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Watch Ronald McDonald Give Allen's Minor League Hockey Team a Stirring Pep Talk

As the U.S. men's hockey team prepared to take the ice before its improbable win over the Soviet Union in the 1980 Winter Olympics, head coach Herb Brooks said a few words. His speech, or, more accurately, a Hollywood writer's imagining of it, was dramatized by Kurt Russell in the 2004 film Miracle. ... More >>

The Stars Showed an Empty Seat and Called it "Manti T'eo's Girlfiend" (Photo)

The above photo was snapped at last night's Dallas Stars game by Twitter user @EdCahill before making its way to Deadspin. Together with the Stars' recent handling of an exceedingly dickish Cowboys' Tweet, we're getting the impression the AAC's hockey residents don't give all that many shits. Kudos ... More >>

TCU's Student Body President Might Get Impeached Over This Really Ugly Statue

Thanks to Sandy, Deadspin is a shadow of its normal self right now, but it's functioning well enough to direct our attention to a piece reported last week at TCU 360. It seems there is a controversy simmering at the school over a bronze statue unveiled earlier this month at the student union. The p ... More >>

The NFL's Game Changer

Chris Kluwe is prying open America's last closet: major-league sports.

Here's a Video of Mark Cuban Dancing Terribly to "Gangnam Style"

Oh, Mark Cuban. Your Dallas Mavericks brought us an NBA championship. You have the best investment-themed reality show on television. You have billions of dollars. But that's not why we respect you; we respect you because you're not afraid to do ridiculous things, like be videotaped clutching a Bud ... More >>

America's Team Fumbled Cowboys.com. Now, It's a Gay Dating Website.

The Dallas Cowboys almost snatched up the Cowboys.com domain five years ago. They called in the winning bid at auction but backed out after realizing that the "275" the agreed to was $275,000, not just $275.00, according to a report at the time from Domain Name News. The name was finally purchased f ... More >>

Sean Peyton is Coaching His Son's Football Team in Argyle, and It's Dominating

Sean Payton is cooling his heels at his home in Westlake while he takes an NFL-mandated break from coaching the New Orleans Saints, but as Deadspin notes, he's not banned from all football. In an interview last week, Payton, suspended for the year for his role in the NFL's latest morality play, tol ... More >>

Sorry, DMN, That Really Was the Worst National Anthem Ever

There are some things that are simply indefensible. One of those things is 11-year-old Harper Gruzins' rendition of the "Star-Spangled Banner" at Saturday's FC Dallas-L.A. Galaxy soccer match called out by Deadspin. The Morning News didn't think so. Nancy Churnin wrote an indignant counter-post thi ... More >>

Yeah, Well, Randy Galloway, Lamar Odom Thinks You're a Bad Writer. So There.

In case you missed it -- which would have taken some doing, since it somehow merited its own Deadspin item yesterday -- Randy Galloway's ready to bench one of the Dallas Mavericks' high-profile, under-performing acquisitions, Lamar Odom, who had all of six points in 23-plus minutes in last night's t ... More >>

So Who Were Those Two Guys Sitting On the Mavs' Bench at Last Night's Game? Well ...

The video's been making the rounds all morning, first on Busted Coverage, then Deadspin, then everywhere else. Question is: Who owns those beards sitting with the Dallas Mavericks in Detroit last night? The Mavs' front office said: Dunno, ask Mark Cuban. So I did: "No idea," he wrote back. But now w ... More >>

Craig James (Sort Of) Addresses That "Google Bomb" About Those "Five Dead Hookers"

​Mention the words "Craig James," and chances are at some point your comments section will fill up with something like, oh, I dunno, something like this: "I've heard CRAIG JAMES HAS NEVER DENIED THAT HE KILLED 5 HOOKERS WHILE HE WAS AT SMU." Which the SMU Mustang never seemed to mind when he was ... More >>

Sierra Missed: Three Former Texas Rangers Are Now on the Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot

​Juan Gonzalez and Rafael Palmeiro made their debuts on the Baseball Writers' Association of America's 2011 Hall of Fame ballot -- and didn't even come close to finishing near the Top 10 vote-getters. Raffy, poor Raffy, came closest with 64 votes; Juando trailed just behind Palmeiro with 30, two a ... More >>

This Week in "Dewey Defeats Truman," FOX4

​I didn't sleep a wink last night -- kept replaying over and over the myriad mistakes made by Ron Washington and the Texas Rangers last night, twice one strike away from Winning It All. They're recounted below, blow by painful blow; how Sam gets it up for tonight's Do-or-Die preview and open threa ... More >>

The End of SMU's News War

On campus, as it is in the real world: Two news operations became one.​You can't swing a mace and chain around Observer HQ without hitting someone who knows what it's like to fight in a real newspaper war. That Buzz fellow worked in San Antonio back when the Express-News toiled against the Lig ... More >>

Tom Melsheimer Takes It to the Hole (Update: We Talk to Cuban's Attorney About Filing)

Tom Melsheimer​[Update at 9:40 a.m.: Shortly after I posted this, Mark Cuban's attorney called to talk about the response to yesterday's filing. Our interview follows after the jump.]We've written about and spoken to Fish & Richardson's Tom Melsheimer on numerous occasions, most often and most ... More >>

From Our Archives: "Crocodile Nowitzki"

Not quite as good as the cover of the new Sports Illustrated, sure, but slightly better than this.​Last night I finally had the chance to read the new issue of Rolling Stone, which happens to feature a feature by former Observer-er Jesse Hyde, who decamped for his native Utah a couple of years bac ... More >>

Whitt's End: 11.19.10

​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Next Tuesday Josh Hamilton wins AL MVP. Right? *The good news: Greggo's "pus pockets" are gone. The bad: He's been told not to talk for 10 days. Ten! Means a couple things. 1. Summon RoboGreggo fr ... More >>

Liam Roybal, Just Blame Gordon Keith

​Yesterday -- thanks to Gordon Keith, thanks to Midwest Sports Fans, thanks to Deadspin, geez -- we met Lil' Ron Washington, otherwise known as Liam Roybal of Keller, poor feller. Turns out, the 7-year-old had no intention whatsoever of going as the Rangers' skipper's Mini-Me for Halloween. He was ... More >>

That's the Way Halloween Costumes Go

​At the very top of Deadspin at this very moment you'll find the photo of mini-Ron Washington at left, which began with a tweet from one Gordon Keith. I asked Gordon where he got it: "Someone sent it to me," he reports from San Francisco. And then Jerod at Midwest Sports Fans picked it up; then, D ... More >>

Listomania: Five Tiger Woods Photobomb Album Covers

Via DeadspinLook over to the right... yeah, right there.​Are you one of those people annoyed by the word meme? Well, turn away dear friend. Yesterday, the Daily Mail posted an incredible photograph from the Ryder Cup--one depicting a golf ball not much more than a nose hair away from the lens. Of ... More >>

Samuel L. Jackson To Go After Tom Hicks (?), While Fred Willard Tackles Tony Romo

​Odd confluence of sports and celebrities today.Like, for instance, this item outta the U.K.: Liverpool native and soccer-movie screenwriter Mike Jefferies has decided to take on Tom Hicks, who, as you're no doubt aware, is still trying to keep hold of Liverpool FC. As Deadspin notes, Jefferies sa ... More >>

Texas Rangers' Latest Court Filings Reveal That It Sure Does Pay to Be in First Place

Patrick Michels​The Texas Rangers are out of Chapter 11 and Tom Hicks's hands, but that website devoted to the prepackaged bankruptcy remains alive and well weeks later. New filings are being added to Texas Rangers Baseball Partners Information Site every day, including two docs detailing how well ... More >>

Whitt's End: 4.16.10

​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Not only should Dirk Nowitzki be on the first-team All-NBA squad and a legit MVP candidate, he'll be unstoppable against the Spurs. San Antonio has its nucleus back - Tim Duncan, Manu Ginob ... More >>

Ron Washington Still Has His Job. I Know, I Can't Believe it Either.

​Take a bow Wade Phillips, Rick Carlisle and Marc Crawford, for you toil away at your head-coaching job ... without the use of cocaine. Amazingly, the same cannot be said for Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington. Let me get this out of the way right up front: Washington should have ... More >>

Clearly, Everything Gets a Logo These Days, Even Stuff About to Get Blowed Up

​Impossible to retrace the myriad steps that led me here this morning: to The Official Texas Stadium Implosion Web site, where you'll find a lengthy video shot inside the joint during Tuesday's media show-and-tell. I must say: This is a logo I can get behind: The artwork's playfully retro (like fe ... More >>

Seriously, I'm the City of Irving, This Goes on T-Shirts and Posters and Hats and ...

​OK. So, I just spoke with Maura Gast, head of the Irving Convention & Visitors Bureau, and sorry, but there won't be any T-shirts or bumper stickers or posters available bearing "The Last Tailgate Party" logo. "I've got more bubble gum than I can chew," she says, meaning: She's busy enough wi ... More >>

Just a Head's Up: Our Server Needs a Kick in the Ass. Shouldn't Take But an Hour.

​Just so there's no confusion, beginning at 7 tonight you won't be able to post comments to Unfair Park. Our crack IT staff informs me this outage will last no longer than 30 minutes -- but they said Tuesday night's maintenance outage would last no more than an hour or two, and it went till the we ... More >>

Sean Salisbury Update: Game On!

​Say what you will about former ESPN analyst and 105.3 The Fan host Sean Salisbury - and Deadspin says a lot - the guy has followed through on his promise to take on a blogdom giant in an attempt to clear his name and clean his reputation. According to the Frisco Enterprise, Salisbury - who d ... More >>

From the Courthouse in Denton County, Sean Salisbury Goes After Deadspin

Sean Salisbury​Sean Salisbury was not -- no way, no how, no sir -- fired from The Fan 105.3 for "sexting." At least, that's what Richie wrote on September 11 about his former radio-station teammate.  Gawker Media-owned Deadspin, which has been obsessed with the Frisco resident's Salisbury ste ... More >>

Drinking and Driving a Punt Into a Scoreboard

Patrick Michels​Deadspin most thoughtfully directs our attention to the Andy Lee Drinking Game -- Andy Lee being the San Francisco 49ers punter who gets his turn to take aim at the Cowboys Stadium video board tomorrow evening. If nothing else, it provides one very good reason to watch a meaningles ... More >>

Matthew Stafford > Josh Hamilton

Deadspin​Former Highland Park star and Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford had himself quite the summer bash recently. Girls in bikinis. Dirty dancing. Some sort of beverages in those same red cups that I serve alcohol in at my pool parties. Who knows, maybe whipped cream made a came ... More >>

Good Lord, This Josh Howard Thing Has Gotten Crazy, Man, Crazy

ESPN, You've Been Strurminated

How 'Bout Them Cowboys? No, Really.

Josh Howard, Gallantly Steaming

Quincy Carter to Reunite With Bill Parcells, At Least for An Afternoon

Pacman and Prime Time, Car Salesmen

Things More Interesting Than The Next Food Network Star: Kidney Stones, Greggo and Jessica Simpson!

Deadspin Just Might Make You Feel Really, Really Bad for Skip Bayless

Bang the Drum Loudly

What's Worse: Losing $2.5 Mil in Vegas or Winding Up on Robin Leach's Blog?

Former Observer Writer Cranks Up Wayback Machine for Deadspin

Wade Phillips Shows His Cards?

In the Belly of the Beast (Or, at Least, the American Airlines Center)

"Mike Modano Is America's Greatest Scorer!"

What Happens in Vegas: Mark Cuban Will Dance With Big Bunch o' Bloggers

C.J. Wilson Appears to Have a Very Bad Sense of Humor

Seattle Times Lists Things to Love About Dallas. No, You're Not on It. Sorry.

Still Dreaming of a (Danny) White Christmas?

Overpaid and Overpaid