Bookworm
Run Don’t Walk: ‘The Best Sports Writing Of Pat Jordan’
Friday, May 23rd, 2008This is a collection of previously published material by a guy I hadn’t heard of until Deadspin ran his piece on Jose Canseco two months ago, and it’s the best book I’ve read all year.
The Best Sports Writing of Pat Jordan is two dozen or so other Pat Jordan athlete profiles from various publications spanning […]
Please Buy That New Will Leitch Joint
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008In September of ‘05, I got a call from a guy named Will Leitch who humbly (and mumbly) introduced himself and his oddly named site, Deadspin. He wanted to inform of his new endeavor and ask which blogs he should be reading, if he wasn’t already. Aside from being an impossibly fast talker, what struck […]
Emmitt Smith Is No Sea Captain
Monday, October 29th, 2007As horrible as Emmitt is on the ‘MNF’ pre and post game nonsense, he is totally the best part of the program. The others are either annoying (”Boom,” Keyshawn, etc.) or boring (Steve Young), but with Emmitt you just never know what kind of dumb shit you’re gonna get. Tonight — thanks to Awful Announcing […]
Terps QB Cheating Scandal Surrounding Clinton Portis’ Cuz Gets Weird
Thursday, September 6th, 2007Josh Portis, the Florida transfer and back-up qaurterback for Maryland, was suspended for the season before the Terps opener against Villanova on Saturday. The entire incident surrounding Portis, who was most likely going to take over the starting role at some point this season, is just plain odd.
Portis (yes, he is really related to Clinton) […]





