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So you can doubly pretend to make tons of money but fail in the end anyway. [Gaston & Sheehan Auctioneers]http://deadspin.com/5401794/this-is-exactly-what-it-looks-like http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/1Tn9CDTj6NI/jayhawk-superfan-has-quite-the-rap-sheet http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5401773&view=rss&microfeed=true KU's most visible fan, White Owl, is nowhere to be seen this season, thanks to some pretty hilarious legal trouble. That's him up in the picture. He's the one who's white. And a little crazy. Jimmy...http://deadspin.com/5401773/jayhawk-superfan-has-quite-the-rap-sheet http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/baEkeRZ3PMk/he-got-you-my-pretty http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5401761&view=rss&microfeed=true Former Wisconsin Badger Darin Schubring lost a bar fight to a man wearing a Flying Monkey costume. That's slightly more embarrassing than being referred to, 25 years later, as "Baraboo local legend."...http://deadspin.com/5401761/he-got-you-my-pretty http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/m0YxvohgYVI/a+hole-fan-digest-the-muhammad-ali-autographing-incident http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5401818&view=rss&microfeed=true Earlier today, we published a story from an anonymous reader claiming that ASU baseball coach Pat Murphy accosted him at a charity event. Here's how the story ended up being complete bullshit. I've...http://deadspin.com/5401818/a+hole-fan-digest-the-muhammad-ali-autographing-incident http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/qckH6RUsj0M/baseballs-free-agency-system-is-seriously-seriously-screwed-up http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5401617&view=rss&microfeed=true It's hot stove season, and the annual release of Elias' free agent rankings is upon us. It speaks to the volume of the CBA's absurdities that we rarely appreciate just how awful this system is. A...http://deadspin.com/5401617/baseballs-free-agency-system-is-seriously-seriously-screwed-up http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/5okaDxh8yoM/upon-further-review-baseball-is-stupid http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5401758&view=rss&microfeed=true Baseball won't be expanding instant replay anytime soon, because baseball doesn't want its outcomes to be an accurate reflection of what transpires on the field so much as an expression of the...http://deadspin.com/5401758/upon-further-review-baseball-is-stupid http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/ra990qy3EBU/and-heres-one-of-the-people-who-helped-establish-bill-simmons http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5401747&view=rss&microfeed=true Count Courtney Cummz as one of those of Us who've had their life altered by the plucky wit and sporty wisdom of Sports Fella through the years. Yes, Courtney works in the adult entertainment...http://deadspin.com/5401747/and-heres-one-of-the-people-who-helped-establish-bill-simmons http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/ElU68u1nJ88/more-high-school-sports-titles-decided-by-technicalities http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5401711&view=rss&microfeed=true A Kansas gymnastics team was docked one point at the state championship meet—enough to drop them from first to third in the final standings—because their coach made an "illegal inquiry."...http://deadspin.com/5401711/more-high-school-sports-titles-decided-by-technicalities http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/w3Bw5ZQrklE/breaking-world-frantically-googling-the-sports-guys-wife-bruno-kirby http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5401668&view=rss&microfeed=true As Leitch noted earlier, the fascination with the Sports Fella extends, a little creepily, to his wife. And now look: She's the No. 11 Google hot trend, two notches below "sammy sosa bleached" and 19...http://deadspin.com/5401668/breaking-world-frantically-googling-the-sports-guys-wife-bruno-kirby http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/8_9m1egRM8Q/you-better-learn-to-recognize-michigans-ad-honey http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5401608&view=rss&microfeed=true Since picking on Rich Rodriguez has become a little too easy lately, here's a new plotline for Michigan mockers to pursue....athletic director Bill Martin reduced to pulling the "Do you know who I...http://deadspin.com/5401608/you-better-learn-to-recognize-michigans-ad-honey http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/hRhHa8v5KjE/the-clemson-womens-rowing-team-about-to-become-famous-for-all-the-wrong-reasons http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5401611&view=rss&microfeed=true And that's...start again. And there's...no. Sigh. These poor girls. Nice win at the Hooch, though! [ClemsonTigers.cstv]http://deadspin.com/5401611/the-clemson-womens-rowing-team-about-to-become-famous-for-all-the-wrong-reasons http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/A3BCr1lCrAs/michael-phelps-wears-old+style-swimsuit-and-facial-hair-suddenly-sucks http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5401587&view=rss&microfeed=true "Sporting a beard and an old-style swimsuit, Michael Phelps missed out on two finals and barely qualified for a third Tuesday at a World Cup short-course meet." [AP]http://deadspin.com/5401587/michael-phelps-wears-old+style-swimsuit-and-facial-hair-suddenly-sucks http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/0ik80fLS_j8/tim-tebow-messiah-watch-refreshed-and-resurrected-edition http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5401555&view=rss&microfeed=true With apologies to Slate, the Tim Tebow Messiah Watch is our occasional look at the growing body of evidence — quotes, signs and wonders, excessively fawning prose — that the Florida...http://deadspin.com/5401555/tim-tebow-messiah-watch-refreshed-and-resurrected-edition http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/QMyuUb6sOHo/if-dan-snyder-sees-bugs-you-better-well-see-them-too http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5401513&view=rss&microfeed=true Time for your Deadspin Open Mailbag Tuesday. Email us here or submit your questions via Twitter. This week, we're covering fertility, Thanksgiving, Project Runway, NSFW warnings, and more. Before we...http://deadspin.com/5401513/if-dan-snyder-sees-bugs-you-better-well-see-them-too http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/uZvpZjywK18/a-few-million-pesos-later-angel-villalona-is-a-free-man-for-now http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5401395&view=rss&microfeed=true Angel Villalona, the Giants prospect accused of fatally shooting a man in his native Dominican Republic, is out on bail and out 2 million pesos, too, having reportedly paid the victim's family to...http://deadspin.com/5401395/a-few-million-pesos-later-angel-villalona-is-a-free-man-for-now http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/rK1iNZvLV6s/bill-simmons-establishment http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5401300&view=rss&microfeed=true For those of who have seen his popularity swell into the stratosphere the last few years, it wasn't a surprise to see Bill Simmons atop the bestseller list. But it should have been. Daulerio will...http://deadspin.com/5401300/bill-simmons-establishment http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/ZUe7Wv-QS-Y/i-loved-it-it-was-much-better-than-the-bengals http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5401439&view=rss&microfeed=true Broadway is producing a play about the life of Vince Lombardi. Because the only thing liberal East Coast elitst theatergoers love more than football is people from Wisconsin. [WSOCTV]http://deadspin.com/5401439/i-loved-it-it-was-much-better-than-the-bengals http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/hiQZrv_R4f4/marat-safin-says-agassi-is-stupid-should-shut-up http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5401328&view=rss&microfeed=true Tennis-playing dude Marat Safin isn't exactly broken up over revelations that fellow competitor Andre Agassi was addicted to crank. If he feels so bad about it now, Safin says, then why not give back...http://deadspin.com/5401328/marat-safin-says-agassi-is-stupid-should-shut-up http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/tEKvXJ9pZZo/kareem-abdul+jabbar-has-rare-form-of-leukemia http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5401246&view=rss&microfeed=true Tell your old man to drag chronic myeloid leukemia up and down the floor for the last year. The good news is that Kareem got a sponsorship deal with the company that makes his medication, so free...http://deadspin.com/5401246/kareem-abdul+jabbar-has-rare-form-of-leukemia http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/uJdn-IRRRYA/hell-never-be-banned-from-the-gambling-hall-of-fame http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5401218&view=rss&microfeed=true Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to tips@deadspin.com. Subject: Morning crap. Reader Ward writes: "I was in Vegas with some buddies last weekend [Halloween...http://deadspin.com/5401218/hell-never-be-banned-from-the-gambling-hall-of-fame http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/SS20etIanf4/desperate-redskins-fans-export-angry-sign-holding-jobs http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5400804&view=rss&microfeed=true Since Generalissimo Snyder has banned all forms of public expression with his eyesight, Washington fans who wished to mock him were forced to drive to Atlanta just to put bags over their head and...http://deadspin.com/5400804/desperate-redskins-fans-export-angry-sign-holding-jobs http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/FLVtorIn0TM/hey-look-at-that-its-college-basketball-season http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5400653&view=rss&microfeed=true Funny how it sneaks up on you, huh? The regular season begins in fitting fashion tonight as the defending champs take on Isiah Thomas in a game he didn't want to coach and no one else wants to watch....http://deadspin.com/5400653/hey-look-at-that-its-college-basketball-season http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/qt_EwxYad8A/the-handwringing-over-jeremy-tylers-foreign-adventure-has-begun http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5400585&view=rss&microfeed=true Jeremy Tyler left high school to play professionally in the Holy Land, where the plan was to do a credible Kevin Garnett impression and expose the folly of the minimum-age rule. The plan was not to...http://deadspin.com/5400585/the-handwringing-over-jeremy-tylers-foreign-adventure-has-begun http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/izg9jX5G__E/memphis-football-coach-thinks-memphis-maybe-shouldnt-have-a-football-team http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5400694&view=rss&microfeed=true This is why you generally don't let the coach that you just fired hold a press conference to tell everyone why your school sucks so much. "Help this football program....or do away with it."...http://deadspin.com/5400694/memphis-football-coach-thinks-memphis-maybe-shouldnt-have-a-football-team http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/BFMCpVYIlM0/stephen-a-smiths-return-to-print-is-imminent http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5400704&view=rss&microfeed=true After messy arbitration hearings with the Philadelphia Inquirer, it appears the beleaguered paper will announce the unwelcome return of ALL CAPS column-writing. Yes, Stephen A. will be "back on...http://deadspin.com/5400704/stephen-a-smiths-return-to-print-is-imminent http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/MfR42HwK_ec/boston-herald-loves-hometown-sports-fella-for-his-zaniness http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5400647&view=rss&microfeed=true I guess Simmons is searching for the stock Reilly®-esque friendly choke-fight pose during this book tour to better showcase his personality. He calls this one "wacky lobster clawed stroke victim."...http://deadspin.com/5400647/boston-herald-loves-hometown-sports-fella-for-his-zaniness http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/JO92-8LhvDg/girls-soccer-is-now-the-ultimate-combat-sport http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5400583&view=rss&microfeed=true You thought New Mexico's Elizabeth Lambert was tough? Wait until you see the next generation of female soccer hooligans who will take over America with their very unladylike football skills. The...http://deadspin.com/5400583/girls-soccer-is-now-the-ultimate-combat-sport http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/V680vRPFW7M/kiss-dick-bavetta-goodbye http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5400535&view=rss&microfeed=true Bavetta, the Barkley-kissing ref suspected of involvement in pretty much every conspiracy dating back to the assassination of Caesar, says he might retire at season's end. At least, that's what David...http://deadspin.com/5400535/kiss-dick-bavetta-goodbye http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/biqeq1XYaJY/jenn-sterger-says-goodbye-to-some-old-friends http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5400462&view=rss&microfeed=true "In an effort to reinvent myself, in a cut throat industry that was becoming more and more competitive the deeper I swam, I made the decision to go against the grain and remove my implants." Courage,...http://deadspin.com/5400462/jenn-sterger-says-goodbye-to-some-old-friends http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/Vyzcfedxu4U/my-coach-broke-my-collarbone-your-first-edition-of-a+hole-coach-digest http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5400471&view=rss&microfeed=true I've been thinking about terrible coaches lately. Coaches that are not merely incompetent, but also paranoid, megalomaniacal, and prickish. Coaches that are praised for having such qualities,...http://deadspin.com/5400471/my-coach-broke-my-collarbone-your-first-edition-of-a+hole-coach-digest http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/FiLdzjn32-s/larry-johnson-raises-kansas-citys-unemployment-rate-by-one http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5400434&view=rss&microfeed=true The Chiefs have released the unhappy running back, denying him the chance to break the team's all-time rushing yards mark. (He was 75 shy of Priest Holmes' record.) There really is no I in "public...http://deadspin.com/5400434/larry-johnson-raises-kansas-citys-unemployment-rate-by-one http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/hqqRKOFVdRQ/tony-romo-wins-the-weekend http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5400395&view=rss&microfeed=true In sports, everybody is a winner—some people just win better than others. Like Tony Romo, who won the weekend by not making a complete spectacle of himself. When no one notices you, you're...http://deadspin.com/5400395/tony-romo-wins-the-weekend http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/2YokH18CWVY/al-michaels-would-like-to-clear-something-up http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5400304&view=rss&microfeed=true newVideoPlayer("/michaels_deadspin.flv", 500, 375,""); I don't know if this was Al, a phlegmy Cris Collinsworth, or one very sick statistician, but who the hell hocked up a (presumably) gigantic...http://deadspin.com/5400304/al-michaels-would-like-to-clear-something-up http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/iKAYK5zK6-4/making-out-at-the-game-bring-your-own-cheering-section http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5400235&view=rss&microfeed=true Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to tips@deadspin.com. Subject: Morning crap. Which obnoxious fans would you least like to be sitting next to at a football...http://deadspin.com/5400235/making-out-at-the-game-bring-your-own-cheering-section http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/e0f-ezJWsVo/the-end-of-the-celebration http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5399882&view=rss&microfeed=true I promise, this is the last bit of Yankee fan homerism I'll be posting for a while. But I doubt many of you will complain about this one. From a reader known enigmatically as "bikinisarelove" comes...http://deadspin.com/5399882/the-end-of-the-celebration http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/U3GODJbNb9A/great-moments-in-presscoach-relations http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5399809&view=rss&microfeed=true A reporter got the pregame scoop that two UCF players would be inactive. Here's audio of coach George O'Leary throwing a big old hissy fit and trying to bar the reporter from his postgame press...http://deadspin.com/5399809/great-moments-in-presscoach-relations http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/LF9z8HgsYdw/sammy-sosa-would-like-to-clear-up-some-things-about-his-skin http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5399868&view=rss&microfeed=true Sammy Sosa is not hoping to star in the White Chicks sequel. It is not some kind of alleged side affect from any alleged substances he allegedly may have put in his body. He just wants to be...http://deadspin.com/5399868/sammy-sosa-would-like-to-clear-up-some-things-about-his-skin http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/wXZxFagN-Uk/metrodome-memories-are-a-little-pathetic http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5399859&view=rss&microfeed=true Since the Twins have a fancy new field, it was time to get rid of all the leftover stuff at the Metrodome. A phrase comes to mind: "And nothing of value was lost." The Twins had long advertised a...http://deadspin.com/5399859/metrodome-memories-are-a-little-pathetic http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/MAH6GbANW6U/chelsea-man-u-dental-hygiene http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5399810&view=rss&microfeed=true A thrilling 1-0 game between the clubs atop the table is no reason for this Chelsea supporter to forget to brush his teeth mid-match. [Off The Post]http://deadspin.com/5399810/chelsea-man-u-dental-hygiene