of Turning 27 Pitches Into Six Outs [Mlb]

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Baseball Jesus Stephen Strasburg debuted today against the Tigers and pitched two scoreless innings. He gave up back-to-back two-out singles in the second, finished with a strikeout, and transubstantiated into Miguel Batista. [ESPN] More »

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:35:29 EST

Should Connecticut Women's Basketball Be Disbanded? [Women's College Basketball]

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The UConn women's basketball team has won 71 games in a row, breaking a record set by....UConn, seven years ago. If they keep winning like this, soon even people who care about women's basketball won't care about women's basketball anymore. More »

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:20:22 EST

Snackbots, Astrobating, And Magic Condiment Fingers [Funbag]

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Time for your Tuesday edition of the Deadspin Funbag. Find more of Drew's stuff at KSK or on Twitter. Today, we're covering Southwest boarding, porn, Goober, baskets, prison shitting, forks, majors, and more. More »

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:50:03 EST

Peter King Leads The League In Obliviousness, Strange Notions Of Justice (UPDATE) [Ben Roethlisberger]

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Whenever a football story drifts beyond football and contracts and whatever Brett Favre just text-messaged from his ride mower, we can always count on Peter King to give voice to the most oblivious and casually insensitive thought in his head. More »

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:45:08 EST

Papists Ruining Serie A: Blasphemy Now Suspendable Offense [God]

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Chievo coach Domenico Di Carlo has been suspended for this Sunday's match against Bari for taking God's name in vain. Next week: Luca Toni raps your knuckles with a ruler for goofing off during prayer time. [Goal] More »

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:15:26 EST

Amber Alert In Canada After Hockey Trading Cards Vanish [Oh Canada]

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If an insured shipment of hockey trading cards is shipped from Newfoundland, when will it arrive in Ontario? Trick question; the post office will steal lose it. If you have any information, you know what to do. [UPI] More »

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:40:59 EST

Big Ben Photographer Speaks; GCSU Says No Comment [Ben Roethlisberger]

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On Thursday, Justin, a senior at GCSU, snapped a photo of Ben Roethlisberger with a young woman. As with a lot of things that night, that photo's now the subject of innuendo and insinuation, some of it, Justin says, misguided. More »

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:45:29 EST

Tim Tebow's Signature Will Save Our Economy [Nfl]

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The world's greatest undrafted free agent held his first "official" autograph signing last weekend and since he's no longer an amateur, his signature will now cost you a pretty penny. Or $160 if you want to get technical about it. More »

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:10:19 EST

Tampa Bay Rays: A Nuclear Switzerland [2010MLBPreviews]

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Will Leitch will be previewing/musing on every baseball team each weekday until the start of the season. You can pre-order his book and follow him on Twitter. Today: Tampa Bay Rays. More »

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:50:19 EST

Simmons-Olbermann Feud Tweeted To An Unsatisfying Conclusion [Ennnnnd Scene]

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Just so we're clear: The Sports Fella did not get into writing to respond to Keith Olbermann's response to Simmons's response to Olbermann's response to that one column Simmons wrote in crayon. [@sportsguy33] More »

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:35:13 EST

Last Night's Winner: The Boston Yankees [Last Night's Winner]

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In sports, everyone is a winner—some people just win better than others. Like ad sales software that scored another big success for targeted online marketing campaigns. Because who needs Yankee tickets more than the people of Boston? More »

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:15:10 EST

Get Your Head In The Game [Wake Up Deadspin]

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Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. More »

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:15:00 EST

Cranky Old Sportscaster Unloads On Congress, Curling [DUAN]

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Beano Cook is an American treasure, and nearly 66% of you agreed with that assessment about two years ago. From his rapier wit to his extensive knowledge of the game, Cook deserves our respect. But, let's have some fun instead. More »

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:45:41 EST

The Olbermann-Simmons Feud Is Getting Feisty [Media Meltdowns]

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Wherever you come down in the Keith Olbermann-Bill Simmons blood feud, you can surely agree that the former just drew a helluva line in the sand by calling Simmons "the most uncontrollable, unmanageable talent in the history of ESPN." More »

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:30:20 EST

Jim Schwartz Pursues Free Agents Like A Deranged Ex-Boyfriend [Creepy]

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How do you convince talented and (mostly) sane players to move to Detroit and play for the Lions? If you're Jim Schwartz you sit outside their house in the middle of the night and leave heaving breathing on their voicemail. More »

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:00:00 EST

The Ron Artest Hair Odyssey Gets Cancelled [Nba]

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All that fuss over Artest's purple-and-gold, multilingual hairstyle? For naught. After letting Vince Carter go off for 25, Artest shaved the whole damn thing off. [Twitter] More »

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:45:51 EST

Canadians Also Win Gold For Synchronized Peeing [Youreinbusiness]

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The City of Edmonton charted water consumption during the hockey gold medal game and found that the whole damn town apparently saved its "business" for the intermissions. [Pat's Papers] More »

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:20:00 EST

A Real, Honest-To-Goodness NBA Rivalry? Awesome. [Nba]

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Matt Barnes was in Kobe's face all game long (and occasionally, quite literally). Lamar Odom called Barnes "a monkey." It makes for a possible finals matchup not involving Kobe and LeBron that, dare I say it, would be anticipated. More »