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Yesterday - April 28, 2010

Bango The Buck's First Post-Ladder-Dunk Interview

Fresh off his monumental feat during Game 4, Bango the Buck sat down with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Don Walker to discuss the dunk, his training, his fears, and his hopes for the future. Highlights inside. More »

Sneak Peek: Vivid's "Mindy McCready, Baseball Mistress" [NSFW]

After all the drama and threats of lawsuits, Vivid's come through with a model release signed by Mindy McCready, confirming that they do, in fact, have the right to distribute her sex tape. And you know what that means... [Fleshbot] [NSFW]

The Deadspin Guide To Naming Your Fantasy Team

CBS released a list of the 200 most common fantasy baseball team names; they're generally about as uncreative and unfunny as you'd expect. Here are some ground rules to make sure you're not the laughingstock of your laughingstock fantasy league. More »

Blackhawk Duncan Keith Doesn't Appreciate You Prying Into His Finances

This video, taken during Game 4 of the Chicago-Nashville series, shows a Predators fan/heckler getting under the skin of defenseman Duncan Keith. Keith's Norris Trophy-nominated response? A refreshing Gatorade spritz. Points for accuracy immediately deducted for being a ninny. [ChicagoNow]

What It's Like To Eat Dinner With Bill Murray

So, either your letters have been answered or you're Wes Anderson: How do you navigate the minefield of social norms and potential faux pas and handle dinner with Bill Murray? New York Magazine's Jada Yuan lays it all out. More »

Indians The Most Hated Baseball Team, Says Science

When the Wall Street Journal added a New York sports section, we assumed it would be more than game stories and notes columns. Sure enough, they've debuted with a series of needlessly rigorous analyses of things nobody cares about. More »

China Stripped Of Medal For Underage Gymnast. Not That One, The Other One

Who could possibly forget the courageous 2000 USA women's gymnastics team, who captured America's heart, and captured a bronze medal — 10 years later, because one of the Chinese gymnasts was 14 years old? More »

Last Night's Winner: LeElbow

In sports, everyone is a winner—some people just win better than others. Like the hinge joint in LeBron James's right arm, which exploded into a thousand pieces yesterday, filling the Cleveland sky with bright constellations of bone dust and shard. More »

Could This Be The Most Blatant Dive In Soccer History?

This gem comes straight to you from the Faroe Islands, where Kaj Ennigarð of ÍF Fuglafjørður goes down like a sack of potatoes after apparently being hit by a gust of wind. It certainly wasn't the other player, that's certain.

Athlete Wives Are Just Regular Gals, Washington Post Keeps Reporting

The Post gives the wives of the Capitals the same incisive treatment it gave the wives of the Nationals last year. Noted: "They're striking, yes! But, in a regular kind of way." [Washington Post]

The Marquis Teague Scholarship-Revocation-Countdown Begins Now

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 »
Tuesday - April 27, 2010

Madden 11 to Explore the Difference Between Simplified and Easy

Two videos and some screens released today give visual context to Madden NFL 11's "Gameflow", described in Totilo's preview yesterday, and other features that designers say will halve the amount of time required to play a game. [Kotaku]

Meet The Lefty-Slugging, Cannon-Armed 3-Year-Old

Ariel Antigua? Tyler? Old news. Showing significant pull power and an arm, Beau is the new wunderkind on every scout's radar. Note to self: Never ask if anyone's got a 3-year old to pimp. More »

Introducing The Sports Phella, Phil Simmons

Bill Simmons was nice enough to Tweet-lert everyone of ABCNews.com's captioning gaffe but we all know it was just to prove he gets invited to parties/smokes up with Ricky Williams. Click 'n' embiggen. [@sportsguy33]

The NFL's Worst Human Being Works For The Dolphins

It comes out that the exec who asked Dez Bryant if his mother was a prostitute was Miami GM Jeff Ireland. Hey, Parcells wasn't hung up on character as a coach, why should he change in the front office? [Yahoo!]

Listen In As Chris Cooley Gets Pulled Over While On The Phone With Radio Show

Cooley, while talking with DC's Sports Junkies on WJFK-FM, was pulled over by a cop this morning for going too wide around a corner. Pro athletes: They're just like us! (Only they manage to wriggle out of their moving violations.) [WashPost; audio]

Easy Money: Bet On Whoever's Playing The Pirates

It's been said that you should never bet on your favorite team; you're just setting yourself up for double heartbreak. Well, one Pirates fan has concocted a fascinating experiment/get-rich-quick scheme: he's betting against the Bucs in every game this season. More »
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