Month: October 2024

Shamus Beaglehole has prevailed. Here's to you, Shamus. Let's recap the Chesterfield footballer's meteoric rise through the Sithole regional and beyond. He breezed past Wubbo Ockels in the first round of the tourney. He stomped Jazzmar Clax in the second. Sweet 16: Diesel Daigle went down hard. All fine and good—seeded at #3, all these wins were to be expected. But the next two matches put Mr. Beaglehole on the map as a kingslayer. The Sithole final pitted him against top-seeded Dr. Loki Skylizard, whom he dispatched by a margin of 300 votes. Next came another #1, Bulltron champ Curvaceous Bass, who also fell to Shamus. After running this gauntlet, the final round against Chrotchtangle upstart Chillie Poon was child's play. If David took out two Goliaths, he…

This week’s Deadcast guest is Spencer Hall, chairman of the fully armed and operational Every Day Should Be Saturday. (Listen here, iTunes here.) This week’s mission? WE BE HATIN’. It’s the 2009 Hater’s Guide To The Top 25. I know we did this in print form last year, and I wanted to do that again. No one likes a podcast in lieu of a written column. But these NFL previews have gotten in the way, so blame the AFC North for still hanging around. NORTH! Anyway, Swindle and I go through every team in the Top 25 (including an odd digression outside the top 25 to… Nevada), picking out reasons to hate each and every team listed. Spencer provides the actual football insight, while I ignorantly blast every team, fan, and state in an immature and totally uneducated manner. It’s w…

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. • Florida crushes Cincinnati to take the Sugar Bowl. "If the National Championship was the Father, and the Heisman the Son, this is a pretty solid Holy Ghost," Tim Tebow was certainly not heard to remark. [ Miami Herald] • Broncos' coach Josh McDaniels announced he will bench Brandon Marshall for Sunday's playoff gasp against the Chiefs, while questioning his star receiver's toughness and commitment. An offseason trade to the Bears for Johnny Knox now seems all but inevitable. [ CBS Sports] • Kobe drains a three at the…

data-mm-id=”_n050uwjiz”>The Los Angeles Lakers faced off against their crosstown rivals to start the NBA season. Despite it technically being a home game for the Clippers, Lakers fans packed Staples Center and drowned out whatever support there was for newcomer Kawhi Leonard & Co. Despite that, the Lakers came up short and lost, 112-102. Before we get into this, I will state the obvious: it's the first game of the season, the first real minutes LeBron James and Anthony Davis have played together, and they came against the best player in the world right now in Kawhi Leonard. The Lakers were missing their third wheel in Kyle Kuzma, and two key depth pieces in Rajon Rondo and Alex Caruso didn't play. There are definitely some asterisks on this loss. But! Despite all that, th…

data-mm-id=”_5nl05anfb”>Tom Brady Sr. is in the news more often than the vast majority of men who have sons in the NFL. But, then again, his son isn't just any NFL player. When it comes to someone as high-profile as Tom Brady the quarterback, everyone in his circle is subject to the spotlight. Brady Sr. seems to enjoy that spotlight, however. He's never been shy about speaking his mind to the media about the way his son is treated, most notably when he ripped Roger Goodell over DeflateGate. He also fanned the flames of Brady's potential departure from New England earlier this month by saying his future with the Patriots was up to Bill Belichick. Given the fact that his son doesn't seem to particularly relish any attention that doesn't revolve around his play, i…

data-mm-id=”_7iy4fo2c9″>Dan Dakich never strays far from controversy and now he is in hot water with his employer. Emmis Communications, which owns ESPN affiliate WFNI The Fan in Indianapolis, is investigating derogatory comments Dakich made following the firing of a high school basketball coach in Indiana. During his show on Wednesday, Dakich took off on a five-minute rant after Scottsburg High School fired head coach Brent Jameson. Among other things, Dakich claimed he was going to "beat the hell" out of every school board member, called a high schooler a "methhead" and said, "take a dump in Scottsburg" should be "our new thing."Dakich also called Scottsburg "hilljack world" and said it was a town full of "meth and AIDS and needl…

data-mm-id=”_ramjjf18r”>Jim Boylen's time with the Chicago Bulls is just about over, it seems. In parts of two seasons, Boylen has amassed a record of 39-84. A new regime has entered the front office and it seems they are just waiting for the season to officially end before they move on to find another coach. It's not all Boylen's fault since the Bulls are a little light in the talent department, but it's still worth looking back at some of the things that didn't work. Like his old fashioned time clock. From an October story in The Athletic: “Boylen brought in another memory of his factory days. He ordered a time clock. He had it painted from green to red and inscribed with “Chicago Bulls” in white letters on the front. On the sides are Bulls logos. It sits…

data-mm-id=”_w81s3llq6″>The Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest will go on with no fans (but with Mike Golic Jr. and Jason Fitz on site) at the usual location in Coney Island. Like any other sporting event attempting to soldier on with the backdrop of a global pandemic looming, it will be a difficult endeavor. Contenders coming in from certain states will have to quarantine for 14 days. Getting down to Coney Island comes with the risk of infection. There are a lot of variables. However, I humbly suggest an alternative to Major League Eating that would eliminate many of those variables. I offer up my empty apartment in Astoria as the location for Joey Chestnut to continue his reign as the best professional eater in history. Space will be limited, as I did not win the lottery rec…

data-mm-id=”_4xrheeamu”>Justin Herbert was a surprise starter for the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday and the rookie acquitted himself well in a 23-20 overtime loss against the Kansas City Chiefs. But after the game, Chargers head coach Anthony Lynn claimed Tyrod Taylor — who has a late scratch with chest pains — was still the team's starting quarterback and on Monday he took things further by criticizing Herbert. Taylor missed Sunday's game after he suffered chest pains following a painkilling injection. Herbert jumped in and performed fairly well under the circumstances. Lynn, apparently wasn't convinced. He claimed, "There's a lot we didn't get done with Justin on the field yesterday. He's a backup for a reason."Anthony Lynn elaborating on wh…