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YES Network Host Bob Lorenz Arrested On DUI Charges, Allegedly Found Slumped Over Steering Wheel At Stop Sign [Media Meltdowns]

Jack Dickey — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:58:30 EST

Bob Lorenz isn't currently a star on the Yankees' broadcast arm, the YES Network. (He does lots of solid studio work.) And judging from what police allege happened early this morning in Westport, Connecticut, Lorenz won't become a star at YES anytime soon. More »

Deadspin Up All Night: Say It Slowly [Video]

Dom Cosentino — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:30:00 EST

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Jeremy Lin Sleeps On His Brother's Couch [Jeremy Lin]

Jack Dickey — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:10:00 EST

Here's Howard Beck of the New York Times: More »

Those Super Bowl Sniper Photos Are Real [Super Bowl Sniper]

Barry Petchesky — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:55:00 EST

Yesterday we posted photos of what appeared to be a sniper's nest in Lucas Oil Field, home of the Super Bowl, but were at a loss for the pictures' provenance. They're real, and they're basically an ad for the tripod. More »

The Most Unwanted NBA Tickets So Far This Season: Bucks At Jazz, Jan. 3 [Tickets]

Dom Cosentino — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:20:00 EST

Washington Wizards tickets for as low as $2.50! New Jersey Nets tickets for as little as a penny! We've had some fun in recent weeks with the depressed resale prices of individual game tickets in certain NBA markets. But where is demand for tickets the lowest? What teams have lost the most face value? More »

The Dallas Mavericks' "Secret Weapon": Cryotherapy [Dallas Mavericks]

Sports Radio Interviews — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:55:01 EST

Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Jason Kidd goes cold. More »

Youth Hockey Coach Makes Sick Yo Momma Burn [Youth Hockey]

Barry Petchesky — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:20:00 EST

A minor hockey coach in Timmons, Ontario, was suspended after making some inappropriate comments about a 12-year-old player's mother during a pregame locker room speech. Now, this is definitely not okay, and it was surely mortifying for a young child to be bullied by an authority figure. That said, the Timmins Times' account of the comments cannot pass without being blockquoted. More »

A Fair-And-Balanced Look At What Fox Called “The Greatest Live Premier League Match In US Television History” [Video]

Dave Shireley — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:55:42 EST

From now until the end of the season, we'll be posting a number of clips from the previous weekend's English Premier League games. If there's a goal, save, dive, lip-read profanity, or hocked sputum we should know about, drop us a line at tips@deadspin.com. (You might also enjoy our better-late-than-never EPL guide) More »

Kendrick Perkins Says LeBron Is "Always Looking For Attention" Because "He Wants The World To Like Him" [Kendrick Perkins]

Jack Dickey — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:35:00 EST

You will recall that Blake Griffin dunked on Kendrick Perkins not so long ago. One rarely dunks on a player of Perkins's height and reputed toughness, so it was a big thing. Kevin Durant said Griffin's dunk was not a dunk—making him the clubhouse leader in petulance—but here comes Perk himself! More »

Two U.S. Senators Are In A Feud Over College Football [College Football]

Dom Cosentino — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:45:00 EST

Mitch McConnell is a Republican U.S. senator from Kentucky. Joe Manchin is a Democratic senator who represents West Virginia. That the two men don't always see eye to eye is not news. That they're barely on speaking terms because of their respective alma maters is. More »

Win A Championship, Lose A Knee [NFL Roundtable]

Stefan Fatsis — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:30:21 EST

We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries. More »

Houston Dynamo Players Arrested After Fight With Off-Duty Cop Say Racism Was A Factor [Fights]

Luke O'Brien — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:20:10 EST

Houston Dynamo players Tyler Deric and Warren Creavalle were arrested this weekend after a dust-up with an off-duty cop working security at a bar. From Deric's attorney: "Mr. Deric was with other soccer players, some who were African-Americans. The club did not want them coming in . . . He's not guilty of assaulting that off-duty officer." [Houston Chronicle] More »

Source: Someone Tried To Sell A Dallas TV Station A Josh Hamilton Sex Tape From The Night Of His Relapse [Josh Hamilton]

Patrick Burns — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:18:50 EST

Someone is shopping a videotape allegedly showing Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton, on the night of his recent relapse, having sex in the bathroom of Sherlock's, a Dallas bar. A local television station was offered the tape for $41,000, an employee at the station tells us. The station declined, and we're told no one there actually watched the tape. More »

Tim Thomas Announces On Facebook That He "Stands With The Catholics In The Fight For Religious Freedom" [Boston Bruins]

Jack Dickey — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:00:59 EST

OK, so last time Bruins goalie Tim Thomas spoke up on Facebook he received plenty of scorn. (He justified skipping a White House visit by describing, on Facebook, his vague but spirited objection to things the federal government had done.) Will Tim Thomas back down? No, Tim Thomas will never back down! Tim Thomas stands up! More »

Gifts For The Self-Loathing Mets Fan: Bidding On Jose Reyes's Shorn Locks Is Up To $10,200 [Miami Marlins]

Jack Dickey — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:35:00 EST

Apparently most-riveting-New-York-Met-ever Jose Reyes will spend this year toiling for something called the Miami Marlins, the Talk Magazine of baseball teams, while Ruben Tejada will start at short for the Mets. Cool. More »

Duncan Siemens Rides The Bus: On The Loneliness Of The Long-Distance Minor-League Bus Rider [The Classical]

Chris Collision — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:15:10 EST

Republished with permission from The Classical. Art by Eli Neugeboren. More »

The Tongan Olympic Luger Who Turned Out To Be An Underwear Marketing Scam [Luge]

Barry Petchesky — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:55:00 EST

Imagine if the events surrounding 1988 Jamaican bobsled team that inspired the film Cool Runnings happened today, in the age of the internet and 24-hour sports coverage. Now imagine one of those athletes, by pure chance, had been named Calvin Klein. And after his emergence on the international scene, he became a spokesman for the manufacturer—the perfect convergence of media hype and corporate synergy. More »

Remembering The Violent Death Matches Between Bruiser And The Butcher, Pro Wrestling's Auteurs Of Bloodshed [Video]

The Masked Man — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:45:39 EST

Dead Wrestler of the Week is an occasional feature in which we honor the sport's fallen and examine their legacies. In (belated) honor of Deadspin's Blood Week, we're looking back at the epic rivalry between Abdullah the Butcher and the late Bruiser Brody. More »

Fax Machine Follies On Signing Day [College Football]

Jack Dickey — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:10:00 EST

We don't talk about national signing day much around these parts, unless there are pert coed rumps involved. Because the rest of it is pretty much all about fax machines. And no one likes or cares about fax machines, except office workers and rapt college football fans. Listen to Josh Levin, on this week's excerpt from Slate's Hang Up and Listen podcast. More »

Nationals "Take Back The Park" From Phillies Fans, Give It Right Back To Them [Washington Nationals]

Barry Petchesky — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:25:50 EST

Every time the Phillies visit Nationals Park, it feels like a home game for them. The stands are filled with fans who made the two-hour drive south to cheer for the Phillies, and it's disheartening for Nats fans to be outnumbered in their own stadium. The same thing happens when the Yankees visit Baltimore, or the Red Sox play in Tampa, and it's embarrassing. But the Nationals finally stood up and said "no more." More »

A Couple Of Late-Game Missed Free Throws Are Not Making This Clemson Fan Happy [Video]

Dave Shireley — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:20:40 EST

Your morning roundup for Feb. 8. H/T to Eddie for the video. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors. More »

Here's The Remarkably Uplifting Story Of A Paraplegic Skier Doing A Backflip On The Slopes [Video]

Brian Hickey — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:45:00 EST

Eight years ago, Josh Dueck broke his back during a skiing accident that left him paraplegic. More »

Some Dude From Brooklyn Who Thinks He's A Jedi Master Is Whining About His Light Saber Getting Stolen [This Is So Stupid]

Brian Hickey — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:00:00 EST

"The Bedford-Stuyvesant engineer was at a Myrtle Avenue bar last fall when a thief snatched what Obi-Wan Kenobi once described as 'an elegant weapon for a more civilized age' - a $400 custom sword Michael used to teach young Jedi honor and self-esteem. 'Who steals somebody's light saber? It's like stealing someone's toy out of the sandbox,' said Michael, the founder of New York Jedi, a stage combat performance group. 'I finally got my uber custom saber, and then some jerk walks out with it. I guess that's the joke - some Jedi I turned out to be.'" [Brooklyn Paper] More »

Let Us Now Consider The Possibility That Madonna's Halftime Show Was A Satanic Ritual [Video]

Brian Hickey — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:30:00 EST

Don't know where you fall on the whole "Music as Devil's Instrument" spectrum, but there is quite a bit to consider in the magnum "Satanic Ritual Performed at The NFL Half Time Show" post on "Consciousness TV." More »

This Week In Unintentional Dong Submissions [Gallery]

Brian Hickey — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:45:00 EST

Here is Rex's gross anatomy teacher. He's trying to draw a pancreas. "This is now dubbed by our dental school class 'the pancrenis.'" Because Rex and his classmates are naughty aspiring dentists, oh yes they are. More »

Watch A Shopping-Mall Brawler With Panties Exposed Kick Her Foe In The Face [Video]

Brian Hickey — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:15:00 EST

This ladyfight outside the Giti 8 women's clothing store at the University Mall in Tampa was so mesmerizing in its brutal panties exposure that a reporter just had to take it and show it to shoppers who might have missed it. More »

Biker Uses Woman's Belt To Hogtie Driver Who Nearly Killed U. Of Texas Soccer Player [Video]

Brian Hickey — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:30:00 EST

Kylie Doniak is a four-year University of Texas soccer player who was among a group of people hit by a car in downtown Austin last Friday morning. Of those in the crowd, Kylie got the worst of it, suffering a "significant head injury, multiple rib fractures, a punctured lung and a large laceration to her back. Both bones in her right leg were broken, as well." More »

Deadspin Up All Night: Monsters, Everywhere [Video]

Dom Cosentino — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:15:47 EST

Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Hickey's here. Give him a minute to take his coat off before he gets to it. More »

This Looks Like A Fortified Sniper's Nest At The Super Bowl [Super Bowl 46]

Barry Petchesky — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:35:07 EST

Some photos with no backstory are making the rounds, showing what appears to be an Indianapolis police sniper checking out his post in the rafters of Lucas Oil Stadium in the hours or days before the Super Bowl, a post that would be manned when the game began. Yes, we know there's nothing surprising about trained marksmen working the biggest sporting event of the year. We also know it's pretty damn cool to see what the Super Bowl snipers are working with. More »

The Pittsburgh Pirates Are Pretty Much Willing To Give Anyone A Tryout [Pittsburgh Pirates]

Dom Cosentino — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:55:00 EST

Per Jim Bowden, they've invited Dmitri Young to their spring training complex for a workout next week. Dmitri Young. He's 38 and hasn't played a big-league game in four years. I half-expect the Pirates' next move to be ... oh, never mind. [WHYGAVS] More »

Sarah Michelle Gellar Is Just Another Creepy, Overzealous Giants Fan [Fans]

Dom Cosentino — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:40:40 EST

Buffy the Vampire Slayer was born and raised in New York City, and when she was young, her family had Giants season tickets. Last night, she and Eli Manning were both guests on The Late Show With David Letterman. But, as Gellar explained to Letterman, she didn't get to meet the two-time Super Bowl MVP backstage: More »

Seeing Jeremy Lin At The Garden Was The Best 11 Bucks I Ever Spent On Pro Sports [Linsanity]

Kyle Wagner — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:05:00 EST

Casey Chan turned to me yesterday and asked, "Are you going to the game tonight?" What? "The Knicks game. Lin's starting." What? "Yeah, StubHub's at like 11 bucks." We're going. More »

Asian Harvard Grad Somehow Succeeding In New York; Or, Why I Love Jeremy Lin [Linsanity]

Emma Carmichael — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:54:43 EST

A remarkable thing has been happening in New York's Madison Square Garden the past few days: Jeremy Lin, a charming 23-year-old with an economics degree from Harvard College, has somehow become the city's ultimate underdog and talisman. More »

Jerry Sandusky's Neighbors Say He's Been Watching Children From His Back Porch [Penn State Scandal]

Dom Cosentino — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:45:00 EST

The complaints have prompted prosecutors to argue for a revision of Sandusky's bail conditions; they filed court papers today arguing he shouldn't be allowed outside except for medical reasons. Yes, Jerry Sandusky lives next to an elementary school. [AP] More »