This segment is called " The Learning Curve " where you, young blog proprietor, will get a link to your new site on Deadspin. Any and all questions you may have about being a successful blogger will (hopefully) be answered. Not by me, though. [...more]
McMahon, wife of Vince, CEO of WWE, enemy of budget deficits, is running for Chris Dodd's Senate seat. "Connecticut needs Linda McMahon ," says former wrestler Lanny "The Genius" Poffo [...more]
Despite appearances , the New York Mets are not baseball's worst team. That honor belongs to the Washington Nationals , a organization whose legendary incompetence should be memorialized on the marble arches of the great city that wishes they played elsewhere. [...more]
The answer, of course, is "Yes." But why should that be so? Do we really need leaders to organize our cheers [...more]
Myles Brand , the career academic who shitcanned Bobby Knight and became the NCAA's fourth president and maybe its last true believer, was the perfect salesman for an organization that pretends, against all evidence, not to be selling anything. Brand died yesterday of pancreatic cancer [...more]
"In the Boston cookbook, most of its tasty concoctions based on defensive ingredients, Kessel is viewed as that little sprig of parsley that makes the plate look better but really doesn't factor into whether the meal is a true success." If the entire history of Food Metaphors were "Mastering the Art of French Cooking," Kevin Dupont would be Louisette Bertholle – not the most famous chef/author, but certainly an integral ingredient in the stew of that book. The baudroie , if you will. Mike Celizic would be Julia Child [...more]
Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to tips@deadspin.com . [...more]
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. • Jorge Posada ? More like Jorge Pissedoffa, amirite? [...more]
Would you associate this logo with evil? With soul-crushing sorrow, and with everything that is bad and wrong in the world? [...more]
Because we are. Yes, dear angry readers, tomorrow is the day you've all been waiting for: Fire Joe Morgan , in all of its food metaphorical glory, reunites and takes over Deadspin for the day. [...more]